10 years ago, 2006
• Grove Park Elementary pleads to stay open at the school board meeting. Grove Park is slated for closure.
• Artimus Pyle to play Ham Jam 2006
• Tom Bush BMW adds …
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10 years ago, 2006
• Grove Park Elementary pleads to stay open at the school board meeting. Grove Park is slated for closure.
• Artimus Pyle to play Ham Jam 2006
• Tom Bush BMW adds Orange Park location.
• NAS Jax celebrates U.S. Navy’s 231st birthday with Navy Ball.
20 Years ago, 1996
• Planning stages started for the new junior high school “M”, scheduled to be built in Lake Asbury.
• Middleburg High School girls volleyball team win again Orange Park Raiders in two game sweep.
• Florida awarded $1 million for charter schools.
30 years ago, 1986
• Physicians at Clay Eye Physicians participate in a nationwide program to provide free eye care for elderly persons not under the care of an ophthalmologist.
• A meeting between Duval and Clay counties produce an agreement that will set the Brannan Field-Chaffee Road project off and running.
• The Keystone Heights High School Band traveled to Gainesville to help the Gators celebrate celebrate homecoming.
• Publix Halloween flyer promotes their Captain’s Choice Shrimp Tray serving 25-30 people for $57; Bartles & James Wine Coolers for $2.99.
• Showing this week at the Movies at Orange Park: Top Gun, Color of Money, Tough Guys, The Boy Who Could Fly, and Stand By Me.
40 years ago, 1976
• Green Cove Springs continues to gather support for its bid to build a solar energy plant
• Shopping cart races are just one of the activities featured at the Orange Park High School during homecoming activities. Also 27 people piled into a Volkswagen with the sophomores winning the event.
• Middleburg homecoming queen candidates prepare for the weekend’s festivities. They are Teresa Willis, Tammy Prather, Sheila Norman, Charon Harris. Stephanie Newell, Kim Stengrim and Jonna Godwin.
• Sonny’s Fat Boy BBQ Restaurant on Kingsley Avenue is tentative planned to open in mid-November.