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Folio Weekly
Published September 22A Win for Hope McMath — and a Significant First Amendment Fight
Words by Teresa Spencer After more than a year of uncertainty surrounding her teaching career, Jacksonville educator, artist and longtime community advocate Hope McMath received significant news: A Florida administrative law judge has recommended that the state dismiss the…
Jacksonville Today
Published September 22New mansions could be built on Cumberland Island
A proposed land exchange would allow up to eight homes on Cumberland Island, some as large as 15,000 square feet.
Folio Weekly
Published September 22Letter from our GM
Every year around this time, the rest of the country starts pulling out sweaters, ordering pumpkin-spiced everything and posting pictures of leaves changing colors. Meanwhile, here in Northeast Florida, we’re still wearing flip-flops, running the air conditioner and pretending 82…
Jacksonville Today
Published September 22Why only Flock, and not police, can remove the controversial cameras
The cameras belong to Flock, so only Flock can remove them. Some police have covered the cameras instead.
Jacksonville Today
Published September 22A ‘super’ El Niño could bring severe winter weather to Florida
The trade-off from a quiet hurricane season could be the most severe winter weather ever recorded in Florida.
Creative Loafing Tampa Bay
Published September 22Administrative judge sides with Florida teacher punished for Charlie Kirk Facebook post
The state should drop charges, including an allegation of gross immorality, against a Duval County teacher who posted about Charlie Kirk after he was killed, an administrative law judge has recommended. The decision came last week, addressing charges against Hope McMath, who was…
Folio Weekly
Published September 22September Film Reviews
“The End of Oak Street” A dysfunctional family is forced to band together and fight for survival when their neighborhood is teleported through a wormhole to a prehistoric landscape crawling with dinosaurs and other primeval creatures. Despite their continued diminishing quality,…
Bradford County Telegraph
Published September 22Toothaker earns top-10 finish for BHS
Bradford High School’s cross-country runners participated in the third annual Run with the Devils in Jacksonville on Sept. 18, with girls runner Amber Toothaker placing eighth out of 42. Toothaker had a time of 26:31. She was joined in the girls race by teammate Anna Adkins, who…
FlaglerLive
Published September 21Judge Says Charges Against History Teacher Over Charlie Kirk ‘Karma’ Post Should Be Dropped
The state should drop charges, including an allegation of gross immorality, against a Duval County teacher who posted about Charlie Kirk after he was killed, an administrative law judge has recommended. The decision came last week, addressing charges against Hope McMath, who was…
Folio Weekly
Published September 21Apparently, Trump Cherishes the Free Press. Well, That’s Good News for Us.
By Teresa Spencer Well, this is reassuring: President Donald Trump declared Monday that he “cherish[es]” the free press while defending his administration’s decision to bar CNN, MS NOW and Politico journalists from the White House. As an independent free press publication…
Jacksonville Today
Published September 21Jacksonville Civic Council comes out against Amendment 3 tax cut
Business Group the Jacksonville Civic Council worries the property tax cut would reduce city and local services.
Folio Weekly
Published September 21September Bricks & Bouqs
BRICK To the bureaucratic bungling behind Northeast Florida’s breathalyzer mess. A panel of local judges found that Intoxilyzer machines used in DUI cases had undergone unauthorized repairs, leaving prosecutors reviewing roughly 950 pending cases. That’s not a minor paperwork…