The (Un)Sinkable Corrine Brown
// by A. G. Gancarski “There are known knowns. These are things we know that we know. There are known unknowns. That is to say, there are things that we know we don’t know. But there are also unknown...
View ArticleFlorida’s Drowned Forest
photo by Mark Long Since Europeans first discovered and inhabited La Florida, men have searched for a way to avoid sailing around the peninsula to reach the Gulf of Mexico. A more efficient route to...
View ArticleMaking a Scene
// photo by Agnes Lopez The conversations about fine arts in Jacksonville often sound the same as those had about Downtown. “It has potential.” “We’re not there yet.” “If only we had…” Jax residents...
View ArticleHome Away From Home
by Lindsey Nolen // photos by Agnes Lopez New arrivals to Jacksonville coming from foreign lands is nothing new. It’s been happening since the mid-1500s, when French Huguenots sailed up the St. Johns...
View ArticleThe Courage to Remember: Holocaust Survivors in Jax
Morris Bendit, 77 by Hurley Winkler // photos by Agnes Lopez When he was just four months old, Morris Bendit’s family was forcibly taken to a Chernovitz ghetto. From there, they were herded into cattle...
View ArticleSilent Alarm | Florida Species on the Brink of Extinction
The threatened and endangered species lists ring the final warning on the survival of several Florida wild creatures—many of which live in our backyards without us even realizing they are there. Will...
View ArticleHow one Jacksonville man stole $20 million—and almost got away with it
$48,000 in cash is a lot of money. But it’s not so much that one can’t carry it off in a hurry, or even run away with it in-hand. That’s exactly what happened the afternoon of January 18, 2018...
View ArticleThe State of Medical Marijuana in Florida
* * It happened so fast she had no time to react to the screech of tires, the smell of burnt rubber, the sudden impact that knocked her off her feet. The driver of the car didn’t even realize she was...
View ArticleA look back—and forward—from Hurricane Irma
Words by Melody Taylor // Photography by Louis Grasse, smvphotos.com It was early September when William Dixon and his family moved into a small, concrete block house on Ken Knight Drive, just along...
View ArticleHow Florida’s agricultural heartland is fighting for survivors
Cattle ranches such as the Clay Ranch in Putnam County are important to the future conservation of Florida lands, protecting water resources and serving as a home for wildlife. Photo by Carlton Ward...
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