Author Archives: Suanne Thamm
Raffle benefits Fernandina Beach Police Auxiliary
Submitted by Steve Filkoff Fernandina Police Auxiliary August 23, 2016 11:00 a.m. The Coastal [...]
Fernandina Beach Main Street Program hard at work
Submitted by Suanne Z. Thamm Reporter – News Analyst August 23, 2016 1:00 a.m. [...]
First reading: Annexing property for another new housing subdivision on Amelia Road
Submitted by Suanne Z. Thamm Reporter – News Analyst August 22, 2016 11:00 a.m. [...]
Fire Station review appears to be heading for approval in new budget
Submitted by Suanne Z. Thamm Reporter – News Analyst August 22, 2016 10:00 a.m. [...]
Citizens group lauds County Commissioner for transparent conversations on financial matters
Media Release August 22, 2016 9:30 a.m. Citizens for a Better Nassau County sent the [...]
Loft accommodations appear to be headed for N. 5th Street
Submitted by Suanne Z. Thamm Reporter – News Analyst August 21, 2016 1:00 a.m. [...]
Polls open today for August Primary Early Voting
Submitted by Suanne Z. Thamm Reporter – News Analyst August 19, 2016 1:01 p.m. [...]
Fernandina Beach honors local law enforcement, standing ovation from audience
Submitted by Suanne Z. Thamm Reporter – News Analyst At the urging of Fernandina [...]
FBCC votes 4-1 (reluctantly) to allow development at 14th and Lime Streets
Submitted by Suanne Z. Thamm Reporter – News Analyst August 17, 2016 4:51 p.m. [...]
Future of City Planning Advisory Board tabled for now
Submitted by Suanne Z. Thamm Reporter – News Analyst August 17, 2016 1:41 p.m. [...]
Fernandina Beach City Manager denies firefighter’s grievance
Submitted by Suanne Z. Thamm Reporter – News Analyst August 16, 2016 4:28 p.m. [...]
Fernandina Beach Mayor Endorses Joe Zimmerman
Zimmerman Campaign Media Release Joe Zimmerman, candidate for County Commissioner, District 5, announced this [...]
Auditors report on Parks & Rec internal controls, cite deficiencies
Submitted by Suanne Z. Thamm Reporter – News Analyst August 15, 2016 4:20 p.m. [...]
Janet Adkins: politician or educator? You decide. — An Opinion
Submitted by Linda Morris Retired Nassau County educator In her zeal for conducting a [...]
WG Pitts selected to provide master plan for Three Rivers mixed-use development in Nassau County
Media Release JACKSONVILLE, Fla. (Aug. 11, 2016) – WG Pitts, an award-winning General Contracting, [...]
Early voting gets underway next week
Submitted by Suanne Z. Thamm Reporter – News Analyst Mail ballots are already being [...]
FBCC holds FY2016-17 Budget workshop
Submitted by Suanne Z. Thamm Reporter – News Analyst August 10, 2016 2:04 p.m. [...]
July 2016 business and building starts
Submitted by Suanne Z. Thamm Reporter – News Analyst The Fernandina Observer welcomes the following [...]
Do political signs work?
Submitted by Suanne Z. Thamm Reporter – News Analyst Love ‘em or hate ‘em, every [...]
Many voters switching to Republican in Nassau County
Submitted by Suanne Z. Thamm Reporter – News Analyst August 8, 2016 1:00 a.m. The [...]
Miller and Childers will face off in November City Commission election.
Submitted by Suanne Z. Thamm Reporter – News Analyst Fernandina Beach City Clerk Caroline [...]
Herschel Shepard on becoming an historic preservation architect at Fort Clinch
Submitted by Suanne Z. Thamm Reporter – News Analyst August 4, 2016 4:27 p.m. If [...]
Fernandina Beach discusses creating a land bank
Submitted by Suanne Z. Thamm Reporter – News Analyst As its final item of [...]
UPDATE ON WESTROCK BOMB THREAT
Media Release Fernandina Beach Police Department On August 4, 2016 at approximately [...]
BREAKING NEWS: Bomb threat at Westrock
Submitted by Suanne Z. Thamm Reporter – News Analyst Chris Augustine, WestRock Director of [...]
FBCC votes 5-0 to approve Comp Plan change re hazardous materials in floodplain
Submitted by Suanne Z. Thamm Reporter – News Analyst August 3, 2016 8:28 p.m. [...]
Egans Creek Park is moving forward.
Media Release
$$$ Following more money $$$
Submitted by Suanne Z. Thamm Reporter – News Analyst August 3, 2016 1:00 a.m. [...]
First Coast Manufacturers endorse Kathy Burns for School Superintendent
Burns Campaign Media Release
FTC providing $4M in full refunds to people tricked into buying bogus “Extended Auto Warranties”
Federal Trade Commission Media Release July 29, 2016 1:00 p.m. The Federal Trade Commission is [...]
Gator’s Dockside to open in Yulee
From Diamonds to Dollars, July 29, 2016 11:00 Gator’s Dockside, a family-friendly, sports-themed restaurant, will [...]
Fernandina Beach election qualifying period August 1-5, 2016
Submitted by Suanne Z. Thamm Reporter – News Analyst July 28, 2016 6:15 p.m. [...]
You may delay, but time will not. — Benjamin Franklin
July 27, 2016 11:00 a.m. The clock is ticking … there is less than a week [...]
FBCC sets tentative combined millage rate for FY2016/17 at 6.3044
Submitted by Suanne Z. Thamm Reporter – News Analyst July 27, 2016 10:00 a.m. [...]
Viewpoint: Update from the Property Appraiser
Submitted by Michael Hickox, Nassau County Property Appraiser July 26, 2016 11:00 a.m.
Preservation architect Herschel Shepard to speak at History Museum August 3
Media Release July 25, 2016 2:00 p.m. The Amelia Island Museum of History invites you [...]
Barnabas Food Drive/Leadership Nassau Alumni Social
Submitted by Cathy Sabattini Leadership Nassau Alumni Board July 25, 2016 12:00 p.m. Leadership Nassau [...]
What does “PC” mean?
Submitted by Suanne Z. Thamm Reporter – News Analyst July 21, 2016 1:00 a.m. Personal [...]
FBCC attention will turn toward FY2017 Budget in August
Submitted by Suanne Z. Thamm Reporter – News Analyst July 20, 2016 5:28 p.m. [...]
City recognizes ACT’s 35 years of playmaking in Fernandina Beach
Submitted by Suanne Z. Thamm Reporter – News Analyst July 20, 2016 1:58 p.m. [...]
School Superintendent candidates spar at News Leader debate
Submitted by Suanne Z. Thamm Reporter – News Analyst July 19, 2016 12:20 p.m. [...]
They’re in the money.
Submitted by Suanne Z. Thamm Reporter – News Analyst July 19, 2016 1:00 a.m. As [...]
BREAKING NEWS: OHPA Town Hall Meeting scheduled for today has been cancelled.
Submitted by Suanne Z. Thamm Reporter – News Analyst July 15, 2016 2:20 p.m. [...]
Stephanie A. Morgan appointed as Fernandina Beach Airport Manager
City of Fernandina Beach Press Release July 15, 2016 2:15 p.m. Fernandina Beach City [...]
Nassau County students featured in FSCJ production of Cats
Submitted by Suanne Z. Thamm Reporter – News Analyst July 14, 2016 11:45 a.m. Each [...]
City honors Gail Shults for 30 years of service to volunteers
Submitted by Suanne Z. Thamm Reporter – News Analyst July 13, 2016 3:03 p.m. [...]
June 2016 business and building starts
Submitted by Suanne Z. Thamm Reporter – News Analyst July 11, 2016 1:00 a.m. [...]
City proclaims week of August 5-7, 2016 as Gullah/Geechee Nation Appreciation Week
Submitted by Suanne Z. Thamm Reporter – News Analyst July 9, 2016 12:15 p.m. [...]
Nassau BOCC approves LignoTech incentives package 4-0
Submitted by Suanne Z. Thamm Reporter – News Analyst July 7, 2016 8:40 a.m. [...]
Can/will the 8th Street corridor ever be improved?
Submitted by Suanne Z. Thamm Reporter – News Analyst July 6, 2016 3:24 p.m. [...]
Don’t put your homestead exemption at risk with short term rentals.
Submitted by Suanne Z. Thamm Reporter – News Analyst July 6, 2016 1:00 a.m. [...]
Fernandina Beach receives 2016 National Main Street accreditation
Submitted by Jeff Kurtz, Executive Director Fernandina Beach Main Street July 5, 2016 2:58 p.m. [...]
Booze, Billiards, and Bolts: Museum Brown Bag lunch July 6
Submitted by Gray Edenfield Amelia Island Museum of History July 5, 2016 11:30 a.m. The [...]
Breakdown of 2015 special events permitted by City of Fernandina Beach
Submitted by Suanne Z. Thamm Reporter – News Analyst July 5, 2016 8:52 a.m. [...]
Old fashioned, political Town Hall Meetings coming to Fernandina Beach
June 30, 2016 10:30 a.m. YOU are invited to participate in three real, honest–to-goodness TOWN [...]
Has the number of special events maxed out in Fernandina Beach?
Submitted by Suanne Z. Thamm Reporter – News Analyst June 29, 2016 12:06 p.m. [...]
$hrimpfest generated over $14.7M economic impact locally this year
Submitted by Suanne Z. Thamm Reporter – News Analyst June 28, 2016 8:54 a.m. Just [...]
And they’re off!
Submitted by Suanne Z. Thamm Reporter – News Analyst June 24, 2016 12:15 p.m. At [...]
14th & Lime Streets (again): wetlands vs. moderate income housing
Submitted by Suanne Z. Thamm Reporter – News Analyst June 22, 2016 4:49 p.m. Once [...]
Fernandina Beach Airport Welcome Center concept takes off
Submitted by Suanne Z. Thamm Reporter – News Analyst June 22, 2016 11:29 a.m. It’s [...]
Free admission to A.I. Museum for Nassau County residents on Community Appreciation Day
June 22, 2016 10:14 a.m.
Continuing to follow the money …
Submitted by Suanne Z. Thamm Reporter – News Analyst June 21, 2016 1:00 a.m. [...]
HDC approves Phase 1 of Amelia riverfront park plan
Submitted by Suanne Z. Thamm Reporter – News Analyst June 20, 2016 1:00 a.m. After [...]
HDC approves downtown variance request for Clinch Kavanaugh
Submitted by Suanne Z. Thamm Reporter – News Analyst June 17, 2016 4:07 p.m. [...]
What if there were an election and nobody ran?
Submitted by Suanne Z. Thamm Reporter – News Analyst June 16, 2016 11:11 a.m. Fernandina [...]
State Attorney’s Office Slams Nassau Candidate Carlos Slay’s “Reckless Disregard for Truth”
Media Release from DaigleCreative.com June 15, 2016 9:47 a.m. The State Attorney’s Office for the [...]
OHPA CRAC votes 6-2 to recommend non-partisan OHPA elections
Submitted by Michael Harrison June 14, 2016 9:49 a.m. At its May 23, 2016 [...]
Train Depot Dedication on June 12, 2016
Submitted by Suanne Z. Thamm Reporter – News Analyst June 13, 2016 12:37 p.m. Neither [...]
Local primary elections explained
Submitted by Suanne Z. Thamm Reporter – News Analyst June 13, 2016 11:21 a.m. [...]
Open House Public Meeting Amelia Island Pedestrian and Bicycle Focus Area Study
TPO Media Release The North Florida TPO is conducting the Amelia Island Pedestrian and [...]
Fernandina Beach municipal golf course fire
City of Fernandina Beach Fire Department Press Release Fernandina Beach Fire Department personnel responded [...]
Tavern Life in Colonial Florida: Museum talk on June 17th
Submitted by Gray Edenfield Amelia Island Museum of History June 9, 12:00 p.m. The Amelia [...]