The Beaches Leader and Ponte Vedra Leader is a community newspaper, owned, written, produced, printed and distributed by residents of Jacksonville Beach, Fla. In business for more than 40 years, the newspaper covers a variety of stories, such as youth soccer, dance recitals, cooks and local heroes, hurricanes, fires, police blotters, festivals, concerts, parades, sewers, taxation, roads, schools and everyday activities. The advertising section provides a catalog of items for sale by local merchants and professionals and its classifieds has job, service provider and garage sales listings.