The Fernandina Beach City Commission failed to take action that would have given a Future Land Use Map designation to some property contiguous to the city after residents opposed the action during
Nassau County School District school bus driver Jennifer Ramsey was honored by the Nassau County School Board last Thursday for her quick thinking that saved a child’s life.
The Fernandina Beach City Commission has hired a firm to help the city prepare to put a measure on the ballot asking voters to approve a bond to pay for protection from flooding on the Amelia River
At the Feb. 7 meeting of the Fernandina Beach Community Redevelopment Area Advisory Board, a novel idea was discussed — closing the boat ramp at the city-owned Fernandina Harbor Marina.
Fernandina Beach City Commissioner Chip Ross says being fiscally conservative means the city should not waive slip fees for working shrimp boats that dock at the city-owned Fernandina Harbor Marina
On rare, wonderful occasions, we have the good fortune of encountering irrefutably extraordinary individuals. These special someones possess a seemingly magical ability to motivate others.
Plans for a park on the Amelia River waterfront in downtown Fernandina Beach are moving forward, but some residents who use the marina for pleasure as well as business oppose the park, and are work
A native Floridian, Carl Hiaasen understands how life in the Sunshine State lends itself to stories of the bizarre and eccentric.
Ashley Taylor, first-grade teacher at Callahan Elementary School, was recently named Nassau County’s 2024 Teacher of the Year.
Each year, Big Brothers Big Sisters honors our outstanding Big Brothers and Big Sisters.
In a quiet preserve along the eastern bank of the Apalachicola River, 41 eastern indigo snakes were released Tuesday into gopher tortoise burrows.
With a law now in effect preventing abortions after six weeks of pregnancy, Florida health-care regulators Thursday released emergency rules related to treating medical conditions that pose dangers
Gov. Ron DeSantis has received a proposal that would pump another $200 million into a home-hardening grant program designed to help reduce property-insurance costs.