• Parking fees at the Landing’s lot have changed. Effective immediately, the daytime rate is $1 per hour for each of the first three hours and $2 an hour for each additional hour with a daily maximum of $10. The evening, weekend and holiday rate is now $1 per hour with a maximum daily rate of $5. The evening rate start time has moved from 5 p.m. to 4 p.m. Special event rates will vary, but in most cases will be the same as the evening, weekend and holiday rate.
• Matthew’s at San Marco is the only Jacksonville restaurant to receive Florida Trend magazine’s Golden Spoon Award, which is dubbed as one of the most prestigious regional restaurant recognitions in the country. The list includes 23 of the state’s top restaurants, 20 of the best newcomers and 34 Hall of Fame winners. Florida Trend Restaurant Editor Robert Tolf describes Matthew’s, located at 2107 Hendricks Ave., as having “consistently challenging menus.”
• The Urban Land Institute’s breakfast series has added 30 seats for its next breakfast on Dec. 13 and registration has been reopened. Rick Ferrin, executive director of the Jacksonville Port Authority is speaking. The breakfast will focus on the recent port developments and its economic impact. The breakfast is from 7:30-9 a.m. in the St. Joe Building’s Riverfront Conference Room.
• Jacksonville Ice and the First Coast Skating Club of Jacksonville are presenting a holiday show on ice from 11:45 a.m.-1:45 p.m. Dec. 15 at Jacksonville Ice, 3605 Philips Hwy. Tickets are $7 in advance and $9 at the door. For more information or to purchase tickets call 399-3223.
• Saturday and Sunday from noon-8 p.m. the Friends of the Jacksonville Public Library (FJPL) will offer thousands of fiction and mass-market paperback books at the “Buck an Inch Sale.” Stack up all your selections at the cash register and pay just $1 per inch. Saturday’s sale is for FJPL members and guests only (memberships will be available at the door), while Sunday the event will be open to the public. The sale will be held at the University Park Branch Library on University Boulevard near Ft. Caroline Road.
• When he returns from deployment in the Middle East next spring, U.S. Navy Chief Petty Officer Roshell Wells will bring a gift back to Jacksonville — an American Flag that has flown over the International Security Assistance Force Headquarters in Kabul, Afghanistan. Wells, a member of the NROTC Unit at Jacksonville University, was informed by the mayor’s office that when the flag arrives, it will be flown over the Memorial Wall near Jacksonville Municipal Stadium.
• The Jacksonville Economic Development Commission is scheduled to meet Thursday at 9 a.m. in the 8th floor board room of the Ed Ball building.
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