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Mitch Kolesaire and Matthew Shen pose with their instruments. (photo submitted)

Jazz club forms for Ponte Vedra High School

A local musician is working with student musicians to orchestrate a new jazz club at Ponte Vedra High School. Mitch Kolesaire, chairman and member of the St. Augustine Orchestra, said he is excited to help the students get started on the right note...

Jonathan Byrd tees off during the final round of the Web.com Tour Championship at Atlantic Beach Country Club. Byrd won the event, securing his PGA Tour card for next season (photo by David Rosenblum)

Byrd wins Web.com Tour Championship

Mother Nature gave the Web.com Tour Championship trouble for the second straight year. A year after the pending arrival of Hurricane Matthew forced a cancellation of the inaugural event at Atlantic Beach Country Club, the Web.com Tour was able to...

Dreams come true

Jake McGuire loves cars. The 9-year-old Atlantic Beach boy can identify most every make and model, often down to the year, according to his mom, Tammy. But living with Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy, an incurable genetic disease, the dream of ever...

Surfer Skylar Miller rides a wave while father Ty looks on. Skylar placed fifth in the 12 & Under Whitewater Riders Division and joined Ty to win the Tandem Division during the 19th Annual Sisters of the Sea Surf Classic. (photo by David Rosenblum)

Sisters of the Sea compete despite rough surf

The 19th Annual Yerba Mate Presents Sisters of the Sea Surf Classic was greeted with heavy surf conditions and many hard-charging “sisters.” Contestants in 13 divisions battled it out in the rough surf just south of the Jacksonville Beach Pier....

Cullen Chalker, a Jacksonville Beach resident, has been honored for being Jacksonville's oldest fire chief. (photo by Eleanor Snite)

Oldest fire chief says firefighting is the best job

Ask Cullen Chalker, who is now 93 and lives in Jacksonville Beach, what he loves, and he’ll tell you his wife, being a firefighter and traveling around the country. He also is the Oldest Fire Chief in Jacksonville and has ridden in the Opening of...

Beaches anglers Matt Kinsey and AJ Rathbun caught a nice haul of speckled trout. (photo submitted)

Sea trout fishing picks up following Irma's wake

The St. Johns is a mess with the water clarity zero, salinity zero, currents are brutal and debris is everywhere. However, there is a silver lining, sea trout fishing. The trout bite has really picked up following the wake of Hurricane Irma. With...

News Stories

Wonderwood bridge work to begin

The Wonderwood Drive (State Road 116) bridge over the Intracoastal Waterway will undergo a repair and rehabilitation project starting in mid-October.

Man arrested for shooting two at Mission House

A suspect was arrested Friday in connection with a shooting that morning at the Mission House, 800 Shetter Avenue.

Vilano Boat Ramp closed for channel dredging project

The Vilano Boat Ramp will be closed through Tuesday, Oct. 31, due to a dredging project that will improve navigability to the ramp for public use. For more information, call 904-209-0193.

Veterans Florida Entrepreneurship Program launches 3rd year of programming

Do you dream of being your own boss? The Veterans Florida Entrepreneurship Program is now seeking participants.

Sports

There are Beaches connections behind IceMen

Elaine Brown is known around the beach as mayor of the city of Neptune Beach, but you may not know that she is also on the advisory board for the IceMen, an ice hockey team that has come to Northea

FWC announces Lionfish Challenge winners

The Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission (FWC) has announced the winners of the 2017 Lionfish Challenge.

Additional weekend added to Gulf gray triggerfish fall state season due to Hurricane Irma

The gray triggerfish recreational season in Gulf state waters will be open an additional weekend this October to provide anglers with fishing opportunities that were missed due to Hurricane Irma im

Gamel shines in Mariners win over Rangers

Neptune Beach's Ben Gamel belted a three-run home run during Seattle's 10-3 win over the Texas Rangers Sept. 12.
Gamel was 3-for-5 at the plate in the win.