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Child arrested for Facebook threats to CMS. File photo

Child arrested for Facebook threats to CMS. File photo

Child arrested for Facebook threats to CMS

Holly Dorman
Tuesday, August 15, 2023
An 11-year-old boy is being charged with written threats to kill after allegedly posting a threat to Callahan Middle School on Facebook. Nassau County Sheriff’s deputies took William David Rowell into custody on Aug. 11.
Photo courtesy of the Center for Biological Diversity Gopher tortoises like this one dig deep burrows that serve not only as shelter for themselves, but for over 300 over species. They were removed from the protections of the Endangered Species Act in late 2022.

Photo courtesy of the Center for Biological Diversity Gopher tortoises like this one dig deep burrows that serve not only as shelter for themselves, but for over 300 over species. They were removed from the protections of the Endangered Species Act in late 2022.

Environmentalists sue for gopher tortoise ESA protections

Holly Dorman
Friday, August 11, 2023
A group of environmental organizations is suing the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service to get gopher tortoises listed as endangered once again. The Center for Biological Diversity and Nokuse Education, Inc.
Color rules – these are the basics interior designers swear by for choosing a palette. Submitted photo

Color rules – these are the basics interior designers swear by for choosing a palette. Submitted photo

Color rules – these are the basics interior designers swear by for choosing a palette

Guest Columnist
Thursday, August 10, 2023
In my experience working with clients, I find them struggling as they try to find a pillow to match the exact color in their rug and so they miss out on a sale or a great item that will enhance their space, creating depth through a color scheme and their finished product does not have the impact...

The landscape’s Fairy Rings

Taylor Clem
Tuesday, August 8, 2023
Puck, a servant to Oberon (King of the Fairies) meets a fairy at the beginning of Act II, Scene One of Shakespeare’s “A Midsummer Night’s Dream.” Puck, also known as Robin Goodfellow, is speaking with the fairy when she states, “And I serve the Fairy Queen (Titania), to dew her orbs upon the green.
Patrick McDowell. Photo courtesy of Nassau County Sheriffs Office

Patrick McDowell. Photo courtesy of Nassau County Sheriffs Office

McDowell’s sentencing moves to April

Kathie Sciullo
Sunday, August 6, 2023
Patrick McDowell’s sentencing trial in the 2021 shooting death of Nassau County Sheriff’s Deputy Josh Moyers will be pushed back to April 2024.  The Jacksonville man pleaded guilty to first-degree murder in the Nassau County Courthouse March 10.

NCSD continues virtual school offering

Holly Dorman
Friday, August 4, 2023
The Nassau County School Board voted at its latest meeting to continue offering virtual classes to students even though graduation requirements no longer include a virtual credit and no students used the service last year.