Author Archives: Susan Steger

Keep Nassau Beautiful adopts first of 300 trees for Adopt-A-Tree project

Keep Nassau Beautiful Lynda Bell, Executive Director Planting Nassau’s Future Adopt-A-Tree Press Release December 20, [...]

Weekly comments from Dale Martin

By Dale Martin City Manager Fernandina Beach December 20, 2019 At a recent joint meeting [...]

Partnership with Jacksonville Jaguars, Publix results in meals for fifty Nassau families

Boys & Girls Clubs of Nassau County Press Release Contact: Andrew Schmidt [email protected] December 19, [...]

Nassau Council on Aging welcomes Jax Speech and Hearing Center representative to Hearing Loss Support Group – January 7

Nassau County Council on Aging Press Release January 19, 2019 The next meeting of Nassau [...]

Board of County Commission discusses William Burgess Extension and voter referendums

By Cindy Jackson Reporter December 19, 2019 The Board of County Commissioners decided on an [...]

Vaping in Nassau County

Cindy Jackson Reporter December 19, 2019 Amy Pipkin, Prevention Coordinator with Starting Point Behavioral Health, [...]

The Ghost of Christmas Past

By Evelyn C. McDonald Arts & Culture Reporter December 18, 2019 “Stille Nacht, hellige Nacht” [...]

Community Foundation of Northeast Florida seeks grant application from local artists

The Community Foundation of Northeast Florida Press Release Submitted by Susan Datz Edelman (904) 356-4483 [...]

Feeding Northeast Florida held at Callahan Fairgrounds

By Cindy Jackson Reporter December 18, 2019 Barnabas, known for “connecting people, help and hope,” [...]

Internet cafes growing concern in Nassau County

By Cindy Jackson Reporter December 17, 2019 Internet cafes have become a growing concern for [...]

Baptist Medical Center Nassau receives “Top General Hospital” designation

Baptist Medical Center Nassau Press Release December 17, 2019 Local hospital is one of 37 [...]

Workshop of the Board of County Commissioners for Beach Community Working Group Recommendations set for December 19

Nassau County Manager’s Office Press Release December 17, 2019 December 19, 2018, the Board of [...]

Candidate for 4th Congressional District to hold meet and greet Wednesday

IBEW #1924 Press Release Submitted by Jose Perez December 17, 2019 Donna Deegan, recently announced [...]

North Florida Land Trust and environmental groups urge lawmakers to fully fund Florida Forever

North Florida Land Trust Press Release December 17, 2019 NFLT, 1000 Friends of Florida and [...]

Nassau Habitat for Humanity receives “Award of Excellence”

Nassau Habitat for Humanity Press Release Submitted by Jadera Kraus December 17, 2019 Nassau Habitat [...]

Permitting in progress for first home within Crane Island’s Park Collection

Crane Island Press Release December 16, 2019 Moser Design Group and Riverside Homes introduce plans [...]

Most caring cities in America

WalletHub Study Press Release December 16, 2019 With the holidays reminding Americans to look out [...]

“Silent Night” in Song and Story

Story & Song Press Release December 16, 2019 Did you know that this most beloved [...]

New book chronicles downtown revitalization

By Anne H. Oman Reporter-At-Large December 15, 2019 Suanne Zuzel Thamm grew up in two [...]

Amelia Island revealed . . .

By Chris Durden December 14, 2019 Editor’s Note: Chris Durden is an aspiring photographer who [...]

FDOT road and lane closures

FDOT Press Release December 13, 2019 Nassau County I-95 (FIN 431958-1-52-01) Daytime lane closures from [...]

Students recognized by Boys & Girls Clubs

Boys & Girls Club Press Release Submitted by Andrew Schmidt December 13, 2019 Student of [...]

Limiting airport traffic – An opinion

December 13, 2019 By Faith Ross Each time a new project surfaces as a possible [...]

Weekly comments by Dale Martin

Dale Martin City Manager Fernandina Beach December 13, 2019 Although I am likely and appropriately [...]

Dayspring Village welcomes Nassau-NAMI Annual “Shoe Party”

Dayspring Village Press Release Contact: Douglas Adkins 904-583-0134-cell December 12, 2019 The tradition started over [...]

LPGA Hall of Famer participates in 25th Freedom Trail Challenge

By Cindy Jackson Reporter December 11, 2019 Tis’ the season for giving and that is [...]

A holiday gift

By Evelyn C. McDonald Arts & Culture Reporter December 11, 2019 I was looking at [...]

Federal Drug Enforcement Agency presents check to Nassau County Sheriff’s Office

Nassau County Sheriff’s Office December 11, 2019 In December 2017, NCSO, working with the Federal [...]

Innisfree Hotels breaks ground on dual-branded Marriott Hotel on Amelia Island

Innisfree Hotels Press Release December 11, 2019 Innisfree Hotels has broken ground on its latest [...]

Colonial Dames at Callahan Elementary

Colonial Dames XVII Press Release CONTACT: Sherry Harrell [email protected] December 11, 2019 Colonial Dames XVII [...]

Nassau County Household Waste Collection Post-Event News Results

Keep Nassau Beautiful Press Release Contact: Lynda Bell, Executive Director [email protected] December 10, 2019 The [...]

Friends of the Library seek exhibit items of Native American Art

Friends of the Library Press Release Submitted by Jody Mackle December 10, 2019 The Friends [...]

Nassau Habitat for Humanity seeks volunteers

Nassau Habitat for Humanity Press Release Submitted by Jadera Kraus December 10, 2019 Over the [...]

Advocacy for a “Solar Powered Amelia Island” – An opinion

Dr. Lawrence S. Lessin, MD, MACP December 10, 2019 To help protect the planet, reduce [...]

Baldacci to speak, Springer to play at Take Stock in Children’s Annual Gala

Take Stock in Children Press Release Submitted by L. Dee Torre Kaufman Chairman of the [...]

Democratic Club of Nassau County to hold holiday party – Dec 17

Democratic Club of Nassau County Press Release Submitted by Harriet Kluzel December 9, 2019 Democratic [...]

Nassau Community Band’s holiday schedule

Nassau Community Band Press Release Submitted by Lori Kale December 9, 2019

Keep Nassau Beautiful announces “Planting Nassau’s Future”

Keep Nassau Beautiful Press Release Contact: Lynda Bell Executive Director [email protected] December 9, 2019 Planting [...]

FDOT Secretary directs unprecedented “Rail Safety Measures”

FDOT Press Release December 9, 2019 Launches Statewide Education Initiative ~ Directive positions FDOT as [...]

Succession planning underway for Nassau County Attorney/Manager

Cindy Jackson Reporter December 8, 2019 At the Special Meeting of the Board of County [...]

Barnabas Campaign for Sustainability Chair receives prestigious award

Barnabas Center Nassau Press Release December 9, 2019 Barnabas Center extends its congratulations to local [...]

Amelia Island revealed . . .

Submitted by Cindy McCord December 7, 2019 Editor’s Note: Cindy McCord lives in Fernandina Beach. [...]

Baptist Nassau recognizes nurse, physician and caregiver of the year

Baptist Medical Nassau Press Release Submitted by Beth Stambaugh December 6, 2019 Three team members [...]

Citizens for a Better Nassau – “Responsible Growth”

Citizens for a Better Nassau Press Release December 4, 2019 Since our inception, Citizens for [...]

Special meeting of Board of County Commissioners discuss William Burgess extension project

By Cindy Jackson Reporter December 6, 2019 A special meeting of the Board of County [...]

County Attorney admonished by Supreme Court of Florida

By Cindy Jackson Reporter December 6, 2019 Mullin took center stage during the December 4, [...]

Boys & Girls Clubs of Nassau Christmas Cantata December 12

Boys & Girls Clubs of Nassau County Press Release Contact: Andrew Schmidt [email protected] December 5, [...]

A Christmas Story opens at Amelia Community Theatre on Dec 6

Amelia Community Theatre Press Release By Linda McClane December 5, 2019 Amelia Community Theatre opens [...]

Rayonier Advanced Materials’ Fernandina Beach Plant celebrates 80th birthday.

Rayonier Advanced Materials Press Release Submitted by Andrew Sutton December 5, 2019 Rayonier Advanced Materials [...]

How fat is Nassau? A weight-y story

By Anne H Oman Reporter-At-Large December 4, 2019 During the Thanksgiving holiday, did you sit [...]

Hugenot Park location of next Nassau Bird Club Field Trip – Dec 7

Nassau County Bird Club Contact: Bill George 617-709-4998 December 4, 2019 The Nassau County Bird [...]

Ask the County Manager meetings scheduled

County Manager’s Office Press Release Contact: Sabrina Robertson [email protected] December 4, 2019 Since August 2018, [...]

Charter Review Committee requests public input

City of Fernandina Beach Press Release Contact: Tammi Bach City Attorney 904-310-3275 December 3, 2019 [...]

Gilbert’s Underground Kitchen closed

December 3, 2019 The Jacksonville Business Journal is reporting the “Jacksonville celebrity chef and restaurateur, [...]

New Vision Congregational Church holds World AIDS Day Event

Information and Photo By Christy LeLait December 2, 2019  

Shop with Cops to hold 16th annual event on Dec 11

Fernandina Beach Police Department Press Release James T. Hurley, Chief www.fbpd.us December 2, 2019 The [...]

Nassau County Board of Commissioners names new 2019 chairman

By Cindy Jackson Reporter December 2, 2019 The Nassau County Board of County Commissioners, a [...]

Amelia Island revealed . . .

By Anne Sparkle November 30, 2019 Editor’s Note: Annie Sparkle and her husband Warren came [...]

Annual Christmas Tree Lighting scheduled for Nov 30

City of Fernandina Beach November 29, 2019    

Weekly comments from Dale Martin

Dale Martin City Manager Fernandina Beach November 29, 2019 Today marks the conclusion of my [...]

Happy Thanksgiving!

November 26, 2019 Editor’s Note: Those of us involved in bringing the Fernandina Observer to [...]

FDOT road and lane closures – November 23-29

FDOT Press Release November 25, 2019 Nassau County I-95 (FIN 431958-1-52-01) Daytime lane closures from [...]

Celebrated Greyfield Chef at Story & Song Literary Luncheon – Dec 3

Story & Song Contact: Donna Paz Kaufman [email protected] November 25, 2019 To purchase tickets click [...]

Florida Citrus Queens reunite at Friends of the Library event

By Cindy Jackson Reporter November 25, 2019 On November 18, 2019, the Friends of the [...]

Little known facts about Thanksgiving

By Suanne Z. Thamm Reporter – News Analyst November 25, 2019 4:00 p.m. Editor’s Note: [...]

“Fund Our Future” bus tour comes to Fernandina Beach

By Susan Hardee Steger November 22, 2019 The Florida Education Association and its member teachers, [...]

Historical Society refurbishes Fairbanks Home Historical marker

Photos and Information by Tom Oliver November 22, 2019 Tim Fillmon of Webster, Florida, once [...]

Florida Forum Speaker Series brings Jon Meacham & Jerry Rice to Jacksonville

Women’s Board of Wolfson Children’s Hospital Media Release November 22, 2019 2019-2020 Florida Forum Speaker [...]

Jansen first Friends of Fernandina Aviation FSCJ scholarship recipient

Friends of Fernandina Aviation Press Release Contact: Mickey Baity [email protected] November 21, 2019 Victor Jansen [...]

Woodstock themed “Islandstock” concert to be held Thanksgiving Saturday

Main Street Fernandina Beach Press Release Submitted by Mary Hamburg November 22, 2019 FREE – [...]

Transgender Day of Remembrance

Photo by Christy Le Lait November 21, 2019 Editor’s Note: On November 20, the Macedonia [...]

BOCC hears from public on beaches, gaming establishments, and announces workshop for impact fee study

By Cindy Jackson Reporter November 22, 2019 Just like a Blue Moon, i.e., something that [...]

Weekly comments from Dale Martin

Dale Martin City Manager Fernandina Beach November 22, 2019 The latest series of Government Academy [...]

New officers of Friends of Fernandina Aviation

Friends of Fernandina Aviation Press Release Contact: Mickey Baity [email protected] www.fofaviation.com November 21, 2019 Promoting [...]

Nassau County Road 115 construction begins November 25

Nassau County Manger’s Office Contact: Sabrina Robertson [email protected] On Monday, November 25, 2019, work will [...]