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Jacksonville Fire and Rescue Department personnel searched for the victim of an apparent drowning Sunday in the St. Johns River in the 6000 block of San Jose Boulevard.
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New Heckscher Drive bridge set to open
A new $44.2 million high-rise bridge on Heckscher Drive over Sisters Creek is set to open to traffic Monday, ending more than two years of construction, according to the Florida Department of Transporatation.
The new bridge has two 12-foot travel lanes, 10-foot shoulders and six-foot sidewalks on both sides. It replaces a 1950s-era drawbridge and eliminates decades of highway traffic waiting for boats to pass under the bridge when it’s raised, state officials said.

Northeast Florida clerks of courts found themselves the center of attention in early 2015.
When same-sex marriage became legal in Florida, some clerks, including those in Duval, Baker and Clay counties, announced they would no longer offer courthouse weddings through their offices. National news organizations and comedy programs alike picked up on the story.
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Jacksonville Fire and Rescue Department personnel searched for the victim of an apparent drowning Sunday in the St. Johns River in the 6000 block of San Jose Boulevard.
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New Heckscher Drive bridge set to open
A new $44.2 million high-rise bridge on Heckscher Drive over Sisters Creek is set to open to traffic Monday, ending more than two years of construction, according to the Florida Department of Transporatation.
The new bridge has two 12-foot travel lanes, 10-foot shoulders and six-foot sidewalks on both sides. It replaces a 1950s-era drawbridge and eliminates decades of highway traffic waiting for boats to pass under the bridge when it’s raised, state officials said.

Northeast Florida clerks of courts found themselves the center of attention in early 2015.
When same-sex marriage became legal in Florida, some clerks, including those in Duval, Baker and Clay counties, announced they would no longer offer courthouse weddings through their offices. National news organizations and comedy programs alike picked up on the story.
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ORANGE PARK | Officials expect Orange Park Skateboard Park to reopen as a modern concrete facility on Sept. 23 amid a grand celebration being planned for the only skate park in Clay County.
“There was some vandalism to the concrete, and it took a whole day to repair it. And some signs were stolen,” said Anjie Palmer, executive director of the nonprofit all-volunteer Orange Park Patrons, which operates the skate park owned by the Town of Orange Park.

ORANGE PARK | An all-volunteer Clay County nonprofit is working to educate people about community cats — both free-roaming domestic and feral felines — and spread the word about the resources available in the county to help care for the animals such as a free spay-and-neuter program offered by Clay Humane for personal pets as well as homeless or feral cats.
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ORANGE PARK | Officials expect Orange Park Skateboard Park to reopen as a modern concrete facility on Sept. 23 amid a grand celebration being planned for the only skate park in Clay County.
“There was some vandalism to the concrete, and it took a whole day to repair it. And some signs were stolen,” said Anjie Palmer, executive director of the nonprofit all-volunteer Orange Park Patrons, which operates the skate park owned by the Town of Orange Park.

ORANGE PARK | An all-volunteer Clay County nonprofit is working to educate people about community cats — both free-roaming domestic and feral felines — and spread the word about the resources available in the county to help care for the animals such as a free spay-and-neuter program offered by Clay Humane for personal pets as well as homeless or feral cats.
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