River City Plus: Holiday Giving from GRE WAY & Seaside Adventures
The George Ralph Eldridge Way of life (GRE WAY), is focused on positive reinforcement for behavior health challenges, reading comprehension, and community outreach. We are servicing 3 counties this year, for the first time (Saint Johns, Duval, and Clay).
Indian and Mexican fusion at Tikka Bowls and Tacos
The food scene continues to explode down in Saint Johns with the launch of Tikka Bowls and Tacos adding even more flavor to the mix. The brothers Patel launched the Indian / Mexican fusion restaurant with the hopes of sharing their cultural recipes with an inventive connection to a food style many people relate to. They offer a variety of menu items including burritos, tacos and more with Indian fillers. Everything is made fresh daily using homemade family recipes. www.tikkabowlsandtacos.com
Celebrating National Popcorn Day with The Poppin Box
The Poppinโ Box LLC is a gourmet popcorn shop near Saint Johns, FL. The little family owned shop offers over 65 flavors of freshly popped popcorn, old-fashioned candy, delicious fudge, and specialty sodas. They have candy that will take mature kids back in time as well as the latest sours that make the youth smile with a pucker!! The soda selection is a unique mix of rootbeer, cherry, orange, creams and everything in between. When you step into the shop your eyes will light up with delight as our colorful shop is filled with yummy treats from ceiling to floor. Take a treat home or send one of their gift sets or tins to a loved one afar. Their popcorn is available nationwide.
Get rid of old, unused prescriptions on Saturday during National Drug Take Back Day
The goal is to educate the community on the risk of opioid misuse while providing a safe and anonymous way to dispose of left-over medications. The event will be held from 10:00 am โ 2:00 pm at the following locations:Memorial Hospital Medical Office Building โ 3627 University Blvd. S. Jacksonville, FL 32216Memorial Emergency Room Julington Creek โ42 Doctors Village Dr. Saint Johns, FL 32259Orange Park Medical Center Emergency Room โ 2001 Kingsley Avenue Orange Park, FL 32073Normandy Park ER โ 5773 Normandy Blvd. โMore than half of people who misuse opioid medications say they obtained them from someone they know," Dr. Fred Jenkins, Emergency Room Physician and Medical Director at Memorial Hospital said. โHCA Healthcare is committed to bringing frontline solutions to curb the tide of opioid misuse and addiction in the communities that we serve,โ Dr. Jenkins said.
Jacksonville man, 34, wins $1,000,000 Florida Lottery scratch-off game
TALLAHASSEE โ A Jacksonville man is nearly a million dollars richer after winning the top prize in the โFastest Road to $1,000,000โณ scratch-off game. The Jacksonville resident, 34, purchased his $30 ticket from Gate, located at 700 Durbin Pavillion Drive in Saint Johns. He chose to receive the winnings as a one-time, lump-sum payment of $790,000.00. The retailer will receive a $2,000 bonus commission for selling the winning Scratch-Off ticket. The game launched in February and features 155 top prizes of $1,000,000 and over $948 million in cash prizes.
11 area residents indicted for conspiracy to commit healthcare fraud
JACKSONVILLE, Fla. Eleven people were indicted Friday on charges of conspiring to commit health care fraud, U.S. Attorney Maria Chapa Lopez announced. In addition, Smalls and Jackson were each charged with paying kickbacks, and Miller and Smalls were each charged with money laundering. According to the indictments, Balotin owned and operated Casepark, a Jacksonville marketing firm that used sales representatives to market medications, including creams for pain and scars, to health care benefit program beneficiaries. Casepark, and Park and King, paid the sales representatives a percentage of the paid claims they received from the pharmacies, the indictment states. Prescription drug fraud increases the cost of medicine for everyone, said FDLE Jacksonville Special Agent in Charge John Burke in a news release.