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Category: Our Beach Towns
Moonlight Movies returns to Jax Beach
By Nick Lulli on Apr 11, 2016 in Arts & Entertainment, Featured, Happening at the Beach, Jacksonville Beach
Moonlight Movies returns to the SeaWalk Pavilion beginning April 22, 2016, with the movie Finding Nemo. This popular family friendly, outdoor movie series combines a movie under the stars, the sound of the ocean, and a sea breeze for a memorable night to share with family and friends. Learn what movies are in the series, movie […]
Skate park open house to be held in Jax Beach
The City of Jacksonville Beach invites you to a design presentation of the new municipal skate park to be located at South Beach Park. This Open House will be held on Thursday, April 14, 2016, from 6:00 p.m. to 7:30 p.m., at the City Hall Council Chambers, 11 North 3rd Street. A presentation will be […]
Warnings flying for Florida coast as Sandy approaches
By Nick Lulli on Oct 25, 2012 in Atlantic Beach, Featured, Happening at the Beach, Jacksonville Beach, Mayport Village, Neptune Beach, Our Beach Towns, Ponte Vedra Beach
Tropical storm watches and warnings are flying for the east Florida coast as Hurricane Sandy makes a swipe at the Sunshine State. Sandy’s rapid intensification just before a Cuban landfall has many Floridians on edge. Any western deviation in track could bring hurricane force winds to the coast. At the very minimum, The Beaches will […]
MAYPORT SEAFOOD FINEST IN THE LAND!
I had the pleasure of having some friends in from out of town recently and I wanted to treat them to some fresh local seafood and I pondered the possibility of going out to a local eatery or staying in and preparing something at the house. Fortunately for all of us we live in a […]
WARRIORS FIND ASSISTANCE WITH SERVICE DOGS
There was once a time when animals that assisted the handicapped were primarily known as “Seeing Eye Dogs.” Over the past decade, in this age of political correctness, the term Seeing Eye Dog has transitioned into “Service Dog,” but the title isn’t the only change in regards to the functions they provide. Service dogs have […]
“GOOD MORNING!” “HOW YOU DOING?” “GOOD AFTERNOON!”
For many people work is not much more than a means to the end. We get up, go to work and come home. Day after day. After day. We work hard so we can play hard, then events like the PLAYERS Championship come along and we take a day or two off from work so […]
JIM AND TABITHA FURYK FOUNDATION TREAT KIDS TO DAY AT PLAYERS CHAMPIONSHIP
When it comes to giving back to the community, Jim and Tabitha Furyk take it as their personal responsibility to make a difference in the community they have chosen as their home. Since moving to Ponte Vedra the Furyks have started The Jim and Tabitha Furyk Foundation and have been hard at work to […]
PLAYERS CHAMPIONSHIP MORE THAN JUST GOLF FOR MANY LOCALS
Whether you love golf or not, chances are you wait patiently all year for the PGA TOUR’s flagship event to come back to the First Coast every May. The PLAYERS CHAMPIONSHIP is unmistakably the TOUR’s biggest tournament, and for the golfers who tee it up in hopes of winning the tournament, it is one of […]
Raising the Bar: Atlantic Beach Facing Poor Cell Service
Residents in Atlantic Beach are making noise over their deteriorated cell phone service. Our own Jeannie Greenwald is at the center of it all – she faces a daily deluge of dropped calls and an AT&T iPhone that at times could be compared to a useless paperweight. “I look at the phone and it says […]
Shopping with Friends: A Miss America Comes to Town
Former Miss America and Jacksonville native, Leanza Cornett, recently headed the cast of Nunsense! at Alhambra Theatre. It ran for five weeks and ended on February 5. While Leanza was here, her young friend Elise Lobb, a local high schooler, model, and terrific golfer, took her to one of her favorite beaches boutiques, Rosie True. […]
New Gary Mack Exhibit at Atlantic Beach’s Adele Grage Center
By Jeannie Greenwald on Feb 22, 2012 in Arts & Entertainment, Atlantic Beach, Featured, Our Beach Towns
There’s still time to enjoy the work of local artist Gary Mack. Head over to the Adele Grage Cultural Center in Atlantic Beach and see his work lining the walls now until February 29. Gary Mack’s work has been shown around the beaches for years. He’s painted many of our iconic beaches locations. He’s truly […]
Keep the Ferry – and Historic A1A: Our Islands and Coastline Needs It
By Jeannie Greenwald on Feb 18, 2012 in Atlantic Beach, Featured, Happening at the Beach, Jacksonville Beach, Mayport Village, Neptune Beach, Off the Island, Our Beach Towns, Ponte Vedra Beach
Florida’s Historic Highway A1A begins just south of the Georgia border, then comes east to hug the coastline all the way to Key West. Mile Marker 0. We’ve all seen that white oval A1A decal. It’s iconic. Remember that it’s northeast Florida’s A1A too, and the Mayport Ferry is part of that highway, the same […]
26.2 in Pictures, Part Two and The End.
By Jeannie Greenwald on Feb 15, 2012 in Atlantic Beach, Featured, Happening at the Beach, Jacksonville Beach, Neptune Beach, Off the Island, Our Beach Towns, Sports
This is our last installment of the 26.2 for 2012. It was another smashing success, and as the cities remove the last of the evidence of the race – street markings, yard signage, banner flags that lined our Third Street (aka historic Highway State Road A1A), the neighbors, too, have race remnants around their yards. The […]
Entertainment at the 26.2 20 Mile Mark: Friends of Blake
By Jeannie Greenwald on Feb 14, 2012 in Arts & Entertainment, Atlantic Beach, Featured, Happening at the Beach, Jacksonville Beach, Neptune Beach, Our Beach Towns, Sports
The Jacksonville Band Friends of Blake came out to entertain the runners, volunteers, spectators, and photographers at the 20 mile mark of the course. The staged themselves near to the street and amazed us with their ability to play guitar with knit gloves on their fingers (and their musical talent, for sure)! It was […]
