PHOTOS BY BETZY MITCHELL/SPECIAL
Sydney Milburn, rehabilitation technician I, carries Gamby, left, and Dr. Briana-Lee Shaffner, associate veterinarian, carries Quintet, two rehabilitated sea turtles. The two were released in the ocean Thursday on Main Beach back to the Atlantic. Ashley Chandler/News-Leader
Brigadier General (retired) Michael Fleming, Chairman of The Fire Watch
Winners of the Best of the Best awards included, from left, Josh Creamer, first; Coral-Mae Waldo, second; and Marcus St. John, third. Photo by Stephanie Nichols/Special
The city of Fernandina Beach is reconsidering whether to pay AT&T for the removal of a pole at the location of a new fire station near the Fernandina Beach Airport, as city commissioners do not agree the city should pay the sum the company is demanding. Photo by Julia Roberts/News-Leader
The proposed location of the new lift station is in what Utilities Director Andre Desilet called a “dead space,” a triangular space between the ball field, tennis courts and Boy and Girl Scout facilities and a garden area called Volunteer Grove. Photo by Julia Roberts/News-Leader
Linda Velardi Trump, the daughter of Joe Velardi, who headed the effort to bring Little League to Fernandina Beach in the 1950s, shares some of the history of the field that is named for her father. She brought a framed story, which ran in the News-Leader in the 1970s, about her father to city hall, and said the field should remain a softball and baseball field. The community, and the city commission, agreed. Submitted photo
The Board of County Commissioners meets in July. At the Aug. 12 BOCC meeting, county leaders clarified the difference between Impact Fees and Mobility Fees after a social media post prompted questions and confusion among some residents.
Assistant County Manager Marshall Eyerman talks Aug. 8 during the Opioid Settlement Task Force's first meeting. Julia Roberts/News-Leader
