Matt Soergel is a journalist based in Jacksonville, Florida. He writes for The Florida Times-Union and Jacksonville.com, covering local news and human interest stories. His work has also been featured on Yahoo News and WJCT Public Media.
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Matt Soergel’s coverage predominantly focuses on local stories, profiling people and events in Florida with an emphasis on entertainment news, culture & society, family & relationships. His work contains a high percentage of expert commentary and profile features.
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By: Matt Soergel
Joey Kerr has a black-and-white photo of his great-grandfather, I.G. English, who's looking out the window of a steam locomotive he operated from Jacksonville.
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First-time feature filmmaker sets her movie in Atlantic Beach, east of Jacksonville, as a hurricane comes. It got good reviews at a festival in Italy.
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Jaxson, a Boston Terrier puppy found terribly wounded, is now in foster care where he happily tears apart stuffed toys while running for "president."
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Here's a look at the history of the St. Augustine Lighthouse, which turns 150 in October:
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Arthur Crofton, who grew up in England, spent his working life in radio, most of it in Jacksonville, where he first went on air in 1978.
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When working on this story about the St. Augustine Lighthouse, I turned to historian David Nolan, who's delved deeply into the old city he's called home since 1977.
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Funeral services are set for Tuesday and the time-honored tradition of a paddle-out will be on Nov. 23 to pay tribute to surfing legend Joe Roland.
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