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Protesters join Metro Gardens Association President Lydia Bell, right, on Friday, June 27, 2025, at the federal courthouse in Jacksonville. The group is seeking an injunction to stop a medical examiner's office from opening in their Brentwood community. | Michelle Corum, Jacksonville Today

Brentwood residents seek to stop medical examiner’s office

The Metro Gardens Neighborhood Association says the office threatens their health, safety and dignity.…

By Dan Scanlan and Michelle Corum

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The city's new medical examiner's office, now under construction off Golfair Boulevard and North Davis Street. | Dan Scanlan, Jacksonville Today

#AskJAXTDY l Will Jacksonville’s new morgue have a crematorium?

Will bodies be disposed of at the new medical examiner’s office? a reader wonders.…

By Dan Scanlan

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Metro Gardens Neighborhood Association President Lydia Bell announces a lawsuit against the city to stop construction of a new medical examiner's office in Brentwood. | Dan Scanlan, Jacksonville Today

Residents sue to stop morgue: ‘Brentwood’s not a cemetery!’

The Metro Gardens Neighborhood Association has filed suit against the city to halt construction of a medical examiner’s office in…

By Dan Scanlan

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