• The Salvation Army of Northeast Florida will begin accepting applications for holiday assistance from Duval County residents Sept. 17. The application process will end Oct. 12. Applications will be taken from 9-11 a.m. and from 1-3 p.m. at 900 W. Adams St. Questions about the application process can be answered by calling 356-8641.
• Tickets for the Jaguars’ 5th annual Taste of the NFL dinner on Sept. 20 are still available. The event is at the stadium in the Crown Royal Touchdown Club West and will feature a six-course meal and wine pairings prepared by Jacksonville’s finest chefs. Proceeds will benefit the Lutheran Social Services Second Harvest Food Bank. Tickets are available at $250 (tax deduction of $200). The reception begins at 6 p.m. and dinner starting at 7 p.m. For more information or to make reservations please call 739-7074 or visit www.lssjax.org.
• The new 3,000 square-foot Tommy Bahama store at St. John Town Center will open Oct. 26.
• According to Florida Transportation magazine, Americans still prefer to drive to work by themselves. A recent study showed 77 percent of Americans drive alone to work. Only 10.7 percent carpool, 4.7 percent use public transportation and 3.6 percent work from home. The rest are divided among walking, bicycle, motorcycle, taxi and other means.
• City Council member Art Graham has filed legislation that would name the Beaches Senior in Jacksonville Beach after longtime beaches advocate Bennie Furlong.
• Ashco, Inc., a local development and property management company located in Jacksonville Beach announced that Beach Plaza, located on Beach Boulevard between 12th Street South and Penman Road South, is hosting the JTA’s Stadium Shuttle Service for Jaguar football games for the beaches community. Buses arrive and line up along the southeast corner of the parking lot. Tickets are $10 round trip and service operates two hours before kickoff and one hour after the game.
• Ch. 12/25 is re-airing its 50th anniversary show Thursday. The local station started Sept. 1, 1957 as NBC affiliate WFGA and was the first all color studio in the country. A DVD of the anniversary show is available for $20.
• The bookstore at the Landing is now buying “used but not abused” DVDs and CDs.
• The City of Neptune Beach has weighed in on the Kernan/Atlantic overpass issue and favors approval of the JTA/Better Jacksonville Plan-approved overpass. “While we encourage all reasonable efforts to mitigate any neighborhood inconvenience, we should remember that improved traffic flow of an existing six lane divided highway is the goal,” wrote Neptune Beach mayor and former Jacksonville City Council member Dick Brown. Also, the 118-member Beaches Business Association passed a resolution Monday in favor of the overpass.
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