Raising the Bar on the Air we Breathe

  In the new rules, an air sample that filled a 1,000-liter container could have only 0.075 milliliters of ozone - 75 parts per billion - compared with 0.08 milliliters under the old rules, written in 1997. Ten...

Quinn Gray Fakes Own Abduction To Extort Money From Husband

Quinn Gray, a woman from Jacksonville, Florida, is accused of faking her own kidnapping in a $50,000 extortion plan targeted at her own husband Reid Gray. It is alleged Quinn Gray staged kidnapping with her young lover Jasmin Osmanovic, while claiming she was abducted for...

Living River Village

Earlier this year Birdman Productions released a film about Mayport Village and the threat of a cruise ship terminal being built there -- "One Village Same Ocean" played to packed theaters and brought standing ovations from the crowds.  Just prior to the film...

Jaxports Dirty little secret about Carnival Cruise Line

Carnival Cruise Line and Royal Caribbean Cruise Line  are convicted felons. That’s right. They each pled guilty in Federal Court in Miami to felonies. These included polluting our waters and lying about it to the United States Government in repeated cover ups....

Jaxport Push to Dredge the St. Johns River :The Tragic Results

THE TRUE SIGNIFICANCE of the Corps' impact upon the Florida environment(St. John's River) has yet to be measured in full. But one thing is certain: there is enough positive evidence that the end of a Florida that...

An open letter to port authority

Nancy RubinPublic Relations for Jaxport2301 Talleyrand Avenue, 32206. Dear Nancy:As to your response below:  "Also, I would like to clear up an apparent misunderstanding...while JAXPORT employs only 150 people directly, the private businesses which lease...

Florida Unemployment Program Lets Unemployed 'Claim Your Weeks'

New legislation in Florida increases unemployment payments in the Claim Your Weeks program, which may entitle some jobless people with Federal Additional Compensation of $25 per week. "Recent legislation may entitle you to an additional $25.00 per week, beginning with the...

Jaxport ship kills three manatees and one baby whale

Whales  and Manatees need our help. Since Jaxport has allowed Larger Ships to enter the Narrow St. Johns River There were  337 Manatee deaths  whales in jacksonville. last...

JAXPORT DIRTY LITTLE SECRETS

Talk about adding insult to injury violations of municipal codes and land use requirements are wavied for Jacksonville Port Authority regardless of its numerious infractions at least for the moment. To...

If you visit the City of Jacksonville,

If you visit the City of Jacksonville, You will find it very pretty. Just two things of which you must beware: Don't Swim in the water and don't breathe the air. Pollution, pollution, They got Foreign Flaged Ships from china, Asia and abroad that turns our River a dull...

Breaking News: Murder at the Reserve Apartments

A murder occured in Jacksonville, NC at the Reserve Apartment complex off of McDaniel Drive today. Police are not releasing many details, but they have confirmed that they do have a suspect in custody. They are...

DANNIJO: Bold Handmade Jewelry Makes it Big in NYC Fashion Week

A fashion show on September 11 featured DANNIJO's jewelry, that was featured on high profile runways like Carlos Campos, who won the 2009 Fashion Group International Rising Star award for men's clothing. He showcased his first women's collection on Friday, September 11th in...

Jacksonville Jaguars New Uniforms Make Debut For 2009 Season

With the 2009-2010 NFL season about to start, many fans in Jacksonville are looking forward to seeing the Jaguars new uniforms. The Jacksonville Jaguars new uniforms aren't a major departure from their previous...

PETA Billboard: PETA Save the Whales Ad Insults the Obese

A PETA billboard in Jacksonville, Florida for the PETA Save the Whales Campaign insults the obese. The PETA Save the Whales ad features a cartoon with a rear view of an overweight woman in a bikini next to the words "lose the blubber: go vegetarian." The PETA...

Cruise Ships Dumping offshore of Jacksonville for Years!

"There have been cruise ships dumping offshore of Jacksonville for years", says Tony Orsini, Director of cruise ship and ferry operations for the Jaxport. as reported in the shorelines by drew dixon. Does the cruise ship director know something the general public doesn't...

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