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MIDDLEBURG | It might not look like much at first glance — just a patch of freshly turned dirt between adjacent Wilkinson Elementary School and Wilkinson Junior High School. But that plot of earth is filled with the promise of a healthy harvest of vegetables grown by students and benefiting families in the community.
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This weekend’s pod Rods looks at the King of Rock ‘n Roll’s restored exotic; the revival of a stunning historic RV; Triumph speed at Bonneville; and the Volt hits a milestone.
Plus there’s a look at the car event calendar for the weekend:
 
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After years of hearing about Jacksonville’s alarming pension struggles, voters will be asked later this month to approve a plan that Mayor Lenny Curry says will pay off the spiralling $2.85 billion pension debt that cripples City Hall’s spending on quality-of-life initiatives, like hiring police officers, expanding library hours and maintaining parks and roads.
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The Aug. 30 primary presents a rare opportunity and a challenging conundrum for anyone who wants to make predictions.
Voter turnout in these primaries are always low. In Duval, Clay and Nassau counties in 2012, only 22.6 percent of voters actually voted in 2012’s primaries. But that turnout is low, in part, because usually these primaries lack both competition and excitement.
Not so for 2016. These primaries may be the most competitive and costly in Northeast Florida’s recent memory:

MIDDLEBURG | It might not look like much at first glance — just a patch of freshly turned dirt between adjacent Wilkinson Elementary School and Wilkinson Junior High School. But that plot of earth is filled with the promise of a healthy harvest of vegetables grown by students and benefiting families in the community.
read more

This weekend’s pod Rods looks at the King of Rock ‘n Roll’s restored exotic; the revival of a stunning historic RV; Triumph speed at Bonneville; and the Volt hits a milestone.
Plus there’s a look at the car event calendar for the weekend:
 
read more

After years of hearing about Jacksonville’s alarming pension struggles, voters will be asked later this month to approve a plan that Mayor Lenny Curry says will pay off the spiralling $2.85 billion pension debt that cripples City Hall’s spending on quality-of-life initiatives, like hiring police officers, expanding library hours and maintaining parks and roads.
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An emergency medical crisis is no time to find out you have no health-care coverage.
But that’s what refugees frequently experience after the comprehensive medical services they receive within 90 days of arrival and eight months of Medicaid expire, said Brenda Boydston, project manager of Jacksonville Refugee Community Services office.
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CRESCENT BEACH | Not much good can come from being struck by lightning, but Luke Shimer’s family is doing their best to find the good in all the events since their lives were abruptly changed.
Shimer was struck by lightning May 17 while standing on the covered balcony of his in-laws’ Crescent Beach home where he was living with his wife, Kari Shimer.
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YULEE, Fla.— An EF-1 tornado flipped over trailers and semis in the Yulee area with winds at nearly 100 mph Thursday afternoon.
A Tornado Warning was briefly issued just after 2 p.m. for Nassau and Camden counties, but the tornado was on the ground from 1:40 to 1:57 p.m. - that's 17 minutes.
At its widest, the tornado was 600 feet across - and it drove a 4.25-mile path through the area.
The Nassau County Sheriff's Office tells us they had semis blown over along State Road 200 and Christian Way.