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Bell, Ford lose commission seats in Primary

Marissa Mahoney
Friday, August 26, 2022
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. Final results for District 2: • A.M.
Fernandina Beach Vice Mayor Len Kreger said an assessment of a tree in Central Park showed it could be saved by simply moving a picnic table near it. The City Commission agreed to move forward with an assessment of the 14% of the trees on city rights-of-way that have been determined to be in poor condition in order to save the city’s tree canopy. Photo by Julia Roberts/News-Leader

Fernandina Beach Vice Mayor Len Kreger said an assessment of a tree in Central Park showed it could be saved by simply moving a picnic table near it. The City Commission agreed to move forward with an assessment of the 14% of the trees on city rights-of-way that have been determined to be in poor condition in order to save the city’s tree canopy. Photo by Julia Roberts/News-Leader

City to conduct tree assessment

Julia Roberts
Friday, August 26, 2022
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. Kreger explained the city performed tree inventories in 2009 and 2017.

Nassau Human Society to home Envigo beagles

Holly Dorman
Friday, August 26, 2022
The Nassau Humane Society has taken in 10 beagles from the Envigo RMS LLC dog breeding facility in Cumberland, Va. The ten dogs are part of the almost 3,000 dogs removed from Envigo thus far. The Humane Society of the United States is overseeing the placement of the beagles.
Escambia Slough tested for high levels of Escherichia coli, officially deeming it “impaired waters” under the Florida Department of Environmental Protection’s standards. Holly Dorman/News-Leader

Escambia Slough tested for high levels of Escherichia coli, officially deeming it “impaired waters” under the Florida Department of Environmental Protection’s standards. Holly Dorman/News-Leader

Alligator Creek tests positive for E. coli

Holly Dorman
Wednesday, August 24, 2022
The St. Marys Riverkeeper’s regular water quality testing found high levels of Escherichia coli in the water near Escambia Street and Eighth Street. The Environmental Protection Agency says safe recreational levels are below 235 colony forming units (CFU) per milliliter.
Photo by Marissa Mahoney/News-Leader

Photo by Marissa Mahoney/News-Leader

Election news, polls and results

News Staff
Wednesday, August 24, 2022
Voters headed to the polls Tuesday to cast their votes in the 2022 Nassau County primary election.  The News-Leader covered the election in a live format on fbnewsleader.com, Facebook and Twitter. Primary election results came in too late to allow for them to be printed in today’s paper.
Primary 2022 Voting Results

Primary 2022 Voting Results

RESULTS: Nassau County Primary Election 2022

News Staff
Tuesday, August 23, 2022
Ballots counted: 22,872 Voter turnout: 30.71% 18/18 of precincts reporting results * Clinched win + General election nominee   Nassau County Commission District 2 Aaron Bell (R) — 37.41% (8,137 votes) A.M. “Hupp” Huppman (R) — 62.
Photo courtesy of the Coalition for the Homeless of Nassau County.

Photo courtesy of the Coalition for the Homeless of Nassau County.

IN YOUR BACKYARD

Marissa Mahoney
Monday, August 22, 2022
Benjamin Franklin put it nicely that only two things in life are guaranteed – death and taxes – but here in Nassau County, there’s a third absolute: Wondering where all the affordable housing is.