Author Archives: Suanne Thamm
Fernandina Beach installs lightning protection system
Submitted by Suanne Z. Thamm Reporter – News Analyst According to a city press release, [...]
12/17/13 Fernandina Beach City Commission highlights: Shrimp Fest, Library, CDBG grant, St. Michael’s appeal and more
Submitted by Suanne Z. Thamm Reporter – News Analyst Under the leadership of a new [...]
Fernandina Beach swears in new commissioner, mayor and vice mayor
Submitted by Suanne Z. Thamm Reporter – News Analyst On December 17, 2013, before an [...]
Former Fernandina Beach Commissioner Arlene Filkoff’s Farewell Address
Retiring Fernandina Beach City Commissioner Arlene Filkoff left office last night, December 17, 2013. She [...]
2013 Fernandina Beach City Election: A fluke or a trend?
Submitted by Suanne Z. Thamm Reporter – News Analyst City residents, other commissioners and city [...]
Fernandina Beach City Commission approves unanimously all business items on December 3, 2013 agenda
Submitted by Suanne Z. Thamm Reporter – News Analyst The Fernandina Beach City Commission, in [...]
Is Compressed Natural Gas (CNG) in Fernandina Beach’s future?
Submitted by Suanne Z. Thamm Reporter – News Analyst Mark Thompson, Key Accounts Manager for [...]
Fernandina Beach Run-Off Election: Tuesday, December 10, 2013
Submitted by Suanne Z. Thamm Reporter – News Analyst Registered Fernandina Beach city voters will [...]
FBCC, Charter Officers say so long to Commissioner Arlene Filkoff
Submitted by Suanne Z. Thamm Reporter – News Analyst At the conclusion of the December [...]
City receives instructions on how to formulate a local bill to raise revenue for beaches
Submitted by Suanne Z. Thamm Reporter – News Analyst While the city of Fernandina Beach [...]
Fernandina Beach Commissioners urged to ratify mayoral straw poll result
Submitted by Suanne Z. Thamm Reporter – News Analyst The Fernandina Beach City Commission (FBCC) [...]
Yards to Parks: Exotic Plants Pose Threats to State Parks
Submitted by Adrienne Burke, City of Fernandina Beach Community Development Director Invasive exotic plants know [...]
Good news for City of Fernandina Beach flood insurance policy holders
Submitted by Suanne Z. Thamm Reporter – News Analyst Thanks to the diligence of Fernandina [...]
Fernandina Beach City Commission approves 4 library-related resolutions; lease agreement returns to Nassau BOCC with city modification
Submitted by Suanne Z. Thamm Reporter – News Analyst Following an hour and a half [...]
Fernandina Beach City Commission weighs changes proposed to approved waterfront park design
Submitted by Suanne Z. Thamm Reporter – News Analyst In a November 18, 2013 workshop, [...]
Fernandina Beach City Commission reaffirms value of citizen advisory committees
Submitted by Suanne Z. Thamm Reporter – News Analyst In a workshop held at the [...]
CRA Advisory Board weighs strategies for success
Submitted by Suanne Z. Thamm Reporter – News Analyst On November 14, 2013, the second [...]
City of Fernandina Beach run-off election mail ballots available for pick up
Submitted by Suanne Z. Thamm Reporter – News Analyst According to Kathy Dreese, Voter Services [...]
Fernandina Beach City Commission meets November 6, 2013; agenda topics do not include election or library agreement
Submitted by Suanne Z. Thamm Reporter – News Analyst The mood in the Fernandina Beach [...]
City of Fernandina Beach Presentations and Proclamations: November 6, 2013
Submitted by Suanne Z. Thamm Reporter – News Analyst Fernandina Beach Mayor Sarah Pelican kicked [...]
Fernandina Beach Business and Building Starts: October 2013
Submitted by Suanne Z. Thamm Reporter – News Analyst The Fernandina Observer welcomes the following [...]
The FBCC reorganization meeting that wasn’t
Submitted by Suanne Z. Thamm Reporter – News Analyst If you blinked, you missed it. [...]
Voting results as they are tabulated – 3:00 p.m. voter count
Submitted by Suanne Z. Thamm Reporter-News Analyst As of 2 p.m. today, there were no [...]
Voter turnout report low; still time to vote
According to Interim City Clerk Kim Briley: “As of 10:20am today the number of voters [...]
Moving On: August & September 2013
Submitted by Suanne Z. Thamm Reporter – News Analyst The following real estate sales and [...]
October 30, 2013: Last day to request mailed absentee ballot for City of Fernandina Beach election
Submitted by Suanne Z. Thamm Reporter – News Analyst Today – October 30, 2013 – [...]
Fernandina Beach City-Nassau County library agreement still in limbo
Submitted by Suanne Z. Thamm Reporter – News Analyst The Nassau County Board of County [...]
Big trucks+old trees+narrow streets=BIG PROBLEMS
Submitted by Suanne Z. Thamm Reporter – News Analyst On a beautiful, sunlit October [...]
2013 Fernandina Beach City Commission Candidates Forum
Submitted by Suanne Z. Thamm Reporter – News Analyst On October 22, 2013, Fernandina Beach [...]
City seeks citizen input on Bosque Bello Cemetery
Submitted by Adrienne Burke Community Development Director, City of Fernandina Beach As part of an effort [...]
Amelia Island Voted Among Top Islands in US, World in Condé Nast Traveler Readers’ Choice Awards
Amelia Island Convention & Visitors Bureau Press Release AMELIA ISLAND, Fla. (October 16, 2013) – Northeast [...]
Proposed City Charter change on CRAs will be good for the city — An Opinion
Submitted by Mike Zaffaroni Chair, Community Redevelopment Agency Advisory Board In our upcoming November 5, [...]
Another waterfront park plan on the horizon?
Submitted by Suanne Z. Thamm Reporter – News Analyst At the October 15, 2013 Fernandina [...]
CRAAB Chair Mike Zaffaroni addresses Fernandina Beach Commission on proposed Charter Change
Submitted by Suanne Z. Thamm Reporter – News Analyst On November 5, 2013, voters will [...]
Fernandina Beach City Commission holds last regular meeting before city election
Submitted by Suanne Z. Thamm Reporter – News Analyst On October 15, 2013, the Fernandina [...]
Is there a future for Fernandina Beach City Advisory Committees?
Submitted by Suanne Z. Thamm Reporter – News Analyst At its October 15, 2013 Regular [...]
FAA must rule on a second complaint at the Fernandina Beach Airport
Submitted by Suanne Z. Thamm Reporter – News Analyst The Fernandina Beach Municipal Airport has [...]
Fernandina Beach Business and Building Starts: September 2013
Submitted by Suanne Z. Thamm Reporter – News Analyst The Fernandina Observer welcomes the following [...]
Train depot restoration rumbles forward
Submitted by Suanne Z. Thamm Reporter – News Analyst About two dozen people spent their [...]
Presentations and Proclamations: October 1, 2013
Submitted by Suanne Z. Thamm Reporter – News Analyst Fernandina Beach Mayor Sarah Pelican led [...]
The FBCC rings in the new fiscal year
Submitted by Suanne Z. Thamm Reporter – News Analyst With its October 1, 2013 Regular [...]
City revisits grant funding for local non-profits in FY 2013-14 Budget
Submitted by Suanne Z. Thamm Reporter – News Analyst At a half-hour long special meeting [...]
And the Oscar goes to …
Submitted by Suanne Z. Thamm Reporter – News Analyst Fernandina Beach is never short on [...]
Viva Florida! — Fernandina-style
Submitted by Suanne Z. Thamm Reporter – News Analyst The sleepy little Fernandina Beach neighborhood [...]
A new look for City Hall Chambers
Submitted by Suanne Z. Thamm Reporter – News Analyst The seats of power have gotten [...]
Patching Ash Street rail crossing
Submitted by Suanne Z. Thamm Reporter – News Analyst Drivers and pedestrians may soon have [...]
Jacksonville National College Fair October 12 for students and parents
News Release submitted by Florida State College at Jacksonville More than 150 colleges and universities in [...]
Talking about Buddhist woodcuts and talismans
Submitted by Suanne Z. Thamm Reporter – News Analyst On Friday evening, September 10, 2013, [...]
Sep
Presentations and Proclamations: September 17, 2013
Submitted by Suanne Z. Thamm Reporter – News Analyst Mayor Sarah Pelican kicked off the [...]
Sep
Providing the Fernandina Beach City Commission (FBCC) some impact fee basics
Submitted by Suanne Z. Thamm Reporter – News Analyst Fernandina Beach’s Deputy City Manager Marshall [...]
FBCC rings out FY 2012-13 with good news on insurance claims and library project
Submitted by Suanne Z. Thamm Reporter – News Analyst About twenty people attended the second [...]
FBCC raises millage and passes 2013-14 budget on 4-1 vote with Filkoff dissenting
Submitted by Suanne Z. Thamm Reporter – News Analyst In the second of three public [...]
Fernandina’s got the blues
Submitted by Suanne Z. Thamm Reporter – News Analyst The 3rd Annual Blues Fest, that [...]
Sep
Fernandina Beach Business and Building Starts: August 2013
Submitted by Suanne Z. Thamm Reporter – News Analyst The Fernandina Observer welcomes the following [...]
Sep
Inaugural meeting of new regional archaeology group
Submitted by the Amelia Island Museum of History At noon on September 21 the newly [...]
Sep
The Fernandina Beach City Commission recognizes noteworthy citizens and events
Submitted by Suanne Z. Thamm Reporter – News Analyst As its September 3, 2013 [...]
The library … deja vu all over again
Submitted by Suanne Z. Thamm Reporter – News Analyst The Fernandina Beach City Commission (FBCC), [...]
Pelican and Gass tee off against Casper and Czymbor
Submitted by Suanne Z. Thamm Reporter – News Analyst The final discussion item on the [...]
Sep
First public hearing on FY 2013-14 Fernandina Beach Budget; non-profits regain some lost ground
Submitted by Suanne Z. Thamm Reporter – News Analyst About a dozen people attended the [...]
Moving On: July 2013
Submitted by Suanne Z. Thamm Reporter – News Analyst The following real estate sales and [...]
Aug
Fernandina to elect one new city commissioner in November
NOTICE OF CITY ELECTION QUALIFYING PERIOD CITY COMMISSIONER, GROUP 1 SEPTEMBER 6, 2013 THRU OCTOBER [...]
City awards bid for Phase I installation of Main Beach Boardwalk
Submitted by Suanne Z. Thamm Reporter – News Analyst Despite concerns raised by Vice Mayor [...]
FBCC abandons thoughts of voter referendum on recreation land sale
Submitted by Suanne Z. Thamm Reporter – News Analyst While the crowd that engulfed city [...]
Aug
FBCC holds firm in opposition to city funding despite pleas from non-profit social service providers for support
Submitted by Suanne Z. Thamm Reporter – News Analyst City Hall Chambers were packed by [...]
Aug
Honoring a legend: retired Florida legislator Marilyn Evans Jones
Submitted by Suanne Z. Thamm Reporter – News Analyst Close to 100 people gathered at [...]
Aug
The Storytelling Sims talk about Florida during World War II
Submitted by Suanne Z. Thamm Reporter – News Analyst The Storytelling Simms – Wayne and [...]
City’s new phone system to go live on August 20th at 5:00 p.m.
PRESS RELEASE Submitted by Marshall McCrary, Deputy City Manager The City of Fernandina Beach’s new [...]
City to non-profits: we can’t give you anything but love
Submitted by Suanne Z. Thamm Reporter – News Analyst The philosophical divide between members of [...]
Fernandina Beach Business and Building Starts: July 2013
Submitted by Suanne Z. Thamm Reporter – News Analyst The Fernandina Observer welcomes the [...]
City still undecided on cleanup support for Shrimp Fest 2014
Submitted by Suanne Z. Thamm Reporter – News Analyst At its August 12, 2013 Budget [...]
City agrees to honor FY2012-13 commitment to support library operations; future payments in doubt
Submitted by Suanne Z. Thamm Reporter – News Analyst After a half hour of discussion [...]
Fernandina Beach moves forward on land issues
Submitted by Suanne Z. Thamm Reporter – News Analyst At its August 6, 2013 Regular [...]
Historic Fernandina Beach Post Office NOT closing – at least not today
Submitted by Suanne Z. Thamm Reporter – News Analyst What does the Historic Centre Street [...]
Fernandina Beach City Commission talks trash
Submitted by Suanne Z. Thamm Reporter – News Analyst At its August 6, 2013 regular [...]
Highlighting the needs of homeless animals
Submitted by Suanne Z. Thamm Reporter – News Analyst Barely controlling her emotions, Mayor Sarah [...]