Josh Floyd, a restaurant industry veteran with more than 15 years’ experience in the business, opened Josephine, his first restaurant concept in the heart of historic Avondale on Wednesday, Nov. 30. more

“Christmas Fantastique” will be presented at 2 and 7 p.m. Dec. 22 at Lewis Auditorium in downtown St. Augustine during the Nights of Lights festival. more

It is with heavy hearts that we announce the passing of our beloved David (Bill) William Brooks, Jr., MD on November 11, 2022. more

Entrepreneurs, business leaders, successful professionals in a variety of fields and people who wanted to learn gathered Nov. 16-18 at the link for the EnterCircle Summit 2022. more

First Coast Cultural Center was recently awarded $45,000 matching gift challenge from the Persbacker-Wyman Family Foundation in support of the Sound Connections music therapy program. more

Flagler Hospital received an “A” Hospital Safety Grade from The Leapfrog Group. more

The Recorder’s garden columnist Kathy Esfahani of Kathy’s Creative Gardens & Nursery shares her tips for growing gorgeous gardens in Northeast Florida. more

Six years ago, local boat captain Nathan Pendleton packed a couple of duffel bags and set off for Nicaragua armed only with $600 and a desire to “help poor people.” more

After visits to New York’s Rockefeller Plaza and London’s Hyde Park in seasons past, the world-famous Light the World Mobile Giving Machine is coming to Florida this Christmas season. more

The Jacksonville Area Golf Association recently hosted its 19th JAGA Scholarship Golf Classic at Deerwood Country Club and raised $24,000. more

On Nov. 5, 1993, First Lady Barbara Bush attended the dedication of a new patient care tower at Wolfson Children’s Hospital, reading “Goodnight Moon” to the children being treated there. more

As a boy, John Beard would sit in his mother’s studio in the Keys and watch as she painted portraits and landscapes. more

It’s so easy to fall in love with Manhattan Tower – a jeweled hideaway that’s considered to be one of the best-kept secret vacation spots in bustling Fort Lauderdale. more

Just 15 months after taking over ownership of a long-established fitness facility in Ponte Vedra Beach, John DiPatre is already planning to expand. more

Dana L. Rector has been a hair stylist for more than 30 years, most of that time in Stamford, Connecticut. Six years ago, she moved to Ponte Vedra where she could be near family. When Covid-19 forced many salons to close, leaving people no way to access their services, Rector launched her business to do hair styling in people’s homes. Even as life has returned to normal, customers have found her service to be a time saver. And mobile hair styling continues to be convenient for those who cannot get out. more

On Nov. 3-6, 40 croquet players from throughout the country played a four-day event in Ponte Vedra. Players came from as far away as Baton Rouge; Chesapeake Bay, Virginia; the highlands in North Carolina; and all over Florida. more

Purrt City may be the most unusual place a traveler can spend the night. more

On the west side of Ponte Vedra Boulevard, just south of the Sawgrass Country Club, sits an eye-catching contemporary-style home filled with light, art and personality. more

The flourishing restaurant scene in Northeast Florida makes nightly choices of where to enjoy dinner, happy hour or in-between hours quite a dilemma. more

Stacy Cushman Studio Gallery, located in the courtyard of The Veranda office complex, is normally a working space, not open to the public. Here, Cushman creates paintings in watercolor or oil, much of it inspired by nature, as well as the ceramic works for which she is most well known. But during the entire month of December, she will open the gallery up and exhibit a diverse array of pieces by young artists expressing themselves in their own unique ways. In addition to her own art, guests will see one-of-a-kind woodwork, sculpture, crochet creations and much more. more

On Monday, Nov. 21, the We Can Be Heroes Foundation presented a large Gratitude Proclamation Banner signed by citizens of St. Johns County to members of the local law enforcement community. more

The inaugural St. Johns County version of Whiskey, Wine & Wildlife was held Nov. 4-6, drawing large crowds for the festivities. more

The Women’s Food Alliance hosted an evening with Jen Wolcott at All About Events to celebrate holiday entertaining at one of the premier party rental companies in Jacksonville. more

A look at what’s happening in the arts locally. more

Christmas and all the trappings will come early this year as Coastal Friends (formerly known as Newcomers Alumnae) will hold its monthly Holiday Luncheon from 11 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. Dec. 7 at Marsh Landing Country Club, 25655 Marsh Landing Parkway, Ponte Vedra Beach. more