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Monday, November 2, 2026Full EditionNassau County votes tomorrow, and it is your assigned precinct only
Polls run 7 to 7 at your assigned precinct, residents filed 45 pages of airport noise complaints before Wednesday's workshop, Friday's island-wide blackout gets an explanation, and the turtle season ends with a 40-year handoff.
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- Friday, October 30, 2026Weekend EditionHalloween lands on a Saturday, and Brett's comes down in bites
Downtown trick-or-treat this morning, the county's Halloween Festival in Yulee tonight, the last day of early voting Saturday, a Halloween-eve ghost tour, and the clocks fall back Sunday.
- Wednesday, October 28, 2026Mid-Week EditionBrett's demolition gets a second try after the wind won Monday
The excavators return to the foot of Centre Street this morning, the county attorney calls a data center ban too risky, the port lands $11 million, and the paid parking rewrite comes back Nov. 4.
- Monday, October 26, 2026Full EditionBrett's comes down this morning at the foot of Centre Street
Demolition starts at 9 a.m., the riverfront townhomes won a unanimous yes, the flood watch is now a warning through Wednesday, and Wards Creek and the data center report land in Yulee tonight.
- Friday, October 23, 2026Weekend EditionNassau County's data center report: no ban, no tax breaks
A wet, windy Taste of Amelia Saturday, the airport open house without the air show, Brett's demolition could start next week, and the county's proposed data center rules.
- Wednesday, October 21, 2026Mid-Week EditionEarly voting opens Thursday at five Nassau County sites
Where to vote early and what to bring, a revised waterfront park drawing that moves the veterans memorial beside the boat ramp, and a wet, windy Saturday for the Taste of Amelia crawl.
- Monday, October 19, 2026Full EditionNine townhomes could replace a Front Street parking lot
The Historic District Council takes up nine riverfront townhomes Thursday, the county moves to shut data centers out of its incentive program, and early voting opens Thursday ahead of Taste of Amelia weekend.
- Friday, October 16, 2026Weekend EditionFall arrives for the 8 Flags Car Show and Jefferson Starship at Mocama
Saturday turns 73 with a north wind for the 8 Flags Car Show and Jefferson Starship at Mocama, the port authority chooses better signs over a new truck lot, and the city asks which beach walkovers are worth rebuilding.
- Wednesday, October 14, 2026Mid-Week EditionThe paid-parking rewrite is not on Fernandina's Oct. 20 agenda
The second reading nobody scheduled, 8.48 inches of rain on Yulee, the Right Whale Festival's dates, and a sneaker auction for Chandler's Hope
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