• Former sheriff Nat Glover could be in for a nice check soon. You’ll recall that Glover petitioned the State’s Division of Retirement for retirement pay retroactive to July 1, 2003 — the date Glover felt his retirement officially began. The State felt otherwise and the case ended up in front of Robert Cohen, the director and chief administrative law judge for the State’s Division of Administrative Hearings. Cohen sided with Glover last week, which means Glover is due about $24,000. The decision has one final hurdle: the Division of Retirement has 15 days to accept, reject or modify Cohen’s ruling.
• Among the state budget cuts is the canning kitchen on McDuff Avenue.
• The renovations at the Riverside YMCA didn’t all go well. The ceiling in the men’s sauna is falling down, so they’re closing it this weekend for repairs.
• Correction to a cutline from a photo we ran on July 14. The City’s Sister Cities program is still under the Jacksonville Economic Development Commission. It is being transitioned to the Jacksonville Regional Chamber of Commerce.
• Landing spokesperson Rachel Kaltenbach says a couple of restaurants have shown interest in the space formerly occupied by Ruby Tuesday. One’s local and the other is from out-of-town. Kaltenbach said if the space isn’t leased by the Florida-Georgia game, the Landing will find a temporary tenant for the week.
• It’s official, the former Durango Steakhouse on Atlantic Boulevard near Queen’s Harbour will become an Outback Steakhouse. Colliers Dickinson recently negotiated and signed the lease with Outback.
• As part of City Market Saturday, there will be a ‘Sidewalk Chalk’ art contest. The weekly
market is held from 9 a.m. until 2 p.m. on the Northbank Riverwalk between Hogan and Pearl streets and the contest will last the duration of
the market.