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First Coast Connect

On Friday’s show: First Coast Week In Review

From left, Renata DiGregorio, reporter at First Coast News; Claire Goforth, attorney and investigative/political reporter at The Daily Dot; Anne Maxwell, investigative reporter at News4Jax; and Dan Scanlan, reporter for WJCT News 89.9.
Stacey Bennett
From left, Renata DiGregorio, reporter at First Coast News; Claire Goforth, attorney and investigative/political reporter at The Daily Dot; Anne Maxwell, investigative reporter at News4Jax; and Dan Scanlan, reporter for WJCT News 89.9.

Each Friday, our panel of journalists dives into the week’s biggest headlines. Among our topics this week:

  • With comparisons likening the city’s ballooning garbage fees to the pension debacle, leaders are moving money and talking rate hikes.
  • Residents of Murray Hill want someone to pay for their neighborhood’s persistent stench.
  • A man is charged in a 1985 Camden County murder, after the man originally imprisoned in the case was exonerated.
  • The former Brunswick district attorney charged with interfering in the 2020 Ahmaud Arbery case finally appears in court.
  • A new bill could ban pickleball and golf courses in state parks after an earlier development proposal was met with outrage.

Guests:

  • Claire Goforth, attorney and investigative/political reporter at The Daily Dot.
  • Renata DiGregorio, reporter at First Coast News.
  • Anne Maxwell, investigative reporter at News4Jax.
  • Dan Scanlan, reporter for WJCT News 89.9.

Then, a local theater collective brings holiday cheer to historic Five Points with their original production, Joy: The Ultimate Christmas Experience. The event features a Christmas market, live carolers, photos with Santa and, as promised, joy.

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Anne Schindler joined WJCT News 89.9 as host of First Coast Connect in October 2023, after nearly three decades in Jacksonville print and television. Anne has worked in the Jacksonville media market since 1995, first as a reporter for the original Folio Weekly, then as the publication’s editor-in-chief from 2002 until her departure. In 2012, Anne transitioned to television as executive producer of special projects for First Coast News, Northeast Florida’s NBC and ABC affiliates. You can reach Anne at aschindler@wjct.org.