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Daily Record Staff
November 18, 2011

Thanksgiving Day: Nov. 24

In the fall of 1621, the Pilgrims, early settlers of Plymouth Colony, held a three-day feast to celebrate a bountiful harvest, an event many regard as the nation’s first Thanksgiving.

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Max Marbut
November 18, 2011

Project Atrium: Gustavo Godoy. New exhibit at MOCA opens Saturday

“Project Atrium” at the Museum of Contemporary Art was conceived as a way to exhibit art in a new way for Jacksonville.

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Max Marbut
November 18, 2011

TDC debates who deserves funding

There were two reasons Thursday’s quarterly meeting of the City’s Tourist Development Council lasted more than 2 1/2 hours.First, there were 11 grant requests on the agenda in addition to the usual items like approval of the last meeting’s minutes and discussions of funding marketing.

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Daily Record Staff
November 18, 2011

Behind bars for MDA

About 90 local business executives, many from Downtown, spent part of their Thursday “behind bars” at EverBank Field making calls to friends, family and business colleagues to raise money and post “bail” to benefit the Muscular Dystrophy Association.

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By Joe Wilhelm Jr.
November 18, 2011

Port board adds John Falconetti

Gov. Rick Scott, who said he considers Florida’s ports as key economic drivers for the state, made his first appointments to the Jacksonville Port Authority board on Wednesday.

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Daily Record Staff
November 18, 2011

City Notes

• Pat Ritter was one of the participants at America Recycles Day in Jacksonville on Tuesday, which generated 22,350 pounds of paper shredded, 300 pounds of cardboard recycled and 270 pounds of magazines and newspapers for recycling. The event was sponsored by Keep Jacksonville Beautiful, the City and Southland Recycling Services.

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By Lilly Rockwell
November 17, 2011

Destination resorts at first legislative hearing

The widely watched proposal to bring massive luxury casinos to South Florida could lead to expansions of gambling in the rest of the state.

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Daily Record Staff
November 17, 2011

Protecting those who protect us

Florida Chief Financial Officer Jeff Atwater and Florida Attorney General Pam Bondi (right) with Holly Petraeus, director of the Office of Service Member Affairs at the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, toured the region’s naval bases Wednesday to determine the financial challenges faced by sailors and their families.

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Mark Basch
November 17, 2011

Trailer Bridge seeks time to restructure debts

Facing a deadline to pay off $82.5 million in bonds, Trailer Bridge Inc. filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy Wednesday to give it time to restructure its debts.

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Max Marbut
November 17, 2011

Downtown's new interstate transportation hub

Almost two years ago, the Jacksonville Economic Development Commission’s Downtown Development Review Board approved a plan to transform the area around the Skyway Station at the Osborn Center into a Regional Transportation Center.

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By David Chapman
November 17, 2011

Brown invites reform study group

Mayor Alvin Brown welcomes input into his proposed City government reform plan from a newly formed study group of past mayoral administration leaders, according to Chief of Staff Chris Hand.

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By Joe Wilhelm Jr.
November 17, 2011

Workspace: Jacksonville Suns General Manager Chris Peters

An inability to consistently hit the curveball might have kept Chris Peters from playing professional baseball, but it hasn’t stopped the new Jacksonville Suns general manager from pursuing a career in the industry.

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Mark Basch
November 17, 2011

Jacksonville banking industry improving: 'Worst is behind us'

From his conversations with Florida bankers, longtime banking analyst Ben Bishop does see some signs that conditions in the industry are improving.

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Daily Record Staff
November 17, 2011

City Notes

• OneJax announced its 2012 Humanitarian Awards, which will be awarded May 24 at the Hyatt Downtown. The 2012 Silver Medallions will be awarded to Dr. Sol Brotman, a dentist in private practice; Hugh Greene, president and CEO of Baptist Health; Dr. Yazan Khatib of the First Coast Cardiovascular Institute; and community volunteer Karen Wolfson. The awards honor those dedicated to the improvement of human relations among diverse groups in the community.

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By Michael Peltier
November 16, 2011

Proposal: CAT fund would shrink by $5 billion

The Florida Catastrophe Fund would shrink by about $5 billion over the next four years under a prescription offered to the governor and Cabinet Tuesday that would raise Floridians’ average insurance premiums by about 10 percent over the next several years.

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Thanksgiving Day: Nov. 24

Project Atrium: Gustavo Godoy. New exhibit at MOCA opens Saturday

TDC debates who deserves funding

Behind bars for MDA

Port board adds John Falconetti

City Notes

Destination resorts at first legislative hearing

Protecting those who protect us

Trailer Bridge seeks time to restructure debts

Downtown's new interstate transportation hub

Brown invites reform study group

Workspace: Jacksonville Suns General Manager Chris Peters

Jacksonville banking industry improving: 'Worst is behind us'

City Notes

Proposal: CAT fund would shrink by $5 billion

Mayo Clinic in Florida seeks permit for almost $19 million project

UF Health and United Healthcare come to an agreement

Sixth ArchWell Health surfaces for Northeast Florida

Ascension St. Vincent’s Baymeadows adding walk-in urgent care services

Baptist Health adds third helicopter to Life Flight fleet

Circulation Verification Council

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