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Interim City Manager Jeremiah Glisson explained the millage rate, the rate city property owners pay ad valorem taxes, has held steady or decreased in the last 10 years. He presented a budget based on a modified rollback rate, which the city commission approved. Submitted

Interim City Manager Jeremiah Glisson explained the millage rate, the rate city property owners pay ad valorem taxes, has held steady or decreased in the last 10 years. He presented a budget based on a modified rollback rate, which the city commission approved. Submitted

City passes modified rollback millage rate

Julia Roberts
Sunday, August 4, 2024
The Fernandina Beach City Commission approved a decrease in the millage rate, and city staff is moving forward with a budget based on the ad valorem tax revenue that a modified rollback rate will bring into the city.
Cutline: From left, Amelia Cruizers Gene Freund’s 2002 Thunderbird, Angelo Miragliotta’s 1965 Ford Galaxy and Earl Wagner’s 1933 Ford 5-window coupe pose in front of FOFA’s Karen Atkins’ 1978 Cessna 182Q. Photo by Brian Douglas/Special for the News-Leader

Cutline: From left, Amelia Cruizers Gene Freund’s 2002 Thunderbird, Angelo Miragliotta’s 1965 Ford Galaxy and Earl Wagner’s 1933 Ford 5-window coupe pose in front of FOFA’s Karen Atkins’ 1978 Cessna 182Q. Photo by Brian Douglas/Special for the News-Leader

Terminally Cool

Brian Douglas
Sunday, August 4, 2024
Two of Amelia Island’s spirited nonprofit groups, Amelia Cruizers and Friends of Fernandina Aviation, will gather together a field of captivating cars and airplanes at our terminally cool airport on Saturday, Aug. 17 from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m.
Assistant County Manager Marshall Eyerman presents the tentative budget and millage rate options Monday to the Nassau County Board of County Commissioners. Submitted

Assistant County Manager Marshall Eyerman presents the tentative budget and millage rate options Monday to the Nassau County Board of County Commissioners. Submitted

County expects to reduce millage for fourth year in a row

Ashley Chandler
Friday, July 26, 2024
On Monday, the Nassau County Board of County Commissioners approved a tentative budget and millage rate that, if put in place, will establish a millage reduction for the fourth year in a row.
Richard Restiano heads Nassau Council of Arts and Culture and asked the organization be included in the city’s Art in Public Places program. “Public art has provided the economy growth and sustainability,” Restiano said. “It’s an entrance to cultural identity. It supports artists and validates them. It helps to understand other cultures and opens their perspective to other people. It provides a health lift and sense of belonging. Public art is important.” Submitted

Richard Restiano heads Nassau Council of Arts and Culture and asked the organization be included in the city’s Art in Public Places program. “Public art has provided the economy growth and sustainability,” Restiano said. “It’s an entrance to cultural identity. It supports artists and validates them. It helps to understand other cultures and opens their perspective to other people. It provides a health lift and sense of belonging. Public art is important.” Submitted

City to manage public art with Nassau arts council

Julia Roberts
Friday, July 26, 2024
The Parks and Recreation Department of the city of Fernandina Beach will take over the management of temporary works of art placed in public spaces in the city, but Nassau Council of Arts and Culture will collaborate with the city in that effort.
Photo by Penny Glackin/Special for the News-Leader

Photo by Penny Glackin/Special for the News-Leader

Planche à roulette for the gold

News Staff
Friday, July 26, 2024
Fernandina Beach’s own Poe Pinson, who got her start at the Main Beach Skate Park, pictured, will compete Sunday in the Paris Olympic games. The skateboard event will begin at 6 a.m. local time, with the top eight skaters from the preliminaries advancing to the final round.
Community Newspapers Regional Publisher Foy Maloy shares news about the growth of the Fernandina Beach News-Leader, and why Local Matters. Photo by Ashley Chandler/News-Leader

Community Newspapers Regional Publisher Foy Maloy shares news about the growth of the Fernandina Beach News-Leader, and why Local Matters. Photo by Ashley Chandler/News-Leader

NEWS-LEADER UPDATE: We’re still growing

Foy Maloy
Wednesday, July 24, 2024
As stewards of Florida’s oldest newspaper, we take our role in the community seriously. We are the local newspaper of record, the go-to source for local information and the recorders of local history.
From left, Gullah-Geechee elder Gloria Jean Thomas, Commissioner A.M. “Hupp” Huppmann and Queen Quet, Chieftess of the Gullah-Geechee Nation, pose with the Nassau County proclamation naming July 27-Aug. 4 as Gullah-Geechee Nation Appreciation Week in the county. Photo by Ashley Chandler/News-Leader

From left, Gullah-Geechee elder Gloria Jean Thomas, Commissioner A.M. “Hupp” Huppmann and Queen Quet, Chieftess of the Gullah-Geechee Nation, pose with the Nassau County proclamation naming July 27-Aug. 4 as Gullah-Geechee Nation Appreciation Week in the county. Photo by Ashley Chandler/News-Leader

Gullah-Geechee Appreciation Week

Ashley Chandler
Friday, July 19, 2024
Next week many of the lone speakers of the only true African American Creole language of the continental United States will celebrate their heritage, and Nassau County has joined in the efforts.