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Owner Bonnie Southwick at the Monkey Barrel store, located in Suite 410 of the Harris Teeter shopping center at 4802 First Coast Highway on Amelia Island. DILLON BASSE/FOR THE NEWS-LEADER

Monkey Barrel offers fun, safe shopping

News Staff
Wednesday, August 26, 2020
The Monkey Barrel has been providing Amelia Island with children’s clothing and toys for 24 years now. Bonnie Southwick was a loyal customer for years. Any special occasions, holidays, or her children’s birthdays were treated with gifts from the Monkey...
Family friend Bradley Brown helps Glenn and Jessie Bourquin supply fresh produce and farm products to Camden, Nassau, and Duval counties through their business, Jacksonville Fresh, which recently opened a store in Fernandina Beach. JULIA ROBERTS/NEWS-LEADER

Jacksonville Fresh comes to Fernandina

News Staff
Wednesday, August 26, 2020
Fresh farm products, such as locally grown seasonal produce, meats, dairy, locally roasted coffee, tea, fresh-baked breads, grains, honey and other artisan goodies, can be delivered to your door from local farms, thanks to Jacksonville Fresh. And now shoppers can also visit the company’s...
Delicate glassware at Antiques & More Treasures. JULIA ROBERTS/NEWS-LEADER

Antique store has grown with move

News Staff
Wednesday, August 26, 2020
Lovers of art and antiques have to go no further than South Eighth Street in Fernandina Beach to find treasures old and new at Antiques & More Treasures, which recently moved from its Yulee location. Owner Vera Sue Sergent moved her store to 329 S. Eighth St. after she was forced to move from...
Aloha Bagel is located at 432 S. Eighth St. in Fernandina Beach. DILLON BASSE/FOR THE NEWS-LEADER

Spread the word about Aloha Bagel and Deli

News Staff
Friday, August 21, 2020
Dillon Basse / Special to the News-Leader Camille Purpura grew up in the restaurant business. Around three years ago, Purpura and her husband both retired from their jobs and decided to move from their home in northern Virginia to here in Fernandina Beach. It didn’t take long for...
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Marina RFP committee recommends Oasis

News Staff
Friday, August 21, 2020
After conducting research and interviews as they considered four proposals, an evaluation committee has elected to recommend to the Marina Advisory Board and the Fernandina Beach City Commission that Oasis Marinas LLC take over management of the Fernandina Harbor Marina. Concerns were raised over...
Jeffrey Brewer, STEM coordinator at Naval Submarine Base Kings Bay, Ga., unloads some of the thousands of dollars worth of equipment donated recently by the Navy to the Nassau County School District. SUBMITTED

Schools scheduled to open on Monday

News Staff
Friday, August 21, 2020
As principals held their own meeting Tuesday and the community headed to the polls to vote for the next schools superintendent, Nassau County Schools Superintendent Dr. Kathy Burns remained confident that brick-and-mortar schools will reopen for in-person learning as planned on Monday, Aug. 24....
SUBMITTED photos Flora Parke resident Alan “Hupp” Huppmann points to a stop work order issued by the county after a crew began clearing land near his home. Huppmann was just one of the neighbors alarmed by the activity. SUBMITTED

Neighbors alarmed by destruction of treed area

News Staff
Friday, August 21, 2020
The residents of Fern Parke Way in the Flora Parke community just off Amelia Island were disturbed on the morning of Aug. 12 by the sound of construction equipment. An area of the quiet cul-de-sac marked on official documents as open space, including wetlands and wetland buffers, was being cleared. ...
SUBMITTED photos Flora Parke resident Alan “Hupp” Huppmann points to a stop work order issued by the county after a crew began clearing land near his home. Huppmann was just one of the neighbors alarmed by the activity. SUBMITTED

Neighbors alarmed by destruction of treed area

News Staff
Friday, August 21, 2020
The residents of Fern Parke Way in the Flora Parke community just off Amelia Island were disturbed on the morning of Aug. 12 by the sound of construction equipment. An area of the quiet cul-de-sac marked on official documents as open space, including wetlands and wetland buffers, was being cleared. ...
Anderson’s Lodge in Welaka on the St. Johns River retains its Old Florida style. PAT FOSTER-TURLEY/FOR THE NEWS-LEADER

Exploring Old Florida: Weekend in Welaka

News Staff
Friday, August 21, 2020
Now, in COVID-19 times, it’s difficult to travel anywhere, if “anywhere” even accepts a Florida resident as a visitor. My international work and travels have dried up, and our usual, almost yearly, month-long vacation based in Bangkok for fun travels in the region has evaporated. Even a number...