February 20, 2025
A City Council committee said the 145-year-old farmhouse is too deteriorated to save.…
February 18, 2025
Preservationists fight to save 145-year-old Mandarin farmhouse
The Henry C. Arpen farmhouse is on the National Register of Historic Places, but the owner wants to demolish it.…
December 9, 2024
A citrus comeback is budding in North Florida
Warmer temperatures and new technologies are helping a citrus industry born in St. Augustine.…
September 26, 2024
Kmart is gone in Mandarin; Home Depot is coming
The Kmart at 9600 San Jose Blvd. has been demolished. It closed in 2016.…
June 20, 2024
Permit issued for Cooper’s Hawk in Mandarin
Cooper’s Hawk Winery & Restaurant will have inside and patio dining, bars and a retail area.…
April 29, 2024
Cooper’s Hawk applies for permit in Mandarin
Cooper’s Hawk opened its first Northeast Florida restaurant at The Markets at Town Center.…
April 19, 2024
Photography couple earns Miss Aggie award in Mandarin
The award, named after one-time Postmistress Agnes Grace Jones, will honor photographers Olis and Jo Garber for their contributions to…
March 27, 2024
City’s oldest art festival returns this weekend in Mandarin
The Mandarin Art Festival has been an Easter weekend tradition in Jacksonville for more than five decades.…
February 14, 2024
PHOTO ESSAY | Like Jax, unbeaten Mandarin soccer team is a blend of cultures
The unbeaten Mandarin High Mustangs have players from three continents who speak 10 different languages.…
February 6, 2024
Remembering Harriet Beecher Stowe in her former community
A pavilion along Mandarin Road will mirror the architecture of the long-gone cottage where one of Mandarin’s most historic figures…
January 18, 2024
Home Depot files plans for old Kmart site in Mandarin
Home Depot intends to demolish the existing structure and build a 133,123-square-foot home improvement center…
December 21, 2023
Harriet Beecher Stowe statue in the works for Mandarin park
The statue in Mandarin will be the first life-size likeness of the author of “Uncle Tom’s Cabin.” You can watch…
August 3, 2023
Expanded Mandarin Museum will reopen Saturday
The museum includes new exhibits on the community’s history, the Civil War-era Maple Leaf shipwreck and the story of Black…