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Reminiscing about growing up here

Several weeks ago, I was privileged to be part of a panel discussion about what it was like to grow up in Fernandina Beach. The group was made up of four alumni of Fernandina Beach High School, all from classes that graduated in the '60s and '70s, so our experiences were fairly similar.

Mirror mirror on the wall

If you happen to read my column on the regular, you may recall that several months ago, I embarked on a self-imposed self-help detox. My detox included all the inspiration I grew to depend on post-divorce - self-help books, podcasts, films, "Touched by an Angel" reruns, you name it.

The power a quiet life spent minding your own business

A commencement speaker once urged the graduating class to “think small.” He told students, point blank, that they’d never be president, win a Nobel Prize, write a great novel or cure cancer. If God blesses your life beyond measure, he said, you'll find a good job, get married, and raise a family.

Celebrate diversity

The mission of Nassau County Public Library is “to be a gateway to the heritage of the past and to the promise of the future, offering opportunities for enrichment and discovery through lifelong learning, broad and varied resources, diverse programming, knowledgeable staff, courteous service and...

Wildlight Market Place showcases ‘Booth with a Cause’

The Fernandina Beach Market Place and the Wildlight Market Place will both be open Saturday. Fernandina's market is located on North Seventh Street in historic downtown, and the Wildlight market is located at 123 Tinker St. in Yulee. Both markets are open from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m.

Discovering automotive enthusiasm

After spending most of my life in that other sunshine state on the West Coast, we sold our little mini coupe, picked up and packed up a bit larger Mercedes GLC and headed east to Fernandina Beach. Traveling across our great nation was a wonderful adventure.

The city trio is falling like dominoes

To say the Fernandina Beach city government has been dysfunctional in recent years is like saying the Jacksonville Jaguars have been a losing organization. These are obvious understatements. There is hope, however.

Pardon me, ma’am; may I count your syllables for a second?

It was bound to happen. We’ve seen this nation’s states compared every way you can think of: which state has the most obese people, which state has the most impoverished, which state has the most homeless, the most lakes, the most tornadoes, the most dogs, the most bad teeth.

Why do I care?

Perhaps you are paying attention to the lively discussion in local media surrounding the future of the City’s waterfront. Some at City Hall would have you believe the expansive mud banks shown above and on the City’s waterfront cannot be filled over to create new land.  This is simply not true.

Congress deals blow to critically endangered North Atlantic right whale

As we are in the midst of calving season for the critically endangered North Atlantic right whale, I can’t help but think of Snow Cone.