Baldwin News

Two proposed ordinances moving through committees will soon go before Jacksonville City Council for approval and will have an impact on how you manage your landscape.

Henry Rollins with the young musicians who played mandolin and guitar on his CD, "Waiting for a train." Henry Rollins Jr.

Mayor John Peyton's trek to the City Council next month, however, is being eagerly anticipated.

Plump red tomatoes beckoned. So did bright yellow sunflowers, fresh-picked green beans, shiny cucumbers and coffee beans from Kenya.

Silence threatened to sink the Mayport Waterfront Partnership this week when the new director asked for a volunteer to take over its former project manager's administrative duties.

Central Florida saw 2.6% more visitors in 2007 and expects a similar increase this year, says Gary Sain, president and CEO of the Orlando/Orange County Convention & Visitors Bureau.

Cathy Shiver of Baldwin, Florida figured going to prom was an experience she would never have, because she never went in high school.

The Florida Department of Transportation recently announced it was delaying plans to build a beltway through the First Coast because of questions about whether its private partner would have to pay property ... via The Florida Times Union

“The stories in this building will make you cry”

TELL IT TO ME AGAIN Philip Mitchell , the assistant principal, listens to a student who was sent to his office for accessing a banned Web site on a computer during class. via The Florida Times Union

“Florida": "I could have my mind erased / And still not know exactly what I don't already know.”

We like debating lyrics as much as the next chain-smoking music geek, but Modest Mouse has us stumped. via The Orlando Sentinel

One of the largest road construction projects in Northeast Florida has been indefinitely delayed. via The Florida Times Union

That can mean an agonizingly long wait to be transported to the hospital, not something you or a loved one would want to endure. via Florida Times-Union

“The last six weeks have gotten worse.”

Some gas thieves are finding ways to get around the rising cost of fuel. By either selling or using the inflated commodity, the thieves seemed unconcerned as prices in Orlando broke $3.50 a gallon this week. via The Orlando Sentinel

Roundup from Tallahassee of the 2008 Florida legislative session includes top stories, a look at what is coming up, a rundown of the issues and more. via Florida Trend

MIAMI: How Valuable Are Hurricane Predictions? With much fanfare from a weather conference in the Bahamas, William Gray on Wednesday predicted 15 named storms would develop during the six-month season beginning ... via Florida Trend

Posted: Sunday, April 6, 2008 ; Updated: 7:40 AM on Sunday, April 6, 2008 Marriage license applicants Maxwell Joseph Gledhill, 32, and Sarah Stuart Owen, 28, both of St. via St. Augustine Record

“There were a lot of facts about the manatees coming back, and the fact that the Maple Leaf didn't sink all the way”

The bald eagle seemed to flare its wings menacingly at a turkey vulture near its perch atop the table on the trail at Walter Jones Historic Park on March 29. via The Florida Times-Union

Business Florida - Interactive Map of Florida Includes key demographics How to use this map State Map View : To view key demographics and link to a specific regional report, click a region. via Florida Trend

Independents and some smaller companies are engaging in wildcat strikes and rolling slow downs all over the nation today, with more expected for the next couple of days. via Technocrat.net

“If it wasn't for my wife, we would have been bankrupt already”

Independent truckers around the country pulled their rigs off the road and others slowed to a crawl on major highways in a loosely organized protest of high fuel prices.

Some truckers, on CB radios and trucking Web sites, had called for a strike Tuesday to protest the high cost of diesel fuel, saying the action might pressure President Bush to stabilize prices by using the nation's oil reserves. But the protests were scattered because because major trucking companies were not on board and there did not appear to be any central coordination. Read more