Author Archives: Suanne Thamm
Fernandina Beach approves revised noise ordinance 4-1
Submitted by Suanne Z. Thamm Reporter – News Analyst May 3, 2017 12:03 p.m. [...]
Upcoming 2017 Fernandina Beach City Commission election cycle
Submitted by Suanne Z. Thamm Reporter – News Analyst May 2, 2017 7:39 a.m. Although [...]
Old Town Fernandina poised to attract new residents
Submitted by Suanne Z. Thamm Reporter – News Analyst May 1, 2017 6:35 a.m. [...]
Coming soon: a new look for old South 3rd Street
Submitted by Suanne Z. Thamm Reporter – News Analyst What was once Fernandina Lumber [...]
Suzanne Bass retires from city after 30 years of service
Submitted by Suanne Z. Thamm Reporter – News Analyst April 20, 2017 4:12 p.m. [...]
Horses and people and beaches: oh my!
Submitted by Suanne Z. Thamm Reporter – News Analyst April 20, 2017 3:14 p.m. [...]
Fernandina Beach downtown density increase approved 4-1
Submitted by Suanne Z. Thamm Reporter – News Analyst April 19, 2017 8:45 p.m. [...]
Recidivist Robocaller Settles FTC Telemarketing Complaint
Federal Trade Commission Media Release April 18, 2017 5:00 p.m. The FTC has obtained [...]
Nassau County Seeking Individuals to Serve on the Affordable Housing Committee
Published by Nassau County Insider April 17, 2017 3:08 p.m. The Nassau County (FL) [...]
April Airport update
Submitted by Suanne Z. Thamm Reporter – News Analyst April 17, 2017 11:00 a.m. Fernandina [...]
The many facets of “affordable housing”
Submitted by Suanne Z. Thamm Reporter – News Analyst April 16, 2017 1:00 a.m. The [...]
Egans Creek Park Grand Reopening
April 14, 2017 11:00 a.m. Information provided by 8 Flags Playscapes and City of Fernandina [...]
New business and building report: March 2017
Submitted by Suanne Z. Thamm Reporter – News Analyst April 12, 2017 1:00 a.m. The [...]
Senator Aaron Bean Named Florida Osteopathic Medical Association’s 2017 Legislator of the Year
Office of Senator Aaron Bean April 11, 2017 12:00 p.m. State Senator Aaron Bean (R-Fernandina [...]
Post Office historic marker dedicated
Submitted by Suanne Z. Thamm Reporter – News Analyst April 8, 2017 2:45 p.m. There [...]
North Florida Land Trust is looking for volunteers for Team Terrapin
Media Release April 8, 2017 7:51 a.m. North Florida Land Trust is currently recruiting [...]
Sounds off center: FBCC to revise noise ordinance
Submitted by Suanne Z. Thamm Reporter – News Analyst April 6, 2017 11:15 a.m. [...]
Does the city have a “lust for mud?”
Submitted by Suanne Z. Thamm Reporter – News Analyst April 5, 2017 1:12 p.m. [...]
Deeper dive into waterfront plan
Submitted by Suanne Z. Thamm Reporter – News Analyst April 5, 2017 12:55 p.m. During [...]
Mary Hamburg to serve as city’s first Public Information Officer
City of Fernandina Beach Media Release April 1, 2017 8:07 a.m. The City of [...]
Val Schwec to leave Port of Fernandina
Submitted by Suanne Z. Thamm Reporter – News Analyst March 31, 2017 2:26 p.m. [...]
FBCC, School Board discuss Citrona, Atlantic Avenue, outdoor learning center & rubberized track
Submitted by Suanne Z. Thamm Reporter – News Analyst March 30, 2017 1:00 a.m. In [...]
FBHS’s Jonathan Mauer & YMS’s Robert Cooke Win State FBLA Championships as Eight Nassau Students Place in Top Five
NCSD Media Release March 29, 2017 10:50 a.m. Nassau County Future Business Leaders of America [...]
To dredge or not to dredge? to be continued …
Submitted by Suanne Z. Thamm Reporter – News Analyst March 28, 2017 1:00 a.m. During [...]
How loud is too loud?
Submitted by Suanne Z. Thamm Reporter – News Analyst March 26,2017 1:00 a.m. How [...]
“No man’s life, liberty, or property are safe while the legislature is in session.”― Gideon J. Tucker
Submitted by Suanne Z. Thamm Reporter – News Analyst March 23, 2017 3:50 p.m. [...]
Fernandina Beach selects Dix.Hite+Partners to develop waterfront master plan
Submitted by Suanne Z. Thamm Reporter – News Analyst March 22, 2017 2:12 p.m. [...]
Another clean audit for the City of Fernandina Beach
Submitted by Suanne Z. Thamm Reporter – News Analyst March 23, 2017 12:56 p.m. [...]
From the Wheelhouse
Submitted by Adam Salzburg, OHPA Chair March 21, 2017 7:50 a.m. My name is [...]
North Florida Land Trust proposes an outdoor learning laboratory
Submitted by Suanne Z. Thamm Reporter – News Analyst March 20, 2017 11:24 a.m. [...]
OHPA hopes to increase citizen involvement with formation of new committees
Submitted by Suanne Z. Thamm Reporter – News Analyst March 15, 2017 4:39 p.m. [...]
New business & building report: February 2017
By Suanne Z. Thamm Reporter – News Analyst March 13, 2017 11:30 a.m. The [...]
Airport Welcome Center project will be rebid
Submitted by Suanne Z. Thamm Reporter – News Analyst March 13, 2017 1:00 a.m. [...]
Airport welcome center/terminal bids exceed anticipated range of $2.4-2.6M
Submitted by Suanne Z. Thamm Reporter – News Analyst March 9, 2017 At 2:00 p.m. [...]
Fernandina Lumber passes into history
Submitted by Suanne Z. Thamm Reporter – News Analyst March 9, 2017 8:15 a.m. The [...]
City election set for November 7, 2017; qualifying dates July 10-14
Submitted by Suanne Z. Thamm Reporter – News Analyst March 8, 2017 12:59 p.m. [...]
Fernandina Beach City Commission approves anti-preemption resolution
Submitted by Suanne Z. Thamm Reporter – News Analyst March 8, 2017 12:04 p.m. [...]
Panel selects 3 waterfront consultants for FBCC interviews
Submitted by Suanne Z. Thamm Reporter – News Analyst March 7, 2017 1:40 p.m. [...]
Trying to quash airport rumors is like trying to unring a bell.
Submitted by Suanne Z. Thamm Reporter – News Analyst March 2, 2017 1:00 a.m. There [...]
Five Artists Selected for Seaside Sculpture Project on Amelia Island
Media Release February 28, 2017 9:30 a.m. The Nassau County Tourism Development Council (TDC) in [...]
Schools in Communities: February update from the Nassau County School District
Submitted by NCSD Superintendent Kathy Burns February 28, 2017 7:46 a.m. BUDGET It’s time [...]
Democracy is the only system that persists in asking the powers that be whether they are the powers that ought to be. ~Sydney J. Harris
Submitted by Suanne Z. Thamm Reporter – News Analyst February 27, 2017 6:20 a.m. [...]
HSMAI Honors Amelia Island as a Global Leader in Sustainable Tourism
Media Release February 25, 2017 3:38 p.m. During the 60th Annual Adrian Awards Gala in [...]
Fernandina Beach Proclamations and Board Appointments: February 21, 2017
Submitted by Suanne Z. Thamm Reporter – News Analyst February 23, 2017 5:43 p.m. Mayor [...]
Paid beach parking: an idea whose time (maybe) has come
Submitted by Suanne Z. Thamm Reporter – News Analyst February 23, 2017 12:00 p.m. [...]
Requesting public records in the City of Fernandina Beach
Submitted by Suanne Z. Thamm Reporter – News Analyst February 23, 2017 10:16 a.m. [...]
FBCC enthusiasm kindled for Egans Creek Greenway Nature Center
Submitted by Suanne Z. Thamm Reporter – News Analyst February 22, 2017 4:17 p.m. [...]
Alachua Street Rail Crossing: A brief history
Submitted by Suanne Z. Thamm Reporter – News Analyst February 13, 2017 1:00 a.m. [...]
City golf course on the upswing
February 16, 2017 10:17 a.m. Fernandina Beach City Manager Dale Martin has shared the following [...]
School Board hires Ray Poole as in-house Chief of Legal Services
Nassau County School District Media Release February 14, 2017 1:00 a.m. The Nassau County [...]
Gratitude is the best attitude
Submitted by Suanne Z. Thamm Reporter – News Analyst February 11, 2017 11:46 a.m. [...]
FBCC formally adopts goals, timetable for FY2017-18
Submitted by Suanne Z. Thamm Reporter – News Analyst February 9, 2017 3:00 p.m. [...]
Airport Welcome Center preparing for take-off
Submitted by Suanne Z. Thamm Reporter – News Analyst February 9, 2017 2:31 p.m. Fernandina [...]
New business & building report: January 2017
Submitted by Suanne Z. Thamm Reporter – News Analyst February 6, 2017 1:00 a.m. [...]
FTC Testifies Before Senate Judiciary Committee On its Efforts to Combat Fraud Affecting Older Americans
Federal Trade Commission Media Release February 2, 2017 12:00 p.m. In testimony before Congress on [...]
What happened to all those trees?
Submitted by Suanne Z. Thamm Reporter – News Analyst February 1, 2017 1:00 a.m. [...]
Nassau County School District Attendance Zones for 2017-2018 ***UPDATED
Submitted by Dr. Kathy Burns, NCSD Superintendent January 30, 2017 7:12 a.m. ***February 1, 2017: [...]
Western Union settlement: $586 million in refunds
by Bridget Small Consumer Education Specialist, FTC You probably know that Western Union runs money [...]
Joining a gym: read the contract first
From Florida Agriculture Commissioner Adam Putnam’s Florida Consumer eNewsletter January 28, 2017 7:08 a.m. [...]
More citizen input on waterfront’s future at January 24th FBCC meeting
Submitted by Suanne Z. Thamm Reporter – News Analyst January 26, 2017 7:12 a.m. Once [...]
Outstanding Nassau County educators
Submitted by Nassau County School Superintendent Kathy Burns January 25, 2017 1:00 a.m. Schools in [...]
2700 Atlantic Avenue ready for development as community commercial project
Submitted by Suanne Z. Thamm Reporter – News Analyst January 24, 2017 9:00 a.m. [...]
FBHS students returning to classes after evacuation
Submitted by Suanne Z. Thamm Reporter – News Analyst January 24, 2017 11:42 a.m. [...]
City beats out County in tips collected for Ark of Nassau
Submitted by Suanne Z. Thamm Reporter – News Analyst Florida State Senator Aaron Bean [...]
Changes in store for former lumberyard property on S. 3rd Street
Submitted by Suanne Z. Thamm Reporter – News Analyst The Historic District Council (HDC) of [...]
The food truck is coming to Nassau County schools
Submitted by Kathy Burns, Nassau County School Superintendent Schools in Communities: News from the Nassau [...]
Credit Bureau Center’s Online Rental Scam
by Lisa Weintraub Schifferle Attorney, FTC, Division of Consumer & Business Education January 21, 2017 [...]
Mark Corbin retires after 35 years with city of Fernandina Beach
Submitted by Suanne Z. Thamm Reporter – News Analyst Fernandina Beach Mayor Robin Lentz [...]
“Why I won’t march….” an opinion
Submitted by Karen Schexnayder For the past 45 years I’ve watched as people threw hurtful glances [...]
Crane Island Now Open for Sales on Florida’s Amelia Island
Media Release January 19, 2017 4:35 p.m. AMELIA ISLAND, Fla. (January 19, 2017) – Crane [...]
Citizen calls for civility at FBCC meetings
Submitted by Suanne Z. Thamm Reporter – News Analyst While it is not unusual [...]
Fernandina Beach thanks local legislators for help with stormwater funding
Submitted by Suanne Z. Thamm Reporter – News Analyst Fernandina Beach Mayor Robin Lentz, [...]
Congratulations to Yulee Elementary School!
Submitted by Kathy Burns, Nassau County School Superintendent Schools in Communities: News from the Nassau [...]
New Rules for Exemptions of Sewer, Refuse, and Storm Water Fee
City of Fernandina Beach Official Notice On January 3, 2017, the City Commission approved [...]