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U.S. Rep. John Rutherford

Rutherford, others reintroduce school safety legislation

News Staff
Wednesday, February 10, 2021
U.S. Reps. John Rutherford (R-Fla.), Mario Diaz-Balart (R-Fla.), Ted Deutch (D-Fla.), and Stephanie Murphy (D-Fla.) reintroduced the Luke and Alex School Safety Act, the House companion to a Senate bill introduced by Ron Johnson (R-Wis.), Marco Rubio (R-Fla.) and Rick Scott (R-Fla.).
The Alley by Amelia Island Brewing Company will highlight the brewing company’s wide array of craft beer.

The Alley by AIBC taproom and beer garden opens

News Staff
Wednesday, February 10, 2021
The eclectic offerings of downtown Fernandina Beach now include an indoor beer garden. Last week, The Alley by Amelia Island Brewing Company opened at 316 Centre St. in Fernandina Beach, next door to its sister restaurant, Amelia Tavern.
Nassau County Emergency Management Director Greg Foster told county commissioners he hopes the number of vaccines the county receives will increase in the coming weeks.

Nassau County waiting on more vaccine doses

News Staff
Wednesday, February 10, 2021
Nassau County Emergency Management is hoping the number of vaccines received in the county will increase in a few weeks, Director Greg Foster told the Nassau County Board of County Commissioners. At the Monday commission meeting, Foster said his department has received 975 vaccination doses each...
Jack “Grumpy” Gwynes

NCSO bailiff dies with COVID-19

News Staff
Wednesday, February 10, 2021
People say “Grumpy” never lived up to his name. Nassau County Sheriff’s Office deputy Jack “Grumpy” Gwynes died Feb. 3 after a long battle with COVID-19. He was 61. Gwynes joined the sheriff’s office in 2019 after working at the Jacksonville Sheriff’s Office for more than 20 years.
Prior to arriving in Nassau County, Emma Love Hardee Elementary School’s Rebecca Smith was a teacher and assistant principal in Maryland and California.

Principal of Positivity

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Wednesday, February 10, 2021
When Rebecca Smith arrived on Amelia Island, she was one of the most qualified parent volunteers in the Nassau County School District. After all, she’d been a teacher in multiple school districts in Maryland and California, and as assistant principal at Swansfield Elementary School in...
Volunteers help with the Keep Nassau Beautiful Florida Arbor Day Free Tree drive-thru.

Keep Nassau Beautiful celebrates Florida Arbor Day with free event

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Wednesday, February 10, 2021
Keep Nassau Beautiful celebrated Florida Arbor Day with its second Adopt-A-Tree project. This year, Keep Nassau Beautiful distributed 500 free trees to Nassau County residents – one year after the group gave away 340 free trees. The 2021 event was so popular, residents reserved all 500 trees...
Ron Price, Nicholas Marquardt, and Wendy Gilvey rehearse a scene from the upcoming show “Those Who Fall in Love like Anchors Dropped upon the Ocean Floor,” which opens Feb. 12 at Amelia Community Theatre.

Fall in love with latest production at Amelia Community Theatre

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Wednesday, February 10, 2021
“Someone in love, they can wait ... forever.” This simple, yet poetic statement sets the stage for Amelia Community Theatre’s next production, Those Who Fall in Love like Anchors Dropped upon the Ocean Floor.​​​​​​​ Award-winning Australian playwright Finegan Kruckemeyer has written a once-upon-a-time love story
Yard waste such as this would not be picked up if Waste Management enforced the contract it has in place with the city of Fernandina Beach. Loose material would have to be bagged, and larger items would have to be bundled together. In order to save customers from having to bag and bundle or pay a $5.81 rate increase to Waste Management, the city is in the process of taking over that operation with a lower $3 hike in rates.

City looking to take over yard waste collection

News Staff
Wednesday, February 10, 2021
The city of Fernandina Beach is considering once again collecting yard waste and mulching it at the city’s airport instead of relying on Waste Management to pick up that waste as part of its regular duties. Greg Huntington, municipal marketing and government affairs manager for Waste...
Fernandina Beach Golf Club

City takes helm of golf course – temporarily

News Staff
Wednesday, February 10, 2021
The Fernandina Beach City Commission will issue a request for proposals to manage the Fernandina Beach Golf Club after commissioners elected not to renew the contract with the current management company. At the Tuesday commission meeting, commissioners considered whether to renew the current...