Author Archives: Press Release

Starting Point now offers eligible employees up to $100,000 of student loan forgiveness

Starting Point Press Release Submitted by Justin Bradshaw April 6, 2021 Starting Point Behavioral Healthcare [...]

Nassau County area COVID-19 testing sites

Florida Department of Health Nassau April 6, 2021  

Elections’ Supervisor offers information on City of Fernandina Beach Mail Ballot Election

By Janet Adkins Nassau County Supervisor of Elections April 5, 2021 The first 75 days [...]

Plantation Artists’ Guild & Gallery opens new show: “Visions from the Past” – April 14

Plantation Artists’ Guild & Gallery Press Release April 5, 2021           [...]

Children are now visiting the Fernandina Beach Library Branch

Nassau County Insider April 5, 2021         Youth Librarian, Michelle Forde, did [...]

Portions of West 3rd Street in Fernandina Beach closed until Wednesday

City of Fernandina Beach Press Release April 5, 2021   West 3rd Street between Tarpon [...]

Local author launches Vietnam-era memoir, “The Unopened Letter”

MEDIA RELEASE Giro di Mondo Publishing Services at [email protected] April 5, 2021  AN INTRIGUING READ, [...]

The business of golf – ” . . . another professional . . . came from Brooklyn. His name was Wiffey Cox.”

By Alan Prescott April 4, 2021 Editor’s Note: This is the second article Alan has [...]

FWC programs teach youth about conservation, hunting and other outdoor skills

Media Release April 4, 2021     Ocala Outdoor Adventure Camp Kristi Johnson treasures the [...]

Amelia Island revealed . . .

By Carollee Addams April 2, 2021 Editor’s Note: Carollee Addams moved to Fernandina Beach from [...]

FSCJ to Host Business Speaker Series Event, “Cybersecurity is Everyone’s Business: Why it Matters to You”

Media Release April 3, 2021   Florida State College at Jacksonville (FSCJ) will host its [...]

The FWC invites you On a Quest for Wild Florida

Florida Fish & Wildlife Conservation Commission MEDIA RELEASE March 31, 2021         [...]

Nassau County road & lane closures: Week of April 3-9, 2021

FDOT Press Release April 2, 2021 State Road A1A from Blackrock Road to Flora Parke [...]

FSCJ Adult Education Programs to Host Virtual Information Sessions

Media Release April 1, 2021 Florida State College at Jacksonville (FSCJ) Adult Education programs will [...]

Freshwater license-free fishing Saturday, April 3 and Sunday, April 4

Media Release April 2, 2021   Try your hand at freshwater fishing this weekend on [...]

Always a great place to stop on by Saturday morning – Fernandina Beach Market Place

Fernandina Beach Market Place Press Release Submitted by Judi Mackie April 2, 2021 The Fernandina [...]

Enter the 2021 Wild Amelia Photo Contest

Wild Amelia Press Release Contact: Jay Kayne [email protected] April 2, 2021   Looking for an [...]

Lights out, stash the trash. It’s sea turtle nesting season!

Media Release April 2, 2021 The Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission (FWC) is reminding [...]

City of Fernandina Beach alerts community to garbage pickup delay

City of Fernandina Beach April 2, 2021               Portions [...]

Join the City and Keep Nassau Beautiful to cleanup our community!

Keep Nassau Beautiful Press Release April 1, 2021       Join the City and [...]

Fernandina Beach Police Department recognizes Officer Jarrell Mitchell for five years of service

City of Fernandina Beach Photo courtesy of unseennimages.com April 1, 2021

April is Sexual Assault Awareness Month

from The County Insider Office of the Nassau County Manager March 31, 2021   3/29/21 [...]

FTC Releases Reports on Cigarette and Smokeless Tobacco Sales and Marketing Expenditures for 2019

Federal Trade Commission Media Release April 1, 2021 Commission Cigarette Report. The amount spent on [...]

The business of golf – An opportunity to give back

By Alan Prescott March 31, 2021 Today, in response to my last article, I received [...]

Arts in the Park Festival to be held at Crooked River State Park – Seeking vendors

Friends of Crooked River State Park Press Release Contact: 912-882-5256 March 31, 2021 Location: 6222 [...]

FWC: Manatees are on the move! Go slow, look out below

Media Release April 1, 2021   The Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission (FWC) is [...]

Wildlight debuts Artisan Farmers Market on April 3

Media Release – March 30, 2021 WILDLIGHT INVITES COMMUNITY TO FIRST ARTISAN FARMERS MARKET First [...]

GreenPointe Developers announce opening of model home village at Tributary in Nassau County

Media Release March 31, 2021   NASSAU COUNTY, Fla. (March 30, 2021) – GreenPointe Developers, [...]

City of Fernandina Beach needs Ocean Rescue Lifeguards

City of Fernandina Beach March 31, 2021       Ocean Rescue lifeguards needed! Must [...]

City of Fernandina Beach Police Department presents awards

Fernandina Beach Police Department March 30, 2021

In the line of duty, 11 Florida law enforcement officers have died this year

Florida Attorney General Ashley Moody March 30. 2021 TALLAHASSEE, Fla.—Attorney General Ashley Moody today issued [...]

Tickets still available for Midori – April 9

Amelia Island Chamber Music Festival March 30, 2021  “What better way to celebrate the reopening [...]

Community Hospice & Palliative Care to host free online support sessions during April

Community Hospice & Palliative Care Press Release March 29, 2021 Community Hospice & Palliative Care [...]

Three new courses scheduled for Amelia Lifelong Learning – April 2021

Amelia Lifelong Learning Press Release Submitted by Evelyn C. McDonald 904-297-8564 (leave message) March 25, [...]

University of Phoenix students get payments

March 27, 2021 by Bridget Small FTC Division of Consumer & Business Education The FTC [...]

Spiny lobster season closes April 1

  Media Release March 27, 2021     The spiny lobster recreational and commercial seasons [...]

TrophyCatch awards Season 8 Phoenix Bass Boat

Media Release March 28, 2021   The Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission’s (FWC) TrophyCatch [...]

Main Beach restrooms closed for maintenance until April 2

City of Fernandina Beach March 27, 2021  

Fernandina Beach Police reports shooting incident on Jasmine Place

Fernandina Beach Police Department Press Release Submitted by Mark Foxworth Deputy Chief March 26, 2021 [...]

Florida Department of Health March 26 – Nassau County records 3 area deaths due to Coronavirus

Florida Department of Health March 26, 2021 Editor’s Note:  There were 3 cases of Coronavirus [...]

Fernandina Beach Market offers home-made, home-grown products every

Fernandina Beach Market Place Press Release Submitted by Judi Mackie March 26, 2021 The Fernandina [...]

Nassau County Press Release Regarding the Amelia Island Foundation

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Contact: Sabrina Robertson Public Information Officer (904) 530-6010 [email protected] Amelia Island Foundation [...]

Fernandina Beach Golf Course opens Top Tracer on Saturday at 10

City of Fernandina Beach March 26, 2021    

Marlin & Barrel Distillery holds grand reopening in new location on 8th Street

Nassau Chamber of Commerce Press Release March 26, 2021

Weekly comments by Dale Martin – ” . . . the people [Peck Center] served deserve to be more appropriately heralded.”

By Dale Martin City Manager Fernandina Beach March 25, 2021 The March, 2021, edition of [...]

Nassau County Emergency Management announces COVID vaccine shots available to all adults – Update

Nassau County Emergency Management March 25, 2021 All adults who want a COVID  vaccination can [...]

Office of the State Attorney, 13th Judicial Circuit calls bill before state legislature “un-American”

Office of the State Attortney 13th Judicial Circuit Hillsborough State Attorney’s Office Press Release March [...]

Take Stock in Children Virtual Gala a rousing success!

Take Stock in Children Press Release Submitted by Robin C. Lentz [email protected] Executive Director March [...]

Remembering “Hidden Figures” of Nassau County during Women’s History Month

By Jennett Wilson Baker In collaboration with various members of the African American Community March [...]

Drive-thru Tree Giveaway for Fernandina Beach residents on April 17

City of Fernandina Beach Media Release March 24, 2021 In celebration of Earth Day, City [...]

Amelia Musical Playhouse presents a staged reading on March 28

THE LARAMIE PROJECT: TEN YEARS LATER March 28 5 pm The Laramie Project: Ten Years [...]

Army Corp of Engineers’ dredging project update

City of Fernandina Beach March 24, 2021

City of Fernandina Beach and volunteers help to strengthen dune system

City of Fernandina Beach March 23, 2021 Volunteers spent a chilly spring Saturday morning planting [...]

Florida Attorney General warns of police imposter scams

Florida Attorney General Ashley Moody Press Release March 23, 2021   Attorney General Ashley Moody [...]

Barnabas Center Nassau’s pandemic response – “We took our walls down to serve our community.”

Barnabas Center Nassau March 23, 2021 Editor’s Note: This video, played at the Fernandina Beach [...]

Amelia Island mourns the loss of David James Caples

Oxley Heard March 23, 2021 David James Caples, 74, of Fernandina Beach, Florida passed away [...]

FSCJ DramaWorks Presents “A World Distanced”

Media Release March 22, 2021   WHAT:           Florida State College at Jacksonville (FSCJ) DramaWorks presents [...]

Theatre Jacksonville accepting video submissions thru April 5 for Jr. Mainstage Production

Press Release Sarah Boone, Executive Director, (904) 396-4425 [email protected] March 16, 2021   The annual [...]

Amelia Island revealed . . .

By Art Barry March 19, 2021   Editor’s Note:  For over 50 years, Art Barry [...]

City of Fernandina Beach walk-over #37 almost completed

City of Fernandina Beach March 18, 2021  

COVID-19 vaccines now available for 50 + years of age – Appointments begin Monday

Nassau County Emergency Management March 19, 2021 “On Fri 19th March the Governor of Florida [...]

April 10 is Waste Tire Amnesty Day in Nassau County

From The County Insider Office of the Nassau County Manager March 16, 2021 3/16/21 @ [...]

Largest U.S. Mobile Mass Vaccinator hires Axia Public Relations

March 19, 2021         PR campaign to help large organizations vaccinate thousands [...]

The Boathouse and City Leaders – An opinion

By Darryl Ford March 19, 2021 My thoughts have been swirling after I was present [...]

Weekly comments from Dale Martin – Beach Access Committee Report anticipated in April

By Dale Martin City Manager Fernandina Beach March 18, 2021 Several months ago, I solicited [...]

The business of golf – ” . . . weekly course maintenance staff education program . . . beneficial . . .”

By Alan Prescott March 18, 2021 Today, I received the most significant reply to my [...]

Institute for Enterprise announces new board member

Institute for Enterprise, Inc. Media Release Submitted by John Campbell Elwell March 18, 2021   [...]

North Florida Land Trust President Appointed to Florida’s Environmental Regulatory Commission

Media Release North Florida Land Trust March 22, 2021   Jacksonville, Fla., March 17, 2021 [...]

Midori is coming to Amelia Island!

Amelia Island Chamber Music Festival Press Release March 18, 2021 Midori, world-renowned violinist, will perform [...]

The Palette Shop opens on 1st Coast Hwy

Nassau County Chamber of Commerce Press Release March 17, 2021         Nassau [...]