Salt Marsh Kids, Skaters, and Shrimpfest: Kids-Zone Stage to Highlight Youth Talent

By: Kate Kimmel Local youth performers will have a major moment in the spotlight at this year's Isle of Eight Flags Shrimp Festival, as a...

Million Dollar Moment: McArthur Family YMCA capital campaign hits $1 million milestone

By: Tracy McCormick-Dishman The McArthur Family YMCA's capital campaign has officially reached $1 million, and for the community that has rallied behind this effort, it...

Pirates set sail to Japan

Submitted to Nassau NewsLine There is an old Shinto quote on travel: “A journey is best shared with others” (旅は道連eれ、世は情け - Tabi wa michizure,...

Bleachers demolished, but memories intact

By Beth Jones The iconic concrete bleachers at Fernandina Beach High School, FBHS, have been demolished and will be replaced with metal grandstands and a...
Donna Paz Kaufman

Discovering your story: Finding your roots begins at home

By Donna Kaufman One of my favorite programs is “Finding Your Roots” with Dr. Henry Louis Gates, Jr. aired on PBS. During each episode, Gates...
Richard Restiano

Spring awakening: Art, emotion and the new season

By: Richard Restiano Spring has been a time cherished by humans for centuries; awaited with fervor and optimism. Life is art. Art is life. Art is...
Jennifer Silverman

My dating app search for Cary Grant

By: Jennifer SilvermanThe Curious Columnist After a long hiatus, I recently returned to dating apps. Not surprisingly, virtual romance roulette is still exasperating.  In digital dating,...
A whale surfaces off the coast of Amelia Island. Photo courtesy Amelia Island Musuem of History

3rd on 3rd: Listening for Whales to Rescue

NewsLine staff Friday, Feb. 20, 2026, at 6 p.m. Amelia Island Museum of History | 233 S. 3rd St., Fernandina Beach The Amelia Island Museum of...
From March 11 through March 14, the gym at 510 S. 10th St. will be transformed into a reader's paradise at the Friends of Fernandina Beach Library's Spring Book Sale. Photo courtesy Friends of the Fernandina Beach Library

Fernandina’s favorite book sale returns

NewsLine staff The Friends of the Fernandina Beach Library will transform the Peck Center Gym into a massive pop-up bookstore from March 11 through March...
Members of First Presbyterian Church pack in the assembly line. Photo by Kate Kimmel/Nassau NewsLine

Hundreds gather at rec center to pack meals for Hunger Fight

By Kate Kimmel More than 320 community members packed into the Atlantic Recreation Center on Saturday morning for the Rotary Club’s annual Hunger Fight event,...

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