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WHAT

A free local newsletter for Amelia Island, Fernandina Beach, and Nassau County — the meetings, openings, closings, and events that shape the week here. Written for the people who live here.

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Aug 24, 2026

Fernandina residents named overdevelopment the city's biggest threat

A city survey puts overdevelopment far out front, red tide reaches bloom levels in a Nassau County sample for the first time this season, and the Amelia Wharf design is sent back a second time.

Aug 21, 2026

Fernandina's downtown meters come off in November, not this weekend

The commission voted to end paid parking but the meters run until mid-November, the Smithsonian opens at the museum tonight, and a Fernandina rower's Atlantic crossing counts after all.

Aug 19, 2026

Fernandina's parking vote passed. The meters stay on for now

Three quarters of Fernandina Beach voters backed the parking referendum, Scott Inglis took Seat 4 outright, and the commission meets tonight with parking nowhere on the agenda.

Aug 17, 2026

Nassau County votes Tuesday, at your precinct and nowhere else

Election day mechanics, red tide in the water just south of us, and a Fernandina rower stopped eight miles from an Atlantic record.

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