Columns

The Purrfect Library Cat Café returns for Dickens on Centre

Julie Cannavino For the News-Leader The Purrfect Library Cat Café was a great success. The Fernandina Beach Branch Library (NCPL) Community Room transformed in to a cozy café; providing comfortable seating and a play area for 20 cats.

Jumpstart your Thanksgiving shopping at the Market Place

Judie Mackie For the News-Leader Saturday is shaping up to be a beautiful day in Fernandina Beach, and there will be two markets located downtown to jumpstart your Thanksgiving shopping.

Renewed hope for the embattled world of big-money sports

Steve Nicklas For the News-Leader In this punch-in-the-gut era of football players kneeling and basketball players stealing, here is something to help you catch your breath. Several breath-giving examples emanate from the refreshing field of college football.

Summer reading statistics

While the temperature and humidity of summer is still in full swing, our 10-week-long summer reading program titled “Oceans of Possibility” ended July 22. We had 796 people, both children and adults, register for our summer reading program this year.

Celebrate friendship at the marketplace

Judie Mackie For the News-Leader Howdy Folks! I hope you are having a fabulous summer. It is hard to believe people are beginning to think “Back to School” already. For me, I’m going to enjoy summer for a little longer first.

U.S. housing market collapse is nowhere in sight

The rock-hard foundation of the U.S. housing market is suffering some cracks, but an outright collapse is nowhere in sight.  Regardless, sensational news headlines are reverberating like seismic tremors around the country.

Rick Keffer: A historic eye opener

About six months ago, Donna Paz Kaufman passed on a book to me. Unlike my wife and kids, I am historically not a book reader. However, I digested it bit by bit and learned about Black American history. The book is titled The 1619 Project by Nikole Ahnnah-Jones.