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The Holiday Season is Here, Enjoy the 75th Season's Best
First Annual Tree Decorating Contest Comes to the Square
Audrey Cynthia Kelley Lives True to Her Motto to “Make the Most of It”
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Legislation Enhances Overlay Protections Sulzbacher CEO Cindy Funkhouser with Darnell Smith
Inspiration for Transformations
The Jacksonville Center for the Performing Arts was filled with inspiration and celebration at Transformations, Sulzbacher’s largest annual fundraiser and gala event. READ MORE ON PAGE 26
Wolfson Student Performs at Carnegie Hall
City Councilmembers Joe Carlucci, Tyrona Clark-Murray, Matt Carlucci and Michael Boylan watch as Mayor Donna Deegan signs the Zoning Overlay Protection Bill.
At a signing ceremony held on Monday, Nov. 18, Mayor Donna Deegan signed Bill 2024-0373, providing greater protections for zoning overlays and creating the process by which one is formulated. READ MORE ON PAGE 6
Art-fully Crafted
Kickoff to the Holiday Season
Russel Sefton poses at Carnegie Hall
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Russell Sefton, an alto saxophone player from Samuel Wolfson School for Advanced Studies, lived a dream shared by countless musicians by performing at New York City’s Carnegie Hall last month. The opportunity came by way of the Worldstrides Performance Series Honor Band, an elite and competitive program that provides talented young musicians the opportunity to perform under a master conductor on some of the most prestigious stages around the world.
Mel and Mac McGehee
Angels Among Us Raising funds for grieving families
Adrianna Mainville and Chris Hazelip with Luca and Wren
Friends, families and neighbors kicked off the holiday season at the San Marco Art Festival in Balis Park. Held every year the weekend after Thanksgiving, the festival is a community tradition at the San Marco Square.
Angels for Allison’s top supporters came together for the annual Flight of Fancy Gala at the Garden Club in Riverside, Nov. 8. The high-flying fundraiser helps relieve families who face financial burdens of their own after the loss of a child.
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