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NCSB dumps standardized testing

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The Nassau County School Board approved the 2022-23 Student Progression Plan complete with updates to align with new legislative requirements involving standardized testing.

Centre Street park owners seek new lease with city

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After 14 years of providing a small oasis in the heart of the Fernandina Beach Historic District, owners of the lots on Centre Street known as the “pocket park” are asking the city to enter into a new lease agreement for the property

Plans for Tringali houses meet resistance

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A townhome development planned for 125 S. Fourth St. is meeting some resistance from neighbors who say the house at the site should be preserved, even though it is not technically in the city’s Historic District.

Bell, Ford lose commission seats in Primary

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This year’s Primary Election saw two County Commission incumbents lose their positions to a set of newcomers – Foar From Home’s A.M. “Hupp” Huppmann defeated District 2 Commissioner Aaron Bell while Alyson McCullough bested Thomas Ford for the District 4 seat.

City to conduct tree assessment

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Fernandina Beach Vice Mayor Len Kreger says planting trees is not the only way to help save the city’s tree canopy, that saving trees is just as important, and finding what trees need help is the first step.

   

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