Neptune Beach News

Following a history of squabbles over requests for public right-of-way, the city is considering a measure that would clarify and toughen the decision-making process.

MAGGIE FITZROY/Staff Fletcher High School teachers and staff greet students entering the gym for Challenge Day on Tuesday morning.

A man is killed and a woman is badly hurt in a crash in Neptune Beach around the beginning of rush hour Monday.

The following is a compilation of reports from Beaches-area police departments: ATLANTIC BEACH - Two teens were arrested in connection to car burglaries about 5:45 a.m. Monday in the 1700 block of Live Oak Lane.

So many fun things are going on around our beaches and throughout town the next few weeks.

Lauren Fincham is a singer-songwriter and acoustic guitar player. She's a Jacksonville native living in Riverside.

A developer whose building permit for a six-story condo was terminated because of a lack of construction work has asked the city to reinstate it under a new state law meant to stimulate development and protect unfinished projects.

Submitted by Amanda Warford on Thu, 10/22/2009 - 18:24. Welcome to Weekend Design! This video blog series introduces some of Jacksonville's most creative and talented people.

In the immediate post-budget time frame, the City Council Finance Committee Monday found itself with a fairly light agenda, much of which was either deferred or read into the record for the second time and will be taken up in two weeks.

The Rotary Club of Ponte Vedra Beach Sunset is seeking nominations for a volunteer from Ponte Vedra Beach, Jacksonville Beach, Neptune Beach or Atlantic Beach to receive its annual Service-Above-Self Award.

A motorcyclist was flown to Shands hospital after colliding with a car. It happened on Saturday at 3rd Street near Florida Boulevard in Neptune Beach.

Photos by MAGGIE FITZROY/Staff Matthew Parker , 8, and friend Make McNeill, 11, are scared by monsters as they walk through the dark halls of the Hall of Terror at Adventure Landing on Friday.

The following is a compilation of reports from Beaches-area police departments: ATLANTIC BEACH - Three men took a 30-year-old woman's money and bikini bottoms during an attack about 8:45 p.m., Oct.

Here's the good news: The road work on Florida A1A is expected to wrap up by the end of December.

Provided by Todd Smith Firefighter Skip Smith puts a solar-powered light on a flag atop a small island in the Intracoastal Waterway.

The booze flows freely at the beach, and so do car accidents caused by alcohol. In 2008, only 8 percent of car accidents in Jacksonville were alcohol-related. But go toward the ocean and the numbers soar: About 20 percent of the wrecks in Fernandina Beach were alcohol-related, 25 percent in Jacksonville Beach, 28 percent in Atlantic Beach and 35 ...

The World Community for Christian Meditation has opened its fourth U.S. location in Neptune Beach, offering First Coast residents a place to find solace in a hectic culture, organizers said.

Here are highlights from residents on the Southside and in surrounding neighborhoods: Academic - Gary Gabor , son of Gary and Mary Ann Gabor of Neptune Beach, has been awarded the J. William Fulbright U.S. Student Grant.

In addition to a 10 percent property tax rate increase, residents are paying 10 percent more in stormwater and garbage collection fees.

The Jacksonville City Council will honor Yesha Ministries Tae Kwon Do on its 25th anniversary of providing AAU and Olympic-style Tae Kwon Do with the presentation of a resolution to the group at the City Council meeting on February 12, 2008.