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Assistant County Manager Marshall Eyerman presents the now-adopted budget and millage rates Monday at the Board of County Commissioners Meeting. Ashley Chandler/News-Leader

Assistant County Manager Marshall Eyerman presents the now-adopted budget and millage rates Monday at the Board of County Commissioners Meeting. Ashley Chandler/News-Leader

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BOCC adjusts budget, adopts millage rates

Ashley Chandler
Thursday, September 12, 2024
The Board of County Commissioners held its first Legislative Public Hearing regarding the Millage Rates and Fiscal Year 2024-25 Budget on Monday.  Assistant County Manager Marshall Eyerman made the presentation on the millage rate and budget.
The Fernandina Press Association recruited the accomplished George R. Fairbanks to become editor of The Florida Mirror in 1879. The Fernandina publication was conceived to bring a new kind of journalism to the industry. Photo courtesy of Amelia Island Museum of History

The Fernandina Press Association recruited the accomplished George R. Fairbanks to become editor of The Florida Mirror in 1879. The Fernandina publication was conceived to bring a new kind of journalism to the industry. Photo courtesy of Amelia Island Museum of History

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Treasures of Nassau: Newspapermen of the Golden Age

Pamela Bushnell
Thursday, September 12, 2024
The News-Leader is running a series throughout the year on the history of Fernandina Beach and Nassau County in celebration of our 200th anniversary. Our series began with Florida becoming a U.S.
IAA artist Paul DiRito. Submitted photo

IAA artist Paul DiRito. Submitted photo

Art for the community

Steve Gibbs
Thursday, September 12, 2024
The oldest art gallery in Fernandina Beach has a full slate of community events coming up, including workshops such as landscape painting and, on Oct. 19, the annual Plein Air Paint Out that will make the streets of Fernandina Beach seem like Paris.
Assistant County Manager Marshall Eyerman presents the now-adopted budget and millage rates Monday at the Board of County Commissioners Meeting. Ashley Chandler/News-Leader

Assistant County Manager Marshall Eyerman presents the now-adopted budget and millage rates Monday at the Board of County Commissioners Meeting. Ashley Chandler/News-Leader

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County Commissioners kick off September

Ashley Chandler
Tuesday, September 10, 2024
The first September meeting for the Board of County Commissioners was of stark contrast to the last meeting of August, which lasted only 15 minutes.
Staff and representatives of the Amelia Island Convention & Visitor's Bureau (CVB), Nassau County and Amelia Island Tourist Development Council pose with the CVB's Flagler Awards at the 2024 Flagler Awards ceremony held at the 2024 Florida Governor’s Conference on Tourism, Aug. 28-30 in Tampa. Submitted photo

Staff and representatives of the Amelia Island Convention & Visitor's Bureau (CVB), Nassau County and Amelia Island Tourist Development Council pose with the CVB's Flagler Awards at the 2024 Flagler Awards ceremony held at the 2024 Florida Governor’s Conference on Tourism, Aug. 28-30 in Tampa. Submitted photo

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CVB receives six Flagler Awards

Ashley Chandler
Tuesday, September 10, 2024
Nassau County has recently received more recognition — this time for its’ island marketing.  The Amelia Island Convention & Visitors Bureau (CVB) received six Flagler Awards, presented during the 2024 Florida Governor’s Conference on Tourism, held Aug.
Sarah Campbell. Submitted photo

Sarah Campbell. Submitted photo

Sarah Campbell selected as Fernandina Beach City Manager

News Staff
Thursday, September 5, 2024
At a special meeting on Sept. 5, the Fernandina Beach City Commission endorsed Sarah Campbell as the next city manager. According to a recent release, the commission directed staff to begin negotiating an employment agreement, which will be brought for approval at a later date.
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

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

Rehabilitated and ready to roam

Ashley Chandler
Tuesday, September 3, 2024
Two more rehabilitated sea turtles were released back in the ocean on Thursday at Main Beach. With the help of The Georgia Sea Turtle Center, The Amelia Island Sea Turtle Watch and other local groups, Quintet and Gamby attempted their journeys back to the Atlantic.
Deputy County Manager Robert Companion discusses the Chester Road closure to begin Sept. 5 on Monday at the Nassau County Board of County Commissioners meeting. Photo by Ashley Chandler

Deputy County Manager Robert Companion discusses the Chester Road closure to begin Sept. 5 on Monday at the Nassau County Board of County Commissioners meeting. Photo by Ashley Chandler

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BOCC held last August meeting

Ashley Chandler
Thursday, August 29, 2024
The Nassau County Board of County Commissioners may have beat a record on Monday. Its 15-minute meeting was one of the shortest in BOCC history.  The agenda contained just three items. One a housekeeping item, another an informational item and the one contract approval.
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

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

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City commission reconsiders its decision to move pétanque to Joe Velardi Field

Julia Roberts
Friday, August 23, 2024
The Joe Velardi Field will continue to be home to youth sports, after the Fernandina Beach City Commission voted to reconsider its decision to convert the field to pétanque courts.
Nassau Decides 2024

Nassau Decides 2024

RESULTS: Nassau County elections Tuesday, Aug. 20, 2024

News Staff
Tuesday, August 20, 2024
LAST UPDATED: 10:33 P.M. Registered Voters: 75,406 Ballots cast: 22,481 Voter turnout: 29.81% Participating Precincts Reporting: 18 / 18   Preliminary Results include all early votes, all election day and all vote by mail. Results do no include provisional ballots or vote by mail curves.