CLAY COUNTY -- County commissioners voted to give homeowners who care for aging parents or grandparents in their homes a break on property taxes.

GAINESVILLE -- A state-sponsored investigation into two former university landfills concluded the dumps did not pollute drinking water wells.

JACKSONVILLE -- Former Airport Authority Chairman Ronald Townsend withdrew his company's bid to sell advertising inside Jacksonville
International Airport after competing firms claimed Townsend received favorable treatment. Departure Media of Charlotte, N.C., won the $130,000 contract.

Colorado-based MDC Holdings purchased more than 2,000 residential building lots throughout northeast Florida from Watson Home Builders, making MDC one of the region's three largest builders.

A. Dano Davis, chairman of Winn-Dixie Stores (NYSE-WIN), announced he is retiring.

The Sporting News named Peter Bragan Sr., owner and president of the Jacksonville Suns minor league baseball team, and his son, General Manager Peter Bragan Jr., 2004 Minor League Executives of the Year.

Real estate attorney Dale A. Beardsley and investor Russell Lee Parker Jr. were indicted by a federal grand jury on charges that they built a $22-million mortgage fraud scheme.

NASSAU COUNTY -- The U.S. Senate passed a resolution adding 8.5 acres of American Beach -- a historically African-American portion of Amelia Island -- to the Timucuan Ecological and Historic Preserve, thus protecting it from development.

Melanie Ferreira, director of business development for the Council for Economic Outreach in Gainesville, was named executive director of the county's Economic Development Board.