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Hi, I'm Christina Abel. I am the Ponte Vedra Beach reporter for the Florida Times-Union Shorelines newspaper. Our editions come out on Wednesday and Saturday. Obviously news happens on the other days of the week too, so this web site will allow me to update readers on news and information between our print editions. I've been a reporter here for 2 1/2 years. I received my bachelor's degree from Ripon College in Wisconsin. Upon graduation, I worked at the Merrill Lynch headquarters in New York City in the Employee Communications department. I attended graduate school at the S.I. Newhouse School of Public Communication at Syracuse University. After I graduated I had a six week internship at the business section of the Florida Times-Union and was subsequently hired at the Shorelines. The rest is history!

I am President of Beaches Watch, Inc. a non-profit citizen advocacy group focused on quality of life issues for the northeast Florida beaches communities of Atlantic Beach, Jacksonville Beach, Atlantic Beach and Ponte Vedra Beach. Our organization strives to preserve our beaches quality of life by monitoring local issues, encouraging citizen participation and promoting community awareness. I am also Alpha Dog for the Friends of Paws Park, a volunteer organization that works in conjunction with Jacksonville Beach Parks and Recreation to manage, maintain and improve Jacksonville Beach's only public dog park, Paws Park at Wingate Park on Penman Rd. South.