By Mike Phillips It can be tough serving on the Fernandina Board of Adjustments. People are always coming around wanting perfectly reasonable exemptions from land use rules that were enacted for …

By Mike Lednovich The latest twist in the ongoing controversy regarding the U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) building at the Port of Fernandina is that the feds are free to do whatever they …

By Mike Lednovich City Utilities Director Andre Desilet has sent a letter to city commissioners requesting that they reconsider what the city charges homebuilders to help pay for future improvements …

By Mike Lednovich Twice in eight days the Fernandina Beach City Commission told residents your opinions don't matter on three of the most important decisions in the city. First was the commission …

Ty Ross By Mike Lednovich It took the Fernandina Beach City Commission just over two hours to name Ty Ross, current city manager of Loudon, Tennessee as the new city manager of the city. The decision …

After hearing input in August from more than 40 citizens about the Ocean Highway and Port Authority (OHPA) plan to sell residential lots in the northeastern end of the historic district, the OHPA …

By Mike Lednovich Citizens can meet and ask questions Monday of the four final candidates for the vacant Fernandina Beach City Manager position. A "meet and greet" event is scheduled for 4 p.m. at …

By Mike Lednovich Mayor Bradley Bean last Tuesday night silenced a sitting city commissioner who had a differing opinion. At issue was an agenda item that asked commissioners to consider taking legal …

By Mike Lednovich Representing an alliance of conservation groups, Julie Ferreira with the Nassau County Sierra Club urged city commissioners Tuesday to take proactive steps to save a towering …

By Mike Lednovich Three decisions by the City Commission Tuesday night could clear the path for more housing units in the city in what one commissioner termed "death by a thousand cuts." The most …

By Mike Lednovich Vice Mayor David Sturges wants to discuss the definition of density in the city as it is written in the Land Development Code and the Comprehensive Plan at Tuesday's city commission …

Port commissioners are sponsoring an outdoor listening session for the public at one of the residential properties the commission intends to sell. The session will be this evening (August 28) from …

By Mike Lednovich The search for a new Fernandina Beach City Manager that began with 62 applications has been pared to a final four candidates after Monday's meeting of the Citizens City Manager …

By Wally Moran Having stopped in Fernandina Beach by boat more than 50 times myself, and having led 10 boating rallies that have stopped here, I feel I need to comment on your marina fee issue. …

This is an open letter from the Nassau County Sierra Executive Board to fellow stakeholders of the local environment: If you have noticed the sidewalks being closed off by FDOT on Atlantic Avenue, …

By Mike Lednovich There is no denying the fact that the city marina is a financial black hole for city taxpayers and has been for more than a decade. About $700,000 a year is needed from the city …

By Mike Lednovich The City Commission did an about-face Tuesday on funding improvements to the city's aged water and sewage system and took no action to place the potential burden on developers for …

By Mike Lednovich Current Customs building at Third and Dade streets. The Ocean Highway and Port Authority (OHPA) has so little money available that it is struggling to find $17,000 in next year's …

Future locations of two fabric warehouse structures at the port. The Port of Fernandina is ready to start building two fabric warehouses on the north end of the port property to accommodate the …

By Mike Lednovich The Ocean Highway and Port Authority (OHPA) voted 4-1 Wednesday to sell "one or all" of the three residential properties it owns in the historic district neighborhood adjacent to …