© Shane GriffisThese days the Beaches restaurant scene is a survival of the fittest sort of game. In recent months there has been a flurry of activity as old restaurants close doors and new ones pop up in their place, hoping they have the recipe for success.
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- • New books for little readers
- • What's Cooking?
- • In review: Jacksonville Beach lights up with Fireflies
- • In review: When in Rome
- • Beaches dining options constantly changing
- • Under the Influence Part 2
- • Man charged in connection with fatal crash
- • Chick-n-heads?
- • Fit to serve
- • your take: community watchdogs?
- • your take: enduring obama
- • your take: keep the jaguars here
- • This weeks cartoon
© Sara Kaufman
Linda Wilkinson has lived along the First Coast for her entire life and has always loved it.
© Jerry Norton
Penalty kicks sink Sharks
Sharks girls fall to Bears
Nease boys edge Ponte Vedra for district title Player of the Week: Garret Cox Sharks Wrestling
© Matt Roseboom
A storied Italian cruise line has brought a mega-sized old-world party to a region renowned for celebrations.
The 2,114-passenger Costa Atlantica is in the midst of a Caribbean sailing season, one which the line began over 60 years ago
© Shane Griffis
Junior Alex Steers thinks the best thing about going to Ponte Vedra High School is the new atmosphere and making new friends.
© Paul Rogers
The Cummer Museum of Art & Gardens presents Jazz ABZ: An A to Z Collection of Jazz Portraits by Paul Rogers with poems by Wynton Marsalis on January 20, 2010. The exhibition, on view through August 8, 2010, features 27 paintings of famous Jazz musicians by Paul Rogers.
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Friday, Feb. 5
Brown Bag Lunch
From noon to 1 p.m. the GTM Research Reserve will host its brown bag lunch lecture at the South Ponte Vedra Beach Civic Association building located at 2724 South Ponte Vedra Blvd (A1A), a few blocks south of the GTM Environmental Education Center. Speaker will be Andrew Thornton, Field Biologist, formerly with the GTM Research Reserve and currently with the Anastasia Mosquito Control District. Andrew will discuss the butterfly monitoring program that has been conducted on the reserve’s property over the last couple of years. There is no cost to attend the lecture.
Betty Griffin House Seeks donations
With more than 30 women and children in shelter each day large quantities of food, cleaning supplies and paper products are needed. Families in shelter need laundry detergent, bleach, diapers, paper towels and napkins. These donations can be dropped off at the Thrift Shoppe’s and will be taken to the emergency safe shelter in a confidential location. The Northwest Thrift Shoppe is in the Plantation Plaza at 616 SR 13 North. The hours are Monday to Saturday, 9 a.m. to 6 p.m. and Sunday, noon to 6 p.m. Phone (904)230-5435 for pick up of large items. The St. Augustine Thrift Shoppe is in the Anastasia Square Plaza, at 1961 A1A South, on the corner of A1A & SR 312. The hours are Monday to Saturday, 9 a.m. to 6 p.m. Call (904)471-4716 for pick up of large items. Donations help the women, men and children who are victims of domestic and sexual abuse in St. Johns County.
Volunteers Needed At Mayo Clinic
Mayo Clinic is currently seeking volunteers over age 18 who have four or more hours per week to share. Flexible schedules are available. Call Mayo Clinic’s Volunteer Services department at (904)956-0074 or send an e-mail to volunteersmcj@mayo.edu
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Critics may have panned this romantic comedy but could they be wrong? Read Shane Griffis's take on the film When in Rome here.
© Shane Griffis
The Valley Girls, a group of women golfers hailing from clubs throughout Northeast Florida, held its second annual tournament Feb. 1 at the TPC Sawgrass.
© Shane Griffis
Each week we publish a mystery photo of something from the Beaches — from Vilano Beach to Mayport and everywhere in between.