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Nassau County has received a state-wide award of merit in the Neighborhood Planning category from the American Planning Association, Florida Chapter for its Timber to Tides Initiative (State Road 200/A1A Corridor Master Plan). This is now the second state-wide award and third overall award the county has received for the initiative.

Nassau County has received a state-wide award of merit in the Neighborhood Planning category from the American Planning Association, Florida Chapter for its Timber to Tides Initiative (State Road 200/A1A Corridor Master Plan). This is now the second state-wide award and third overall award the county has received for the initiative.

County earns state-wide award for new initiative

News Staff
Tuesday, December 6, 2022
Nassau County has received a state-wide award of merit in the Neighborhood Planning category from the American Planning Association, Florida Chapter for its Timber to Tides Initiative (State Road 200/A1A Corridor Master Plan).
Fellowship at Wildlight will be a highly amenitized senior housing community consisting of 24 memory care units, 48 assisted living units, 125 independent living units and six cottages on nearly 16 acres of land within the first phase of the Wildlight development.

Fellowship at Wildlight will be a highly amenitized senior housing community consisting of 24 memory care units, 48 assisted living units, 125 independent living units and six cottages on nearly 16 acres of land within the first phase of the Wildlight development.

Wildlight announces plans for new senior living community

News Staff
Tuesday, December 6, 2022
Wildlight recently announced that The Fellowship Family and Ambling Property Investments will develop a senior housing community within its mixed-use master planned development in Nassau County.

Man pleads not guilty to assault charge

Holly Dorman
Tuesday, December 6, 2022
A Jacksonville man has pleaded not guilty to an aggravated assault charge related to a road rage incident in Nassau County. Twenty-nine-year-old Max Ryan came before Judge James Daniel to enter his plea on Dec. 1. Pre-trial proceedings are set to begin in January 2023.

NCSO arrests Callahan man for manslaughter

Holly Dorman
Tuesday, December 6, 2022
The Nassau County Sheriff’s Office arrested Ethan Whitty from Callahan last week on the charge of DUI manslaughter after an ATV crash in May 2021 left one person dead. According to his arrest arrest record, Whitty, 22, was arrested Nov.
Submitted photos courtesy of City of Fernandina Beach and social media.

Submitted photos courtesy of City of Fernandina Beach and social media.

In photos: Annual Lighted Christmas Parade, downtown Fernandina Beach 2022

News Staff
Tuesday, December 6, 2022
The annual Lighted Christmas Parade, sponsored by America’s Youth Inc., traveled through downtown Fernandina Beach on Saturday and featured a variety of Christmas-themed vehicles and a visit from Santa Claus. For more photos, visit www.FBNewsLeader.com

State drops charges against former FBPD officer

Holly Dorman
Tuesday, December 6, 2022
The State Attorney’s Office has opted to drop the charges against a former Fernandina Beach Police Department officer, John Lee Finley, accused in June of this year of drugging and sexually assaulting a woman while she slept.
NCCOA’s Annual Thanksgiving event, complete with celebrity servers and happy seniors, filled the Fernandina Beach Senior Life Center’s Grand Hall, Nov. 21. In addition to a tasty meal, eastside and westside seniors danced to music from NCCOA Volunteer Lane Mashburn, owner, Amelia Auto Mart.

NCCOA’s Annual Thanksgiving event, complete with celebrity servers and happy seniors, filled the Fernandina Beach Senior Life Center’s Grand Hall, Nov. 21. In addition to a tasty meal, eastside and westside seniors danced to music from NCCOA Volunteer Lane Mashburn, owner, Amelia Auto Mart.

NCCOA hosts Thanksgiving for celebrity servers and seniors

News Staff
Wednesday, November 23, 2022
A very special Thanksgiving luncheon, complete with celebrity servers and all the fixins’, is an annual event at Nassau County Council on Aging’s (NCCOA) Fernandina Beach Senior Life Center, 1901 Island Walk Way. This year’s luncheon, held Nov.
Okefenokee Swamp. Submitted photo.

Okefenokee Swamp. Submitted photo.

Lawsuit looms over proposed Okefenokee titanium mine

Holly Dorman
Wednesday, November 23, 2022
A federal lawsuit has been filed to challenge a proposed titanium mine near the Okefenokee Swamp. The Southern Environmental Law Center in Atlanta filed the suit Nov. 15, representing four conservation groups.
City sign before.

City sign before.

City welcome sign gets a refresh

Julia Roberts
Wednesday, November 23, 2022
Fernandina Beach Main Street is working with the city of Fernandina Beach and Nassau County to update the gateway sign that welcomes people into the city on Eighth Street. At the Nov.