Chef Ed Bennett By Mike Lednovich Failing for years just to even break even, the Fernandina Beach Municipal Golf Course is pursuing a new revenue opportunity by increasing food and beverage sales. …

  By Mike Lednovich Mayor Bradley Bean notified Fernandina Beach Pride Monday that he was rejecting reading a Transgender Day of Remembrance proclamation at the Nov. 7 City Commission meeting …

Florida's tepid financial interest reporting requirements reveal very little about the financial income or obligations of the five city commissioners holding office. They aren't required to report …

By Chip Ross City Commissioner, City of Fernandina Beach Two separate but opposing points of view are emerging in our community. The character of the city depends on which group prevails. The first …

By Mike Lednovich Mayor Bradley Bean, Vice Mayor David Sturges and Commissioner Darron Ayscue ignored expert advice and voted Tuesday to reduce new user water/wastewater hookup fees by 9%, thus …

By Mike Lednovich The City Commission was unanimous in protecting parcels at the MLK Rec Center and America's Youth complex from being considered as sites for affordable housing under a state program …

Fernandina Beach Main Street has started a facade improvement matching grant program. The program is intended to help property or business owners in the Main Street district beautify and rehab …

By Mike Lednovich Impassioned members of Fernandina Beach's black community came out Tuesday and voiced opposition to any plans of putting a fence around the historic Peck Center field. They also …

STATE OF THE CITY – By Chip Ross 10 October 2023 Last week all the City Commissioners received an e-mail from the new City Manager – Ty Ross. It stated in part: “As I prepare to begin my new …

By Mike Lednovich When developer Ernie Saltmarsh assumed the lease on the failing Atlantic Seafood building in August 2022, he was required to submit plans for a new structure to the city. Now more …

By Mike Lednovich Championed by Mayor Bradley Bean and Commissioner Darron Ayscue, the Fernandina Beach City Commission approved a proposal to build a connector walkover over a 17-foot high secondary …

By Mike Lednovich Two hotels are seeking to connect access with each other by constructing a walkover on a 17-foot high secondary dune that would require taking down trees and the possible relocation …

By Mike Lednovich A parade of speakers voiced its concerns to the Planning Advisory Board (PAB) Wednesday about the city commission's efforts to have changes made in the Land Development Code (LDC) …

By Mike Lednovich There was no mention that the 2023-2024 Fernandina Beach city budget included city commissioners voting themselves a 50% salary increase at Tuesday's special meeting to make the …

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 …