05/10/16: Delores Barr Weaver; March Against Fossil Fuels; First Coast...
Delores Barr Weaver Trailblazing philanthropist Delores Barr Weaver has done it again. Weaver, the original co-owner of the Jacksonville Jaguars, has established a $20 million endowed fund at The...
View Article06/14/16: Author Mark Woods On America's National Parks; Stacey Goldring;...
National Parks In 2011, Florida Times-Union columnist Mark Woods won the Eugene C. Pulliam Fellowship, a $75,000 award given each year to one American writer. Woods won the prize with his unique...
View Article07/12/16: The Death Of St. Augustine Priest Rene Robert; First Coast Connect...
The Death of St. Augustine Priest Rene Robert A Georgia prosecutor is seeking the death penalty in the murder of 71-year-old Father Rene Robert of St. Augustine, who was killed last April Burke County...
View ArticleFirst Coast Connect Book Club: Remembering Iconic Editor Maxwell Perkins
Behind every great author stands a great editor. And few editors were as great as Maxwell Perkins, who worked with the iconic F. Scott Fitzgerald, Ernest Hemingway and Thomas Wolfe to create classic...
View Article08/09/16: Childhood Obesity; Ambassador James Jeffrey; First Coast Connect...
Childhood Obesity It’s a new way to fight a serious public health problem in this country and on the First Coast: childhood obesity. About 13 million kids and adults in this country are considered...
View Article10/11/2016: Sunshine State Survey; Matthew Insurance Claims; Book Club;...
University of South Florida political science professor Susan MacManus joined host Melissa Ross Tuesday to talk about the latest Sunshine State Survey asking Floridians what their greatest concerns as...
View Article10/8/2016: Election Day; JEA Discrimination Charges; Book Club; RedTie Affair
It’s Election Day. We spoke to St. Johns County Supervisor of Elections Vicki Oakes about what voters need to know as they head to the polls. We also spoke with WJCT reporter Ryan Benk about a story he...
View Article1/10/2017: Charles Cofer; Book Club- Tolstoy; Dr. Robert Cywes; Green Drinks Jax
Tuesday on “First Coast Connect,” we spoke with new 4th Judicial Circuit Public Defender Charles Cofer. He spoke about some of the changes he had and will make in the office. First Coast Connect book...
View Article2/14/2017: Trade And Tariffs; First Coast Connect Book Club; FSCJ TEDx; Live...
Tuesday on “First Coast Connect” we spoke with Vista Energy Group CEO and Flagler College Professor John O’Brien about how President Donald Trump’s trade policies could affect the First Coast. Our...
View Article3/14/2017: Mental Health Funding; First Coast Connect Book Club; 89.9 FM...
Tuesday on “First Coast Connect” we looked at the mental health crisis facing Florida with Mental Health America of Northeast Florida CEO Denise Marzullo; activist Jonathan Harriford, whose brother is...
View Article4/11/2017: Delegal On Pensions; Book Club; UNF Communications Master's;...
Tuesday on “First Coast Connect” we heard from local labor attorney Tad Delegal about Mayor Lenny Curry’s pension reform plan. The First Coast Connect Book Club with blogger Stacey Goldring focused on...
View Article5/9/2017: Visit Jacksonville; ALS Ballball Grounds; Moveable Feast; Book Club
Tuesday on “First Coast Connect,” we spoke with Visit Jacksonville CEO Paul Astleford (1:02) about THE PLAYERS Championship’s impact on the region and concerns about the funding of Visit Florida....
View ArticleFirst Coast Connect Book Club: Stacy Goldring Talks 'A Man Called Ove'
Stacy Goldring introduced the First Coast Connect Book Club’s book of the month Tuesday, “ A Man Called Ove. ” This bestseller is about a crotchety, short-fused and suicidal old man named Ove, who just...
View Article6/13/2017: JaxPort-Rubin; Portland Murders; 'Elvis Ignited'; First Coast...
Today on “First Coast Connect,” JaxPort spokesperson Nancy Rubin (01:08) told us about a new proposal by port officials for the deepening of the St. Johns River channel that would cut about $200...
View Article7/11/2017: Voter Information Controversy; 'Moveable Feast' - Joe Finnegan;...
Today on “First Coast Connect,” we spoke with League of Women Voters of Florida President Pamela Goodman (01:15) on President Trump’s Advisory Commission on Election Integrity. Our latest episode of...
View Article8/8/2017: Consolidation Vote At 50; FCC Book Club 'A Gentleman In Moscow';...
Today on “First Coast Connect,” we commemorated the 50th anniversary of Duval County voters’ approving consolidation with former Mayor Alvin Brown’s chief of staff and co-author of “ America: The...
View Article9/13/2017: Hurricane Irma-Climate Change; Women Veterans; FCC Book Club...
Wednesday on “First Coast Connect” we heard how climate change affects storms like Hurricane Irma with Jacksonville University climatologist Jeff Martin (01:13). Ahead of the Ken Burns PBS documentary,...
View Article10/11/2017: S.A.F.E. Center; Book Club 'Killers Of the Flower Moon'; White...
Wednesday on First Coast Connect we heard about a new location to assist survivors of sexual assault in Jacksonville with Executive Director Teresa Miles of the Women’s Center of Jacksonville and...
View Article11/14/2017: Sasha Polakow-Suransky; First Coast Connect Book Club...
Tuesday on First Coast Connect we spoke with author Sasha Polakow-Suransky on the rise of white nationalism in Europe (01:24). Book Club blogger Stacy Goldring and Jenna Hassell with the Jacksonville...
View Article12/12/2017: Transgender Issues; First Coast Connect Book Club- Snow; Brighter...
Tuesday on First Coast Connect we discussed recent national and local news involving transgender people with Director of the University of North Florida LGBT Resource Center Kaitlin Legg (01:18). Our...
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