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Jacksonville Beach looks to make municipal golf course pay for itself

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Thursday, August 11, 2016
The Jacksonville Beach municipal golf course is not paying its own way and the city is looking at redeveloping the greens and revising course fees. During a budget workshop Tuesday to discuss the Parks and Recreation Department, plans to improve the golf course were detailed.

Jacksonville Beach group aims to save dogs

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Thursday, August 11, 2016
A nonprofit organization based in Jacksonville Beach is beginning a fund-raising campaign to expand a program that benefits animals and inmates.
David Duffy, biologist at the Whitney Lab Sea Turtle Hospital, is the guest speaker. (photo submitted)

David Duffy, biologist at the Whitney Lab Sea Turtle Hospital, is the guest speaker. (photo submitted)

GTM Research Reserve offers free lecture

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Thursday, August 11, 2016
The Guana Tolomato Matanzas National Estuarine Research Reserve (GTM Research Reserve) invites the public to attend a free lecture, "Afternoon Insight: Studying Juvenile Sea Turtles," on Wednesday, Aug. 17, from 3 to 4 p.m., at the Environmental Education Center in Ponte Vedra Beach.
Alex Majauskas, Jake McGuire and Lucy try out a self-serve dog wash station during the grand opening of Pet Supplies Plus in Atlantic Beach. (photo by Chelsea Wiggs)

Alex Majauskas, Jake McGuire and Lucy try out a self-serve dog wash station during the grand opening of Pet Supplies Plus in Atlantic Beach. (photo by Chelsea Wiggs)

Pet Supplies Plus marks grand opening

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Wednesday, August 10, 2016
Pet Supplies Plus celebrated its grand opening recently in Atlantic Beach. The event was celebrated with a lineup of sales, giveaways, pet pampering and more.
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Atlantic Beach resident pens book

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Tuesday, August 9, 2016
Jacksonville native and Fleet Landing resident Eugene Alvarez, Ph.D., has just published his most recent book, "Parris Island 'The Cradle of the Corps' A History of the United States Marine Corps Recruit Depot, Parris Island, South Carolina, 1562-2015.

Beach renourishment gear to arrive

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Tuesday, August 9, 2016
Duval County beach renourishment is expected to begin in early September, with equipment staging to begin Aug. 15. Neptune Beach City Manager Andy Hyatt told the city council that the approximately $13 million project will begin south of the Jacksonville Beach Pier, working its way north.
Rookie of the Year Kaley Delay (left) with Captain John Phillips and Guard of the Year Hannah Phillips. (photo submitted)

Rookie of the Year Kaley Delay (left) with Captain John Phillips and Guard of the Year Hannah Phillips. (photo submitted)

Top Atlantic Beach lifeguards honored

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Monday, August 8, 2016
Atlantic Beach Ocean Rescue hosted its annual lifeguard banquet recently, where the two most prestigious honors were awarded to Hannah Phillips for Guard of the Year and Kaley Delay for Rookie of the Year. Phillips is a third-year guard who joined the patrol her senior year of high school.
Kane Sears (center) plans to join his family’s Ponte Vedra dentistry practice this summer. (photo submitted)

Kane Sears (center) plans to join his family’s Ponte Vedra dentistry practice this summer. (photo submitted)

Legacy continues for Ponte Vedra family dentistry practice

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Monday, August 8, 2016
Kane Sears graduated from the University of Florida College of Dentistry in May, with plans to join his family’s Ponte Vedra dentistry practice – a legacy of 97 years and counting. The Sears dental legacy began with Kane’s grandfather, Dr.
Carson Merry Baillie co-founded Atlantic Beach Experimental Theatre and guided its growth during the Theatre's first 13 years. In the upcoming production of "The Waverly Gallery," she plays a hotel museum director whose family and friends are becoming concerned for her well-being. Several veteran actors from ABET are cast members. (photo submitted)

Carson Merry Baillie co-founded Atlantic Beach Experimental Theatre and guided its growth during the Theatre's first 13 years. In the upcoming production of "The Waverly Gallery," she plays a hotel museum director whose family and friends are becoming concerned for her well-being. Several veteran actors from ABET are cast members. (photo submitted)

Stage reading at ABET will feature co-founder

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Sunday, August 7, 2016
Atlantic Beach Experimental Theatre (ABET) will present a staged reading of "The Waverly Gallery" beginning on Friday, Aug. 12, as part of ABET Summer Specials. The play was written by Kenneth Lonergan and is directed by Jack Barnard, with stage management by Debra Harvey.
Carol Harding looks through the linens for Family Promise families. Ponte Vedra United Methodist Church is part of the program and provides a week of shelter for four homeless families. (photo by Eleanor Snite)

Carol Harding looks through the linens for Family Promise families. Ponte Vedra United Methodist Church is part of the program and provides a week of shelter for four homeless families. (photo by Eleanor Snite)

PV United Methodist Church hosting the homeless

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Sunday, August 7, 2016
Ponte Vedra United Methodist Church is gearing up for company at the end of August when two or three homeless families will move into the church as part of a nonprofit program called Family Promise of Jacksonville.