Five years ago, 2018

• A new medical marijuana center opened in Orange Park on Blanding Boulevard.
• The Florida Supreme Court rejects an appeal by Lucy Hoover, who was disqualified for running for county judge because she didn’t complete all the candidate paperwork on time.
• Clay County Fire Rescue Battalion Chief Raleigh Zike was terminated for sexual misconduct,

10 years ago, 2013

• Orange Park Town Manager Cindy Hall is given her expedited retirement by the Town Council.
• City Attorney Sue Heath met with the Green Cove Springs City Council for the last time following her retirement.
• Gustafson’s Dairy announces it will lay off workers and close its Clay County dairy.

20 years ago, 2003
• A three-month investigation resulted in the arrests of three Melrose residents.

• After shifting funds from different accounts, Orange Park Town Council unanimously approved $1 million for a new headquarters for its Public Works Department.

• Clay County School Board rejected bids for Lake Asbury Junior High. The lowest bid, from Auld &White, came in 25% over budget.
30 years ago, 1993

• A section of the Shands Fishing Pier caved in at the site in Green Cove Springs. Officials estimated repairs to run as high as $80,000.
• The Clay County Chamber of Commerce’s fall membership drive reported more than 85 new members to the small business advocacy group.
• The sixth annual Knowledge, Information, Development and Support, or KIDS, conference was hosted at Orange Park Presbyterian Church.
40 years ago, 1983

• Health Department Administrator Ed Stansel recommended a quarantine in the Doctors Lake area after two teens were exposed to a rabid bat. The teens received a rabies vaccine.
• An alleged stabbing in the parking lot of the Orange Park Mall left a Jacksonville with superficial knife wounds.
• A Middleburg couple was arrested and charged with what law enforcement characterized as a statewide check-cashing scam.
50 years ago, 1973

• The former Clay County Association for the Retarded welcomed its first staff member, Nancy Keating.

• Warwick Kenney submitted his letter of resignation to the Green Cove Springs Commission after more than 25 years of service during nine terms.

• A dive team from the Clay County Sheriff’s Office recovered the body of John Prebula from the St. Johns River after he apparently fell from the Shands Bridge Pier.