• Beginning Oct. 1, the Bankruptcy Court clerk’s office will only accept cases filed electronically.
• The Military Order of the Purple Heart is making a third attempt to name the walkway leading to the City’s Veterans Memorial Wall after the group’s namesake medal. The veteran’s group, which represents more than 1,000 Purple Heart recipients in Northeast Florida, asked former mayor John Delaney in 2002 to name the path “Purple Heart Trail.” Delaney declined, saying it would cause confusion with area streets. A year later, the Northeast Florida Veterans Council formally requested the change. After 18 months, the groups are still waiting and Christian Ellis, the president of the NFVC, asked Mayor John Peyton to help make the change happen.
• Community Rehabilitation Center executive director Reginald Gaffney wrote Mayor Peyton a letter apologizing for a Southern Christian Leadership Conference official’s comments, calling Peyton a “redneck.” Gaffney said “such a statement was not justified. You have been very supportive of this agency, and I thank you.”
• You don’t have to be in Athens this week to experience the Olympics. Stop by the Landing Wednesday evening to witness the Hooters Olympics. Billed as “delightfully tacky, yet unrefined,” the fundraising event is the first of its kind. Waitresses from several Jacksonville stores will compete in a series of challenges, with all proceeds supporting the Special Olympics.
• The Old Ortega Historic District has been officially listed in the National Register of Historic Places. The distinction will make it easier to get federal and State restoration grants.
• A local church group is jumping into the debate over cable packages. Earlier this year, Council member Jerry Holland talked on behalf of his constituents to representatives from Comcast Cable about allowing customers to pay only for channels they wanted. Now Bishop Paul Zink of New Life Christian Fellowship has sent a petition bearing the signatures of 185 cable customers to U.S. Rep. Ander Crenshaw asking for the so-called a la carte option. Comcast says that approach would kill off smaller niche channels and says customers worried about content can edit channels using their televisions or cable boxes.
• The demand for riverfront town homes at VillaRiva proved to far outweigh the supply. According to property management, one hour after they were put on the market, all six were sold.
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