Fernandina Beach News

Another church was built in 1888 after a fire destroyed the original building in 1887, top.

Jake Posey started hearing about Big Brothers/Big Sisters when he was in college but never had the opportunity to become involved until a few years ago when he worked for a market research firm.

Taxable sales in Nassau County were off nearly $22 million in September and October compared to last year, according to figures from the Florida Department of Revenue.

Published: Thursday, January 1, 2009 at 12:01 a.m. Last Modified: Friday, January 2, 2009 at 1:11 a.m. DUNDEE It will be a busy holiday weekend for town officials in Dundee.

City staff will be busy this week preparing packets for local law firm Jacobs, Scholz & Associates to bring to Washington, D.C., in January seeking federal funds for rehabilitation of the downtown post office, ...

For more than 10 years, the residents of North Ridge Lane in Fernandina Beach have lit up their homes and yards in a display of holiday lights that elicits delighted squeals from children passing through in ...

A crane and a bulldozer from Hashman Construction begin preliminary work on the $1.2 million Atlantic Avenue Recreation Center expansion.

The purchase of a new fire truck stirred debate at Monday's meeting of the Nassau County Commission.

Nationwide, adult diabetes patients aren't doing well at reaching the American Diabetes Association's goals for blood pressure, bad cholesterol levels and blood sugar.

Parking on the beach could continue between the city limits and Peters Point even if that oceanfront property is annexed.

Newly elected State Rep. Janet Adkins, R-Fernandina Beach, has been appointed to the following committees, as announced by House Speaker Ray Sansom, R-Destin: Health Care Service Policy Committee, Healthy ...

I was 16 years old and just coming off a month-long stint of lighting out with a high-school chum, ending up on the streets of Philadelphia and terrifying my family.

A Yulee man who "miraculously" survived a Tuesday morning wreck has been upgraded from serious to good condition at Shands Jacksonville.

Fernandina Beach High School student Erica Rodriquez won first prize for her ceramic entry in the student art show.

Three people were hospitalized after a runaway dump truck ran off the road and into an Amelia Island mobile home where eight people were sleeping.

The city has chosen a new building official, according to a memo from City Manager Michael Czymbor to city commissioners.

Bob Sasser, deputy building official for Nassau County, will start his new position as building official for the city of Fernandina Beach in January.

When our son was about ten, he asked for his very own lemon tree for Christmas. He had grown up picking lemons from Grammy Jean's Meyer lemon tree in Fernandina Beach.

The American Civil Liberties Union has threatened to sue Nassau County Schools over a school club policy that was devised after a student tried to form a Gay/Straight Alliance at Yulee High School.

State Rep. Janet Adkins, center, talks to George Langstaff, general manager of Smurfit-Stone, left, Bruce Jasinsky of Jasinsky and Associates, rear, and Mike Bell, spokesperson for Rayonier Inc., Tuesday.