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By Dale Martin, City Manager Included in this year’s budget are several capital projects. Here [...]
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By Mike Lednovich Residents of the historic downtown neighborhood near the Port [...]
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By Chip Ross Ten years ago, when former Commissioner Pat Gass asked when the city [...]
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By April L. Bogle I don’t know anyone who wants the political battles being fought [...]
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By Mike Lednovich French mathematician Narges Obaid famously said: “Don’t trust everything you see. Even [...]
By Dale Martin, City Manager Next week, the city will lose one of its most [...]
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If you have any questions, concerns or fresh ideas about the Port of Fernandina Beach, [...]
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By Julie Ferreira The Fernandina Beach City Commission is poised to make a significant decision [...]
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By Bob Allison I read with interest Commissioner Chip Ross’s rebuttal to my article about [...]
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By Dale Martin, City Manager Henry Centrella was released (supervised) from prison earlier this week. [...]
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It was a good evening for trees at this week’s Fernandina Beach City Commission meeting. [...]
Editor’s note: It’s unusual, I know, for one news organization to publish a rebuttal to [...]
By Alexandra R. Lajoux Yesterday in Fernandina Beach, our community hosted the biggest local parade [...]
By Genece Minshew Well, that did not take long. Less than a month in office, [...]
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By Mike Phillips The city commission and port executives and commissioners had a mutually respectful [...]
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By Arlene Filkoff On the Fernandina Beach City Commission agenda for Jan. 17 is an [...]
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By Dale Martin, City Manager At the City Commission’s January 3 workshop, the primary topics [...]
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NEW YORK (Reuters) – A 35-year-old Fernandina Beach man, Cooper Morgenthau, has pleaded guilty to [...]
By Dale Martin, City Manager Thank you to those who joined me at the Open [...]
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By Mike Phillips Although the bureaucratic tangle around the Jasmine Street beach access clearly is [...]
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After an extended Covid-caused hiatus, the Friends of the Library Book Club has regrouped and [...]
By Mike Phillips Somehow, on July 11, the Jasmine Street beach access and some [...]
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By Dale Martin, City Manager Each month, I have the department directors prepare a monthly [...]
By Dale Martin, City Manager With the City Commission election completed this week, let me [...]
Here are the provisional results from the Dec. 13 Fernandina Beach City Commission election: Seat [...]
By Mike Phillips Observer Editor Now that the Fernandina Beach runoff election is over, no [...]
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By Dale Martin, City Manager Music has always been a part of my life. I [...]
It’s master planning time again at the Port of Fernandina. It comes around every 10 [...]
The Port of Fernandina has completed its first draft of a 10-year master plan. It’s [...]
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Arts and Culture Nassau recently celebrated its 15th anniversary in front of a new public [...]
By Dale Martin, City Manager The city work staff has not been immune to the [...]
By Dale Martin, City Manager From the time that I first visited Fernandina Beach as [...]
Editor’s note: After seeking questions from quite a number of thoughtful citizens, we boiled their [...]
By Dale Martin, City Manager November offers two significant days for me. One is singularly [...]
By Dale Martin, City Manager Another biannual general election has closed. We can now pause [...]
By Mike Phillips Observer Editor I learned two new words this election: undercount and overcount. [...]
Two Fernandina Beach City Commission runoffs are coming coming Dec. 13. Incumbent Mike Lednovich, who [...]
By Wes Wolfe Florida Politics Fernandina Beach, with a median resident age of 55, isn’t [...]
By Dale Martin, City Manager The City Commission, through Resolution 2021-20, established a series of [...]
By Wes Wolfe Florida Politics The Fernandina Beach City Commission has committed the city to three more years managing the [...]
By Dale Martin, City Manager An interesting facet of working at City Hall is the [...]
Editor’s note: The Observer invited Fernandina Beach City Commission candidates to write an essay about [...]
By Wes Wolfe Florida Politics A bond plan to kick-start Nassau County’s land conservation, amid [...]
By Tammi Kosack October 25, 2022 It’s been a while since we’ve seen agreement between [...]
By Wes Wolfe Florida Politics Not every city has a collectively owned marina, but Fernandina Beach [...]
Darron Ayscue for City Commission Seat 5, Fernandina Beach EDITOR’S NOTE: A few weeks ago, [...]
Mike Lednovich for City Commission Seat 4, Fernandina Beach EDITOR’S NOTE: A few weeks ago, [...]
By Dale Martin, City Manager In the midst of the current campaign season for two [...]
Genece Minshew for City Commission Seat 5, Fernandina Beach EDITOR’S NOTE: A few weeks ago, [...]
By Dale Martin October 7, 2022 One week after Hurricane Ian (a tropical storm when [...]
By Wes Wolfe Florida Politics Those wanting to turn Amelia Island into the sort of [...]
Waste Management has announced that it will resume residential garbage pickup in Nassau County on [...]
The Following is an Evacuation Order for Zones A and D – Hurricane Ian As [...]
Morning Update from Fernandina Beach City Manager By Dale Martin Fernandina Beach City Manager As [...]
Issued by Jacksonville – FL, US, National Weather Service Affected Area: Coastal Nassau County LOCATIONS AFFECTED [...]
Fernandina Beach declares city emergency ahead of Hurrican Ian Joining the governor and the county, [...]
By Dale Martin September 23, 2022 Although the most significant highlight of Tuesday evening’s City [...]
Editor’s note: The Observer has invited all seven City Commission candidates to submit an essay [...]
By Dale Martin September 16, 2022 As the current fiscal year nears its conclusion (Sept. [...]
By Dale Martin September 2, 2022 The data from the City’s recent National Community Survey [...]
City of Fernandina Beach August 26, 2022 The rumors are true. Starting Monday, Aug. 29, [...]
By Dale Martin With the hiring of Ms. Catherine Vorrasi to lead the Parks and [...]
By Dale Martin At the joint meeting Monday evening between the City Commission (acting as [...]
By Dale Martin As the 2022-2023 budget process continues, a topic of significant discussion [...]
City of Fernandina Beach July 28, 2022 [...]
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July 19, 2022 ~15 min survey Expires on 08/03/2022 Thank you for participating in the [...]
Submitted by Dale Martin Fernandina Beach City Manager July 15, 2022 As I work with [...]
Staci McMonagle, Candidate Fernandina Beach City Commission Seat 5 July 13, 2022 Staci McMonagle, a [...]
Fernandina Beach Police Department Jeff Tambasco, Deputy Chief Press Release July 7, 2022 On [...]
Fernandina Beach City Clerk Caroline Best reminds City residents that the Qualifying Period for [...]
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By Dale Martin City Manager Fernandina Beach July 1, 2022 Trivia question: Where was the [...]
