Five years ago, 2018
• Mary Bolla pulled a $28,900 pay supplement request for Superintendent Addison Davis from the agenda after Davis helped advance the school district’s state grade …
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9/14/23
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Five years ago, 2018
• School district students enjoy an option for lunch after the school board approves a $162,000 plan called “The Filling Station” to bring food trucks to …
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9/7/23
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Five years ago, 2018
• Three Clay County golfers – Mike Woods, Danielle Catlett and Jayson Keeton – qualify for the Florida Special Olympics championship Walt Disney World. …
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9/6/23
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Five years ago, 2018
• Clay County Sheriff’s Office Deputy Ben Zirbel died three days after a truck turned into his path on Blanding Boulevard while on motorcycle patrol. • Days …
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8/24/23
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• The Clay County Utility Authority offers to buy Orange Park’s water and wast ewater system for $20 million. • The BCC accepts a payment of $81,500 to resolve $96,050 in county liens …
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8/17/23
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Five years ago, 2018
• An appeals judge denied Lucy Hoover’s challenge of a lower court’s ruling that she didn’t complete qualifying papers properly and on time to run …
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8/10/23
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Five years ago, 2018 • The personnel file for District 1 School Board candidate Latanya Peterson shows she was terminated as a teacher in Duval County for having “problems with her license.” • Health officials sound the “all clear” signal after samples show there was no longer a threat of the West Nile Virus. more
8/3/23
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Five years ago, 2018 • A 75-year-old man, Noel Johnson, was arrested after the Clay County Sheriff’s Office said he held up the Bank of America branch near the Orange Park Mall. • Eleven Pace Center for Girls students attend a four-day educational “boot camp” at St. Johns River State College to prepare them for college. more
7/27/23
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Five years ago, 2018
As Clay County prepares for a new hurricane season, there are hundreds of residents still wading through messy waters from Hurricane Irma a year earlier as federal and state money for repairs from federal and state sources is slow to offer any relief.
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7/20/23
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Five years ago, 2018
• The county commission approves an ordinance allowing voters to decide whether constitutional officers are limited to serve two four-year terms.
• Superintendent Addison Davis plans to elevate the school district’s ranking from No. 8.
• Andrea and Daniel Vallencourt decide to renovate the Clay Theatre in Green Cove Springs and make it a wedding venue
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7/13/23
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Five years ago, 2018 • Former Clay County Sheriff’s Office Homicide Detective Mark Andrews is charged with two misdemeanor counts for filing a false report and leving the scene of an …
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7/6/23
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Five years ago, 2018 • The final meeting of the Charter Review Commission included a heated discussion between CRC Chair Amy Pope-Wells, CRC members Amy Miller and Ronald Stotler and Board of …
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6/22/23
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