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Tourism strategy to expand countywide

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A tourism consulting firm working with the Amelia Island Tourism Development Council (AITDC) is making a “cornerstone recommendation” to expand the Tourist Development Tax (TDT), placing the “bed t

City commission OKs new city manager

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City of Fernandina Beach will soon have a new manager at the helm. The city commission unanimously voted to offer the job to Ty Ross, choosing him over four other candidates.

Nassau County FY 2023-2024 budget updated

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Nassau County’s Fiscal Year 2023-24 tentative budget was raised $4,603,142 by previously unallocated revenues and $18,514,136 in “projected cash carry forwards,” totaling $23,117,278 in funds tenta

Swimmer found on north end

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The Fernandina Beach Fire Department focused its efforts into recovering the body of a swimmer who was lost in the surf on the north end of Amelia Island Wednesday.

 

   

New ACLU leader points to ‘urgency of now’

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Saying the country is at a “deeply, deeply disturbing” juncture, Bacardi Jackson — a veteran litigator whose civil-rights advocacy is literally in her genes — is taking the mantle as executive dire