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Construction continues on homes in Hamlet at Wildlight in May. Wildlight recently announced yet another neighborhood to go up soon — Westerly Park. The new residential area will include townhomes and duplexes. Photo by Ashley Chandler/News-Leader

Construction continues on homes in Hamlet at Wildlight in May. Wildlight recently announced yet another neighborhood to go up soon — Westerly Park. The new residential area will include townhomes and duplexes. Photo by Ashley Chandler/News-Leader

Growth continues in new community development

Ashley Chandler
Sunday, August 4, 2024
Wildlight is growing and growing and growing.  As new residents flow into the county, the new community continues to raise more residential areas and welcome more businesses. In mid July, Wildlight announced yet another neighborhood to go up soon.
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.
Poe Pinson with her trainer Mei Pruitt, in Paris. Submitted

Poe Pinson with her trainer Mei Pruitt, in Paris. Submitted

Pinson’s in Paris, kicking off Olympics

Beth Jones
Friday, July 26, 2024
The opening ceremonies for the 2024 Olympics in Paris, France, are today, and Poe Pinson of Fernandina Beach is there representing the U.S. women’s skateboarding team. Pinson and her teammates compete Sunday. The preliminaries are scheduled from 6-11 a.m., and the final starts at 11 a.m.
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.
Nassau County Deputy Joshua Moyers. Submitted photo

Nassau County Deputy Joshua Moyers. Submitted photo

Judge sentences killer to death for deputy’s 2021 murder

Tracy Dishman
Friday, July 19, 2024
Patrick McDowell, who fatally shot Nassau County Deputy Joshua Moyers during a traffic stop nearly three years ago, was sentenced to death by a judge on Wednesday. In April, a jury voted 11-1 to recommend the death penalty for McDowell, who had pleaded guilty to the murder.
Darren Marsh of the Road and Bridge Department, center left, and Public Works Director Doug Podiak, center right, stand with county workers who have taken part in the the Nassau County Equipment Operator Apprenticeship Program. Marsh and Podiak hold the 2024 Achievement Award from the National Association of Counties given to the program. Photo by Ashley Chandler/News-Leader

Darren Marsh of the Road and Bridge Department, center left, and Public Works Director Doug Podiak, center right, stand with county workers who have taken part in the the Nassau County Equipment Operator Apprenticeship Program. Marsh and Podiak hold the 2024 Achievement Award from the National Association of Counties given to the program. Photo by Ashley Chandler/News-Leader

County Apprenticeship Program awarded for innovation, success

Ashley Chandler
Friday, July 19, 2024
The Nassau County Equipment Operator Apprenticeship Program is now an award-winning program. The educational program was recognized with a 2024 Achievement Award from the National Association of Counties (NACo).