Five years ago, 2018• After listening to several county department leaders, the Board of County Commissioners reverse course and vote to return Rescue Unit 19 to Orange Park.• The school board votes to reinstate Orange Park art teacher Michael Bowman, who was dismissed after he was accused of receiving pay and training as park of a fraudulent work scheme.• Cleveland Browns defensive back Jacob Hagen and UCF defensive lineman Seyvon Lowry visit Ridgeview Elementary to encourage students to embrace a “Finish Strong Attitude” ahead of the Florida Standards Assessment test.
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Five years ago, 2018
• After listening to several county department leaders, the Board of County Commissioners reverse course and vote to return Rescue Unit 19 to Orange Park.
• The school board votes to reinstate Orange Park art teacher Michael Bowman, who was dismissed after he was accused of receiving pay and training as park of a fraudulent work scheme.
• Cleveland Browns defensive back Jacob Hagen and UCF defensive lineman Seyvon Lowry visit Ridgeview Elementary to encourage students to embrace a “Finish Strong Attitude” ahead of the Florida Standards Assessment test.
10 years ago, 2013
• The Florida Charter School Appeal Commission approves the application for Orange Park Performing Arts Academy after the Clay County School Board denied the school’s application.
• Walmart announces it will open a Neighborhood Market on the corner of College Drive and County Road 220 in Middleburg.
• The Green Cove Springs City Council votes to borrow $3.1 million to build a new police department headquarters.
20 years ago, 2003
• Former Orange Park Mayor Garry McIntyre is charged with battery after a woman in the public works office said he “patted her” down at town hall.
• An elderly man is found floating face down at Spring Park in Green Cove Springs.
• Green Cove Springs continues to debate whether to shuttle its fire department and merge with Clay County Fire Rescue.
30 years ago, 1993
• A Green Cove Springs woman, Joan Susanna Burns, is arrested and charged with first degree murder of 87-year-old Lewis Hensley in St. Augustine.
• Middleburg High senior Jane Glover is selected as one of 20 finalists for the Johnson and Wales University Cooking Contest.
• Despite facing a lawsuit after a child drowned at Keystone Beach, the city decides to reopen the popular site on Lake Geneva.
40 years ago, 1983
• Wayne Floyd Bateson, 30, is sentenced to 80 years in prison for kidnapping and raping a 43-year-old grandmother.
• Florida Container Express in Orange Park sets up donation spots to ship supplies to victims of flooding in Louisiana and Mississippi.
• Publix Supermarkets in Clay County change their policy and plan to be open on Sundays.