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Photo by Penny Glakin/ For the News-Leader

Photo by Penny Glakin/ For the News-Leader

A most wonderful time: Dickens on Centre 2023

News Staff
Tuesday, December 12, 2023
Under a canopy of twinkling lights, the annual Dickens on Centre festival transformed historic downtown Fernandina Beach into an immersive Victorian holiday experience, featuring stages adorned with entertainers, vendor booths decked with holiday gifts, music filling the air and shops bustling day...
Baptist Health broke ground on Baptist Nassau Crossing Medical Campus in March, with plans for the new medical campus to open in late 2024. The center is in Yulee, east of I-95 on State Road 200. Submitted photo

Baptist Health broke ground on Baptist Nassau Crossing Medical Campus in March, with plans for the new medical campus to open in late 2024. The center is in Yulee, east of I-95 on State Road 200. Submitted photo

New Baptist Health facility coming to Yulee

News Staff
Thursday, December 7, 2023
Baptist Health broke ground on Baptist Nassau Crossing Medical Campus in March, with plans for the new medical campus to open in late 2024. The center is in Yulee, east of I-95 on State Road 200.
John Hartrich, left, Miriam Dudiak, right, and Dudiak’s 96-year-old mother, Helen, man the Winn-Dixie in Fernandina Beach on Wednesday afternoon. Photo by Beth Jones/News-Leader

John Hartrich, left, Miriam Dudiak, right, and Dudiak’s 96-year-old mother, Helen, man the Winn-Dixie in Fernandina Beach on Wednesday afternoon. Photo by Beth Jones/News-Leader

A timeless tradition: The Red Kettle symphony

Tracy Dishman
Thursday, December 7, 2023
In 1891, Salvation Army Capt. Joseph McFee sparked a tradition of giving, aiming to ensure no one went hungry during the holidays. The Red Kettle campaign, born from his compassion, continues to echo in Fernandina Beach at The Salvation Army Hope House.
Linda Haskett needs a kidney donor. Husband David Haskett serves as her caretaker. Photo by Kathie Sciullo

Linda Haskett needs a kidney donor. Husband David Haskett serves as her caretaker. Photo by Kathie Sciullo

Donor tops Christmas wish list

Kathie Sciullo
Thursday, December 7, 2023
Linda Haskett’s future Christmases depend on finding a kidney donor. The Callahan resident is in the end stage of chronic kidney disease. She is on a wait list to receive a kidney.
Fernandina Beach City Manager Ty Ross said he was “angry and embarrassed” by an accident he said was the result of drinking and bicycling. “Life’s hard sometimes but it’s not what happens to you, it’s how you react to it. It’s not about falling down, it’s about getting up,” he said, pledging to dedicate himself to his duties to the city. Photo: City of Fernandina Beach

Fernandina Beach City Manager Ty Ross said he was “angry and embarrassed” by an accident he said was the result of drinking and bicycling. “Life’s hard sometimes but it’s not what happens to you, it’s how you react to it. It’s not about falling down, it’s about getting up,” he said, pledging to dedicate himself to his duties to the city. Photo: City of Fernandina Beach

Residents call for city manager’s resignation and investigation into FBPD

Julia Roberts
Thursday, December 7, 2023
The Fernandina Beach Police Department video of City Manager Ty Ross Bike Accident Redacted 12-06-23 is available at https://www.fbnewsleader.
Medians of SR 200 are undergoing landscaping and irrigation improvements and currently on schedule for completion in late 2024. Photo by Sean Rosenthal/News-Leader

Medians of SR 200 are undergoing landscaping and irrigation improvements and currently on schedule for completion in late 2024. Photo by Sean Rosenthal/News-Leader

FDOT funding SR 200 improvements

Sean Rosenthal
Tuesday, December 5, 2023
The Florida Department of Transportation (FDOT) is funding landscaping and irrigation improvements to the medians of SR 200 from I-95 to Old Nassauville Road. The project is expected to be completed by Arazoza Brothers Corporation, a Miami company, by the fall of 2024 at a cost of $6.95 million.
American Federation of Teachers President Randi Weingarten told local union members that, when they are faced with something that is unfair, they should ask themselves what her mother asked her when she was faced with unfair treatment, “What are you going to do about it?” Photo by Julia Roberts/News-Leader

American Federation of Teachers President Randi Weingarten told local union members that, when they are faced with something that is unfair, they should ask themselves what her mother asked her when she was faced with unfair treatment, “What are you going to do about it?” Photo by Julia Roberts/News-Leader

National teacher union president addresses local educational union members

Julia Roberts
Tuesday, December 5, 2023
American Federation of Teachers President Randi Weingarten blasted Florida Governor Ron DeSantis when she spoke to members of the Nassau Educational Support Personnel Association (NESPA), saying the governor is afraid of unions and “not used to people speaking their minds.
Photo by Jim Pancero/Special

Photo by Jim Pancero/Special

Bird watchers paradise

Beth Jones
Tuesday, December 5, 2023
Pink rosette spoonbills offer plenty of vivid colors, giving lots of photo opportunities for local bird watchers and outdoorsmen, too. More information, see Outdoors column in Sports.
The future site of Nassau Habitat for Humanity’s Berkman Place, a landscaped mini-community on South 11th Street. Photo by Sean Rosenthal/News-Leader

The future site of Nassau Habitat for Humanity’s Berkman Place, a landscaped mini-community on South 11th Street. Photo by Sean Rosenthal/News-Leader

County updates plan for housing market

Sean Rosenthal
Friday, December 1, 2023
A new strategy to assist in the construction of homes sold by not-for-profit homebuilders has been added to the Nassau County Local Housing Assistance Plan (LHAP).