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Work on cleaning up downtown continues
It would be surprising if a new City Council committee beginning its work today did not conclude that moving the county jail out of downtown is an excellent idea. Council President Ron Salem already has reached that conclusion and he established the new committee to examine the particulars. Sheriff T.K. Waters also is on record…
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Malleable law is being used in latest Trump attack
At one time there were only three federal crimes: treason, piracy and counterfeiting. Today there are thousands, and one of the most problematic is the RICO law, enacted in 1970 in what might have been a well-intentioned effort to nab mob bosses. The name was chosen to match the “Rico” who was a gangster in…
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Saturday, August 19 Celebrate a Century of Cinema at Jacksonville’s Norman Studios Silent Film Museum
The year 2023 marks the remarkable one-hundredth anniversary of a cinematic masterpiece that laid the foundation for an entire era of filmmaking. “Regeneration,” a silent film crafted by the visionary Richard Norman, has captured the hearts of audiences for a century with its timeless narrative and groundbreaking techniques. As this milestone is celebrated, the Norman…