1929-2021: George Dorion was Jacksonville philanthropist and Bacardi family member and chemist firstcoastnews.com - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from firstcoastnews.com Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
George H. Dorion, a chemist by trade at the Bacardi spirits company founded by his great-grandfather and a philanthropist who supported a myriad of causes and helped found the River Run, died Wednesday at his Jacksonville home two days before his 92nd birthday.
He had prostate cancer that had metastasized, according to his wife of 63 years, Dorothy Dottie Dorion, a former hospice nurse. Despite his illness, he had been up and around until a week or so before his death. He was holding onto my arm, looked me in the eye, gave me a little smile and he was gone, she said. We had wonderful times. … I couldn t have picked a better mate.
Value of Kaipara soars, with tiny Ruawai up 76 per cent
14 Feb, 2021 08:00 PM
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Robyn Dormer has opened a bookshop in Ruawai after moving up from Devonport and can understand why the town has had the largest property valuation rise in the Kaipara.
Robyn Dormer has opened a bookshop in Ruawai after moving up from Devonport and can understand why the town has had the largest property valuation rise in the Kaipara.
Mike Dinsdale is Northern Advocate deputy editormike.dinsdale@nzme.co.nznorthernadvocat
Dorothy Simpson isn t surprised that the tiny Kaipara town of Ruawai is on the up, with the little slice of paradise offering so much to keep people happy.
Long-troubled Kansas City apartment complex getting upgrade
Cloverleaf Apartments has long crime history
New management has taken over at a south Kansas City apartment complex where there have been shootings, fires and squatters living in vacant apartments, all subsidized by tax dollars.
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KANSAS CITY, Mo. â Itâs a place where there have been multiple shootings and fires, and squatters have lived in vacant apartments.
And tax dollars have helped pay for it.
However, new management took over at the Cloverleaf Apartments in September and is working on improvements for the long-troubled complex.
Dorothy Simpson has lived at Cloverleaf since 2007 and said the complex has deteriorated over the years.