Jacksonvilles Beaches Info Blog

With the University of Florida kicking off another football season Saturday, it seemed like the perfect time to catch up with a former Gator player. Local kid. Played his high school ball in St. Augustine. Did a little bit of everything in Gainesville, creating a thick scrapbook full of memories, then moved on to even bigger things. No, this isn't anoth […]

The Beaches have a representative on the Jacksonville City Council again. And, again, it’s Dick Brown. Gov. Charlie Crist announced the appointment Thursday afternoon to fill the seat first vacated when Crist suspended Councilman John Meserve in January. Meserve was accused of making illegal land deals and was charged with a felony. The seat has changed han […]

PONTE VEDRA BEACH - Every morning, retired biologist Don Palmer, a Guana Reserve volunteer, goes out to survey existing and new turtle nests on the beach at dawn. A survey Monday showed a new nest and evidence of recently emerged turtle hatchlings. The survey also showed there had been two "false crawls," where females came ashore to lay eggs but d […]