Suanne Thamm, Author at Fernandina Observer

Right Whale Festival canceled Saturday, extended hours on Sunday

November 5, 2021

FBCC proclaims November 2021 “National Native American Heritage Month”

Submitted by Suanne Z. Thamm Reporter – News Analyst November 3, 2021 At the November [...]

05
Nov

City Attorney, City Clerk reports from November 2, 2021 Fernandina Beach City Commission meeting

Submitted by Suanne Z. Thamm Reporter – News Analyst November 4, 2021 CITY ATTORNEY [...]

04
Nov

Police rescue woman in alleged domestic abduction case

Fernandina Beach Police Department Media Release November 3, 2021 Detectives from the Fernandina Beach Police [...]

04
Nov

City of Fernandina Beach proclaims November 2021 “Right Whale Month”

Submitted by Suanne Z. Thamm Reporter – News Analyst November 3, 2021 Right Whale Festival [...]

04
Nov

AIMH Holiday Home Tour Tickets for sale online

Media Release November 1, 2021 Tickets are now for sale ONLINE ONLY! For more information [...]

04
Nov

Fernandina Beach eliminates requirements and fees for taxis operating in the City

Submitted by Suanne Z. Thamm Reporter – News Analyst November 3, 2021 On Second and [...]

03
Nov

Coming out of Halloween, gas prices remain scary

By Scott Powers FloridaPolitics.com November 1, 2021 There’s no relief from Florida gas prices as [...]

01
Nov

FDOT Highlights Continued Infrastructure Improvements

Media Release November 1, 2021 TALLAHASSEE, Fla. – The Florida Department of Transportation (FDOT) [...]

01
Nov

FDOT, Partners Celebrate Sixth Annual Mobility Week

TALLAHASSEE, Fla. – From Oct. 29 to Nov. 5, the Florida Department of Transportation (FDOT) [...]

30
Oct

Florida TaxWatch: ‘End or modify’ the National Flood Insurance Program

By John Haughey The Center Square October 30, 2021 Florida’s vulnerabilities to flooding and hurricanes [...]

30
Oct

Russian Thistle removal at Fort Clinch earns a challenge coin

from Bev Lawence/Jason Allgood October 27, 2021 A group of volunteers working together to remove [...]

27
Oct

Ron DeSantis says police recruitment bonuses target ‘mistreated’ cops, not just the unvaxxed

By A.G. Gancarski FloridaPolitics.com October 27, 2021 ‘It’s for officers period. It has nothing to [...]

27
Oct

County Seeking Volunteers for Arts & Culture Nassau

from The County Insider Office of the Nassau County Manager October 26, 2021 10/26/21 @ [...]

26
Oct

Another free, online, news service available for Northeast Florida

October 26, 2021 Jacksonville Today is a nonprofit local journalism service that includes a weekday [...]

26
Oct

CRAAB has a new life.

Submitted by Suanne Z. Thamm Reporter – News Analyst October 24, 2021 IT’S BA-ACK! [...]

24
Oct

BOA denies Brett’s appeal 4-1 citing public safety concerns

Submitted by Suanne Z. Thamm Reporter – News Analyst October 21, 2021 Following four hours [...]

21
Oct

COVID-19 cases in Florida continue to dive but deaths continue to pile up

By Scott Powers FloridaPolitics.com October 21, 2021 Florida is very close to a low point [...]

21
Oct

St. Pete becomes first city in Florida to implement new affordable housing rules

By Daniel Figueroa IV FloridaPolitics.com October 21, 2021 On Thursday, St. Petersburg became the first [...]

21
Oct

Last hurdle cleared to open Alachua rail crossing

Submitted by Suanne Z. Thamm Reporter – News Analyst October 20, 2021 They said it [...]

20
Oct

Fernandina Beach Monthly Budget Report for September 2021

October 20, 2021 [City Comptroller Pauline Testagrose prepared and presented the report below at the [...]

20
Oct

Has a good idea backfired on us?

Submitted by Suanne Z. Thamm Reporter – News Analyst October 19. 2021 “We don’t know [...]

19
Oct

Government imposters at your door?

By Peter Schorsch Last Call October 19, 2021 Over the past several weeks, people posing [...]

19
Oct

FSCJ to Host In-Person “Imagine Your Future” Career and College Exploration Events

Media Release October 19, 2021 Florida State College at Jacksonville (FSCJ) invites future college students [...]

19
Oct

Florida braces for the return of a seasonal species: The Canadian snowbird

By John Haughey The Center Square October 19, 2021 During a July 20 Economic Estimating [...]

19
Oct

Fernandina Beach Firefighters think PINK

October 18, 2021 2021 Fire Department Breast Cancer Awareness Shirts Firefighter/EMTs and Paramedics will be [...]

18
Oct

Breast Cancer Awareness and “Pink Day”

From The County Insider Office of the Nassau County Manager October 17, 2021 At the [...]

17
Oct

Herschel Walker Jacksonville fundraiser set for Florida/Georgia weekend

By A.G. Gancarski FloridaPolitics.com October 17, 2021 A Republican Senate candidate and college football legend [...]

17
Oct

Florida National Guard: COVID-19 mission is over

By Jason Delgado FloridaPolitics.com October 16, 2021 ‘Over the course of 20 months, we did [...]

16
Oct

Ron DeSantis warns that kids may not get toys for Christmas

By A.G. Gancarski FloridaPolitics.com October 15, 2021 ‘We don’t even know if the kids will [...]

15
Oct

Florida property insurance market’s ‘staggering losses’ are ‘not sustainable’

By John Haughey The Center Square October 15, 2021 Many Florida property insurers are seeking [...]

15
Oct

Weekly Comments By Dale Martin — More Citizen Surveys to come

Submitted by Dale Martin Fernandina Beach City Manager October 15, 2021 The City Commission recently [...]

14
Oct

DeSantis administration: $1.1 billion in Medicaid money on its way

By Christine Jordan Sexton FloridaPolitics.com October 14, 2021 The federal government has given Florida “conditional [...]

14
Oct

Charlie Crist unveils ‘Justice For All’ reform agenda

By Jacob Ogles FloridaPolitics,com October 13, 2021 Chief planks include restoring voting rights and implementing [...]

13
Oct

On the waterfront with City Engineer Charlie George

Submitted by Suanne Z. Thamm Reporter – News Analyst October 12, 2021 People of Fernandina, [...]

12
Oct

As winter crops are planted, Florida’s Congressional delegation demands protections against Mexican imports

By John Haughey The Center Square October 12, 2021 Both Florida’s U.S. senators and two-thirds [...]

12
Oct

Florida bill would require point-of-sale retailers accept cash

2By John Haughey The Center Square October 12, 2021 A proposed Florida bill would [...]

12
Oct

City proclaims October 2021 “National Colonial Heritage Month”

Submitted by Suanne Z. Thamm Reporter – News Analyst October 6, 2021 Below is a [...]

11
Oct

Fernandina Beach Main Street helps local businesses

Submitted by Suanne Z. Thamm Reporter – News Analyst October 11, 2021 Fernandina Beach Main [...]

11
Oct

Nassau County Halloween Festival Updated

from The County Insider Office of the Nassau County Manager October 8, 2021 10/7/21 @ [...]

08
Oct

In praise of public employees: Florida City Government Week October 18-24, 2021

Submitted by Suanne Z. Thamm Reporter – News Analyst October 6, 2021 The October 5, [...]

08
Oct

Meteor Shower Tonight

from The County Insider Office of the Nassau County Manager 10/8/21 @ 9:15 a.m. – [...]

08
Oct

New development on Bonnieview Road?

Submitted by Suanne Z. Thamm Reporter – News Analyst October 7, 2021 What initially looked [...]

07
Oct

Future of Atlantic Seafood uncertain

Submitted by Suanne Z. Thamm Reporter – News Analyst October 6, 2021 On a 4-1 [...]

06
Oct

City recognizes ABWA for 52 years of service

Submitted by Suanne Z. Thamm Reporter – News Analyst October 6, 2021 At the October [...]

06
Oct

FBCC’s Dog of the Month for October: Buddy

Submitted by Suanne Z. Thamm Reporter – News Analyst October 6, 2021 Meet Buddy, a [...]

06
Oct

Bristol backs off plans for Parkway Project

Submitted by Suanne Z. Thamm Reporter – News Analyst October 5, 2021 From July [...]

05
Oct

Casey DeSantis diagnosed with breast cancer

By Renzo Downey FloridaPolitics.com October 4, 2021 ‘As the mother of three young children, Casey [...]

04
Oct

Florida to investigate Facebook for alleged ‘election interference’

By John Haughey The Center Square October 3, 2021 Florida Secretary of State Laurel Lee [...]

03
Oct

People can own giant bottles of wine in Florida, they just can’t sell them.

By Anne Geggis FloridaPolitics.com September 30, 2021 “Brandes has also filed legislation (SB 324) that [...]

01
Oct

REMINDER: Falling for Shrimp festival begins this afternoon!

In celebration of the State of Florida opening up after the Covid epidemic, and since [...]

01
Oct

Nassau DOH/FL covid testing, vaccination schedule for October 2021

October 1, 2021

01
Oct

Update Regarding Beach Access and Parking Study: Survey deadline TODAY

From The County Insider Office of the Nassau County Manager September 30, 2021 9/30/21 @ [...]

30
Sep

Regional and County economic recovery plans released

Submitted by Suanne Z. Thamm Reporter – News Analyst September 29, 2021 Sean Lehav, Resiliency [...]

29
Sep

Officials: Florida not lagging but ‘early’ in developing electric vehicle infrastructure

By John Haughey The Center Square September 27, 2021 By 2040, nearly 60% of [...]

29
Sep

Falling for Shrimp this weekend

Submitted by Suanne Z. Thamm Reporter – News Analyst September 25, 2021 Like many of [...]

29
Sep

Florida TaxWatch joins Chamber in calling for restoration of qualified industry tax refund

By John Haughey The Center Square September 28, 2021 There’s justified debate over how governments [...]

29
Sep

Ana Maria Rodriguez files bill to expand low-income senior housing property tax exemptions

By Christine Jordan Sexton FloridaPolitics.com September 28, 2021 A technical fix would alter the ownership [...]

29
Sep

As property insurance rates skyrocket, Florida ‘insurer of last resort’ seeks to become less attractive

By John Haughey The Center Square September 28, 2021 With hurricanes, rising sea levels and [...]

28
Sep

What to do about Fernandina Beach’s City Hall?

Submitted by Suanne Z. Thamm Reporter – News Analyst September 24, 2021 Has Fernandina Beach [...]

27
Sep

Status report on FBCC goals for 2021

Submitted by Suanne Z. Thamm Reporter – News Analyst September 25, 2021 As the [...]

27
Sep

All bets are off on mobile sports wagering being legal in Florida on Oct. 15

By John Haughey The Center Square September 27, 2021 Under the Florida-Seminole Tribe gaming compact [...]

27
Sep

Nassau County Road & Lane Closures: Week of September 25-October 1, 2021

I-95 at Tide Creek Daytime lane closures from 7 a.m. to 6 p.m. and nighttime [...]

25
Sep

FTC Testifies before the Senate Special Committee on Aging About the Agency’s Work to Halt Practices that Prey on Older Americans

Media Release September 24, 2021 Bad actors who prey on older Americans should be stopped [...]

24
Sep

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