Beaches Museum & History Center Opening Shell Exhibit

Submitted by Rachel Leitao, First Coast News Staff

Monday, November 8th, 2010, 12:12pm

The Jacksonville Shell Club will present a multi-faceted look at shells including the scientific, cultural and aesthetic aspect of these natural creations. Featured components of the exhibit at the Beaches Museum & History Center, exhibited from November 9, 2010 to January 8, 2011 will be regional mollusks, shells and mollusks in fine art, jewelry, craft work and day to day usage through history. The major themes include the science of malacology, including breathtaking photographs of living mollusk animals and their shells. The clubs 2009 group project, a book of 803 local marine shells titled “Marine Shells of Northeast Florida” will be on display and available at www.neflshells.org.

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Veterans Day Holiday Facility Closures

Submitted by Rachel Leitao, First Coast News Staff

Monday, November 8th, 2010, 12:08pm

Most city government offices and facilities will be closed on Thursday, Nov. 11 in observance of Veterans Day.

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Tickets for the Mayor’s Holiday Festival for Senior Citizens are Now on Sale

Submitted by Rachel Leitao, First Coast News Staff

Monday, November 8th, 2010, 12:05pm

Tickets for the Mayor’s Holiday Festival for Senior Citizens are now on sale. Tickets are available for $8 each at the Mary L. Singleton Senior Center, 150 E. First St., and at City Hall at St. James, 117 W. Duval St., Suite 280 on a first-come, first-serve basis.

The event will be held Saturday, Dec. 4 at the Prime Osborn Convention Center,1000 Water St., from 2 - 5 p.m.

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New Holiday Show at the Alhambra!

Submitted by Rachel Leitao, First Coast News Staff

Monday, November 8th, 2010, 12:03pm

If part of the magic of live theater is creating different worlds for audiences to explore, then audiences are in for a new Christmas thrill this year. For the cast and crew of “It’s a Wonderful Life: A Live Radio Play,” the magic of theater also includes the magic of radio. The Alhambra Theatre & Dining announces its first-ever production of the beloved holiday classic, It's a Wonderful Life: The Radio Play adapted from Frank Capra's film and directed by Tod Booth. The production will run December 1 -December 24, 2010.

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Community Conversation About School Reform in Jacksonville

Submitted by Rachel Leitao, First Coast News Staff

Monday, November 8th, 2010, 9:57am

As a follow-up to the recent release of education-reform documentary Waiting for Superman, the Jacksonville Public Education Fund is hosting a panel discussion with education leaders, followed by a community conversation to identify education reform priorities for the city.

The event will be held on Tuesday, November 9 at 6:00 p.m. in the conference center of the main branch of the Jacksonville Public Library, 303 N. Laura Street.

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Beaches Emergency Assistance Ministry Needs Your Help for the Holidays

Submitted by Rachel Leitao, First Coast News Staff

Monday, November 8th, 2010, 9:50am

BEAM is helping clients prepare for the upcoming holidays by offering sign-ups for Thanksgiving dinner baskets and for toys for children ages 15 and under. BEAM’s volunteers welcome gifts of Thanksgiving baskets with non-perishable dinner items and a $10 or $15 gift card for a turkey or other main dish. Details are on BEAM’s website at www.jaxbeam.org.

In addition, BEAM needs “elves” to donate gifts and toys for children up through age 15. Families can “adopt” a child (or a family) and shop for gifts from the lists provided by parents. BEAM’s Adopt-a- Family form is also found on the BEAM website.

BEAM’S annual Holiday Party for Beaches Kids is scheduled for Saturday, December 4th, from 11-1, at Carver Center in Jacksonville Beach. Church groups, school clubs, and other organizations are invited to participate in this free event for beaches children.

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Murder Suspect Arrested in Ohio

Submitted by FirstCoastNews Web Staff

Sunday, November 7th, 2010, 5:32pm

JACKSONVILLE BEACH, Fla. -- A man who's wanted for murder, rape, kidnapping, and robbery in Alabama has been arrested in Ohio. This comes several days after his truck was discovered in Jacksonville Beach.

According to our news partner, the Florida Times-Union, Ellis Lamont Patton, 30, was arrested after a traffic accident in Cleveland.

Jax Beach officers found Patton's pickup truck in the parking lot of an apartment complex at the beach, and contacted the Tuscaloosa County Sheriff's Office to report it.

The sheriff's office there sent detectives here to try to find Patton.