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Fruit Cove café employing those with unique abilities host ‘Christmas in July’ event
Read full article: Fruit Cove café employing those with unique abilities host ‘Christmas in July’ eventNoah's Agape Café on State Road 13 in Fruit Cove is hosting its first "Christmas in July" event from 2 to 5 p.m. Saturday.
Fitness Friday | What exactly is a barre class?
Read full article: Fitness Friday | What exactly is a barre class?Located in Fruit Cove, Rebel Studio is likely a favorite around the Jacksonville area because it doesn’t just cater to diehard yogis. In fact, its goal is to provide a comfortable environment for practitioners of all skill levels, whether they’ve been doing yoga for years or are looking to try it out for the first time.
Hundreds gather in opposition of proposed Fruit Cove apartment & townhome development
Read full article: Hundreds gather in opposition of proposed Fruit Cove apartment & townhome developmentIt was standing room only Wednesday night as hundreds packaged a church in Fruit Cove, rallying against a proposed apartment and townhome development that would be placed in a predominantly rural neighborhood.
Concerned Fruit Cove residents plan community meeting to discuss proposal for new development
Read full article: Concerned Fruit Cove residents plan community meeting to discuss proposal for new developmentResidents in the Fruit Cove community plan to come together in opposition of a proposal to bring a townhouse and apartment development to the predominantly rural neighborhood along Fruit Cove Road.
Fitness Friday | Switch up your workout with cycle classes
Read full article: Fitness Friday | Switch up your workout with cycle classesLocated in Fruit Cove, Rebel Studio is likely a favorite around the Jacksonville area because it doesn’t just cater to diehard yogis. In fact, its goal is to provide a comfortable environment for practitioners of all skill levels, whether they’ve been doing cycle, yoga, or barre for years or are looking to try it out for the first time.
Fitness Friday | A beginners guide to barre & more
Read full article: Fitness Friday | A beginners guide to barre & moreLocated in Fruit Cove, Rebel Studio is likely a favorite around the Jacksonville area because it doesn’t just cater to diehard yogis. In fact, its goal is to provide a comfortable environment for practitioners of all skill levels, whether they’ve been doing yoga for years or are looking to try it out for the first time.
Fitness Friday | Yoga tips and tricks with Rebel Studio
Read full article: Fitness Friday | Yoga tips and tricks with Rebel StudioLocated in Fruit Cove, Rebel Studio is likely a favorite around the Jacksonville area because it doesn’t just cater to diehard yogis. In fact, its goal is to provide a comfortable environment for practitioners of all skill levels, whether they’ve been doing yoga for years or are looking to try it out for the first time.
From warm and wet to a nor’easter
Read full article: From warm and wet to a nor’easterTuesday afternoon was a busy one in Northern Clay and St. Johns counties, where Middleburg to Fruit Cove who saw more than an inch of rain. There was a report of a house fire due to lightning just north of Fruit Cove.
Hundreds gather in Nocatee, Fruit Cove to show support for law enforcement
Read full article: Hundreds gather in Nocatee, Fruit Cove to show support for law enforcementIn Nocatee, peopled lined the west side of Crosswater Parkway near Adventure Trail for the event to support law enforcement. “There is a lot of support out here for law enforcement, what they do,. Hundreds gathered in Nocatee to support law enforcement officers and agencies. A man holds a "Polive Lives Matter" sign Saturday at a law enforcement appreciation event at Race Track Road and Flora Branch Boulevard. There’s not a lot of people causing these problems for us, and continue to support law enforcement, continue to be law-abiding citizens, take care of your family and work hard.
Commissioners vote down proposal for Daily's gas station in Fruit Cove
Read full article: Commissioners vote down proposal for Daily's gas station in Fruit CoveFRUIT COVE, Fla. - Met with much opposition from neighbors, St. Johns County commissioners voted Tuesday against a plan to build a gas station in Fruit Cove. The Daily's 24-hour gas station was planned to sit along State Road 13 on a nearly 8-acre lot outside of Fruit Cove Estates. The developer argued Tuesday that a gas station in the area would be better than the shopping center the property is currently zoned for. Applicants previously told News4Jax the new gas station would be a good economic decision for the area, supporting a boom in population. Neighbors also fought against the gas station in 2016, and commissioners then voted against the proposal.
County commissioners to vote on controversial gas station
Read full article: County commissioners to vote on controversial gas stationFRUIT COVE, Fla. - St. Johns County commissioners are expected to make a final vote on a plan to build a controversial gas station in Fruit Cove Tuesday morning. The Daily's 24-hour gas station would sit along State Road 13 on a nearly 8-acre lot outside of Fruit Cove Estates. The proposal looks to have not only a gas station but a convenience store and car wash as an accessory to the store located just south of Race Track Road. We feel violated that they are event trying to do this but I'm confident. Applicants previously told News4Jax the new gas station would be a good economic decision for the area, supporting a boom in population.
Tensions run high over proposed gas station in Fruit Cove
Read full article: Tensions run high over proposed gas station in Fruit CoveFRUIT COVE, Fla. - It was an emotional day for many who spoke out Thursday against a Daily's 24-hour gas station being built along State Road 13. The nearly 8-acre plot of land sits just outside Fruit Cove Estates. "Daily's told us that a gas station here is going to be the greatest thing that ever happened to us, we didn't drink the Kool-Aid," Fruit Cove resident, Harry Fairfield, said. "There are 18 properties within 300 feet of this gas station. These are our families, and to be honest, we feel violated," said Cindy Dunlop, a Fruit Cove resident.
Fireworks set off in park bathroom leave damaged toilets
Read full article: Fireworks set off in park bathroom leave damaged toiletsThat's what visitors at Julington Creek Plantation Park found Friday, according to the St. Johns County Sheriff's Office. Vandals apparently decided to set up fireworks in restrooms at the public park, causing an estimated $1,000 in damage. A maintenance worker for the parks and recreation department says fireworks were set off in the toilets. The remnants were found in a trash can right outside the bathrooms, blocking off the entrance to the public. The St. Johns County Sheriff's Office is investigating the crime, but surveillance cameras on the property were not working during the time the vandals hit.