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Arts and Culture Nassau celebrates 15th anniversary

Arts and Culture Nassau celebrates 15th anniversary

Arts and Culture Nassau celebrates 15th anniversary

News Staff
Tuesday, December 6, 2022
Arts and Culture Nassau, along with Fernandina Beach Mayor Mike Lednovich and Nassau County Commissioner John Martin, presented proclamations to commemorate Art and Culture Nassau’s 15 years of service to the county and city.
Nassau County has received a state-wide award of merit in the Neighborhood Planning category from the American Planning Association, Florida Chapter for its Timber to Tides Initiative (State Road 200/A1A Corridor Master Plan). This is now the second state-wide award and third overall award the county has received for the initiative.

Nassau County has received a state-wide award of merit in the Neighborhood Planning category from the American Planning Association, Florida Chapter for its Timber to Tides Initiative (State Road 200/A1A Corridor Master Plan). This is now the second state-wide award and third overall award the county has received for the initiative.

County earns state-wide award for new initiative

News Staff
Tuesday, December 6, 2022
Nassau County has received a state-wide award of merit in the Neighborhood Planning category from the American Planning Association, Florida Chapter for its Timber to Tides Initiative (State Road 200/A1A Corridor Master Plan).
Fellowship at Wildlight will be a highly amenitized senior housing community consisting of 24 memory care units, 48 assisted living units, 125 independent living units and six cottages on nearly 16 acres of land within the first phase of the Wildlight development.

Fellowship at Wildlight will be a highly amenitized senior housing community consisting of 24 memory care units, 48 assisted living units, 125 independent living units and six cottages on nearly 16 acres of land within the first phase of the Wildlight development.

Wildlight announces plans for new senior living community

News Staff
Tuesday, December 6, 2022
Wildlight recently announced that The Fellowship Family and Ambling Property Investments will develop a senior housing community within its mixed-use master planned development in Nassau County.
Submitted photos courtesy of City of Fernandina Beach and social media.

Submitted photos courtesy of City of Fernandina Beach and social media.

In photos: Annual Lighted Christmas Parade, downtown Fernandina Beach 2022

News Staff
Tuesday, December 6, 2022
The annual Lighted Christmas Parade, sponsored by America’s Youth Inc., traveled through downtown Fernandina Beach on Saturday and featured a variety of Christmas-themed vehicles and a visit from Santa Claus. For more photos, visit www.FBNewsLeader.com

State drops charges against former FBPD officer

Holly Dorman
Tuesday, December 6, 2022
The State Attorney’s Office has opted to drop the charges against a former Fernandina Beach Police Department officer, John Lee Finley, accused in June of this year of drugging and sexually assaulting a woman while she slept.
NCCOA’s Annual Thanksgiving event, complete with celebrity servers and happy seniors, filled the Fernandina Beach Senior Life Center’s Grand Hall, Nov. 21. In addition to a tasty meal, eastside and westside seniors danced to music from NCCOA Volunteer Lane Mashburn, owner, Amelia Auto Mart.

NCCOA’s Annual Thanksgiving event, complete with celebrity servers and happy seniors, filled the Fernandina Beach Senior Life Center’s Grand Hall, Nov. 21. In addition to a tasty meal, eastside and westside seniors danced to music from NCCOA Volunteer Lane Mashburn, owner, Amelia Auto Mart.

NCCOA hosts Thanksgiving for celebrity servers and seniors

News Staff
Wednesday, November 23, 2022
A very special Thanksgiving luncheon, complete with celebrity servers and all the fixins’, is an annual event at Nassau County Council on Aging’s (NCCOA) Fernandina Beach Senior Life Center, 1901 Island Walk Way. This year’s luncheon, held Nov.
City sign before.

City sign before.

City welcome sign gets a refresh

Julia Roberts
Wednesday, November 23, 2022
Fernandina Beach Main Street is working with the city of Fernandina Beach and Nassau County to update the gateway sign that welcomes people into the city on Eighth Street. At the Nov.
Nao Trinidad sailing into Fernandina Harbor

Nao Trinidad sailing into Fernandina Harbor

Nao Trinidad sailing into Fernandina Harbor

News Staff
Wednesday, November 23, 2022
When Ferdinand Magellan set out to be the first to sail around the world in the 16th century, his flagship was the nao Trinidad. Setting sail from Seville, Spain, on Aug.
The Seven Seas Voyager is scheduled to dock at the Port of Fernandina in March 2023. The ship can carry 680 passengers and 489 crew members.

The Seven Seas Voyager is scheduled to dock at the Port of Fernandina in March 2023. The ship can carry 680 passengers and 489 crew members.

Cruise ships scheduled for the Port of Fernandina without knowledge by OPHA

Julia Roberts
Wednesday, November 23, 2022
While the Ocean Highway and Port Authority said it was not aware of it, representatives of the Port of Fernandina have been working for months to make the port, which sits in the Historic District of Fernandina Beach, a port of call for cruise ships.