Lauren Hopkins

3 weeks ago | residentnews.net | Lauren Hopkins

With 50 years at Cliff’s Barber Shop now in his rear-view mirror, James Edwards marvels at the roots he’s planted and the relationships he’s formed with the barber shop’s loyal patrons. “I’ve cut kids’ hair as they grow up, and then I watch them go to college. When they come home, they move two blocks away from their parents, and they keep coming in for haircuts,” he said. “This is a great neighborhood.”Edwards himself has been a resident of San Jose for 55 years.

4 weeks ago | residentnews.net | Lauren Hopkins

Summer vacation has begun and children, from kindergarteners to newly graduated high school seniors, are celebrating the school-free weeks stretching out before them. Yet for some families, summer break presents a very real, very heartbreaking problem as it eliminates one, possibly two meals a day for their children. Food insecurity is a major issue in Jacksonville.

4 weeks ago | residentnews.net | Lauren Hopkins

In honor of Father’s Day, we’re taking a moment to celebrate the dads and granddads who lead with love, wisdom, and quiet strength. From imparting lasting pearls of wisdom to passing down family traditions, their influence runs deep and wide. In this special Resident News feature, we celebrate their stories – heartwarming, humorous, and deeply inspiring – honoring the roles they play not just in their families, but in shaping the communities we call home.

1 month ago | residentnews.net | Lauren Hopkins

Since he was a young boy, retired orthopedic surgeon Dr. John Lovejoy, Jr., 86, has appreciated the values of thrift and reuse. “My mother was a contractor and she built our home in the 1940s,” he reminisced while sitting in the living room of that same San Jose home he still lives in today with his wife of 58 years, Harriet. “She discovered a school that had closed and was selling its building materials. My job was to straighten out the used nails and clean the bricks.

Apr 1, 2025 | residentnews.net | Lauren Hopkins

“A homebuyer’s love for historic neighborhoods has never been stronger,” said Lee B. Norville, president of Norville Realty in Ortega. According to the Northeast Florida Association of REALTORs (NEFAR), there’s a continuing rise in local inventory and homes are selling a little faster, with a median of only 36 days on the market in Duval County. Looking to buy or to sell a home this spring?