Think you can head straight back to the beach once a storm passes? Jacksonville Beach Fire Marshal Steve Sciotto says not so fast, bridges, downed lines and sewage leaks have to be cleared first. His full hurricane season Q&A.
Neptune Beach will piggyback on a five-year debris removal contract with Jacksonville Beach and Atlantic Beach, following guidelines set by the Federal Emergency Management Agency, or FEMA.
The Jacksonville Beach City Council approved a new $592,347 equipment lease for the golf course's cart fleet Monday, agreeing to exit the current lease seven months early after unusually heavy play wore the carts down faster than expected.
The Neptune Beach City Council will hold a special meeting next week to address deficiencies identified in the proposed budget. City officials held a workshop Monday to review the budget, but Mayor Cori Bylund pulled the item from the agenda for further discussion.
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It's not unusual for brothers, or even entire families, to surf together or dominate their local break. But no family has dominated local competition quite like Jacksonville Beach's Thompson brothers.
