Author Archives: Press Release

Amelia Island revealed . . .

By David Roberts December 4, 2021 Editor’s Note: David Lee Roberts grew up in Fernandina [...]

Florida observes ‘Older Driver Safety Awareness Week’

Florida Dept of Transportation Press Release December 3, 2021  Statewide coalition educates on safe driving [...]

Fernandina Beach Police celebrates three officers with 13 years of service

Fernandina Beach Police Department December 3, 2021 This week these three guys are each celebrating [...]

Florida Department of Health COVID-19 Weekly Situation Report – Week ending Dec 2

Florida Department of Health December 3, 2021                 [...]

Holiday Arts & Crafts Bazaar Saturday at Atlantic Rec Center – Dec 4

City of Fernandina Beach December 3, 2021 Numerous arts and crafts created by local artisans [...]

Amelia Island Chamber Singers presents a free concert: “A Christmas Kaleidoscope” on Dec 11 &12

Amelia Island Chamber Singers Press Release Submitted by Mack Sisson December 3, 2021

FDOT road and lane closures – Dec 4 – 10

FDOT December 3, 2021 Nassau County I-95 at Tide Creek (FIN 441200-1-52-01) (30.58819, -81.64648) Daytime [...]

Free December Support & Educational Sessions Presented by Community Hospice & Palliative Care

Media Release November 30, 2021   December 8 @ 6 – 7 p.m. – Hope [...]

ABWA Eight Flags Charter Chapter holds its First Annual Jingle Jamboree

ABWA Eight Flags Charter Chapter Press Release Submitted by Crystal Henning December 3, 2021 Calling [...]

Fernandina Beach Golf course holds “Global 9-Shot Challenge Tournament powered by TopTracer

City of Fernandina Beach December 3, 2021     The Global 9-Shot Challenge tournament starts [...]

DeSantis proposes $400 million to boost first responder pay, recruitment

The Center Square Florida By Bethany Blankley December 3, 2021   (The Center Square) – [...]

Weekly comments from Dale Martin – ‘What will be our twenty-first century path?’

By Dale Martin City Manager Fernandina Beach December 3, 2021 ” . . . we [...]

Holiday events in Fernandina Beach on Saturday, December 4

By Leah Ward-Lee [email protected] Press Release December 2, 2021 In addition to our fabulous downtown, [...]

News4Jax provides update on Callahan Shooting

By Susan Hardee Steger December 2, 2021 News4Jax is reporting William Conway Broyles, the Callahan [...]

Baptist Health first in region to offer new heart failure treatment

Baptist Health December 2, 2021 Baptist Health is the first health care system in the [...]

Nassau County Council on Aging Virtual Silient Auction starts Saturday – Are you registered?

Nassau County Council on Aging Press Release Submitted by Liz Dunn December 2, 2021 Click [...]

News4Jax reports three killed in Callahan shooting

News4Jax December 1, 2021 News4Jax is reporting that 3 individuals, were killed at 7:00 a.m. [...]

Florida Observes Older Driver Safety Awareness Week

Media ReleaseDecember 1, 2021 TALLAHASSEE, Fla. – The Florida Department of Transportation (FDOT)’s Safe Mobility [...]

Fernandina Beach Police releases Police Report on South 13th homicide

Fernandina Beach Police Department December 2, 2021 Editor’s Note:  This is a two-page report released [...]

LGBTQ Community Fund Awards a total of $107,000 to five local agencies

Community Foundation of Northeast Florida Press Release Contact: Susan Datz Edelman VP, Strategic Communication [email protected] [...]

When scam calls target your client or loved one

December 1, 2021 by Amy Hebert Consumer Education Specialist Calls from scammers are annoying and [...]

Amelia Island Art Association to hold “Capturing the Light” workshop

Amelia Island Art Association, December 1, 2021

Nassau County Delegation to meet on December 13

Nassau County Insider December 1, 2021 Editor’s Note:   The City’s local bill to be presented [...]

DeSantis to ask state lawmakers to cut state gas and fuel taxes by $1 billion to offset rising gas prices

The Center Square Florida By Bethany Blankley November 30, 2021    (The Center Square) – Florida [...]

Joy to the Children brings “Curbside Christmas” to disadvantaged children and their families

Joy to the Children Press Release Submitted by Loyd Pakradooni November 30, 2021 We are [...]

Miss Bennett: Christmas at Pemberley opens at Amelia Community Theatre

Amelia Community Theatre Submitted by Linda McClane November 29, 2021 With wit and good cheer, [...]

Have you registered? Council on Aging “Glimpse of Tuscany” Virtual Silent Auction around the corner

Nassau County Council on Aging Liz Dunn Marketing & Communications Director November 30, 2021 Here’s [...]

Amelia Island Bird Club schedules field trip to Huguenot Memorial Park – Dec 4

Amelia Island Bird Club By Bill George [email protected] November 30, 2021 The Amelia Island Bird [...]

City of Fernandina Beach Police Dept welcomes new employee

Fernandina Beach Police Department November 30, 2021   We would like to welcome Agnes White [...]

Free Holiday Arts & Crafts Bazaar to be held Saturday, Dec 4

Front Porch Beads Press Release Submitted by Joann Fullwood November 30, 2021 Subject: Holiday Arts [...]

Story & Song presents Happy Holidays & All That Jazz

Story & Song Neighborhood Bookstore Bistro 1430 Park Avenue Amelia Island, FL 32034 November 29, [...]

BearWise® Communities Making a Difference Across the Southeast

November 29, 2021 Reducing human-bear conflicts one community at a time RALEIGH, NC (November 29, [...]

An afternoon of art lectures scheduled for 2022

Cummer Amelia Press Release November 30, 2021   Cummer Amelia is pleased to announce it [...]

Family Support Services to use proven model in lending child welfare services in Pasco and Pinellas

Family Support Services Press Release November 29, 2021   “Not long ago, the system of [...]

How to spot and avoid common health scams

November 28, 2021 by Jim Kreidler Consumer Education Specialist, FTC As a caregiver for a [...]

What are people reporting at DoNotCall.gov?

November 28, 2021 by Amy Hebert Consumer Education Specialist, FTC In the past 18 years [...]

New regulations for spot and Atlantic croaker on Atlantic coast effective Dec. 1

Media Release November 27, 2021 New regulations for spot and Atlantic croaker in state waters [...]

TrophyCatch to give away new bass boat in live drawing

Media Release November 27, 2021   One lucky TrophyCatch registrant is going to win a [...]

Nassau County Road & Lane Closures November 27-December 3, 2021

  I-95 at Tide Creek  Daytime lane closures weekdays from 7 a.m. to 6 p.m. [...]

Little Women’s Club shows appreciation to the Fernandina Beach Police Department

Fernandina Beach Police Department November 27, 2021     A GREAT BIG THANKS to Susan [...]

Fernandina Pirates Club fills shopping carts to support Child Advocate Rapid Response Team during Thanksgiving

Pirates Communication Press Release Submitted by Judi Mackie November 26, 2021 Members of the Fernandina [...]

Fernandina Beach Christmas Tree lighting – Saturday, Nov 27

City of Fernandina Beach November 26, 2021 City of Fernandina Beach Christmas Tree Lighting! November [...]

American Heart Association: Avoid holiday diet stress

American Heart Association Press Release November 24, 2021 Just in time for holiday feasts, the [...]

Nassau County Annual Report for Fiscal Year 2020/2021

from The County Insider Office of the Nassau County Manager November 24, 2021   11/23/21 [...]

Nassau County Sheriff’s Office updates community on Otter Run shooting

Nassau County Sheriff’s Office Ashley Spicer Public Information Officer November 24. 2021 On Tuesday, November [...]

Yulee Shooting in Otter Run subdivision

Information from Nassau County Sheriff’s Office Asley Spicer Communications Officer November 23, 2021 Cindy Jackson, [...]

Starting Point Behavioral Healthcare partners with Fernandina Beach Police Dept to create City’s first co-responder unit

Starting Point Behavioral Healthcare Laureen Pagel, Ph.D., CEO [email protected] November 23, 2021 Yulee, Fla: Starting [...]

Nam Knights Motorcycle Club donates $5000 to Fernandina Shop With Cops

Fernandina Beach Police Department November 23, 2021   A HUGE THANKS to the Nam Knights [...]

Donate safely this Giving Tuesday

November 23, 2021 by Rosario Méndez Attorney, Division of Consumer and Business Education, FTC Giving [...]

City police participate in Foar From Home sendoff

Fernandina Beach Police Department November 20, 2021   We were honored to be part of [...]

Crist, DeSantis spar over high gasoline prices

The Center Square By Bethany Blankley November 23, 2021 (The Center Square) – Democratic Congressman [...]

Nassau County Schools COVID-19 Report – Week ending Nov 19

Nassau County Schools November 22, 2021

Job opportunities in the City of Fernandina Beach

City of Fernandina Beach November 22, 2021 The City of Fernandina Beach is currently hiring [...]

Before you join that crowdfunding campaign, read this

November 20, 2021 by Emily Wu Attorney, Division of Consumer and Business Education, FTC If [...]

Amelia Island revealed . . .

By Bill Birdsong November 20, 2021

Vendor spots still available for “Celebrate Small Business Fair” on Dec 4

Celebrate Small Business Fair Press Release from Leah Ward-Lee Contact: [email protected] November 19, 2021 There [...]

Unsubstantiated COVID-19 treatment claims appear on social media platforms

November 18, 2021 by Colleen Tressler Division of Consumer and Business Education, FTC Since the [...]

FWC evaluates trapping rules, seeks public input

Media Release November 20, 2021   The Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission (FWC) is [...]

City plants 68 trees in last 2 weeks

City of Fernandina Beach November 20, 2021

Florida Department of Health Weekly Situation report – Week ending Nov 18

Florida Department of Health November 19, 2021                 [...]

Nassau County Road and Lane Closures November 20-26, 2021

I-95 at Tide Creek Daytime lane closures Saturday through Tuesday from 7 a.m. to 6 [...]

The Amelia Island Chamber Music Festival has your ticket for the perfect holiday gift . . .

Amelia Island Chamber Music Festival November 19, 2021 A SEASON OF GREAT LIVE PERFORMANCES!   [...]

Your help is needed to provide Thanksgiving Dinner for those in need

Media Release Submitted by  Sheila Cocchi November 19, 2021 America’s Youth is partnering with the [...]

Starting Point launches ‘Marketplace Navigator Program’ for uninsured to find affordable healthcare coverage

Starting Point Behavioral Healthcare Press Release Laureen Pagel, Ph.D., CEO November 19, 2021 Starting Point [...]

NYPD officers take up DeSantis’ offer and move to Florida

The Center Square By Bethany Blankley November 19, 2021  Citing a hostile work environment in [...]

Volleyball in full swing at the Peck Gym in Fernandina Beach

Fernandina Beach Parks & Recreation November 19, 2021 Open Adult Co-ed Volleyball Tuesdays and Fridays [...]

Florida lawmakers approve measure banning enforcement of vaccine mandates

The Center Square November 18, 2021 (The Center Square) – Florida lawmakers in both the [...]

Boys & Girls Clubs teen members’ “Holiday Shoe Box Collection”

Boys & Girls Clubs of Nassau County Andrew Schmidt Senior Director of Dev & Marketing [...]

Holiday Craft Fair to be held December 4

City of Fernandina Beach November 17, 2021 Holiday Craft Fair December 4; 9:00am-4:00pm Atlantic Rec [...]

CREED gives thanks to Wal-Mart and community

CREED Jennette W. Baker, R.N., B.S.N. Executive Director November 17, 2021 Coalition for the Reduction [...]

Students take a field trip to Townies Pizzeria’s new garden

Media Release Axia Public Relations November 17, 2021 FERNANDINA BEACH, FLA. – Nov. 12, 2021 [...]

Florida Department of Health Nassau holds “Walk-In Wednesday”

Florida Department of Health November 17, 2021

A visit to City Hall

City of Fernandina Beach November 17, 2021   One of our favorite days of the [...]