The Surfside, Fla., building collapse is just one example of a bigger looming problem Editor’s Note: The article below was published this past weekend in the Washington Post. By Evan McKenzie Evan McKenzie teaches in…
The 2021 Hurricane season officially began a month ago today, and Tropical Storm Elsa is already heading our way. NOAA’s storm forecast has Florida in its sights, on a bulls-eye trajectory that would, at this…
Shared courtesy of The New York Times: https://www.nytimes.com/2018/10/24/well/move/exercise-brain-memory-fitness-cognitive.html?smid=em-share Ten minutes of mild exercise can immediately alter how certain parts of the brain communicate and coordinate with one another and improve memory function. By Gretchen Reynolds…
WOOF!! WAG!! (and another) WOOF!! WAG!! Guess what!! St. Augustine has been declared one of the “10 Best Dog-Friendly US Vacation Destinations for 2021”!! The list was just published on Chewy.com, a site many pet…
The title is awkward. We hardly ever hear it. And that’s in part because most people never live long enough to attain it. But Ron Estes, the former Marine Sergeant, CIA legend, and Marsh Creek…
By Shay Fontana Dieuvensley was born 8 months after the devastating earthquake in Haiti in 2010. Two months later his father died of cholera brought in by the U.N. forces. His mother could not find…
By Meri-Kathryn Peed and Louise Nelson The COVID -19 pandemic caused most of us to experience a year of isolation, we have never experienced before. As we are emerging into a “new normal” let’s look at new ways to…
Around Marsh Creek, it always pays to have your smartphone handy when out for a walk or a bike ride. Yesterday, the Marsh Creek Avian Club held its morning meeting in the big pond at…
The Haszards return, by popular demand, and for an unprecedented FIFTH engagement in 14 month! See you in the park so we can welcome them back! Thursday the 10th, 6-8 pm
By Peter Clayton Our community has almost 30 lakes but few with any bulkhead, however six property owners along Marshside Drive have changed that. All the properties back onto the lake on the left side…
By Bob Knowlton While walking our dog Henry the other day, I noticed a male cardinal sitting on the ground atop a palm frond by the 14th green. As it took notice of neither Henry…
By Rickie Rubenstein WOOOOOOOF!!!! Hi again, from your favorite four-legged advice columnist! What a blast at the recent Yappy Hour at the Club! Fellow pups (sorry, cats) whose parents belong to Marsh Creek Country Club: …
By Peggy Gachet Call it the hazards of the job if you want, but I have noticed so many clean boxes stacked out on trash day to be picked up and destined for the land…
NOAA predicts another active Atlantic hurricane season NOAA’s Climate Prediction Center is predicting another above-normal Atlantic hurricane season. Forecasters predict a 60% chance of an above normal season, a 30% chance of a near-normal season,…
By Brian Nelson Chief Warrant Officer (RET) Stephen Lawrence, and Marsh Creek resident, is a recipient of the Distinguished Service Cross, the nation’s second highest military honor. Lawrence has put almost 50 years behind that…
By Ron Estes “I carried the Regimental colors that day in the flag detail. I was a sergeant, a squad leader (three stripes). It was a stirring day.” Ron Estes later served 25 years as…