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This Week in History

Posted 6/26/25

Five years ago, 2020

• Clay Behavioral Health Center wins the Paul E. Reinhold Community Service Award and $15,000 as the county's top nonprofit at the Celebrate Clay awards ceremony.

• Impact Clay relocates its emergency food operations services to Celebration Church in Orange Park.

• Orange Park High and Junior High invited to join the research-based Florida Civics and Debate Initiative. …

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This Week in History


Posted

Five years ago, 2020

• Clay Behavioral Health Center wins the Paul E. Reinhold Community Service Award and $15,000 as the county's top nonprofit at the Celebrate Clay awards ceremony.

• Impact Clay relocates its emergency food operations services to Celebration Church in Orange Park.

• Orange Park High and Junior High invited to join the research-based Florida Civics and Debate Initiative.

10 years ago, 2015

• Leaders in Keystone Heights, Orange Park and Green Cove Springs discuss ways to improve voter turnout in nonpresidential primaries.

• With nearly 11,000 new homes on the drawing board, Oakleaf residents get an update on the progress of the First Coast Expressway.

• “Zombie Hunters” train at Camp Blanding to help civil authorities during cases of chemical, biological, radiological, nuclear and explosive emergencies.

20 years ago, 2005

• A long-range subcommittee with the St. Johns River Water Management District met to study the feasibility of using Black Creek as a source for drinking water.

• The Clay County Charter Review Commission dropped a proposal that would amend rules and allow the sale of alcohol on Sundays to be consistent with the hours of the other six days.

• Hundreds of lacrosse players, who comprised 97 teams, participated in a tournament at Eagle Harbor, Dye Clay YMCA and Thunderbolt Park to support the Wounded Warrior Project/Florida United Lacrosse Cup.