Author Archives: Press Release

North Florida Land Trust honors “The Beach Lady” by acquiring a portion of Little NaNa Dune on her Birthday

Media Release January 13, 2021 Jacksonville, Fla., Jan. 13, 2021 – North Florida Land Trust [...]

Florida’s transportation projects yield $4 benefit for every dollar invested

FDOT Press Release January 13, 2021 FDOT Macroeconomic Analysis Shows Transportation Projects Yield $4 of [...]

Part 1 – The business of golf . . .

By Alan Prescott January 12, 2021 The other day, I was sent an article about [...]

Nassau County Board of Commission to hold special meeting to discuss COVID-19

Nassau County Press Release January 12, 2020 The Board of County Commissioners has scheduled a [...]

Martin Luther King Parade to be held January 18

America’s Youth Press Release January 11, 2020       The MLK Parade will be [...]

Barnabas celebrations selection as a WINN-DIXIE Community Bag Program Beneficiary

Barnabas Center Nassau Press Release www.BarnabasNassau.com January 11, 2021 Barnabas has been selected as a [...]

Free COVID-19 testing to be held in Fernandina Beach – January 12

Florida Department of Health Nassau January 11, 2021

First large scale Nassau County COVID-19 vaccination event held in Yulee

Nassau County Insider January 11, 2021 Nassau County Emergency Management and the Nassau County Department [...]

Joe Winston: A Man of Honor, A Man of Action

By Stephan R. Leimberg January 10, 2021 Master potter Joe Winston, who died recently, will [...]

Amelia Island revealed . . .

By Dr. Milton January 9, 2020   On the Miltons’ first trip to Amelia Island, [...]

Boys and Girls Clubs announce “Youth of the Month”

Boys & Girls Clubs By Erick Schmidt January 9, 2021 November Youth of the Month [...]

Baptist Medical Nassau welcomes first baby of the New Year

Baptist Medical Center Nassau By Meg Lamken Hospital Auxiliary Historian January 9, 2020

New Rotary Club Chartered in Nassau County

Greater Nassau Rotary Club Press Release Contact: Justin Taylor [email protected] January 8, 2021 The Greater [...]

The Dover String Quartet with cellist Christopher Rex in concert – Jan 31

Amelia Island Chamber Music Festival Press Release January 8, 2021 The Amelia Island Chamber Music [...]

Florida Department of Health January 7 – Coronavirus daily total at 116

Florida Department of Health January 7, 2021 Nassau County Emergency Management:  Yesterday, NCEM was “sad [...]

City Police Captain Bishop recognized for service

City of Fernandina Beach January 7, 2020

Nassau County COVID-19 Testing for January 2021

Florida Department of Health Nassau January 7, 2021

Nassau County Board of Commission calls for special meeting Jan 7 to discuss COVID-19 vaccines

Nassau County Insider Sabrina Robertson County Manager’s Office January 6, 2020 The Board of County [...]

Scheduling a vaccine – A step by step approach

Nassau County Emergency Management January 6, 2020 The Eventbrite process seems to be the most [...]

How to schedule a COVID-19 vaccine appointment in Nassau County

Nassau County Emergency Management Dave Richardson Information Officer January 5, 2020   Editor’s Note: Our [...]

Amelia Island CVB Announces New Tourism Incentive Card Promotion

Amelia Island Convention Visitors Bureau Media Release January 4, 2021 AMELIA ISLAND, Fla. (Jan. 4, [...]

Keep Nassau Beautiful Hosting FREE Tree Give-Away Events

For Immediate Release Contact: Lynda Bell, Executive Director Keep Nassau Beautiful 904-261-0165 [email protected] Keep Nassau [...]

Two beach access points to close for repairs Jan 6 – 31

City of Fernandina Beach January 4, 2020

Nassau County updates COVID-19 vaccine plans

Nassau County Emergency Operations Center Contact: Dave Richardson Public Information Officer (904) 548-0900. [email protected] January [...]

Amelia Island revealed . . .

Submitted by Elizabeth Wilkes www.elizabethwilkesphotography.com January 3, 2021 Editor’s Note:  Although we have run this [...]

Wrapping up 2020 with more car wrap scams

by Ari Lazarus Consumer Education Specialist, FTC January 2, 2021 We just heard from more [...]

Nassau County road and lane closures: week of January 2-8, 2021

State Road A1A from Barnwell Road to O’Neill Scott Road Nighttime eastbound lane closure Tuesday [...]

COVID-19 Testing Saturday, January 2, at Yulee Middle School

Florida Dept of Health January 1, 2020

Florida Department of Health Nassau shares COVID-19 vaccine process

Florida Department of Health  – Nassau January 1, 2021 Covid 19 Vaccine Appointments The Florida [...]

Nassau County mourns the loss of Patrick Sabadie

December 31, 2020 Editor’s Note: Anyone who came into contact with Patrick Sabadie felt his [...]

Corner Show Artist for January at Plantation Artists’ Guild and Gallery

Plantation Artists’ Guild & Gallery Press Release December 30, 2020 Plantation Artists’ Guild & Gallery [...]

“Christmas list or not” – An opinion

By Chip Ross Fernandina Beach City Commissioner December 29, 2020 Four days before Christmas I [...]

New blueline tilefish recreational regulations effective Jan. 1 in Atlantic state waters

Media Release December 29, 2020   Starting Jan. 1, the following regulations will go into [...]

Amelia Island revealed . . .

By Joseph Wilson December 26, 2020 “Bosque Bello Cemetery” Photo courtesy of Joseph Wilson Editor’s [...]

FWC: Gov. DeSantis’ leadership increases our conservation successes

Media Release December 26, 2020 With Gov. Ron DeSantis’ leadership and support, Florida’s residents and [...]

Weekly comments from Dale Martin – ” . . . 2021 should be a busy and exciting (in a good way) year.”

By Dale Martin City Manager Fernandina Beach December 25, 2020 As 2020 winds to a [...]

Winning Amelia Wins Again!

Gemstone Media Press Release December 23, 2020 JACKSONVILLE, Florida – Winning Amelia is the title [...]

Streaming of Tourist Development Council Meetings

December 23, 2020 Contact: Sabrina Robertson Public Information Officer (904) 530-6010 [email protected] Streaming of Tourist [...]

1000 Friends of Florida statement on Florida taking control of issuing 404 dredge and fill permits

1000 Friends of Florida Press Release December 23, 2020 On Thursday, the U.S. Environmental Protection [...]

FDOT to present tentative 5-year work plan on January 14; public invited

Media Release December 23, 2020       Florida Department of Transportation (FDOT) Northeast Florida [...]

More money from the government?

December 22, 2020 by Jennifer Leach Associate Director, Division of Consumer & Business Education, FTC [...]

Jupiter and Saturn – As close as it gets

Photos by Stephan R. Leimberg unseenimages.com December 22, 2020 Editor’s Note:  How fortunate we are [...]

City offices to close December 23, 24, & 25

City of Fernandina Beach December 22, 2020 The City Manager has gifted staff a mental [...]

Florida Department of Health Dec 22 – Daily Coronavirus report shows 55 in Nassau County

Florida Department of Health December 22, 2020 Editor’s Note:  At this time, Nassau County Emergency [...]

FTC Data Show Gift Cards Remain Scammers’ Favorite Payment Method

Federal Trade Commission Media Release December 28, 2020   Agency to roll out new materials [...]

City of Fernandina Beach holiday trash pickup

City of Fernandina Beach December 22, 2020   A message from our sanitation partners: Happy [...]

Wild Amelia Digital Calendar available for free download

Wild Amelia Press Release Contact: Jay Kayne, President [email protected] December 22, 2020 Among the challenges [...]

Alternative Baseball seeks volunteer coach/manager, players, and volunteers to start local program

Submitted by Taylor Duncan (770) 313-1762 Commissioner/CEO/Executive Director  www.alternativebaseball.org December 22, 2020 My name is [...]

All I want for Christmas…is what I ordered

December 21, 2020 by Carol Kando-Pineda Attorney, FTC, Division of Consumer & Business Education You’ve [...]

COVID-19 vaccinations continue for staff at Baptist Medical Nassau

Baptist Medical Nassau December 21, 2020    

8 Flags Playscapes helps fund accessible and environmentally sensitive nature trail

8 Flags Playscapes Press Release December 21, 2020     8 Flags Playscapes is pleased [...]

Santa doesn’t need your Social Security number

December 19, 2020 by Jim Kreidler Consumer Education Specialist, FTC This year, during the pandemic, your [...]

U.S. Naval Station Kings Bay Entrance Channel dredging, Fernandina Beach re-nourishment under way

Press Release JACKSONVILLE, Fla. (Dec. 18, 2020) – The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Jacksonville [...]

Nassau County road & lane closures: December 19, 2020 – January 1, 2021

State Road A1A from Lofton Creek to I-95 Daytime eastbound lane closure Saturday from 9 [...]

Baptist Nassau physician receives first COVID-19 vaccination

Baptist Hospital Nassau December 18, 2020

Don’t be CBDeceived by junk science

December 17, 2020 by Lisa Lake Consumer Education Specialist, FTC If you’ve explored alternative treatments [...]

Register NOW for the Wolfson Children’s Challenge: Virtual Edition!

Wolfson Children’s Hospital Media Alert December 16, 2020 Connect for the cause with four weeks [...]

Northeast Florida Regional Leadership Award Winners Announced

Press Release December 18, 2020 The Northeast Florida Regional Council (NEFRC) announced the winners of [...]

Nassau County employees recognized for years of service

Nassau County Insider December 17, 2020 At the December 16,  Board of County Commissioners meeting, [...]

Weekly comments from Dale Martin – ““Governing . . . should be a “public PARTICIPATION process”

By Dale Martin City Manager Fernandina Beach December 18, 2020 With no surprise, the final [...]

Amelia Island Chamber Music Festival announces ticket sales for its 20th season

Amelia Island Chamber Music www.AICMF.com Press Release December 16, 2020 The Amelia Island Chamber Music [...]

Amelia Community Theatre presents free live-streaming of Dickens’ “A Christmas Carol” – Dec 22

Amelia Community Theatre Press Release Submitted by Linda McClaine December 17, 2020 Amelia Community Theatre [...]

FWC approves measures to support recovery and restoration of oysters in Apalachicola Bay

Media Release December 16, 2020   At its December meeting, the Florida Fish and Wildlife [...]

Florida Department of Health Dec 16 – Daily Coronavirus report for Nassau County shows 53 cases and another death

Florida Department of Health December 16, 2020 Nassau County Emergency Management: It is with great [...]

Free COVID-19 testing at Journey Church – Dec 17

Florida Department of Health-Nassau Press Release December 16, 2020

Timucuan Parks Foundation is extending its “Self-Guided Volunteer Events” through the holiday season

Timucuan Parks Foundation Press Release December 16, 2020 Students can earn community service hours from [...]

Florida Housing’s Coronavirus Relief Fund Program set to conclude December 30

Florida Housing Press Release December 16, 2020 “This is the last month that impacted homeowners [...]

Partridge in a Pear Tree Planting Day – December 21

City of Fernandina Beach Contact: Dave Holley, City Arborist www.fbfl.us December 16 2020 The City [...]

Frosty the Con Man: avoiding family emergency scams

December 15, 2020 by Carol Kando-Pineda Attorney, FTC, Division of Consumer & Business Education “Hello? [...]

Tiny Library opens at Central Park

City of Fernandina Beach December 15, 2020

Island Art Association announces “The Art of Creating” show winners

Island Art Association Press Release Submitted by Becky White December 14, 2020 “This show will [...]

Nassau Humane Society welcomes more rescue dogs from Puerto Rico

Nassau Humane Society Press Release Contact: Debbie Chissell Nassau Humane Society Director [email protected] December 14, [...]

Florida Department of Health December 12 – Nassau County daily Coronavirus reaches 56 in Nassau County

Florida Department of Health December 12, 2020 Editor’s Note:  Although not the highest number to [...]