Written by Susan Cooper Eastman Lydale Richardson learned about the Civil Rights Movement from his grandparents. When protesters in Georgia and Mississippi had to go into hiding because the Klan was trying to kill them, some came to Leonard and Eliza Atwater’s Northwest Jacksonville home. The Atwaters also gave money

Written by Marlene Dryden The Allman Brothers Band spent so much time around these parts in the late ’60s and early ’70s, it’s common to hear locals claim to having known them — or at least having seen them play. Some may even swear they smoked with Duane, or shot

Written by Susan Cooper Eastman Twenty-four hours before Sarah Bogdanovitch and Marcelle Fernee loaded up their bicycles with 37 crusty and still-warm loaves of bread, and then pedaled them to customers in Ortega, Avondale, Riverside, San Marco and Springfield, they had to decide what kind of bread they wanted to

Written by Christopher Harvey What makes a strong community?” It’s a question I asked each of 11 key people within a large urban area in the Southeastern United States. As they took a moment to prepare their answers, some longer than others, I thought of the research I had done

The worst sentences I’ve come across this year haven’t been in the pages of the much-reviled mommy porn (which I’ve admittedly not read) or the fumbling, transcribed speeches of Gov. Rick Scott (which I, grudgingly, have). Rather, they’ve been in the proscribed FCAT pretests of my capable, obedient third grader.

Written by Nick McGregor The bumper stickers are everywhere in St. Augustine: “A quaint drinking village with a fishing problem.” In addition to being clichéd, the sentiment is outdated, since there’s nothing quaint about the city’s newest alcohol-related venture. St. Augustine Distillery Co. is the brainchild of marketing executive and

Written by Dan Brown Polish off that Jaxxy Award! … Wait one Oxycontin™-pickin’ minute! You mean to tell me that no such award for excellence in Northeast Florida Music exists? Balderdash! If there is any justice in this world, “Early Reiser,” by local rock hounds DigDog, wins Album of the

Written by Nick McGregor For all the gym-tan-laundry jokes and other unfortunate “Jersey Shore” stereotypes, New Jersey has an illustrious musical history: Bruce Springsteen, Bon Jovi, Bouncing Souls and The Gaslight Anthem, to name a few, all got their start in the Garden State. Toms River folk-rock eight-piece River City