Regional

Before I moved to Fernandina Beach, I lived in a town just outside of Boston, Mass. called Easton. One of the biggest staples of the Massachusetts lifestyle is Dunkin’ Donuts. The town of Easton has about five Dunkin’ Donuts stores alone. You can’t drive...

The Nassau County Fire & Rescue Department has received two major grants in the past month. The announcement was made Sept. 16 by Fire Chief Brady Rigdon during the Nassau County Board of County Commissioners’ meeting. A $1.711 million grant will go toward improving the department’s...

The Nassau County School District laid off 27 teachers and 10 paraprofessionals as a result of decreased enrollment in the district leading to a loss of funding from the Florida Department of Education. Enrollment is down 1,132 from the projected number of students, according to a count conducted...

Friday, Sept. 18: There have been 12 more deaths in the past 10 days in Nassau County that are officially related to COVID-19, according to Florida Department of Health information posted on Facebook by Nassau County Emergency Management. The death count now stands at 37. That...

Plans to develop the Amelia River waterfront in Fernandina Beach have come and gone for years. Earlier this year, the Fernandina Beach City Commission said that project is its number-one priority and engaged Passero Associates to develop a plan to make the waterfront resilient against flooding and...

A Jacksonville man was caught inside a Yulee business early Friday morning and now faces multiple charges, including burglary. According to an email from Nassau County Sheriff Bill Leeper, “... At approximately 1:40 AM NCSO was notified that an alarm was going off at Casey’s Lounge located at...

Wednesday was the day for officially changing the guard in the Nassau County Manager’s Office as the Board of County Commissioners officially approved a contract hiring Assistant County Manager Taco Pope to replace Michael Mullin, who had been serving the dual roles of county attorney and county...

Fernandina Beach Vice Mayor Len Kreger has again questioned whether the city follows its own purchasing policies. The issue this time is the process it followed to buy some water meters. The $210,860 purchase was awarded to Sensus Services via a “sole source” contract, meaning it was made...

The 61st annual Professional Putters Association national championship runs through today at Putt-Putt at Main Beach, which also hosted the event in 2015. Joe Lea and then-APA member Roby Fuller were champions that year. Play started on Monday. PPA Hall of Fame members played four rounds...

A 12-year-old boy attending the Lighthouse Christian School located at the Anchor Church of God in Callahan has been arrested on a felony charge for allegedly taking three guns to school on Thursday. According to a report from the Nassau County Sheriff’s Office, Gabriel Dean...