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Place your order for Easter bread bunny from Great Harvest Bread in time for your Easter table. Submitted photo

Place your order for Easter bread bunny from Great Harvest Bread in time for your Easter table. Submitted photo

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Fun stuff is coming to the markets on Saturday

Guest Columnist
Thursday, March 23, 2023
Fernandina Beach Market Place and Fernandina Beach Arts Market are once again set to welcome you on March 25, from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. The farmers market is located on North Seventh Street, between Centre and Alachua streets in the historic downtown area.

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A wide net catches recycled people

Steve Nicklas
Thursday, March 23, 2023
The two text messages came out of nowhere but were targeted somewhere.  They were an inquiry into the open city manager position in Fernandina Beach. A city official in Northwest Florida saw one of my columns online and wanted more information.

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If you think you have it bad, dear, just look around

Guest Columnist
Thursday, March 23, 2023
Once upon a time, the Hasidic story goes, a poor man went to a wise rabbi with a complaint. “I’m going crazy,” the man said. “I’m living in a small house with my wife, six children and my mother-in-law, and there’s no room to move. I’m going to have a nervous breakdown.

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Growth: We see and feel it’s effect

Guest Columnist
Thursday, March 23, 2023
It’s been more than eight years since Florida surpassed New York in population. Yet, even before 2014, this issue was in the news and has been a topic of conversation for years - growth. We have all seen it and felt it.
Hyundai’s Ioniq 5. Photo courtesy of Hyundai Media

Hyundai’s Ioniq 5. Photo courtesy of Hyundai Media

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Hyundai’s successful plunge into electricity

Guest Columnist
Thursday, March 23, 2023
Not many years ago, I wondered whether Hyundai would join the industry’s growing interest in electric vehicles. The automaker’s lineup wasn’t necessarily known for fuel sipping, but it certainly was getting attention for quality improvement and new product offerings.

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Knowing me, knowing you

Guest Columnist
Tuesday, March 21, 2023
Lately, I’ve been curious about the expression, “How well does anyone really know anyone?” It was certainly on my mind post-divorce, when I realized I did not really know my ex-husband, despite 14 years of evidence to the contrary.
The Coontie Palm (Zamia integrifolia) is a common native plant species in our landscapes. Coontie palms are cycads and nearly all cycads are toxic. They have a toxin called “Cycasin” that can cause severe reactions if ingested, including death. Photo courtesy of UF/IFAS Extension Santa Rosa County

The Coontie Palm (Zamia integrifolia) is a common native plant species in our landscapes. Coontie palms are cycads and nearly all cycads are toxic. They have a toxin called “Cycasin” that can cause severe reactions if ingested, including death. Photo courtesy of UF/IFAS Extension Santa Rosa County

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The toxicity of landscape plants

Taylor Clem
Tuesday, March 21, 2023
Happy spring, Nassau County! There was no surprise that March’s weather did as we expected. Despite our warmer weather through February and the beginning of March, we still had our mid-March frost.

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A salute to military women during Women’s History Month

News Staff
Tuesday, March 21, 2023
Every once in a while, someone looks at my U.S. Navy baseball cap and accuses me of stealing it from my husband. Bad idea. I usually reply that the hat is mine, along with a reminder that women have been in the military since our Revolutionary War. I can tell that not everyone believes me.
KIA is the only automaker today with a cute box. Photo courtesy of AutoEditor

KIA is the only automaker today with a cute box. Photo courtesy of AutoEditor

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Long live the box

Guest Columnist
Thursday, March 16, 2023
When KIA’s Soul GT-Line arrived in my driveway the other day, I had to smile. Why? Because the Soul is an unremittingly rectangular little box with a car inside. I also noticed a hamster from the KIA commercial on the lawn admiring the little box.

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The procreation conundrum

Guest Columnist
Tuesday, March 14, 2023
It goes without saying that childhood circa 2023 is vastly different from adolescence of any other era. As times change and the world evolves, one generation’s experience of childhood will obviously differ from those who came before or after. I’m 37, which doesn’t seem all that old.