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Peck High School classes 1957 to 1969 combined class reunion. Submitted photo

Peck High School classes 1957 to 1969 combined class reunion. Submitted photo

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Peck High School reunion celebrates the ‘Peck experience’

News Staff
Thursday, July 6, 2023
Peck High School celebrated it’s eighth school reunion on June 24 at North Hampton Golf Club. Neil Frink, class of 1959, was the toastmaster for the reunion. The speaker was Patricia Hunt Ford, class of 1966. Ford gave an inspiring speech reminding classmates of “the Peck experience.

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Whale Ambassadors join coalition opposing right whale bill

Holly Dorman
Thursday, July 6, 2023
The Amelia Island Whale Ambassadors has joined a coalition to formally oppose the Protecting Whales, Human Safety, and Economy Act, which, if passed, would prohibit the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration from implementing proposed speed zones to protect North Atlantic right whales.
NCSO Marine Unit rescues a man of a sinking vessel over the weekend. Submitted photo

NCSO Marine Unit rescues a man of a sinking vessel over the weekend. Submitted photo

Beach emergency responders stay busy over holiday weekend

News Staff
Thursday, July 6, 2023
The Independence Day weekend was a busy one for local emergency responders on the beaches of Amelia Island, with more than two dozen rescues of swimmers by lifeguards. Lt. Haynes Cavender oversees the Fernandina Beach Fire Department’s Ocean Rescue Division.

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BOCC passes mandatory water connection ordinance

Holly Dorman
Tuesday, July 4, 2023
The Nassau County Board of County Commissioners voted to approve a new mandatory water and sewer connection ordinance, a “big step” in the plan to get American Beach connected to county utilities.
Brett's Waterway Cafe. File photo

Brett's Waterway Cafe. File photo

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Study: Brett’s substructure continues to deteriorate

Julia Roberts
Tuesday, July 4, 2023
The most recent engineering study of the substructure of Brett’s Waterway Cafe says the supports underneath the city-owned building are deteriorating, but does not say it is in danger of immediate collapse.
Ron Sapp

Ron Sapp

Legendary local: Ron Sapp

Tracy Dishman
Tuesday, July 4, 2023
Any time a political columnist writes for a newspaper for twenty years is a miracle. One of our favorite miracle workers, Ron Sapp, is a treasured columnist, teacher, city commissioner, and mayor. Sapp graduated from Fernandina Beach High School in 1965.
Many of the horses on Cumberland Island (such as those pictured here) flock to the green grasses surrounding the Dungeness mansion ruins. Local resident and activist Carol Ruckdeschel expressed concern about the bones visible jutting out from under the horses' skin, a sign they may be starving. Photo by Holly Dorman/News-Leader

Many of the horses on Cumberland Island (such as those pictured here) flock to the green grasses surrounding the Dungeness mansion ruins. Local resident and activist Carol Ruckdeschel expressed concern about the bones visible jutting out from under the horses' skin, a sign they may be starving. Photo by Holly Dorman/News-Leader

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The fight to save Cumberland Island’s horses

Holly Dorman
Tuesday, July 4, 2023
As the legal battle to regime Cumberland Island’s feral horse population rolls forward, plaintiff and Cumberland Island resident Carol Ruckdeschel is making sure the island’s visitors know all about it.