Community
Jacksonville playwright Jason Woods, known locally for Dickens on Centre appearances, will host a $35 book release party for his illustrated children's book "The Little Toy Shoppe" at Story & Song Center for Arts & Culture on Sunday, Nov. 1.
Centre Street
Jacksonville playwright Jason Woods, known locally for Dickens on Centre appearances, will host a $35 book release party for his illustrated children's book "The Little Toy Shoppe" at Story & Song Center for Arts & Culture on Sunday, Nov. 1.
Local Government
The Amelia National Community Development District board meets Monday, Oct. 26, to consider acquiring $4.7 million in stormwater and utility improvements from the community's developer, after deferring the item in September pending an engineering review.
Local Government
The National Park Service's public comment period on two proposed land exchanges at Cumberland Island National Seashore closes Friday, Oct. 16, giving Amelia Island residents a final window to weigh in on a plan that would transfer about 80 acres of federal land to Carnegie and Rockefeller descendants.
Local Government
Nassau County's new Accela-powered online permitting system goes live Monday, Oct. 12, giving residents and contractors 24/7 access to apply for building, planning and development permits, pay fees, track applications and schedule inspections digitally.
Local Government
Fernandina Beach has completed the acquisition of nearly 10 acres along Egans Creek through a partnership with the North Florida Land Trust, including a nine-acre wetland donation from Sherry Quattlebaum and a one-acre Sadler Road purchase from Pineland Holding Company.
Local Government
Fernandina Beach's Waterfront Advisory Board unanimously advanced the draft Harbor Master Plan to an Oct. 20 City Commission workshop, but left unresolved who pays for a flood wall across private waterfront parcels and what legal mechanism would compel owners to build it.
Local Government
The National Park Service more than doubled Cumberland Island's daily ferry visitor cap to 700 and is negotiating land swaps that could allow private homes on the Georgia barrier island, with a public comment deadline of Oct. 16.
Public Safety
Final asphalt paving at the Amelia Island Parkway and Buccaneer Trail roundabout is scheduled for Saturday, Oct. 24, and possibly Sunday, Oct. 25, with flaggers and single-lane closures but no full detours.
Public Safety
Florida Public Utilities will close sections of Woodrow Drive and Island Walkway in Fernandina Beach in phases from Oct. 26 through Nov. 6 for utility pole replacements, detouring through traffic via Sadler Road.
Public Safety
First Coast Railroad will close the Clinch Drive railroad crossing in Fernandina Beach from 7 a.m. to 7 p.m. on Tuesday, Oct. 20, for emergency repairs, with detours routed through Bonnieview Road and South 8th Street.
Public Safety
The Amelia Island Mosquito Control District will spray zones 5 and 7 for adult mosquitoes beginning at 4 a.m. Thursday, Oct. 15, citing high mosquito populations.
Sports
Big Brothers Big Sisters of Northeast Florida hosts the 31st annual Reggie Hunt Memorial Golf Classic on Oct. 23 at Amelia River Golf Club, the nonprofit's largest annual fundraiser in Nassau County.
Sports
The Fernandina Beach High School girls swim team won eight of 11 events at a meet at Tocoi Creek on Oct. 1, with head coach Bill Stewart naming Belen Conley, Rileigh Revere, Skylar Revere and Michael Tarzia as individual event winners.
Sports
Fernandina Beach senior Rileigh Revere won the girls 100-yard backstroke in 59.52 seconds at the Frank Holleman Invitational on Sept. 19 in Ponte Vedra Beach, where the Pirates were the only Nassau County team competing against regional swimming powers.
Sports
Fernandina Beach High School's boys cross country team won the team championship at the 8th Annual Coach Hope Memorial Invitational on Sunday, Sept. 13, while sophomore Maya Kovalcik took first in the girls race to lead the Lady Pirates to a runner-up finish.
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