Sinking sailboat in the Sound

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  • Photo by Beth Jones/News-Leader
    Photo by Beth Jones/News-Leader
  • Photo by Beth Jones/News-Leader
    Photo by Beth Jones/News-Leader
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Nassau County Fire Rescue was on scene and had rescue boats in the water at Dee Dee Bartel Boat Ramp at Fort Clinch today around 12:30 p.m. The marine unit responded to a report of a 45 foot sailboat that was taking on water in the Cumberland Sound, according to Nassau County Sheriff Bill Leeper. At midday Thursday Sheriff Leeper said he was not aware of any injuries. 

   

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