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Mission Misunderstood – Crew-9

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October 17, 2024
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Words and Photos by Sam Kaplan On Saturday, Sept. 28, at 1:17 pm EST, SpaceX’s Falcon 9 booster B1085 — on its second-ever flight-– ignited its nine Merlin engines and lifted off from Space Launch Complex-40 (SLC-40) at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station. Mounted atop the booster was Crew Dragon Freedom– on its fourth flight– carrying Mission Commander astronaut
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The Summer of ’64

Words by Scott Grant How the Beatles and the World-Fastest-Man changed the First Coast Forever As a Cornell Graduate, Scott Grant has sharpened his expertise with some of the best. He is known, not only for his lively debate and detailed accounts of some of the most infamous events in

Tapping into Nature’s Liquid Gold

September 29, 2023
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By Ted Hunt Florida is renowned for its picturesque beaches, tropical climate, theme parks and citrus industry. However, beneath this vacation paradise lies a lesser-known historical treasure — the early turpentine industry. In the late 1800s and early 1900s, Florida played a major role in this booming industry, tapping into
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Weird Wild Stuff: Queen Elizabeth II Edition

October 3, 2022
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The year’s weirdest and wildest news story so far was actually not so weird and wild, after all. It speaks to the perpetual perdurability of Queen Elizabeth II (April 21, 1926-September 8, 2022) that a 96 year-old woman who’d just beaten covid in February could die in September, and the
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Archive Follow-Up

July 26, 2022
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Archive Follow-Up Words by Rain Henderson & Kerry Speckman In 1995, Folio spoke with Cindy Mosling, co-founder of B.E.A.K.S. (Bird Emergency Aid and Kare Sanctuary) on Big Talbot Island, about pelicans. “Here we go again,” Mosling said about reports from concerned local workers in Mayport regarding pelicans dying in the
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It’s My Body and I’ll Do What I Want To

July 22, 2022
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Content warning: This is a story about abortion. It includes descriptions of medical procedures. *I am in no way encouraging the procedures described in this piece, nor am I condoning self-administered medical care in general.* Let’s take a step back to the 1960s, a pre-Roe v. Wade era. Abortion is
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The Timucua Aren’t Extinct

July 22, 2022
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Shell rock crushed underfoot as we stepped out of my car into the Big Talbot jungle. The backroad we just followed for miles ended in seemingly nowhere with the thicket too dense to even see a few feet off the road. The sun was at its peak yet was barely
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A1A Ocean Islands Trail, Florida Scenic Highway, Amelia Island Plantation, Photo courtesy of Amelia Island Conventions and Visitors Bureau

Jax Beach to Fernandina: The A1A Ocean Islands Trail

June 23, 2022
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Along the A1A Ocean Islands Trail Jacksonville’s Beaches | Mayport | Broward House | Kingsley Plantation | Big Talbot | Downtown Fernandina Marlin & Barrel Distillery in Fernandina | The Pétanque Courts of Fernandina | American Beach: Under the Blue Bottle Tree with Marsha Dean Phelts | Amelia Island Culinary Academy | Amelia Island Downtown Tasting Tour | The First
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Father’s Day

June 3, 2022
Every year we take time to remind our fathers and/or father figures why we love and appreciate them. Whether we give them a funky gift or spend the day with them, we want to thank them for all they do, just as we do every Mother’s Day for our wonderful
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