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Ponte Vedra man gets 6.5 years for wire fraud Staff, News4Jax Updated:  Tags:  JACKSONVILLE, Fla. – A 64-year-old Ponte Vedra man was sentenced Thursday to six years and six months in federal prison after ripping off a series of people, including close friends, through a series of bogus investment schemes, the U.S. Department of Justice announced in a news release. As part of his sentence, the court also entered a money judgment of more than $2.6 million, the proceeds of the charged criminal conduct. In addition, the court ordered Hendricks to pay more than $3.8 million in restitution. A...

Tour Italy and its gardens virtually Presentation made via Zoom by Robert Hendricks Submitted content Take a tour of Italy and its gardens without even leaving home. The Abbot Library and the Driftwood Garden Club are offering a virtual escape from the New England winter season. Join on Zoom on Tuesday, February 16th, at 7 p.m, for a photo-essay presentation of gardens in Italy, from the Amalfi Coast in the south to Stresa in the north. The tour will include both well-known favorites and more hidden locations, including the Gardens of Ninfa near Rome, the gardens at the Villa Rufolo in Ravel...

Two women, wearing protective masks due to the COVID-19 virus outbreak, cast their ballots Tuesday at a polling station at Windham (N.H.) High School. Regardless of the presidential election outcome, a vexing issue remains to be decided: Will the U.S. be able to tame a pandemic that is surging as holidays, winter and other challenges approach? Public health experts fear the answer is no. the associated press the Gazette

As lifelong Jehovah’s Witnesses, Colorado Springs residents Sam and Amanda Rocha have been knocking on strangers’ doors since childhood. Amanda’s earliest memory of participating in the denomination’s well-known door-to-door ministry was when she was 7 years old. She, her siblings and parents formed a united front. “I remember bonding with my parents and seeing how they expressed their love and interacted with people in their homes,” she said. For Sam, those nascent experiences showed how his parents believed in what they were telling others. “We enjoyed it,” he said. “We we...