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Children enjoy a morning spent at Central Park, challenging each other to swing higher and higher.

Children enjoy a morning spent at Central Park, challenging each other to swing higher and higher.

Park pundits

Holly Dorman
Thursday, May 12, 2022
Tuesday’s Parks and Recreation Advisory Committee meeting saw dozens of city residents and other stakeholders in an uproar over suggested changes to Fernandina Beach city parks.
Nassau County Board of County Commissioners

Nassau County Board of County Commissioners

County might allow 85-foot-high condos

Marissa Mahoney
Thursday, May 12, 2022
One of the most prominent lawsuits hanging over Nassau County could potentially wrap up this summer after a year-long battle ensued between residents, the county and land developer Riverstone Properties.
Nassau County Commissioner Klynt Farmer voted in favor of signing a construction agreement for the American Beach Septic-to-Sewer project.

Nassau County Commissioner Klynt Farmer voted in favor of signing a construction agreement for the American Beach Septic-to-Sewer project.

County OKs contracts for sewer project

Marissa Mahoney
Tuesday, May 10, 2022
The long-anticipated and oft-discussed Septic-to-Sewer project in American Beach inched closer to breaking ground with the Nassau County Board of County Commissioners authorizing a construction agreement at Monday’s meeting.
A 5.45-acre parcel at 1467 S. Fourth St. in Fernandina Beach could include town homes, according to preliminary plans shared by developers.

A 5.45-acre parcel at 1467 S. Fourth St. in Fernandina Beach could include town homes, according to preliminary plans shared by developers.

City eyes annexing property near marsh

Julia Roberts
Tuesday, May 10, 2022
A 28-unit development located outside the Fernandina Beach city limits will be developed under the city’s Land Development Code and Future Land Use Map requirements if the City Commission approves Bordan Development’s request for annexation.
After a year off, the History of the Soldier event came back with such a bang it won a Citizen Support Organization of the Year award from Florida State Parks.

After a year off, the History of the Soldier event came back with such a bang it won a Citizen Support Organization of the Year award from Florida State Parks.

Friends of Fort Clinch wins state parks award

Holly Dorman
Tuesday, May 10, 2022
Every year since 1999, re-enactors line up in their period uniforms for the History of the Soldier event at Fort Clinch. Each soldier represents a war, from the Revolutionary War to the War in Afghanistan.
James Kete Lanty

James Kete Lanty

Navy sailor accused of killing boy

News Staff
Tuesday, May 10, 2022
A 27-year-old Jacksonville man and U.S. Navy sailor was charged with murder in the second degree and aggravated child abuse, according to documents provided by the Nassau County Sheriff’s Office. James Kete Lanty, 2819 Eagles Hammock Blvd.