By Mike Lednovich The Fernandina Beach City Commission has approved negotiating a new lease for a replacement building for Atlantic Seafood that would be three times the size of the existing …
By Mike Phillips The truth takes its own sweet time. We know the truth that City Manager Ty Ross got drunk one evening in late October. We know the truth that he tried to ride his bicycle home but …
Fernandina Beach Police body camera video of new City Manager Ty Ross’ bicycle accident two weeks into the job on Oct. 29. Ross said he had too much to drink downtown when he began riding his bike …
By Mike Lednovich Editor's note: This is a running summary of the police bodycam footage of the Oct. 29 bicycle accident involving City Manager Ty Ross. We hope it helps citizens debating this …
By Mike Lednovich Responding to withering calls for his resignation, new Fernandina Beach City Manager Ty Ross gave an emotional explanation of what led to his Oct. 29 bicycle accident after …
By Mike Lednovich Police body camera video of Fernandina Beach City Manager Ty Ross' alcohol-related bicycle accident just two weeks into the job is being held up by redaction of possible privacy …
By Mike Lednovich Fernandina Beach City Commissioners will see a "Waterfront Resiliency System" conceptual design that is intended to prevent riverfront area flooding but has huge gaps in the wall …
Ty Ross By Mike Lednovich Fernandina Beach's new city manager, Ty Ross, said he was alcohol-impaired riding his bicycle on Oct. 29 when he crashed into the pavement and eventually had to be driven …
By Mike Lednovich After more than a year since taking over the lease of the Atlantic Seafood building, new owners Atlantic Seafood LLC have submitted revised concept plans for a new seafood …
By Mike Lednovich Deputy City Manager/City Engineer Charlie George updated the Marina Advisory Board Monday on numerous projects currently underway or in the planning stages for the near future. The …
Fernandina Beach Mayor Bradley Bean, who works for Rayonier Advanced Materials (RYAM), skirted with conflict of interest when he objected to a request to have Rayonier make a presentation regarding …
By Mike Lednovich After nearly four hours of Fernandina Beach City Commission meetings on annexations, rezoning of property and rewriting the city's Land Development Code (LDC), commissioners …
Fernandina Beach Vice Mayor David Sturges for the first time publicly commented Tuesday night on two ethics complaints naming him. "The allegations against me are wholly untrue," Sturges said in …
Rayonier Advanced Materials (RYAM) of Fernandina Beach has submitted an application to the state for a bioethanol production plant that would be located at its current cellulose production complex. …
A second ethics complaint has been filed against Fernandina Beach Vice Mayor David Sturges with the Florida Commission on Ethics. The most recent complaint follows an ethics complaint filed against …
By Mike Lednovich The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers has agreed to move the Amelia River navigational channel adjacent to the Port of Fernandina and bordering the northern docks of the city's marina at …
Chip Ross Reads the Transgender Proclamation By Mike Lednovich What was intended as a solemn city commission proclamation honoring transgender victims who were murdered because of their gender …
Image creator: Ted Eytan By Mike Lednovich Fernandina Beach Mayor Bradley Bean notified Fernandina Beach Pride Monday that he is unwilling to read the Transgender Day of Remembrance proclamation at …
David DeMay By Mike Lednovich Fernandina Beach Golf Club General Manager David DeMay sent tremors through the city's Golf Course Advisory Board, lecturing members that the committee's role was …
Charlie George bounced into the Wednesday night Community Redevelopment Agency Advisory Board meeting like a happy man who is regenerated by getting the acting city manager stint off his back -- and …