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Governor Ron DeSantis Delivers $223 Million to Expand Rural Broadband Access

Governor Ron DeSantis Delivers $223 Million to Expand Rural Broadband Access Governor Ron DeSantis awarded nearly $223 million to expand broadband internet access to Floridians, including small and rural communities. This funding includes $135 million in state funding through the Broadband Opportunity Program and $86 million in federal funds through the Multipurpose Community Facilities Program.…

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Household Hazardous Waste Recycling Event

Household Hazardous Waste Recycling Event The County’s next bi-annual Household Hazardous Waste Recycling Event will be held on Saturday, April 20, 2024 from 8:00 a.m. – noon (or until trucks reach capacity… whichever comes first). Examples of items that will be accepted include: – Aerosol cans – Household cleaners – Cooking oil (used) – Oil, lubricants,…

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Donate Your Used Books to the 2024 Friends of the Library Spring Book Sale!

Donate Your Used Books to the 2024 Friends of the Library Spring Book Sale! The Friends of the Fernandina Beach Library will be holding their Spring Book Sale March 20-23, which is perfect timing to do a little spring cleaning at home. Just box or bag those used books and puzzles and donate them to…

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Valentine’s Day Big Band Bash February 10th & 11th

Valentine’s Day Big Band Bash February 10th & 11th Les DeMerle, Jazz Drummer, Bandleader and Artistic Director of the Amelia Island Jazz Festival invites you to join the fun at the 13th Annual AIJF Big Band Bash Scholarship Benefit Gala Dinner-Dance, at the AIJF Sunday Jazz Brunch and to take advantage of the exclusive, inclusive…

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Friends of the Library Announces Annual Meeting and 10-Year Anniversary Groundbreaking

Friends of the Library Announces Annual Meeting and 10-Year Anniversary Groundbreaking Friends of the Fernandina Beach Library will hold their Annual Meeting on Thursday, February 22 from 5:30 – 6 PM at the Fernandina Beach Library’s Community Room, 25 N 4th Street. The meeting agenda includes voting for the 2024 FOL Board of Directors and…

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Northeast Florida Road and Lane January 27-February 2, 2024

Northeast Florida Road and Lane January 27-February 2, 2024 Nassau County State Road 200 from I-95 to Nassauville Road (FIN 437729-1-52-01, 441290-1-52-01, 441291-1-52-01) (30.630054, -81.580332) Daytime closure of emergency lanes Saturday through Friday from 8 a.m. to 7 p.m. and nighttime lane closures Saturday through Friday from 8 p.m. to 6 a.m. for work related…

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Fabulous Fictional Florida

Fabulous Fictional Florida The Fernandina Beach Library Branch is offering a program where you can listen to interpretive readings of passages from great Florida books and hear life stories about the authors. The program will be lead by speaker Caren s. Neile, PH.d, M.F.A., the founding director of the South Florida Storytelling Project.  The program…

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Hilliard Annual Town Clean Up

Hilliard Annual Town Clean Up The Town of Hilliard Annual Town Clean Up will be held March 23, 2024. The clean up begins with sign ups, free “I  Hilliard” t-shirts and refreshments at 8:30 a.m. will end at noon with a free cookout and chances to win prize drawings for all those who assist us…

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Proclamation for American Beach Day

Proclamation for American Beach Day At the Board of County Commissioners meeting held on Monday, January 22, 2024, the Board approved Proclamation 2024-002 proclaiming the 31st of January 2024 as “American Beach Day”.  American Beach was originally founded on January 31, 1935 by the Pension Bureau of the Afro-American Life Insurance Company for the purpose of developing…

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Enstructure and JAXPORT Announce Public-Private Partnership to Expand Operations at the Port’s Talleyrand Marine Terminal

Enstructure and JAXPORT Announce Public-Private Partnership to Expand Operations at the Port’s Talleyrand Marine Terminal Seated from left: Enstructure Co-CEO Philippe De Montigny, Enstructure Co-CEO Matthew Satnick, Jacksonville Mayor Donna Deegan, JAXPORT Board Chair Daniel Bean, JAXPORT CEO Eric Green, and Jacksonville City Council President Dr. Ron Salem. JACKSONVILLE, Fla. (January 22, 2024) – The JAXPORT…

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