Ponte-Vedra News

Though he's only 14, Max Ervanian is a veteran when it comes to organizing the annual Christmas dinner for the homeless in Jacksonville Beach.

Firefighters were called to a home on South Ponte Vedra Boulevard Saturday evening after a passerby noticed flames.

Photos by MAGGIE FITZROY/Staff Alice Wilson of North Carolina reads a poem dedicated to a dollhouse her mother donated Wednesday to the library.

DON BURK/The Times-Union Sandi White is the owner of the Greeen Alligator toy store in Avondale.

It's beginning to look a lot like Christmas in Ponte Vedra Beach. Friday was the annual Holly Ball, the biggest event of the season.

Photos by MAGGIE FITZROY/Staff While waiting for a Navy Swamp Fox helicopter to land at Ponte Vedra Palm Valley/Rawlings Elementary School Tuesday, some students pose for a photo with the American flags they made in art class.

A water main break Wednesday night prompted the St. Johns County Utility Department to issue a precautionary boil water notice for the entire Sawgrass Development in Ponte Vedra.

MAGGIE FITZROY/Staff Young boys and girls dance in a party scene of "The Nutcracker" last year at the University of North Florida.

A Ponte Vedra woman whose adoption agency was shut down twice is now accused of abusing her own 11 adopted kids.

Kids eat free at Applebee's until closing plus there will be clowns, cotton candy machines, bounce house, raffles and turkey bowling on Thursday at the Applebees shopping center, at 8635 Blanding Blvd., Jacksonville.

An evidence technician with the St. Johns County Sheriff's Office was charged Wednesday with stealing narcotics at his job, fired from the department and jailed.

Provided by South Ponte Vedra Beach-Vilano Beach Restoration Association The owner of this home in South Ponte Vedra Beach was allowed to put up a temporary wall in October 2007 for protection against devastating beach erosion caused by winter storms.

There are so many people in St. Johns County who do so much to make this a better place to live.

Photos by Maggie Fitzroy / Staff Teens portray beggars during last year's A Bethlehem Visit at Ponte Vedra Presbyterian.

NEIGHBORS SHOULD LOOK FOR: - Screaming or shouting for help. - Someone looking into windows of houses or parked cars.

Next year's St. Johns County Commission race in Ponte Vedra's District 4 is a long way off, but already incumbent Republican Commissioner Phil Mays has drawn opposition from an experienced former county commissioner and a young political novice.

MAGGIE FITZROY/Staff Paula Gates of St. Augustine leads a Timucuan Kids Creative Clans program for first-graders at Ponte Vedra Palm Valley Rawlings Elementary school.

The Royal Palm Literary Award winners were announced Oct. 24 at the annual Florida Writers Association conference held in Lake Mary.

Ricard Willich, President and CEO of MDI Holdings, poses in front of his companyOs 100,000-square-foot headquarters in Nocatee on Friday, November 13, 2009.

The Super Scenic A1A Garage Sale will be from 8 a.m. until at least noon Saturday.