Clean Beach Stroll
Steve Paulson walks his 3-year-old Jack Russel Terrier mix, Charlie, just after sunrise Wednesday, Oct. 26, 2022 near 18th Street in Atlantic Beach. They recently passed a ban on smoking at the beach and at parks, after Gov. Ron DeSantis signed a law that allows municipalities to take such a step. Mayor Mary Ellen Glasser jumped on the opportunity because for her it was not only environmental but she watched her own mother die of lung cancer after a lifetime of smoking. (Corey Perrine/Florida Times-Union)