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Where to get tested for COVID-19 Published:  Updated:  Tags:  Regency Square COVID-19 testing site. (WJXT/Kevin Talley) JACKSONVILLE, Fla. – As the year ends and efforts of state and local authorities shift resources to providing vaccinations, there have been some changes to testing for COVID-19. The Monday before Christmas, the Regency Square site set a record for most tests in a single day, with 3,499 tests completed. The Florida-funded site is well-known, free to any resident of the st...

Pre-Christmas rush for COVID-19 testing Published:  Updated:  Tags:  JACKSONVILLE, Fla. – If you’re looking to get tested for COVID-19 before Christmas, expect to be waiting in line. Not only are more people getting tested in preparation to travel for the holidays, but most local and state sites will be closed Thursday and Friday, Christmas Eve and Christmas Day. Most private clinics will also close -- at least on Friday. That set off a last-minute rush for testing. “Protecting your fa...

Nomi Health As the number of COVID-19 cases continues to rise in Jacksonville and across the state of Florida, residents are being encouraged to take advantage of free testing, especially before exposing themselves to family or friends outside their household.  The number of hospitalizations has also been spiking in the weeks since Thanksgiving. Experts expect that trend to continue if friends and families gather during the upcoming holidays. “Its very important for people to go in the n...

‘We are very concerned’: Richmond Health District looks toward impact of COVID-19 from holiday season Family gathering (Source: Live 5/File) By Olivia Ugino | December 16, 2020 at 7:41 PM EST - Updated December 16 at 7:41 PM RICHMOND, Va. (WWBT) - Richmond is averaging about 76 coronavirus cases a day, with a percent positivity rate of 6.4%. With just nine days until Christmas, city leaders are growing concerned about large gatherings. The Richmond Mayor Levar Stoney reminded t...

Free community testing for COVID-19 continues. The Richmond and Henrico County health districts are offering testing at the following locations: • Thursday, Dec. 17, 2 to 4 p.m., Second Baptist Church of South Richmond, 3300 Broad Rock Blvd., South Side. Drive-thru testing. • Friday, Dec. 18, 10 a.m. to noon, Regency Square parking deck, 1420 N. Parham Road, Western Henrico. Drive-thru testing. • Monday, Dec. 21, 10 a.m. to noon, Eastern Henrico Health Department, 1400 N. Labu...

As J.C. Penney Co. Inc. exited bankruptcy last week, the company sold its Jacksonville store property at The Avenues mall to a new real estate company formed in the Chapter 11 reorganization. While the property was sold, the store at 10308 Southside Blvd. remains open. J.C. Penney’s reorganization plan included selling its retail and operating assets to a partnership of mall owners Simon Property Group and Brookfield Asset Management. A real estate entity owned by the company’s lenders was...

Chef Dan Kenny has announced that his trendy Brighton restaurant The Set will close permanently at the end of March next year. Announcing the closure on Instagram​​, Kenny said he hoped the restaurant would live on and be able to find a new home, but added that he and team may also look at pursuing new projects in the future. Located within the Artist Residence hotel on Regency Square, The Set was opened by Kenny in 2015.  In 2017 the chef also took over respo...

With the land bought and financing in place, Atlanta developer Shelton McNally Real Estate Partners LLC is preparing to build the 300-unit Novo Kendall Town apartments in the Regency area. GL National Inc. and Shaner Select Services Hotels VIII LLC sold almost 16.7 acres east of Southside Connector along Kendall Town Boulevard. Novo Jacksonville Owner LLC paid $4.5 million for the vacant land Dec. 10, financed with a $28.6 million mortgage from Synovus Bank in Columbus, Georgia. The mortgage wa...