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First Coast Connect with Melissa RossTuesday on First Coast Connect we talked about the fate of the Blekic family, who, despite following all the rules while living on the First Coast for 10…
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First Coast Connect with Melissa RossTuesday 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…
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First Coast Connect with Melissa RossChildhood ObesityIt’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…
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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…
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First Coast Connect with Melissa Ross07/12/16: The Death Of St. Augustine Priest Rene Robert; First Coast Connect Book Club; Ethan MurrowThe Death of St. Augustine Priest Rene RobertA Georgia prosecutor is seeking the death penalty in the murder of 71-year-old Father Rene Robert of St.…
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First Coast Connect with Melissa RossNational ParksIn 2011, Florida Times-Union columnist Mark Woods won the Eugene C. Pulliam Fellowship, a $75,000 award given each year to one American…
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First Coast Connect with Melissa RossDelores Barr WeaverTrailblazing philanthropist Delores Barr Weaver has done it again.Weaver, the original co-owner of the Jacksonville Jaguars, has…
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First Coast Connect with Melissa RossChild Abuse PreventionApril marks National Child Abuse Prevention Month.In Duval County, there were 2,471 reports of child abuse last year. That includes…
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First Coast Connect with Melissa RossA raft of death penalty cases across the state of Florida are in limbo after a ruling last week by the U.S. Supreme Court.The high court struck down…
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First Coast Connect with Melissa RossFederal authorities are warning the owner of Jacksonville’s Eureka Garden subsidized-housing complex that it is in default of a key funding contract…