| 📅 Wednesday, June 10, 2026 Mid-Week | Fernandina Beach ⛅ 85°/73° |
| 📰 | What You Need to Know |
It took less than forty minutes Monday night. Commissioners voted unanimously to pause acceptance, review, and approval of any data center applications for up to twelve months, with the chamber so full an overflow room was needed. The moratorium gives the county time to study water, power grid, and environmental impacts before any specific project, including the proposed NextNRG energy and data center campus, comes forward. The fact-finding committee resumes its workshop series Thursday at West Nassau High School, with additional public meetings June 18 and June 29 to 30.
Read More → News4JaxGolf Director Eric Biggers walked commissioners through the long-range plan Tuesday, headlined by a $2.7 million irrigation and drainage overhaul slated for fiscal year 2030 to 2031. Closer in, fiscal year 2027 calls for about $454,000 in equipment replacement, including tee-box mowers and golf carts, plus rehabilitation of the course's primary irrigation well. Other line items include $200,000 in maintenance building upgrades, a $95,000 clubhouse irrigation restoration, and a $65,000 clubhouse roof. City Manager Sarah Campbell has told the commission the long-term goal is to run the course on a break-even basis, ending general fund transfers to the enterprise.
Read More → Fernandina ObserverA long-vacant 0.62-acre parcel at 101 Alachua Street, between North Front and North Second, is heading to the Technical Review Committee tomorrow morning. The Alachua Street Townhomes proposal calls for nine three-story units, each with a two-car garage, sized between 3,861 and 4,375 square feet. Plans show the units facing Front Street at the maximum 45-foot height allowed under current zoning, with vehicle access from Alachua. Future reviews are expected to address historic compatibility, stormwater, and the AE flood zone overlay on part of the site. The TRC meets at 9 AM Thursday at City Hall.
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Saturday morning, more than a hundred paddlers will push off from historic St. Marys, Georgia at 8 AM and head south for seven miles of open water. This year the finish line is brand new: the Dee Dee Bartels Boat Ramp on the Amelia River, a return to the Fernandina side after years of finishing in Georgia. The 8th annual Cross The Line Paddle for Veterans is now the foundation's flagship fundraiser, and 2026 proceeds benefit Building Battle Buddies, a Nassau County nonprofit that trains service dogs for veterans living with PTSD, traumatic brain injury, and other invisible wounds.
More than 70 volunteers, the St. Marys Fire Department, Nassau County Sheriff's marine unit, Nassau Fire Rescue, and FDEP rangers at Fort Clinch all turn out to keep the route safe. Registration is still open via PaddleGuru, or you can come down to Dee Dee Bartels mid-morning to cheer in the finishers. There may not be a better stretch of First Coast water to watch a community show up for its veterans.
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| ➤ | IVX Health opens infusion clinic in Yulee. The Nassau County Chamber held a 10 AM ribbon-cutting yesterday at 96044 Victoria's Place for IVX Health's new outpatient infusion and injection center, expanding specialty-care options on the south end of the county. (More) |
| ➤ | Publix Island Walk countdown hits three weeks. The renovated south-end Publix is on track for its July 2 reopening at 7 AM, with new features including Publix Pours, a pizza oven, and burrito bowls inside a 58,834-square-foot footprint. (More) |
| ➤ | Stanley Drive variance approved 4 to 1. The Board of Adjustment cleared a 7,200-square-foot lot at 1929 Stanley Drive for a new home Friday despite neighbor objections, with one member voicing reservations on whether all the variance requirements were met. (More) |
| 📌 | Briefly Noted |
- E-bike ordinance second reading is Tuesday, June 16. The City Commission takes up the final adoption vote at next week's regular meeting, with 10 mph on sidewalks and trails and 20 mph on roads on the table.
- AICMF Festival Finale is Saturday and already sold out. The Miró Quartet closes out the 25th anniversary season with the Beth Newdome Fellows at the Historic Nassau County Courthouse at 3 PM.
- Air quality remains a commission split. A new Lednovich commentary argues Mayor Minshew is wrong to oppose city-funded monitoring, sharpening a debate that's been simmering since the June 2 workshop.
- Amelia Island Parkway multiuse path on track for July finish. Final segments between 14th Street and South Fletcher are the last pieces, with weekly updates from the city through completion.
- SJRWMD Phase III Extreme Water Shortage remains in effect. Nassau County is still 7.35 inches below normal rainfall for the year. Conservation requests stay in place even though Monday brought a downpour.
| 🗓️ | Quick Picks This Week |
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Mocama Beer Company, 629 S. 8th St • 7:30 PM (4:30 PM show sold out) • $50
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Amelia Musical Playhouse, 1955 Island Walkway • Fri and Sat 7:30 PM, Sun 2 PM matinee • show closes June 14
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Downtown Farmers Market and Arts Market
N. 7th Street and 506 Centre Street • 9 AM to 1 PM • second Saturday, both markets running
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It is officially the rainy season, with afternoon thunderstorms popping up like clockwork. What is your favorite rainy-day spot on the island, the place you reliably duck into when the sky opens up? Hit reply and let us know. We read every response.
Saturday's AICMF Festival Finale closes the season at the Historic Nassau County Courthouse on Centre Street, one of the older surviving buildings downtown. In what year was the courthouse on that site completed?
Answer: 1891. The brick Romanesque Revival courthouse at 416 Centre Street has served continuously as a county courthouse for more than 130 years.
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