Tag Archives: Fernandina Observer
Is the Bioethanol Proposal Legal? Expert Opinion Sought
By Mike Lednovich Fernandina Beach City Attorney Tammi Bach says she is seeking an outside [...]
Feb
Commentary: When the Joy of Reading Crosses Paths With the Censors
By Linda Hart Green I do 75% of my seeing out of my right eye. [...]
Feb
YoungLife: For Teens at Their Own Pace
By Elizabeth Matthews YoungLife Youth Ministry is a national organization that seeks to reach young [...]
May
Port May Sell Residential Land to Pay Legal Debts
By Mike Lednovich The Port of Fernandina took the first step Wednesday toward potentially selling [...]
May
Commentary: Manager Search Must Be Done Professionally
By Margaret Kirkland Chair, Conserve Nassau With the current size and projected growth of Fernandina [...]
Apr
Charlie George to be Tapped as Next Interim City Manager
By Mike Lednovich Deputy City Manager Charlie George will assume the duties of interim [...]
Mar
Commentary: A Deceit Beyond the Pale
By Mike Phillips Over the years I’ve lost track of how many city commissions and [...]
Mar
Search Committee ‘Advisor’ Knew Nothing About It
By Mike Lednovich A long tenured former city manager who was voted by the [...]
Mar
Commentary: What a Mess We Are In, Fernandina!
By Suanne Thamm Confused. Frustrated. Unhappy. Angry. Suspicious. These are just a few of the [...]
Mar
Pat’s Wildways: Okefenokee Day Trip
By Pat Foster-Turley March 3, 2023 Sometimes when Bucko and I are bored with Amelia [...]
Mar
As Expected, City Manager Fired
By Mike Phillips Was it a done deal? Of course it was. Well before the [...]
Feb
Arts and Culture Celebrates with More Public Art
Arts and Culture Nassau recently celebrated its 15th anniversary in front of a new public [...]
Dec
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
City Manager’s Comments – Storm Assessment
By Dale Martin October 7, 2022 One week after Hurricane Ian (a tropical storm when [...]
Oct
Operation Heavyweight Busts 54 Drug Dealers
Nassau County Sheriff Bill Leeper has announced that a months-long, multi-agency drug-dealing investigation has put [...]
Oct
A Break on Flood Insurance Premiums
Nassau County has once again received an improvement in its classification in the Community Rating [...]
Oct
Starting Point Gets $4 Million Grant
Starting Point Behavioral Healthcare has been awarded $4 million in funding from the U.S. Substance [...]
Oct
Amelia Island revealed . . .
Submitted by Stephan R. Leimberg Stephan R. Leimberg, the “Bird Man of Amelia,” was the [...]
Fernandina Observer announces addition to staff – Anne H. Oman, A Reporter at Large
The Fernandina Observer is pleased to announce Anne H. Oman, as its newest volunteer reporter. [...]
Fernandina Beach City Commission – Submerged lands, refinancing utility bonds, right of way opening
Submitted by Suanne Z. Thamm, Reporter-News Analyst At its second regular monthly meeting on January [...]
Fernandina Observer – A look back and forward
Thank you readers for your overwhelming support for the Fernandina Observer. When we began our [...]
Amelia Island revealed . . .
Submitted by Rick Scott Editor’s note: After visiting a friend who lives on the island, [...]
Salty Pelican sidewalk to nowhere – Going somewhere?
Submitted by Susan Hardee Steger Attorney Michael Mullin is requesting that within 90 days the [...]
Where you stand depends upon where you sit – An opinion
When we began 2012 there were many loud voices in our city complaining about a [...]
Sliders Grill – Project Chance – Service dogs – and Jakob
Submitted by Susan Hardee Steger As a volunteer for Project Chance, 12 year old Jakob [...]
Bosque Bello Union Soldiers’ Graves – A disgrace . . .
Submitted by Susan Hardee Steger John Gourdin, noted author and lecturer on black civil war [...]
Vice Presidential candidate Paul Ryan to appear in Fernandina Beach on Monday
Submitted by Susan Hardee Steger Secret Service Agents and political operatives were in Fernandina Beach [...]
Candidate John Pulice, District 2 responds to questions
Submitted by John Pulice Nassau County School Board Candidate District 2 What experience do you [...]
Candidate Kimberly Joyce Fahlgren District 4
Kimberly Joyce Fahlgren School Board Candidate District 4 Kimberly Fahlgren declined the Fernandina Observer’s request [...]
Candidate Russell L. Johnson District 4 responds to questions
Submitted by Russell L. Johnson Nassau County School Board Candidate, District 4 What experience do [...]
Wild Amelia Nature Festival – Ga Sea Turtle Center draws huge crowd as sea turtles released
Article and photos Submitted by Kathy Brooks A huge crowd of about 500 residents and [...]
Lightning strike destroys Fernandina Beach residence
Submitted by Susan Hardee Steger An intense lightning storm that moved through the area Thursday [...]
Leeper, Boatright, Edwards are winners – It’s over!
Submitted by Susan Hardee Steger The elections are over for candidates Bill Leeper, Walter Boatright, [...]
Commissioner Johnson’s Attorney Raises “Red Flags” On DUI Charge
Submitted by Susan Hardee Steger “There are many red flags out there,” says Gary Baker, [...]
Commissioner was Endangering Other Motorists, DUI Report States
Submitted by Susan Hardee Steger A motorist’s 911 call to report an SUV “running off [...]
The Commission’s Rocket Man: Tim Poynter
Submitted by Suanne Z. Thamm Reporter – News Analyst Despite the fact that three Fernandina [...]
Beach Development and Mid-Century Resource Survey to Begin This Summer
City of Fernandina Beach Press Release Submitted by Adrienne Burke City Planner In an effort [...]
Civics 104: City Attorney
Submitted by Suanne Z. Thamm Reporter – News Analyst (Fifth in a series of articles [...]
We Will Be Different!
May 14, 2012 Welcome to the Fernandina Observer, a news and opinion blog that will [...]