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Editor’s note: The following piece of advice to the Fernandina Beach City Commission was written [...]
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Editor’s note: I’m very liberal about reader comments. So long as you aren’t calling [...]
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The Bartram Garden Club, Inc. Submitted by Linda Broadrick Secretary and Publicity Chairman Feb. 5, [...]
By Dale Martin, City Manager Included in this year’s budget are several capital projects. Here [...]
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By Bob Allison City citizens who have read the waterfront plan I provided to the [...]
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By Mike Lednovich Residents of the historic downtown neighborhood near the Port [...]
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By Pat Foster-Turley February 3, 2023 Most times when I am in search of a [...]
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By Chip Ross Ten years ago, when former Commissioner Pat Gass asked when the city [...]
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By April L. Bogle I don’t know anyone who wants the political battles being fought [...]
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By Wes Wolfe Florida Politics Nassau County is making moves, working to better compensate the [...]
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By Mike Lednovich French mathematician Narges Obaid famously said: “Don’t trust everything you see. Even [...]
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By Dale Martin, City Manager Next week, the city will lose one of its most [...]
By Dylan Bailey I was given the opportunity to interview Donna Kaufman, who is the [...]
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It’s a dark and stormy night in 1954, as invited guests arrive at the foreboding [...]
By Pat Foster-Turley January 27, 2023 I’m sure most of you zoom on State Road [...]
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Fernandina Beach Police Department Jeffrey Tambasco, Deputy Chief Press Release January 23, 2023 Today, Shawn [...]
Barnabas Center Press Release Submitted by Nicola Barnack Director of Development Jan. 25, 2023 Record-breaking [...]
If you have any questions, concerns or fresh ideas about the Port of Fernandina Beach, [...]
The third annual Florida Roots Trail Series foot race was run this past weekend at [...]
Executives from Wounded Warrior Project (WWP) and the Veterans Council of Nassau County honored a [...]
By Julie Ferreira The Fernandina Beach City Commission is poised to make a significant decision [...]
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By Taina Cristner Most of us are very concerned about the impact this new [...]
By Bob Allison I read with interest Commissioner Chip Ross’s rebuttal to my article about [...]
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By Dale Martin, City Manager Henry Centrella was released (supervised) from prison earlier this week. [...]
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By Pat Foster-Turley January 20, 2023 It is no surprise to anyone who regularly reads [...]
Editor’s note: We were saddened to learn of the death of Malcolm “Mac” Noden. While [...]
By Mike Lednovich Domenick Gambardella and Carla Foreman were stunned after receiving an email late [...]
It was a good evening for trees at this week’s Fernandina Beach City Commission meeting. [...]
Editor’s note: It’s unusual, I know, for one news organization to publish a rebuttal to [...]
Ferst Readers of Nassau County is once again partnering with Nassau County Public Schools for [...]
By Dylan Bailey The Crab Trap, at 31 N. 2nd St., was long a staple [...]
As the Nassau Habitat for Humanity team rings in the new year, breaking ground on [...]
By Alexandra R. Lajoux Yesterday in Fernandina Beach, our community hosted the biggest local parade [...]
By Genece Minshew Well, that did not take long. Less than a month in office, [...]
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By Dale Martin, City Manager In 1998, Tom Brokaw, then the sole anchor of “NBC [...]
By Pat Foster-Turley January 13, 2023 Those of you fairly new to Nassau County maybe [...]
By Mike Phillips The city commission and port executives and commissioners had a mutually respectful [...]
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By Wes Wolfe Florida Politics Conservative state legislatures like to pass municipal preemption laws to [...]
Florida State College at Jacksonville (FSCJ) is hosting the Jacksonville Dental Society’s annual Give Kids [...]
This year’s second Barnabas Center Fashion Show Honoring Hometown Heroes takes place Monday, Feb. 27, [...]
By Arlene Filkoff On the Fernandina Beach City Commission agenda for Jan. 17 is an [...]
The Amelia Island Genealogical Society will hold its regular monthly meeting at 7 p.m. Tuesday, Jan. 17, in the Community Room [...]
On Monday, Jan. 16, at 7 p.m., the Duncan Lamont Clinch Historical Society will present [...]
By Elizabeth Matthews The COVID impact was felt far and wide. During that time, three [...]
The 22nd season of the Amelia Island Chamber Music Festival continues with a timely performance on Tuesday, Jan. [...]
By Dale Martin, City Manager At the City Commission’s January 3 workshop, the primary topics [...]
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NEW YORK (Reuters) – A 35-year-old Fernandina Beach man, Cooper Morgenthau, has pleaded guilty to [...]
By Pat Foster-Turley January 6, 2023 These days, going to the beach this time of [...]
Starting Point Behavioral Healthcare will host an interactive open house Friday, Jan. 13, 4-6 p.m., [...]
More than 30 companies throughout the region will be connecting with job seekers during the CareerSource [...]
by Amber Stuckey Board Member of Elm Street Little League Some of my fondest [...]
“Understanding Grief” is designed to help people learn that healing is possible after the death [...]
The Florida Park Service Ranger Association is hosting the 2023 Park Ranger of the Year [...]
By Dale Martin, City Manager Thank you to those who joined me at the Open [...]
By Pat Foster-Turley December 30, 2022 Every year Bucko and I seek out a new [...]
By Mike Phillips Although the bureaucratic tangle around the Jasmine Street beach access clearly is [...]
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After an extended Covid-caused hiatus, the Friends of the Library Book Club has regrouped and [...]
By Mike Phillips Somehow, on July 11, the Jasmine Street beach access and some [...]
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By Dale Martin, City Manager Each month, I have the department directors prepare a monthly [...]
By Pat Foster-Turley December 23, 2022 I thought I knew all about monarch caterpillars turning [...]
Editor’s Note: The author is our new restaurant and culture writer. Think that’s an odd [...]
The 22nd season of the Amelia Island Chamber Music Festival will open on Friday, Jan. 13 with a [...]
By Dale Martin, City Manager With the City Commission election completed this week, let me [...]
By Pat Foster-Turley December 16, 2022 One of the first local persons I met when [...]
Here are the provisional results from the Dec. 13 Fernandina Beach City Commission election: Seat [...]
By Mike Phillips Observer Editor Now that the Fernandina Beach runoff election is over, no [...]
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By Jo-Ann Leimberg & Jay Kayne On Dec. 1, 2022, Amelia Island lost a true [...]
By Dale Martin, City Manager Music has always been a part of my life. I [...]
By Pat Foster-Turley December 9, 2022 The sun woke me up early in southern Belize [...]
It’s master planning time again at the Port of Fernandina. It comes around every 10 [...]
The Port of Fernandina has completed its first draft of a 10-year master plan. It’s [...]
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Stories Underground highlights significant archaeological excavations on Amelia Island, from crude 19th-century explorations of native burial [...]
Dec.10 in Fernandina Beach will be big. Not only will both the Market Place farmers [...]
For lovers of old objects and photographs, the joy comes more from the story behind [...]
Arts and Culture Nassau recently celebrated its 15th anniversary in front of a new public [...]
