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Over 70 entrepreneurs mostly from the First Coast are descending on the University of North Florida campus for the fifth annual iStart Weekend, designed to help budding businesses get a leg up on entering the commercial world.
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Attorneys preparing for U.S. Rep. Corrine Brown’s fraud trial asked a federal judge Friday to move the case to a firm date in February.
They’re apparently expecting a crowd from out of town, and want to get ready.
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Mayport Naval Station is set to be the eventual homeport for 12 deployable littoral combat ships despite a recent review of the fleet and various operational changes announced Thursday by the Navy.
The Navy is set to implement immediate short-term changes after the review that covered several factors including training, maintenance, crewing and the ships’ abilities to perform in combat.
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After an upbeat start to the 2016 season under new ownership for the Jacksonville Suns, the Double-A baseball franchise saw attendance slow a bit by the end of the season.
Average game day attendance after 63 home contests after the season concluded Monday came in at 4,197, fourth in the 10-team Southern League. The Suns average game crowd increased slightly over the 2015 figure of 4,128, also fourth in the league.

The first year of new ownership for the Jacksonville Suns comes amid the second year of an agreement to share the field at the Baseball Grounds of Jacksonville with the city’s professional soccer team, and the partnership is growing tighter.
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PONTE VEDRA BEACH | Teenagers Kiah Kramer and Sarah Waters love each other, animals, chocolate ice cream and being part of their high school’s drama club.
They finish each other’s sentences, spend much of their time together and take cellphone selfies everywhere they go.
They occasionally get mad at each other, usually about “stupid little things,” Kiah said, such as the time she accidentally knocked Sarah down while the two were ice skating or the time Sarah pulled Kiah’s pony tail to get her attention.

Jacksonville’s waterways, its bridges and the steel structures anchoring the scoreboards at EverBank Field inspired the design of the amphitheater and indoor field the Jaguars and the city are financing, according to the architect working on the project.
The design is based on forging a “strong connection between the stadium and the waterfront,” said Jonathan Mallie, principal with Populous, the architectural firm hired by the Jacksonville Jaguars.

Jacksonville’s waterways, its bridges and the steel structures anchoring the scoreboards at EverBank Field inspired the design of the amphitheater and indoor field the Jaguars and the city are financing, according to the architect working on the project.
The design is based on forging a “strong connection between the stadium and the waterfront,” said Jonathan Mallie, principal with Populous, the architectural firm hired by the Jacksonville Jaguars.

PONTE VEDRA BEACH | Teenagers Kiah Kramer and Sarah Waters love each other, animals, chocolate ice cream and being part of their high school’s drama club.
They finish each other’s sentences, spend much of their time together and take cellphone selfies everywhere they go.
They occasionally get mad at each other, usually about “stupid little things,” Kiah said, such as the time she accidentally knocked Sarah down while the two were ice skating or the time Sarah pulled Kiah’s pony tail to get her attention.

Over 70 entrepreneurs mostly from the First Coast are descending on the University of North Florida campus for the fifth annual iStart Weekend, designed to help budding businesses get a leg up on entering the commercial world.
read more