6+ day, 4+ hour ago   (309+ words) The world celebrated International Manatee Day on Sept. 7 to raise awareness about the protection, conservation, and research needs of manatees and their habitats. A manatee is a large, fully aquatic, mostly vegetarian mammal also known as a sea cow. There…...

1+ week, 4+ hour ago   (377+ words) I grew up in a two-family house owned by my grandparents. We lived upstairs and they, along with my Uncle Joe, lived downstairs. Every year my grandfather would put up a garden that was the envy of the neighborhood. As…...

1+ week, 1+ day ago   (664+ words) FERNANDINA BEACH - The City is moving to add about 28 acres to its conservation lands, approving up to $240,000 toward the purchase of five properties that would expand the Ron Sapp Egans Creek Greenway. The North Florida Land Trust will contribute approximately…...

1+ week, 2+ day ago   (472+ words) Nassau County has imposed a $100,000 fine against the owner of a South Eighth Street property after finding that 10 protected trees were removed without permits, an act the county’s code enforcement magistrate ruled was an “irreversible or irreparable” violation of Amelia…...