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She Left Her Fiancé For Puppets: April Brucker, the Ventriloquist

July 1, 2025

Words by Ambar Ramirez April Brucker grew up like every young girl does. With a love for Barbie, “Sesame Street” and being told that a woman’s biggest accomplishment in life was to find an established husband (who was preferably rich, but who you loved despite that). In a little town outside of Pittsburgh, born and raised in Bethel Park,

Editorial Opinion·Entertainment·Feature

Where the Locals Go:A Summer Guide to Northeast Florida

Words by Kaili Cochran Now you may be thinking you’ve heard it all, especially if you’ve spent countless summers in Jacksonville. But, this is your guide to hidden things to do, see and eat during the summer of 2025 that even locals may not have tried before. Card

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Guns, Drugs and a Gator By Ambar Ramirez When the Jacksonville Sheriff’s

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Words by Carmen Macri With great power comes great responsibility —

Dear Dumbs

August 24, 2022

Dear Dumbs

I really love your Gang of Two podcast. Thanks for all you do … blah, blah, blah. Here’s my problem. I’ve been living with my girlfriend for three years, and I really want to break up with her. What’s the best way to approach this? Thanks, Danny Jacksonville Beach TERRY:

What “independence” are we even celebrating?

July 1, 2022

Opinion

Nothing says “America!” more than failures in gun control, a tanking economy, record high inflation, further marginalizing already marginalized groups and taking bodily autonomy away from the majority of the United States population? (Yes, according to the U.S. Census over 50% of Americans have vaginas. Sorry, Chad. Your dry spell

Folio Vol. 36, Issue 12

June 23, 2022

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Folio Vol. 36, Issue 6

March 23, 2022

Charitable·Community·Editorial Opinion·Environmental·Health & Wellness·LGBTQIA·Lifestyle·LocalLy Ownded·Outdoors·Restaurants

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It’s Time to Burst our Bubbles

May 24, 2021

Editorial Opinion

In his May Publisher’s letter, John M. Phillips ruminates on the world returning to normal, and how in some ways it shouldn’t. Lives matter. Yes, that’s true. But adding an adjective or descriptor seems to make people upset or think it’s somehow escalating one life over another. It is not.

What If Jacksonville Suddenly Woke Up?

October 27, 2019

Business·Community·Editorial Opinion·Feature·History·Perennial·Urban Planning

Some say Jacksonville is a diamond that wants to remain coal. What would it be like if Jacksonville were a city that didn’t hate itself… led by people who acknowledged its achievements? Here are a few things that possibly would have happened in New York, Rome, London Paris, Seattle, or