Category Archives: General
City Manager’s Comments – Visioning
By Dale Martin, City Manager Earlier this week, the City Commission convened for its annual [...]
Feb
Pat’s Wildways: A Zoologist in Paris
By Pat Foster-Turley February 10, 2023 It was a whirlwind weeklong visit to Paris with [...]
Feb
The Bartram Garden Club Talks Roses
The Bartram Garden Club, Inc. Submitted by Linda Broadrick Secretary and Publicity Chairman Feb. 5, [...]
Feb
City Manager’s Comments – Projects
By Dale Martin, City Manager Included in this year’s budget are several capital projects. Here [...]
Feb
Commentary: It’s No Wetland — It’s a Mud Bank That Could Be a Park
By Bob Allison City citizens who have read the waterfront plan I provided to the [...]
Feb
Pat’s Wildways: Bone Yard Beach
By Pat Foster-Turley February 3, 2023 Most times when I am in search of a [...]
Feb
Commentary: Does This City Want to Lose $500,000 a Year on its Marina?
By Chip Ross Ten years ago, when former Commissioner Pat Gass asked when the city [...]
Feb
It’s a Non-Partisan City Government — But Are You Sure?
By April L. Bogle I don’t know anyone who wants the political battles being fought [...]
Jan
Cruise Ships Top Concern at Port Authority Open House
By Mike Lednovich French mathematician Narges Obaid famously said: “Don’t trust everything you see. Even [...]
Jan
City Manager’s Comments – Nate Coyle
By Dale Martin, City Manager Next week, the city will lose one of its most [...]
Jan
Interview: Story & Song Bookstore Bistro
By Dylan Bailey I was given the opportunity to interview Donna Kaufman, who is the [...]
Jan
Amelia Community Theatre Presents “Clue”
It’s a dark and stormy night in 1954, as invited guests arrive at the foreboding [...]
Jan
Pat’s Wildways: Little Talbot Pond
By Pat Foster-Turley January 27, 2023 I’m sure most of you zoom on State Road [...]
Jan
Whigham Sentenced for Second-Degree Murder
Fernandina Beach Police Department Jeffrey Tambasco, Deputy Chief Press Release January 23, 2023 Today, Shawn [...]
Jan
Citrus Drive Delivers Local Fruit to Barnabas
Barnabas Center Press Release Submitted by Nicola Barnack Director of Development Jan. 25, 2023 Record-breaking [...]
Jan
Calling All Port Questioners – Final Open House
If you have any questions, concerns or fresh ideas about the Port of Fernandina Beach, [...]
Jan
Florida Roots Trail Race Delivers an Unforgettable Day at Fort Clinch
The third annual Florida Roots Trail Series foot race was run this past weekend at [...]
Jan
New Memorial in Fernandina Beach Honors Pearl Harbor Survivor
Executives from Wounded Warrior Project (WWP) and the Veterans Council of Nassau County honored a [...]
Jan
City Manager’s Comments – Henry
By Dale Martin, City Manager Henry Centrella was released (supervised) from prison earlier this week. [...]
Jan
Pat’s Wildways – Big Dogs
By Pat Foster-Turley January 20, 2023 It is no surprise to anyone who regularly reads [...]
Jan
Habitat Is On a Roll
As the Nassau Habitat for Humanity team rings in the new year, breaking ground on [...]
Jan
City Manager’s Comments – James Thomas
By Dale Martin, City Manager In 1998, Tom Brokaw, then the sole anchor of “NBC [...]
Jan
Pat’s Wildways: Effects of the Freeze
By Pat Foster-Turley January 13, 2023 Those of you fairly new to Nassau County maybe [...]
Jan
Legislators Hear From Tree Advocates
By Wes Wolfe Florida Politics Conservative state legislatures like to pass municipal preemption laws to [...]
Jan
Genealogy Group to View New Software
The Amelia Island Genealogical Society will hold its regular monthly meeting at 7 p.m. Tuesday, Jan. 17, in the Community Room [...]
Jan
City Manager’s Comments – Beaches and Parks
By Dale Martin, City Manager At the City Commission’s January 3 workshop, the primary topics [...]
Jan
Pat’s Wildways: Ghosts on the Beach
By Pat Foster-Turley January 6, 2023 These days, going to the beach this time of [...]
Jan
City Manager’s Comments – New Year’s
By Dale Martin, City Manager Thank you to those who joined me at the Open [...]
Dec
Pat’s Wildways: Christmas Eve at Rooterville
By Pat Foster-Turley December 30, 2022 Every year Bucko and I seek out a new [...]
Dec
City Manager’s Comments – Reports
By Dale Martin, City Manager Each month, I have the department directors prepare a monthly [...]
Dec
Pat’s Wildways: Monarchs and Milkweed
By Pat Foster-Turley December 23, 2022 I thought I knew all about monarch caterpillars turning [...]
Dec
City Manager’s Comments – Commission
By Dale Martin, City Manager With the City Commission election completed this week, let me [...]
Dec
Pat’s Wildways: Buy Local
By Pat Foster-Turley December 16, 2022 One of the first local persons I met when [...]
Dec
Stephan R. Leimberg: an Amelia Neighbor of Great Consequence
By Jo-Ann Leimberg & Jay Kayne On Dec. 1, 2022, Amelia Island lost a true [...]
Dec
City Manager’s Comments – Music
By Dale Martin, City Manager Music has always been a part of my life. I [...]
Dec
Pat’s Wildways: Searching for Seahorses
By Pat Foster-Turley December 9, 2022 The sun woke me up early in southern Belize [...]
Dec
Pat’s Wildways: Bosque Bello Cemetery
By Pat Foster-Turley December 2, 2022 If you are looking for an interesting walk on [...]
Dec
City Manager’s Comments – Service Awards
By Dale Martin, City Manager The city work staff has not been immune to the [...]
Dec
Pat’s Wildways: Boris the Botfly Goes to the University
By Pat Foster-Turley November 25, 2022 Some of you readers may remember that Bucko and [...]
Nov
City Manager’s Comments – Christmas
By Dale Martin, City Manager From the time that I first visited Fernandina Beach as [...]
Nov
City Manager’s Comments – Thanksgiving
By Dale Martin, City Manager November offers two significant days for me. One is singularly [...]
Nov
Pat’s Wildways: Like a Mother to Me?
By Pat Foster-Turley November 18, 2022 I was older than 30 when I entered the [...]
Nov
City Manager’s Comments – Election
By Dale Martin, City Manager Another biannual general election has closed. We can now pause [...]
Nov
Pat’s Wildways: Was that a Pig?
By Pat Foster-Turley November 11, 2022 Amelia Island abounds with pets traveling with their owners [...]
Nov
Two Educators Join School Board As Tax Increase Passes
By Wes Wolfe Florida Politics The campaign started with six candidates for two Nassau County [...]
Nov
City Manager’s Comments – Flood Risk Ratings
By Dale Martin, City Manager The City Commission, through Resolution 2021-20, established a series of [...]
Nov
Pat’s Wildways: The Marsh is Alive
By Pat Foster-Turley November 4, 2022 When the land on Crane Island was slated for [...]
Nov
City Manager’s Comments – The Riverfront
By Dale Martin, City Manager An interesting facet of working at City Hall is the [...]
Oct
Pat’s Wildways: Blue Crabs
By Pat Foster-Turley October 28, 2022 I’m sure lots of you readers have happily feasted [...]
Oct
The Hurricane of 1898 – My Grandmother’s Story
By Susan Hardee Steger, Granddaughter of Nannie Baker Hardee October 24, 2022 Early in the [...]
Oct
Pat’s Wildways: A Fort Clinch Saturday Morning
By Pat Foster-Turley October 21, 2022 One recent Saturday, it was a beautiful day—sunny, clear, [...]
Oct
Pat’s Wildways: Greenway Adventures
By Pat Foster-Turley October 14, 2022 These days I seem to have decreasing successes with [...]
Oct
City Manager’s Comments – Storm Assessment
By Dale Martin October 7, 2022 One week after Hurricane Ian (a tropical storm when [...]
Oct
Pat’s Wildways: Hurricane Season
By Pat Foster-Turley October 7, 2022 Just as regular as clockwork, my orange hurricane lilies [...]
Oct
Here’s the Word on Storm Debris
Hurricane Ian Storm Debris Assessment Preliminary damage and debris assessments by Nassau County’s emergency responders [...]
Sep
Pat’s Wildways: Darien, Georgia Revisited
By Pat Foster-Turley September 30, 2022 Lots of my readers probably get the Harris Teeter [...]
Sep
Book Festival Supporters Meet a “LumberJill”
Kristine Ochu, author of Campfire Confessions Recently Amelia Island Book Festival supporters joined in a [...]
Sep
We Can Reduce Suicide in Our Community
By Virginia Foxworth September is Suicide Prevention Month in the United States. The Nassau County [...]
Pat’s Wildways: For the Love of Cats
By Pat Foster-Turley September 23, 2022 I have always been a cat person. Throughout junior [...]
Sep
City Manager’s Comments – Front Street
By Dale Martin September 23, 2022 Although the most significant highlight of Tuesday evening’s City [...]
Woman joins Baptist Health’s Familial Brain Aneurysm Study to help others, ends up saving her own life
Press Release Submitted by Kristi Tucker September 17, 2022 Pamela Jordan, 61, of St. Johns, [...]
Pat’s Wildways: The Deer Whisperer at Fort Clinch
By Pat Foster-Turley September 16, 2022 Bucko and I often see deer when we make [...]
Sep
City Manager’s Weekly Comments – Trees
By Dale Martin September 16, 2022 As the current fiscal year nears its conclusion (Sept. [...]
Sep
Observer’s City Commission Candidate Forum Is Coming Up
By Mike Phillips, Editor The seven candidates for two seats on the Fernandina Beach City [...]
Two Volunteer Fairs Coming Up
Calling all volunteers! What is your passion? Children, dogs, cats, trees, sea turtles, environmental issues, [...]
City Tax Debate Continues
FLORIDA POLITICS Costs are going up and jobs need to be done, so despite the [...]
Pat’s Wildways: Watch Out for Tortoises
By Pat Foster-Turley September 9, 2022 Many people who live here on Amelia Island are [...]
Sep
A Very Big Saturday for the 7th Street Markets
By Judie Mackie Saturday marks the 10th anniversary of the Fernandina Beach Market Place farmers [...]
Sep
New Assistant County Attorney
The Nassau County Attorney’s Office has welcomed a new assistant county attorney, Abigail Jorandby. Ms. [...]
Youth Theater Classes at ACT
Registration is open for fall youth theatre classes at Amelia Community Theatre. Taught by theatre [...]
Men’s Newcomers Club Resumes Activities
A schedule of luncheon meetings has been created as the Men’s Newcomers Club returns from [...]
Museum Renaming at American Beach
Museum Renaming at American Beach The A. L. Lewis Historical Society is renaming the the [...]
Amelia Island Dance Festival Sept. 9-11
Amelia Island Dance Festival Enjoy nationally acclaimed soloists, ensembles and local dancers in an array of classical [...]
Sep
City Manager’s Weekly Comments – National Community Survey Results
By Dale Martin September 2, 2022 The data from the City’s recent National Community Survey [...]
Sep
Pat’s Wildways: Psychic Capital of the World, Part Two
By Pat Foster-Turley September 1, 2022 The morning after the séance and piano bar [...]
Sep