Jacksonville Beach to discuss gap in funding for streetlights

Beaches Energy utilities located within the boundaries of future projects must be moved to accommodate the work in the Jacksonville Beach Central Business District. However, city officials must determine who is going to foot the bill for such a relocation.

Jax Beach CRA votes to transfer funds to replace dune walkovers

The Jacksonville Beach Community Redevelopment Agency is diverting funds allocated for the city’s wayfinding signage program to offset the cost of replacing more than a dozen dune walkovers within the Downtown Development District.

Low-cost spay, neuter services available for cats

After months of preparation, low-cost spay and neuter services are available for feral and domestic cats at The Caffeinated Cat in Jacksonville Beach. Located at 331 1st Ave. N.

St. Johns County celebrates rebound for sea turtle population

In early November, all of the sea turtle nests on the beaches of St. Johns County finished hatching. According to numbers provided by the St.

St. Johns County Board of County Commissioners elects Sarah Arnold as chair, Roy Alaimo as vice chair

During a Nov. 21 special reorganizational meeting of the St. Johns County Board of County Commissioners (BOCC), current vice chair and District 2 Commissioner Sarah Arnold was unanimously elected as the new chair and District 3 Commissioner Roy Alaimo was unanimously elected as vice chair.

Fletcher among schools awarded Purple Star School designation

On Nov. 21, Gov. Ron DeSantis announced that an additional 73 Florida schools have been awarded the Purple Star School of Distinction due to their extensive support for military families. There are now nearly 200 schools throughout the state that have earned a Purple Star Schools designation.

Neptune Beach will make property available for retail, office space

Neptune Beach officials will move forward with plans to vacate a small portion of city-owned property to make way for a proposed mix of retail, restaurant and office space.

Annual Pearl Harbor Remembrance Luncheon set for Dec. 10

The Jacksonville community will get the chance to meet local World War II centurian Fred Pappas and Prisoner of War John Connelly in person Sunday, Dec. 10, at the Pearl Harbor Remembrance Luncheon presented by the We Can Be Heroes Foundation.

Thefts lead to lockdown at Jacksonville Beach shopping center

A string of retail thefts led to a lockdown Nov. 17 at South Beach Regional Shopping Center in Jacksonville Beach.

Defense in Bridegan murder case seeks to have prosecutors removed

New filings in the Jared Bridegan murder case are seeking to remove the current prosecutors from the case based on the use of wiretaps and phone search warrants to obtain information that ultimately led to the arrest of the victim’s ex-wife, who is charged in a murder-for-hire plot in his death.