Mike Lednovich Fernandina Observer

12/28/2024

Rayonier Advanced Materials (RYAM) is asserting its right to due process as it challenges the City’s decision-making on bioethanol. Find out more about the implications of this controversial move and what it means for the future of bioethanol projects. Read more here: https://wix.to/YCRGup5

Attorneys for Rayonier Advanced Materials (RYAM) claim the company is being denied "due process" in its bid to build a $50 million bioethanol production plant and that an outside opinion obtained by Fernandina Beach that the facility violates the Land Development Code is not factual and "non-binding...

12/19/2024

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Concern over stormwater drainage and a late revision to roadway plans led to the denial of a proposed variance for a heavily wooded section of Date Street just off Citrona Drive at Tuesday's city commission meeting.Owners of 3.2 acres at 420 Citrona Drive who are subdividing the parcel for the const...

12/18/2024

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Fernandina Beach's Shrimp Drop was named the nation's third best New Year's Eve drop in polling conducted by USA Today.The iconic shrimp bested a pierogi, a pinecone, a possum, a pickle and a Peep for the honors.USA TODAY assembled a panel of experts and editors to come up with nominees for the list...

12/15/2024

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Owners of property on South 8th Street have applied to the city to build a waffle house on 1.2 acres of vacant property next to the Wells Fargo building, according to city documents.The project is on this week's agenda of the city's Technical Review Committee Thursday for consideration. Documents sh...

12/14/2024

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Rayonier Advanced Materials (RYAM) has applied to have the city's Technical Review Committee examine plans for a bioethanol production plant at its Gum Street complex.The application is the first step in the process with the city's Planning and Conservation and Building Departments before obtaining....

12/13/2024

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The Thornton Family of Amelia Island has donated almost 400 acres of wetlands to The North Florida Land Trust (NFLT), the agency said in an announcement Thursday.The property is located just east of Fort Clinch and north of Atlantic Avenue consisting of wetlands.The NFLT said in its press release sa...

12/05/2024

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Cheryl Wilson holds a whale vertebra that she discovered on the beachCity officials pledged to work closely with federal contractors to ensure that shark teeth and other marine life artifacts are kept in the mix of sand that is dredged and relocated onto Fernandina Beach's shoreline.Concerned beachc...

11/22/2024

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CommentaryWords matter and last Tuesday the Fernandina Beach city commission chambers were witness to the most hateful three-minute rant likely ever uttered during the meeting's public comment period.While Mayor James Antun tried to maintain order amid the catcalls and jeers denouncing the ugly comm...

11/21/2024

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The newly seated Fernandina Beach city commission wasted no time in making changes to future commission meetings regarding public comment and proclamations.Fulfilling an election campaign promise, Mayor James Antun successfully led a motion to place public comments for items not on the agenda to the...

11/20/2024

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The celebratory mood at Tuesday's swearing-in ceremony for Fernandina Beach's new city commission quickly dissipated as controversy erupted during the regular meeting over the reading of the Transgender Day of Remembrance proclamation.The meeting marked the first session for recently elected commiss...

11/14/2024

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Fellow commissioners expressed gratitude and thanks Wednesday for the service of Danny Fullwood, the second longest tenured member of the Ocean Highway and Port Authority board in its history, who participated in his final meeting.Fullwood served 16 years as OHPA commissioner and was first elected i...

11/13/2024

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The Nassau County Canvassing Board conducted a tabulated recount Wednesday and confirmed Genece Minshew as the winner over Vice Mayor David Sturges for Seat 2 of the Fernandina Beach City Commission.According to the board's rules, the recount is considered a second unofficial certification of the ci...

11/07/2024

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11/06/2024

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A razor thin victory Tuesday by Genece Minshew over incumbent Vice Mayor David Sturges now hinges on a count of provisional ballots and cure affidavits by the Nassau County Supervisor of Elections office.Minshew won the City Commission Seat 2 race by just 19 votes out of 9,235 votes, cast a margin o...

11/06/2024

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11/06/2024

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11/04/2024

Fernandina Mayor Bradley Bean said he wanted a "diverse field" of city commission candidates, but now has now unleashed $30,000 from his local GOP and statewide connections to mount a 'smear' campaign against his opponent, retired high school science teacher and community volunteer Joyce Tuten.

Fernandina Mayor Bradley Bean said he wanted a "diverse field" of city commission candidates, but now has marshalled hisl ocal GOP and statewide connections ...

11/04/2024

Fernandina Mayor Bradley Bean said he wanted a "diverse field" of city commission candidates, but now has marshalled the local GOP and statewide connections to mount a 'smear' campaign against his opponent, retired high school science teacher and community volunteer Joyce Tuten.

Fernandina Mayor Bradley Bean said he wanted a "diverse field" of city commission candidates, but now has marshalled hisl ocal GOP and statewide connections ...