Five years ago, 2016

• The Town of Orange Park Council unanimously agreed to put a moratorium on medical marijuana dispensaries until Florida voters have a chance to approve it.

• The City of Keystone Heights and other local entities work toward creating a panel dedicated to the creation and vetting of water conservation methods forh the Upper Florida Aquifer.

• Registration opens for Hellcat fighter jet races in Green Cove Springs to raise money for the Military Museum of North Florida.

10 years ago, 2011

• The “Wear Your Pink Bra” 5K walk for breast cancert awareness draws more than 2,500 runners and walkers at the Orange Park Kennel Club.

• School board member Charles Van Zant and Superintendent Ben Wortham argue whether to allow students to prayer at the flagpole before classes at Clay Hill Elementary.

• Maynard H. Cox, known as the county’s “Snake Man,” dies after battling a neuromuscular disorder.

20 years ago , 2001

• Youth Challenge Academy opens at Camp Blanding to give high school dropouts a half-year of military training and an opportunity to complete their education.

• An envelope sent to Camp Blanding that contained a white powder wasn’t anthrax as first feared.

• Orange Park’s Chris Reeder wins $9,500 on NBC’s “Wheel of Fortune.”

30 years ago, 1991

• Chester S. Bachorski of Orange Park was willed during a mid-air collision with another airplane at Reynolds Industrial Park.

• Funeral services were held for 14-yer-old Travis B.B. McCrary after the Green Cove Springs Elementary student died of a rare form of cancer.

• The Food Lion ad in the Clay County Crescent lists ground beef or 99 cents a pound.

40 years ago, 1981

• With an 8.646 millage rate, the BCC adopts a final budget of $18 million.

• Keystone Heights’ Merrill Glisson is selected as a delegate of the Governor’s Conference of Future Small Farms.

• The plan for Tandem Housing with St. Johns County is under consideration by the Clay County Finance Authority.