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City of Fernandina Beach

City survey results give snapshot of public opinion

Julia Roberts
Thursday, September 15, 2022
A recent survey of Fernandina Beach residents shows people love living in the city and plan to stay, but they believe the city could do a better job at planning growth, affordable housing is not widely available and the cost of living is too high.
Nassau County School District

NCSD makes hires

Holly Dorman
Thursday, September 15, 2022
In a country struggling with a shortage of quality teachers, the Nassau County School District is doing its best to make headway.
Comp Plan/LDC Working Group member Margaret Kirkland

Concerns dominate beach harmonization workshop

News Staff
Thursday, September 15, 2022
Community concerns and inquiries dominated a Board of County Commissioners workshop on Monday, Sept. 12, with regards to the Beach Harmonization Project, an effort to enhance the county’s seven key beach parks.
Nassau County School District

NCSD passes policy on suicide prevention

Holly Dorman
Wednesday, September 14, 2022
The Nassau County School Board approved a new administrative rule addressing suicide prevention in Nassau County schools at its Sept. 8 meeting, during National Suicide Prevention Week.
Local activist Rev. Bernard Thompson came before the Nassau County School Board to bring attention to the questionable circumstances of a Black school psychologist’s termination. Holly Dorman/News-Leader

‘Lynched by the powers that be’

Holly Dorman
Tuesday, September 13, 2022
The Nassau County School District faces public allegations of discrimination against employees of color yet again after the termination of Ivey Mitchell, a school psychologist in the Exceptional Student Education Department.
The site plan for a development at 1467 S. 14th Street includes 14 duplexes and a swimming pool. The city commission approved, with a split vote, to allow the developer to connect to the city’s water and sewer systems, eliminating the need for septic tanks. Submitted photo.

Amelia Marsh Pointe project moves forward

Julia Roberts
Thursday, September 8, 2022
In a split vote, the Fernandina Beach City Commission approved a project that will extend water and sewer service for a residential project on South 4th Street, which the developer says will help avoid the installation of septic tanks in the area.

   

State 

Bacardi Jackson began serving Monday as executive director of the American Civil Liberties Union of Florida. Photo courtesy of American Civil Liberties Union of Florida

New ACLU leader points to ‘urgency of now’

News Staff
Tuesday, May 14, 2024

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

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