Tag Archives: fernandina beach
Pay Up to Tee Up: Golf Fees Soaring on the Island
By Mike Lednovich Domenick Gambardella and Carla Foreman were stunned after receiving an email late [...]
Jan
A Starring Role for Trees at City Hall
It was a good evening for trees at this week’s Fernandina Beach City Commission meeting. [...]
Jan
Restaurant Review: The Old/New Crab Trap Is a Delight
By Dylan Bailey The Crab Trap, at 31 N. 2nd St., was long a staple [...]
Jan
Ayscue and Antun Win City Commission Seats
Here are the provisional results from the Dec. 13 Fernandina Beach City Commission election: Seat [...]
Dec
Do Partisan Politics Have a Place in Our Small-Town Elections?
By Mike Phillips Observer Editor Now that the Fernandina Beach runoff election is over, no [...]
Dec
City Manager’s Comments – Music
By Dale Martin, City Manager Music has always been a part of my life. I [...]
Dec
They Met, and They Got Something Down the Road!
It’s master planning time again at the Port of Fernandina. It comes around every 10 [...]
Dec
Commentary: Questions for Michael Lednovich
If elected, what would be your first priority as a new commissioner? Finishing the city [...]
Nov
Records Settlement Vindicates Nassau Employee — and Rayonier
By Wes Wolfe Florida Politics Another chapter involving former Nassau County Attorney Michael Mullin is closed, [...]
Nov
Businesswomen: Holiday Event with Donna Paz Kaufman
All businesswomen of Nassau County are invited to join the Eight Flags Chapter of the [...]
Nov
Church Work: Helping with the Pain of Divorce
Editor’s note: Nassau County’s many churches reach out into the community, finding and meeting needs [...]
Nov
Commentary: Questions for Darron Ayscue
Editor’s note: This is the third response of four by candidates in the city commission [...]
Nov
Nao Trinidad Returning
This year marks the 500th anniversary of the Magellan-Elcano expedition. Ferdinand Magellan, admiral of the [...]
Nov
A Dozen Questions for the Runoff Candidates: Genece Minshew
Editor’s note: After seeking questions from quite a number of thoughtful citizens, we boiled their [...]
Nov
Nassau Teacher Nominated for Major National Award
Fernandina Beach Middle School seventh grade teacher Bailee Jones has been nominated for the 2022-23 [...]
Nov
Commentary: What a Remarkable Community Effort Looks Like
By Pam Hart Chair of the Protect Nassau Now or Never PAC We are thrilled [...]
Nov
COMMENTARY: How Covid Has Changed Health Care
By Diana Twiggs, MD It is not an exaggeration to say the coronavirus pandemic forever [...]
Nov
Major Commerce Park Planned for Wildlight Development
Pattillo Industrial Real Estate (PIRE) has announced the development of a 1.5 million-square-foot industrial complex [...]
Nov
Fernandina Beach Voters Elect Bradley Bean New Mayor
By Wes Wolfe Florida Politics Fernandina Beach, with a median resident age of 55, isn’t [...]
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
COMMENTARY: How Did We Do?
This is not a place that loves bond issues – even though they are a [...]
Nov
Habitat Fundraiser, “She Nailed It,” Is Hitting It Out of the Park
She Nailed It! Nassau Habitat for Humanity By Cindy Jacoby and Dee Torre-Kaufman Photographer: Holly [...]
Oct
Candidate Essay by Darron Ayscue: Common Sense, Not Nonsense
Darron Ayscue for City Commission Seat 5, Fernandina Beach EDITOR’S NOTE: A few weeks ago, [...]
Oct
Candidate Essay by Genece Minshew: Better Ways to Get Things Done
Genece Minshew for City Commission Seat 5, Fernandina Beach EDITOR’S NOTE: A few weeks ago, [...]
Oct
A Partnership for Healthy Food Donations
First Presbyterian Church is supporting Barnabas Center to collect healthy food donations on Oct.13 from [...]
Oct
CLAM Informational Meeting
The Conservation Land Acquisition and Management (CLAM) Program Amelia Tree Conservancy, the Comp Plan/LDC Working [...]
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
County Bulletin: Don’t Drop Your Guard Yet
Hurricane Ian downgraded to a tropical storm Hurricane Ian was downgraded overnight to a Tropical [...]
Sep
Beach Driving, Some Parking Suspended
Hurricane Ian causes some beach parking to be suspended As of 1:45 p.m., a decision [...]
Sep
Nassau K-12 Closures
Nassau County Schools closed in anticipation of Hurricane Ian Nassau County School District has announced [...]
Sep
Amelia Island Petanque Schedule for Saturday and Sunday Nov 9 and 10
Submitted by Susan Hardee Steger Sat Nov 9 8:00am 8:30am Team check in for late [...]
The FBCC rings in the new fiscal year
Submitted by Suanne Z. Thamm Reporter – News Analyst With its October 1, 2013 Regular [...]
U S Navy Airship’s visit to Fernandina Beach Airport – Up, up, and away
Submitted by Gerry Clare Roving Reporter Bob Kozakoff, Airport Superintendent, drove the Fernandina Beach City [...]
Details uncovered including previous Las Vegas bank heist for First Coast Community Bank’s alleged bank robber Hagen
Submitted by Deborah Lavery Powers Staff Reporter Click here for link to Las Vegas Sun [...]
Fernandina Beach library dodges the bullet; other F2 projects fall
Submitted by Suanne Z. Thamm Reporter-News Analyst By the time Mayor Sarah Pelican gaveled the [...]
Salty Pelican’s sidewalk to nowhere continues – nowhere
Submitted by Susan Hardee Steger After patiently awaiting for the City of Fernandina Beach to [...]
Amelia Farmers’ Market – A new beginning
Submitted by Susan Hardee Steger Much to the chagrin of Fernandina locals, the Fernandina Farmers’ [...]
Into the Weeds: Fernandina Beach Commisssioners examine department-level budgets proposed for FY 2012-2013
Submitted by Suanne Z. Thamm Reporter – News Analyst All City of Fernandina Beach department [...]
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