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POSSIBLE PRESERVATION?

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With public funding falling through, it might be up to private investment to save a 95-year-old building on the Amelia River waterfront. Constructed in 1926, the 42-by-40-foot building began life as an oil storage warehouse for Gulf Refining Co., then for Walthall Oil, and most recently as office...

Amelia Island writer to speak at event

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“The New Voice in Southern Fiction” is how a recent reviewer labeled Kay Dew Shostak. Now, she might be the new voice in southern mystery. The newly released Southern Beach Mysteries is set on an island much like where Shostak lives with her husband, Mike Shostak. They moved to Amelia Island...

Former youth football league president arrested

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The former president of a Fernandina Beach youth football organization has been arrested and is accused of stealing thousands of dollars from the nonprofit that serves hundreds of young athletes. Christopher “C.J.” Crosby, 32, of 95042 Leo Drive in Fernandina Beach, was charged March 2 with...

Amelia Island Book Festival hosts Authors in Schools program

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In association with the Amelia Island Book Festival’s annual Authors in Schools program, 400 kindergarten and first-grade students at Callahan and Wildlight elementary schools experienced a special treat recently.  The students each received a copy of “Dinosaurs Living in My Hair” by...

FOUR SEASONS COMES TO THE ISLAND

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The Amelia Island Chamber Music Festival’s third concert features the ever-popular “Beer & G-Strings” series with a host of guests. Performances are scheduled for 3 p.m. and 7 p.m. Sunday, March 14, at Sadler Ranch in Fernandina Beach. The concerts – titled “The Four Seasons”...

Rutherford, other representatives reintroduce PAWS Act

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WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Rep. John Rutherford (R-Fla.) announced the reintroduction of H.R. 1022, the Puppies Assisting Wounded Servicemembers (PAWS) Act of 2021, which will increase access to Service Dogs for veterans with post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD). The PAWS Act establishes a...

FPL EVolution program expands to Yulee

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Florida Power & Light Co. announced the completion of three new electric vehicle (EV) charging port locations in North Florida: St. Augustine, Yulee and Lake City. All three locations are fast-charging stations, which are compatible with most EVs and can charge many batteries to...

Ocean Highway and Port Authority considers dual role at port

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Chris Ragucci, the CEO of Worldwide Terminals Fernandina, has served – against the advice of the Ocean Highway and Port Authority’s former attorney – as the Port of Fernandina’s director since his unanimous appointment Dec. 11, 2019. However, the Florida Ports Council has told OHPA it...

‘I want ... full capacity’

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The streets of Fernandina Beach could ring with live music this summer after the City Commission, by a split vote, approved a permit for Sounds on Centre. But Chuck Hall, president of the Historic Fernandina Business Association, which organizes the shows, said the group did not expect the permit...