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St. Johns County to begin $38.6 million beach renourishment project in Ponte Vedra Beach
Read full article: St. Johns County to begin $38.6 million beach renourishment project in Ponte Vedra BeachThe St. Johns County Commission awarded the North Ponte Vedra Beach renourishment project to a company and work is expected to begin on March 1.
122-year-old snow record may be broken: Just short of 3 feet
Read full article: 122-year-old snow record may be broken: Just short of 3 feetRobert Post, who owns a landscaping company, puts the final touches on a sidewalk he just cleared in Mt. This week's winter storm appears to have broken a 122-year-old record for the most snow in a New Jersey community from one storm. The National Weather Service made a preliminary report Tuesday that Mount Arlington in the northern part of the state got 35.5 inches of snow in the three-day storm. (AP Photo/Seth Wenig)MOUNT ARLINGTON, N.J. – This week's winter storm appears to have broken a 122-year-old record for the most snow in a New Jersey community from one storm. The snowfall report came from a trained weather observer, and officials note there's no reason to doubt its veracity.
Retired ABC News correspondent killed in Ponte Vedra Beach bicycle crash
Read full article: Retired ABC News correspondent killed in Ponte Vedra Beach bicycle crashPONTE VEDRA BEACH, Fla. – The 77-year-old bicyclist killed Monday after he was caught up in a crash near Mickler’s Landing in Ponte Vedra Beach was a retired correspondent with ABC News. According to the Florida Highway Patrol, the bicyclist died at the scene after a collision with the front of the truck on A1A near Mickler Road on Monday afternoon. Troopers said a pickup truck was traveling northbound on State Road A1A in the left turn lane at Mickler Road around 1:30 p.m. The truck then attempted to turn left onto Mickler Road and collided with the left side of a car that was traveling southbound on State Road A1A. O’Brien was an attorney and covered the U.S. Supreme Court for ABC News for more than 22 years.
City must pay $3.7 million to former Jacksonville Landing owner, judge rules
Read full article: City must pay $3.7 million to former Jacksonville Landing owner, judge rulesJACKSONVILLE, Fla. – A judge said the City of Jacksonville must pay the owners of the former Jacksonville Landing $3.7 million to resolve a lawsuit from 2015. In 2007, Jacksonville Landing Investments, the company owned by Toney Sleiman, paid the City $4.3 million to buy the land where the Landing parking garage sits, between the Landing and the Main Street Bridge. In 2014, the Landing’s owners told the City they wanted to end their arrangement over the land sale and wanted the money back. The City then sued the Landing’s owners in 2015 and the Landing’s owners counter-sued. After taking into account how much money the City made from the property over the years, and how much the Landing made from using the property, the judge found the City still owes Jacksonville Landing Investments $3,717,876.
Jacksonville Landing transforming into pile of mangled metal
Read full article: Jacksonville Landing transforming into pile of mangled metalJACKSONVILLE, Fla. – While crews took a break Sunday from demolishing the Jacksonville Landing, people out and about took the time to pause to look at the transformation. The riverfront mall in downtown Jacksonville has become, partly, a pile of mangled metal. “I think the Landing was a corner of Jacksonville pretty much since I was a kid. “I think this should be more for the people to come down here,” Jacksonville resident Robert Deveau said. “This should bring attraction to Jacksonville because downtown is not where’s it’s at.