Five years ago, 2021

• The Board of County Commissioners reviewed plans for more than $20 million in federal disaster relief funds from the American Rescue Plan Act.

• County officials reach out to residents for suggestions to address problems with the appearance of Wells Road as part of its new Gateway to Clay program.

• Safe Animal Shelter welcomed the new arrival of Executive Director Lynne Dougherty.

10 years ago, 2016

• The Clay County School Board approved a contract for a new charter school, St. Johns Classical Academy.

• County commissioners voted 5-0 to waive fees to drop off yard debris at the county dump in the wake of Hurricane Matthew.

• Clay County paramedic-firefighter Kevin Mobley settles a lawsuit against the county after he was demoted from lieutenant to fireman after he worked as a volunteer fireman for the Keystone Heights Fire Department and was ordered not to respond to a serious car accident on his day off.

20 years ago, 2006

• County Developer Jerry Agresti was the inaugural winner of the Louis L. Huntley Pacesetter Award by the Clay County Chamber of Commerce.

• Sailors at Naval Air Station Jacksonville joined in the U.S. Navy’s 231^st year of service.

• The Orange Park Community Theatre prepared to debut “The Contrite Spirit,” a play set in the Civil War era that mixed drama, humor and murder.

30 years ago, 1996

• Developer Van Royal announced the sale of homes in The Cove along Governors Creek. The block and stucco homes listed between $69,900 and $79,900.

• County Commission Chair George Bush urged caution about the light repair project at the Orange Park Athletic Association ballpark because of the discovery of an Osprey nest.

• County Clerk of Court John Keene filed a lawsuit against Clay County asking the court to settle a dispute concerning $60,000 in taxpayer dollars Keene used to defend himself in a 1994 ethics complaint filed by BCC member Ron Stotler.

40 years ago, 1986

• Green Cove Springs Mayor Dick Beseler said he’d rather spend $40,000 for a new city hall than continuing to fill the cavities under the aging existing city hall.

• U.S. Attorney General Edwin Meese appointed attorney G. MacKenzie Rast of Orange Park to serve on the U.S. Parole Commission, a promotion that required him to move to Atlanta.

• The Clay County Sheriff’s Office charged marriage and family counselor Hartwell Wilson, 30, with sexually assaulting a 15-year-old male therapy client.