San Marco Community News

San Marco Police Blotter - May 2013

FirstCoastNews Web Staff — Wednesday, May 1st, 11:32 pm

No police reports at this time.

3 children found by police, ongoing investigation

FirstCoastNews Web Staff — Sunday, April 28th, 8:59 pm

JACKSONVILLE, Fla. -- The Jacksonville Sheriff's office is searching for the parents or guardians of three children -- all under 5-years-old -- who were found wandering the streets near San Marco. According to a JSO press release issued at just before 8 p.m on Sunday, police responded to the 3200 block of San Diego Road in reference to the three children wandering around 4 p.m. A citizen...

Work begins on San Marco Panera Bread restaurant

FirstCoastNews Web Staff — Sunday, April 28th, 6:17 pm

JACKSONVILLE, Fla. -- Nearly 18 months after a Jacksonville developer announced that Panera Bread would return to San Marco as part of a new retail project, work is finally under way according to First Coast News' partner The Florida Times-Union. In recent weeks, construction crews have been seen doing some preliminary work at the 1440 Hendricks Ave. site, but with a building permit issued...

Road work coming close to a finish in San Marco

Lewis Turner — Saturday, April 27th, 12:02 am

JACKSONVILLE, Fla. -- The lions share of work in San Marco has been done. Tough to tell by a quick drive by as the most visible part of the streetscape project is being worked on now. On the surface, the mangled surface and dust clouds seem like something out of a movie. On the surface you may want to avoid the area. But it seems in San Marco, what's on the surface, may be deceiving. "We...

Hand grenade found in San Marco yard

FirstCoastNews Web Staff — Monday, April 8th, 11:46 am

JACKSONVILLE, Fla. -- One San Marco resident got quite the scare after an old hand grenade was found in their yard Monday morning. A bomb squad team with the Jacksonville Sheriff's Office responded to a home on the 900 block of Holly Lane Monday morning, after the grenade was discovered. An area around the home was sealed off while the bomb squad investigated. Oddly enough, this is the third...

SWAT callout ends peacefully

FirstCoastNews Web Staff — Tuesday, March 19th, 5:18 pm

JACKSONVILLE, Fla. -- The Jacksonville Sheriff's Office SWAT team peacefully resolved a situation Monday night in which a mentally ill man barricaded himself inside his residence. Police were dispatched to a residence in the 8100 block of San Jose Manor Drive East just after 6:30 p.m. Monday on initial reports of a disturbance between neighbors and one of them had a weapon, according to JSO Lt....

Get Involved: 18th Annual Cleanup for St. Johns River

FirstCoastNews Web Staff — Friday, March 15th, 11:23 am

JACKSONVILLE, Fla. -- Consider it spring cleaning for the St. Johns River! The St. Johns River is a big part of Jacksonville's identity, but it does have a problem with pollution. Cups, plastic bottles and tires litter the banks of the river, but on Saturday morning volunteers can help make the river shine. Last year the St. Johns River Celebration 18th Annual Cleanup brought out...

Firefighters running in River Run revive 'streaker'

Saturday, March 9th, 10:19 pm

JACKSONVILLE, Fla. -- It was about half way through the race when one of the 42 "streakers" in the Gate River Run suffered a heart attack on Hendricks Avenue in San Marco. Fortunately, several medical personal and three firefighters were right there to revive the man. A " streaker" is one who has run in all 36 River Runs. Firefighters Chris Stover and his brother Rob were running the River...

How will the sequestration impact the First Coast?

Amanda Zitzman — Saturday, March 9th, 5:05 pm

JACKSONVILLE, Fla. -- As federal employees wait to find out if they'll face furloughs, people across the country are dealing with the effects of the sequestration. Senator Bill Nelson (D-Fla.) sat down with First Coast News Saturday at his in-laws home in San Marco to discuss the sequestration and it's impact on the First Coast. Nelson said the local military and Mayport will be hit the hardest...

Local jeweler creates the Vita Chef

Phil Amato — Saturday, March 9th, 12:39 pm

JACKSONVILLE, Fla. -- In a San Marco building off Hendricks Avenue you'll find an innovative new food appliance. A production studio was built for the Vita-Chef. It's a steamer skillet that was created by Guy Beard, founder of Beard's Jewelers. "I've been casting, fabricating and machining precious metals pretty much the last 30 years. So it's just a different metal. It's a bigger item," says...