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With a census report that said Jacksonville added over 11,000 new residents in 2017, how long will it take for the city to boast 1,000,000 p...

Republic Wireless is good and cheap. Well, it's cheap, and usually good, just not if your secondary Jacksonville number used to belong t...

The video was embarrassing for the two local women accused of stealing donated clothes from a Salvation  Army donation dumpster, and I'm...

I saw a Nextdoor post from a veteran who said what I've always said (but was a little apprehensive to say too loudly). Memorial Day is o...

Non-stop. Cheap. Convenient. It's not in time for our family vacation to Wisconsin this summer, but Frontier flights 814 and 815 will ...

I suppose I was expecting more out of car dealerships. And these businesses mostly sell Chevys, not Cadillacs, so I have to give them some ...

I understand that there's a market for short-term, high-interest loans. And I know that it's not something anyone wants to have to d...

I totally understand why we'd want to forgive medical debt for veterans and others in need. In Jacksonville, it's all about vets, bu...

I guess you could say I've already owned a hybrid vehicle. Three, in fact, as I ran two Mercedes-Benzes and a Suburban on diesel/vegeta...

I'd heard about the Florida sinkholes before. When my wife first wanted to drag me here several years ago, I told her I didn't want ...

Dr. G said it herself that no one really knew much about medical examiners beyond Quincy. Today, we know other TV shows that make CSI, NCIS,...

Bank of America has this goofy tool that shows monthly spending based on zip code. I am sure it's not terribly accurate, since people u...

Not a Jacksonville Sorority I had visions of Animal House or Revenge of the Nerds dancing in my head when I heard that a car crashed i...

The title says it all. That's what I want, assuming I have the summer I am planning with work. We often talk about going local when it c...

I really enjoy the idea of constant, recurring income. Just the thought that I might write songs now that will someday  help my wife go shop...

Last year, when I was driving back and forth between Kansas City and Jacksonville, everyone was looking for a Nissan Rogue driven by a teach...

It seems that Southern Living Magazine makes a list of top Bloggers to follow. I assume that since most magazines are just blogs with severa...

This is one of those moments when I'm glad I'm not a teacher anymore. If you try to be funny or clever (and you're not careful),...

I know it's a big deal when there's a house on fire, and I can appreciate the desire to move an appropriate amount of resources to t...

When you have a local blog, people want to get free advertising on your site. And the good kind, not an honest review from a paying customer...

A woman interviewed about the large shopping development going in at the 9-B/I-95 interchange said she was excited about not having to trave...

I'm not even sure if there are street signs up yet in Magnolia Grove near my house, but Jacksonville's GIS map has the street name...

I keep seeing planted ads in my Nextdoor email account, and it's annoying. I keep getting Alignable requests from when I lived in Kansas...

To Kill a Mockingbird or NOT To Kill a Mockingbird? That is the question for lots of English teachers across the country, South or North. T...

While I don't appreciate the fact that several Jacksonville entities, including my aldermen, ignored emails from me, I can have some sol...

Maybe this is a local Jax or FL thing. Two examples in less than a year make it more than a coincidence, I think.

I read about the purpose of ponds on Jax's wastewater pages, but I still don't understand completely the pond in my backyard. I reac...

I remember when the major Hollywood movies about fixing schools were big: Stand and Deliver, Lean on Me, Summer School. Oh, and Dangerous Mi...

It's odd there isn't more about this aquatics camp near Orange Park online. The Scout River Base seems to have some reviews of its o...

After 3/4 of a year, we have finally seen squirrels in our Florida back yard. I have wonder why we have not seen any until now and why we ...

After the third airplane flew right over my house today, I figured I'd let the folks over at JAXEX know that I know (or thought I knew...

I was standing in a wonderful house north of Blue Cypress Park when one person in the conversation said that homes like the one we were in w...

I spent a few minutes today looking at local Jacksonville blogs, and there was a noticeable problem with most of the websites, most of them ...

It used to be that good writing might get you noticed. Creative ideas or a new insight had a place. But you can look at Holloywood in order ...

In less than a year, I just saw the third report of a bank robber who left on foot after robbing a Jacksonville bank. I don't know what ...

Sure, I can say some things about Jacksonville that make people wonder why we moved here. I think the world, and Jacksonville in particu...

I've been working with a friend from Wisconsin who wants to record songs. I write lyrics, and I think I'm pretty good at it. He'...

Someone created a coupon for a free cup of coffee at Starbucks, but it was fake. When you scan the QR code, the N-word pops up on your phone...

Jacksonville has plenty of potential problems on the road, especially the fast surface roads that are treated like mini-expressways. On my...

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While it was never discussed in the news, I thought it might be interesting if local news reporters decided to not wear bras to support (pun...

Leg meets dry Jax grass Hey Jacksonville weekend warriors, it might be time to un-retire the cleats one more time. The local MABL is try...

My wife's uncle thought it was a scam. A hand-written sign near the entrance to the pier at Jacksonville Beach, charging $1 to walk on...

I got an update from Zillow and decided to check out a house in my neighborhood. It was the same house as ours, but something seemed differe...

I saw a report of a paintball fight in Jacksonville that resulted in damaged property and some arrests. One person interviewed claimed it wa...

Over many years in Milwaukee, it was Gillick, Murphy, Wicht & Prachthauser.  And Murphy, Gillick, Wicht & Prachthauser Maybe Gilli...

OK, I'm not going to research this one entirely, but what was said on the news was so stupid that I needed to write it down. Supposedly,...

I wrote this story called "Deviant" with a main character (a social deviant) who moves in next door to the police headquarters in...

It's 7:45am on a Saturday, and I'm reminded of one type of annoying neighbor: the one who has a loud muffler. I'm already awake,...

Action News Jax finally did something beyond reporting what already happened. That's good news for residents of Jacksonville and very, v...

I understand the marketing. A law firm hands a homeless guy a t-shirt. Probably write it off as a donation. Probably feel good because they...

Lowe's has been relatively disappointing as a home improvement destination for me, at least when it comes to sales. I know neither Lowe...

I took the kids over to the new subdivision in the area in order to see the trends in new homes and neighborhoods. The basic takeaway is tha...

I was driving with my family on Kernan on Easter Sunday after a walk in the park when I saw a police cruiser near the East Pointe Church. I ...

If you're looking for a quick hike through wild Florida close to Jacksonville, there are actually plenty of options. Cradle Creek Prese...

I saw Corey's first weather broadcast back in December of 2017. He seemed to be just a little nervous, but I couldn't blame him ...

When the local news said that four homeowners who moved sand around on the beach to create a sand barrier in front of their homes included t...

What do World Water Day and St. Johns River Cleanup Day have in common? Both of them were mentioned in my JEA bill flyer that I received on ...

I saw and ad for a local news channel's Woman of the Week (which got me to wondering if there's a Man of the Week), and the woman wh...

I know there are local Jacksonville names for bridges, parks, streets, and probably all kinds of other things I have yet to figure out. One ...

This is a specific problem you might run into if you purchased a home with an alarm system and hard-wired smoke alarms, and if you went and ...

Everyone wants to live in St. Johns County. Just like where I'm from, those people all say it's because of the schools. But that was...

What in the world is going on with Jax city government that we need code words for potential business development? As a naturally cynical pe...

I was at an HOA meeting tonight, and it surprised me when I asked about the widening of Kernan that the HOA did not seem to agree with one...

I was watching Paternity Court, which is bad enough, but then the woman who was trying to prove the man in court was the man who made her a ...

I was looking at some traffic data to see how busy my area of Jacksonville is when I came across the FDOT data for the area. After some play...

If you're from out of town or live near me, the 295 is an important road. Here are the traffic cams from the Dames Point Bridge south to...

I've seen a lot of people who tell news reporters to leave them alone, and many others who won't show their faces in interviews. Som...

So the Interior Department of our federal government is spending $139k for new doors for an office suite. That's a lot of money for new ...

We had a 100% zoo membership card when we moved to Jacksonville from another zoo. What that means is that some zoos would reciprocate 100% ...

The title of this article is the exact same one used by local news. I don't want to make light of the killing of a human being. However,...

The news was feeding me a good-news story about JSO giving out random gift cards to people, and the anchor mentioned that one of the recipie...

A guy with a local business was arrested for having both grenades and moonshine inside his establishment. I am not sure about the legality o...

I bet there's some local kid from Jacksonville right now who's good with design skills and wants to build websites for a living. It...

Let's assume we put huge tariffs on steel from China. It might mean pricier cars, soda cans, and other items that use cheap Chinese stee...

Hooray for me. It's Jury Duty Season in Jacksonville, and I have received my summons. It's right on the heels of seeing a news repor...

I went to look for where my kids could play soccer in Jacksonville, but I realized the main website that I was led to has not been updated...

When it comes to tickets for events, I like the face-to-face interaction of going to a ticket office. I only use Ticketmaster when no othe...

I've played baseball for most of my life. The last couple decades have been in leagues where sponsors help the teams to defray costs in ...

I kind of feel sorry for the NRA and its political action group known as Republicans. I am sure the NRA thought that mass shootings would ju...

I think this is perfectly legal for Jacksonville to do, and it's an idea that could save the city billions of dollars over the next gene...

The European Street Cafe in Jacksonville (Beach and University) is like if you took a street cafe from Europe, made the food bland for Ameri...

I know there are all kinds of rules about sweepstakes. That companies have to allow people to NOT purchase items to enter, etc. And I also k...

I know I’ve been raising my concerns about a gas station going in at McCormick and Kernan because it might detract from the neighborhood, ...

For fast-food vets, this is not a surprise. Two for $6 Whoppers does not translate to each single Whopper costing $3. I saw a guy storming ...

I thought I'd identified the formula for news reporting in Jacksonville, but then it took a turn for the stupid. A recent story about a ...

When I was looking into the possibility of moving to Jacksonville, I relied on Sperling's Best Places . The overall impression portray...

I don't make mistakes very often, if ever, but I misheard a story about Jacksonville's new slogan as being Jacksonville Beach's....

I have used Progressive's Snapshot three times now in order to get a lower insurance rate for myself and my wife. One of my most popular...

We've lived in Jacksonville for over six months. Geese are annoying here, like they were in Milwaukee. The main difference is that the g...

I clicked on an article in my feed that talked about the living wage needed in all 50 states. The purpose was to show that some states requi...

This is a series New Jax Witty is undertaking in order to learn more about local history through the names used in public places around to...

I don't know for sure if this is the best deal, but it felt like it, anyhow. The last time I needed a propane exchange, I went to Walgre...

The Jacksonville IKEA was shut down because of a bomb threat that resulted in police spotting a suspicious garbage bag in the parking lot. I...

I was looking through my Jacksonville neighborhood on the statisticalatlas.com website when I saw something that was different from other ne...

Someone was shot in the Sans Souci area of Jacksonville. I don't know if that's normal or not. What surprised me about the story was...

The news tonight said there had been almost 350 guns stolen in the first 10 months of 2017 in Jacksonville. A little math implies over 400 g...

I guess I should have expected something like this existed around here, but it was still surprising to hear about it. Sunday Funday. It'...

When I as looking for houses in Jacksonville, I mentioned to my realtor that people here didn't seem to understand the simple formu...

If you're reading this Sunday night before your kids need to attend a new school because Arlington Country Day School closed last week, ...