Five years ago, 2015

• Members of the Clay Educational Support Professionals Association picket two locations in the county to demand livable wages for support staff.

• After an ordinance to prohibit feeding feral cats fails, the Town of Orange Park looks for new ways to control a growing population.

• Orange Park High hosts a “Reality Fair” to teach students to better manage their finances.

10 years ago, 2010

• The Historical Society of Orange Park stages its Moonlight on Magnolia at the Magnolia Cemetery to talk about the six Civil War veterans and 17 former mayors who are buried in the cemetery.

• Human and Natural Resources Director Rich O’Connell is selected to serve as the interim county manager for the third time.

• The Keystone Heights Community Redevelopment Agency is picked as the statewide winner for completing three major projects and breaking ground on a fourth to spruce up the downtown area.

20 years ago, 2000

• The Orange Park Town Council rejects an ordinance which would have required political candidates to post a bond prior to the election.

• Green Cove Springs’ Tape Technologies is selected as the county’s Industry of the Year by the Clay County Development Authority.

• Bannerman Learning Center’s Jeff Blanton and Thunderbolt Elementary’s Susan Hieber are selected to participate in the Florida Teachers fall Humanities program.

30 years ago, 1990

• Florida Gov. Bob Martinez visits with supporters during a stop in Green Cove Springs.

• County officials plead with the Florida Department of Transportation to find funding for the Parkridge connector.

• Clay County Sheriff’s Office deputies unearth the remains of a New Jersey mother six days after they discover the remains of her two children. Her boyfriend, Michael Alan Durocher was charged with murder, and he was executed on Florida’s Death Row in 1993.

40 years ago, 1980

• Police investigate the shooting death of Green Cove Springs businessman Willie James Plummer, who was found at his estranged wife’s house.

• Fees to ride the bus are increased from 85 cents to $1 by the Jacksonville Transit Authority.

• A budget hearing at the County Commission is delayed since the finance department hasn’t received information on the non-exempt property value so the millage rate can be set.