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Five years ago, 2019 • The North Florida Land Trust acquired 20 acres near Camp Blanding as part of a 463-acre purchase for the Ocala to Osceola Wildlife Corridor to connect the Ocala and …
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12/12/24
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Five years ago, 2019 • The Board of County Commissioners vote to affirm the second amendment. • The Orange Park Town Council selects Eddie Henley to replace Ron Raymond on an interim basis …
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12/5/24
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Five years ago, 2019 • The Fleming Island High girls 200 medley swim team of Abree Clark, Sarah and Emma Grimm and Christina Johnson won Stuart's Class 3A state championship. • Fleming Island …
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11/21/24
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Five years ago, 2019 • Orange Park Town Council somberly goes through its meeting on Nov. 5, just days after councilman Ron Raymond dies unexpectedly. The council will have 45 days to replace him. …
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11/7/24
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Five years ago, 2019 • Fleming Island High senior Kaitlyn Ludlam won the prestigious Society of Women Engineers award for girls in engineering by focusing on robotics to enhance her STEM programs. …
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10/24/24
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Five years ago, 2019 • The Clay County Sheriff’s Office acquired an M-Vac system to improve obtaining more accurate DNA samples at crime scenes. • The Green Cove Springs City Council rejected …
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10/17/24
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Five years ago, 2019 • Gov. Ron DeSantis used Middleburg High as the backdrop to announce a proposed $ 9,500-a-year starting pay increase for Florida school teachers. • Orange Park animator …
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10/13/24
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Five years ago, 2019 • Sweet Homegrown Traditions, an exhibit celebrating Clay County’s contributions to the Southern Rock movement, including Ronnie, Donnie and Johnny Van Zant, opened at the …
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10/3/24
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Five years ago, 2019 • A police chase on Blanding Boulevard, over the Doctors Lake bride, back into Orange Park and ended with a Jacksonville man in custody and at least four crashed cars during …
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9/26/24
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Five years ago, 2019 • Donald Davidson was sentenced to death for the brutal rape and murder of Roseann Welsh of Middleburg and the kidnapping and rape of her 10-year-old daughter in 2015. • …
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9/19/24
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Five years ago, 2019 • Charter schools will have to wait at least a month before finding out if they will get an officer from the newly formed Clay County District Schools Police Department after …
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9/12/24
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Five years ago, 2019 After purchasing the property a year prior, Karrie Massee transitioned the Azaleana Manor in Orange Park into a boutique venue for hosting weddings, parties and …
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8/29/24
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Five years ago, 2019 A Middleburg woman drove more than 26,000 miles in a brown Kia Soul, searching for a kidney match for her son. Randy Sheppard, her son, was diagnosed with renal failure in …
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8/22/24
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Five years ago, 2019 Clay County Animal Services celebrated finding homes for 347 pets during July. The adoptions included 120 dogs and 227 cats. They went home to new families in as healthy, …
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8/15/24
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Five years ago, 2019 A potential homeowner’s dream to restore a house at 513 Palmer St. in the historic downtown area "goes up in smoke" due to a devastating early-morning fire. Although neighbors …
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8/8/24
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Five years ago, 2019 Because voters approved a full mill increase to fund the new Clay County School District Police Department, the Clay County School Board adopted a tentative millage rate of 7.047 …
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8/1/24
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Five years ago, 2019 The Orange Park Performing Arts Academy was evicted for more than $150,000 in unpaid rent, leaving its 60 students unsure where to begin the new school year. Forty-five Dodge …
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7/25/24
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Five years ago, 2019 School Board Member Janice Kerekes urged the school board to sue the Board of County Commissioners. This was in response to the BCC denying the school board's request to hold a …
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7/18/24
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Five years ago, 2019 Mayor Karen Lake of Keystone Heights surprised the city council members when she presented a privately funded city-wide survey she organized. Lake cited the survey results as her …
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7/11/24
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Five years ago, 2019 Ken Brock, a U.S. Army veteran who suffered from PTSD, completed his 2,650-mile walk from Keystone Heights to Coeur d’Alene, Idaho. During the five-month journey, Brock marched …
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7/3/24
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