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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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.

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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.
Those who attended Wednesday’s meeting had the chance to hold a small bottle of copepods. North Atlantic right whales need 3,000 pounds of copepods every day to stay nourished.

Those who attended Wednesday’s meeting had the chance to hold a small bottle of copepods. North Atlantic right whales need 3,000 pounds of copepods every day to stay nourished.

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Whale ho! Volunteers train to spot right whales

Holly Dorman
Thursday, November 17, 2022
Volunteers migrated to Story & Song Bookstore Bistro Tuesday and Wednesday to learn more about North Atlantic right whales and how to spot them. Julie Albert is a coordinator for the North Atlantic Right Whale Conservation Program Volunteer Sighting Network. She has been there for 23 years.
From left is Commissioner Klynt Farmer; Joel Dantzler, President and Owner of the Dantzler Group; County Manager, Taco Pope; Greg Matovina, President of Matovina & Company; Chairman Jeff Gray; Commissioner John Martin; and Commissioner Elect, Hupp Huppman.

From left is Commissioner Klynt Farmer; Joel Dantzler, President and Owner of the Dantzler Group; County Manager, Taco Pope; Greg Matovina, President of Matovina & Company; Chairman Jeff Gray; Commissioner John Martin; and Commissioner Elect, Hupp Huppman.

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Ribbon cutting held for Nassau Crossing Park

News Staff
Tuesday, November 15, 2022
Approximately 150 people gathered recently to celebrate the opening of Nassau Crossing Park, located at 77480 William Burgess Blvd. in Yulee.
Donna Martin

Donna Martin

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Martin, Deonas say goodbye to NCSB

Holly Dorman
Tuesday, November 15, 2022
The Nassau County School Board has bid farewell to board member Jamie Deonas and its chairwoman of 12 years, Donna Martin. After 14 total years on the board, Martin did not run for re-election this November. She served one two-year term and three four-year terms.