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Dorinda Dallmeyer visits the Bartram Trail near the Mississippi River.

‘Cultivating the Wild’

News Staff
Wednesday, March 17, 2021
The nature bug bit her early. In fact, Dorinda Dallmeyer was so young she can’t remember not being curious about all things outdoors.  Growing up in middle Georgia – not far from Ocmulgee Mounds, the Native American burial ground
North Florida Archers representative Jack Farhat speaks Thursday about the possibility of holding archery events at the proposed West Side Regional Park near the Mizell Tract on U.S. 1 between Callahan and Hilliard.

Residents hear about park plans in west Nassau

News Staff
Wednesday, March 17, 2021
A recent recreational survey showed that relaxing, hiking and playing sports appeal to area residents most.  Jacksonville-based Prosser, Inc. Principal Planner Shawn Bliss and Senior Landscape Architect Michael Kulik presented the...
Nassau County Manager Taco Pope speaks Monday during the Board of County Commissioners meeting.

County seeks water, sewer advisory board members

News Staff
Wednesday, March 17, 2021
Nassau County’s manager is asking the public to apply to become part of the American Beach Water and Sewer Advisory Board. At the Monday meeting of the Nassau County Board of County Commissioners, County Manager Taco Pope said the advisory board is being formed with five spots available, but...

Nassau school district board OKs contract with teachers

News Staff
Wednesday, March 17, 2021
After a contentious negotiation process, the Nassau County School District board and the Nassau Teachers’ Association have finally reached an agreement on the 2020-21 instructional and salary contract. The school board unanimously approved it March 11. In the new agreement, all teachers will...
These photos show what U.S. Customs and Border Protection called a “rapidly deteriorating” facility that houses its office at the Port of Fernandina. The customs office and the city of Fernandina Beach has required the Ocean Highway and Port Authority bring the building up to standards. OHPA Chairman Danny Fullwood said while OHPA is working to correct the problem, the port is not under the city’s jurisdiction, and questions its authority to cite OHPA for code violations related to the building.

Customs house at Port of Fernandina has code violations

News Staff
Wednesday, March 17, 2021
The city of Fernandina Beach and the Ocean Highway and Port Authority are once again at odds over a building at the port that is in city limits. Numerous problems with the building that currently houses the U.S. Customs and Border Protection office at the Port of Fernandina were cited by both...
Yulee Middle’s Asher Conway spends time with assisted living residents at Osprey Village.

Nassau County eighth-grade students experience world of work

News Staff
Friday, March 12, 2021
Nassau County School District hosted its Career Shadow Day on Feb. 19. The annual event is coordinated by the Career Education Department. Career Shadow Day was opportunity open to all Nassau County eighth-graders who registered and were willing to take on the follow-up...
Patrick Krechowski

Ocean Highway and Port Authority hires attorney, admin manager

News Staff
Friday, March 12, 2021
The Ocean Highway and Port Authority hired an administrative office manager and attorney Wednesday, but made no progress on hiring a port director. The OHPA commissioners had two choices for an attorney: Robert Sturgess, interim OHPA attorney since Jeb Branham left the position in January, and...
After 52 years, Betsy Wilson recently retired from Baptist Medical Center Nassau. She started work at Humphreys Memorial Hospital in 1968.

‘Busy all the time’

News Staff
Friday, March 12, 2021
Amelia Island has changed a great deal since Betty Wilson graduated from high school, started a family and launched a 52-year career in health care. Gone is the drawbridge that connected Amelia Island to Yulee. There’s no more drag racing – one hopes – on a partially paved 14th Street....
Three new restaurant and retail concepts are set to open in Skinner Bros. Realty’s multi-tenant retail complex in Wildlight this spring. 

Three new businesses to open in Wildlight development

News Staff
Wednesday, March 10, 2021
Three new restaurant and retail concepts are set to open in Skinner Bros. Realty’s multi-tenant retail complex in Wildlight this spring.  The three new tenants – Firehouse Subs, Fernandina Beach’s The Decantery and Añejo Cocina Mexicana – join a cohesive mix of hospitality...