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Deputies, Explorers and other members of the Nassau County Sheriff’s Office and various state agencies shop with 333 children during Nassau’s annual Shop with a Cop event. Children are identified based on need and then pair up with officers to shop for clothing, shoes and toys.

Deputies, Explorers and other members of the Nassau County Sheriff’s Office and various state agencies shop with 333 children during Nassau’s annual Shop with a Cop event. Children are identified based on need and then pair up with officers to shop for clothing, shoes and toys.

Shop with a Cop

News Staff
Tuesday, December 22, 2020
Deputies, Explorers and other members of the Nassau County Sheriff’s Office and various state agencies shop with 333 children during Nassau’s annual Shop with a Cop event. Children are identified based on need and then pair up with officers to shop for clothing, shoes and toys.
New Guinea singing dogs, which have a unique high-pitched howl, were thought to be extinct in the wild. Today, a captive population of about 200 individuals exists. SUBMITTED

New Guinea singing dogs, which have a unique high-pitched howl, were thought to be extinct in the wild. Today, a captive population of about 200 individuals exists. SUBMITTED

Pursuing singing dogs

News Staff
Tuesday, December 22, 2020
LEIGH COOPER / FOR THE NEWS-LEADER Twenty-five days into a search for singing dogs in New Guinea, James “Mac” McIntyre hadn’t seen a single one. It was a particularly miserable day, drizzly and cold.
Air Force JROTC cadets display some of the toys they donated to Callahan Volunteer Fire Department’s annual giveaway. The station’s volunteers delivered the toys to children as they drove Santa and his elves through town.

Air Force JROTC cadets display some of the toys they donated to Callahan Volunteer Fire Department’s annual giveaway. The station’s volunteers delivered the toys to children as they drove Santa and his elves through town.

Cadets embrace values

News Staff
Tuesday, December 22, 2020
The Air Force JROTC cadets demonstrated the Air Force core values recently. The values are integrity, service before self and excellence in all the cadets do.  On Dec.
On Monday, UF Health Jacksonville CEO Dr. Leon L. Haley Jr. received the first COVID-19 vaccination in Florida. The first round of vaccinations will go to health care workers, with thousands expected to have been vaccinated by the end of the week. UF HEALTH JACKSONVILLE

On Monday, UF Health Jacksonville CEO Dr. Leon L. Haley Jr. received the first COVID-19 vaccination in Florida. The first round of vaccinations will go to health care workers, with thousands expected to have been vaccinated by the end of the week. UF HEALTH JACKSONVILLE

Vaccine rollout begins in NE Florida

News Staff
Wednesday, December 16, 2020
The long-anticipated COVID-19 vaccine has arrived in Florida, but plans for distribution in Nassau County do not exist yet, according to multiple health officials.
Florida Department of Health - Nassau Director Dr. Eugenia Ngo-Seidel demonstrated the state's COVID-19 dashboard tool to county commissioners during their meeting Monday. GARY D. MORGAN/FOR THE NEWS-LEADER

Florida Department of Health - Nassau Director Dr. Eugenia Ngo-Seidel demonstrated the state's COVID-19 dashboard tool to county commissioners during their meeting Monday. GARY D. MORGAN/FOR THE NEWS-LEADER

5 more COVID deaths in county

News Staff
Wednesday, December 16, 2020
As a vaccine for the coronavirus arrived Monday in Northeast Florida, the Florida Department of Health – Nassau reported five more people in the county have died in the past week of COVID-19. FDOH – Nassau Director Dr.
Nassau County Sheriff Bill Leeper and law enforcement officials from the area helped more than 300 Nassau County children Christmas shop at the Yulee Walmart earlier this month. SUBMITTED PHOTO

Nassau County Sheriff Bill Leeper and law enforcement officials from the area helped more than 300 Nassau County children Christmas shop at the Yulee Walmart earlier this month. SUBMITTED PHOTO

Sheriff’s office hosts annual Shop with a Cop program

News Staff
Wednesday, December 16, 2020
Christmas was merrier for 333 Nassau County youngsters who participated in Shop with a Cop on Dec.
Todd Alexander, left, and Aaron Whitehouse have opened the Atlantic Contemporary, a new art gallery, at 1014 Atlantic Ave. in Fernandina Beach. JOHN SCHAFFNER/FOR THE NEWS-LEADER

Todd Alexander, left, and Aaron Whitehouse have opened the Atlantic Contemporary, a new art gallery, at 1014 Atlantic Ave. in Fernandina Beach. JOHN SCHAFFNER/FOR THE NEWS-LEADER

New gallery features work of Atlanta artists who relocated to Amelia Island

News Staff
Wednesday, December 16, 2020
Two contemporary artist friends, who also are avid surfers and had left the big city environment of Atlanta for Amelia Island’s beach lifestyle, recently opened a new art gallery at 1014 Atlantic Ave. in Fernandina Beach, appropriately named The Atlantic Contemporary.
Olive Johnakin, 4, left, and Amelia Pipkin, 4, check out the available books from the Little Free Library at Central Park in Fernandina Beach. SCOTT J. BRYAN/NEWS-LEADER

Olive Johnakin, 4, left, and Amelia Pipkin, 4, check out the available books from the Little Free Library at Central Park in Fernandina Beach. SCOTT J. BRYAN/NEWS-LEADER

EXPANDING ACCESS: Tiny Libraries of Nassau launches Little Free Library at Central Park

News Staff
Wednesday, December 16, 2020
Central Park received an upgrade last week. The 19.35-acre park, located at 1200 Atlantic Ave. in Fernandina Beach and known for its athletic amenities, added a literary repository in the form of a Little Free Library at an unveiling and ribbon-cutting Saturday afternoon.
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Consultants: CARES money distribution went smoothly

News Staff
Wednesday, December 16, 2020
In March, Congress passed the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security Act to help businesses and individuals deal with the economic fallout from the coronavirus epidemic.  The relief package provided $2.