https://www.theislandbrief.com/ Your morning guide to Amelia Island & Nassau County https://www.theislandbrief.com/p/saturday-is-the-only-dry-day-of-amelia-island-s-long-weekend/https://www.theislandbrief.com/p/saturday-is-the-only-dry-day-of-amelia-island-s-long-weekend/Fri, 04 Sep 2026 13:00:00 GMTSounds on Centre returns tonight, a sea turtle nest gets counted at seven Saturday morning, the city set its tax rate Thursday, and police are warning about fake city invoices. https://www.theislandbrief.com/p/fernandina-s-paid-parking-came-back-for-40-minutes-tuesday-night/https://www.theislandbrief.com/p/fernandina-s-paid-parking-came-back-for-40-minutes-tuesday-night/Wed, 02 Sep 2026 13:00:00 GMTA reversal that failed 2 to 2, the city pulling its Flock license plate cameras, and the millage vote Thursday at 5:05. https://www.theislandbrief.com/p/fernandina-beach-sets-its-property-tax-rate-on-thursday/https://www.theislandbrief.com/p/fernandina-beach-sets-its-property-tax-rate-on-thursday/Mon, 31 Aug 2026 13:00:00 GMTThe city sets its 2026-27 tax rate Thursday, a boil water advisory is still up in West Nassau, and Atlantic Avenue is getting nine months of road work starting in October. https://www.theislandbrief.com/p/amelia-island-just-picked-up-3-2-miles-of-new-trail/https://www.theislandbrief.com/p/amelia-island-just-picked-up-3-2-miles-of-new-trail/Fri, 28 Aug 2026 13:00:00 GMTThe finished Parkway trail opens to riders, Amelia Community Theatre closes its 45th season, and another 419 homes are headed for Nassau County. https://www.theislandbrief.com/p/downtown-fernandina-parking-now-has-an-end-date-november-18/https://www.theislandbrief.com/p/downtown-fernandina-parking-now-has-an-end-date-november-18/Wed, 26 Aug 2026 13:00:00 GMTThe meters run through November 18 with no refunds, Nassau County sends $2.8 million of bed tax money back for a $4 million Seaside Park rebuild, and a 22-townhome Live Local plan lands on Sadler Road. https://www.theislandbrief.com/p/fernandina-residents-named-overdevelopment-the-city-s-biggest-threat/https://www.theislandbrief.com/p/fernandina-residents-named-overdevelopment-the-city-s-biggest-threat/Mon, 24 Aug 2026 13:00:00 GMTA city survey puts overdevelopment far out front, red tide reaches bloom levels in a Nassau County sample for the first time this season, and the Amelia Wharf design is sent back a second time. https://www.theislandbrief.com/p/fernandina-s-downtown-meters-come-off-in-november-not-this-weekend/https://www.theislandbrief.com/p/fernandina-s-downtown-meters-come-off-in-november-not-this-weekend/Fri, 21 Aug 2026 13:00:00 GMTThe commission voted to end paid parking but the meters run until mid-November, the Smithsonian opens at the museum tonight, and a Fernandina rower's Atlantic crossing counts after all. https://www.theislandbrief.com/p/fernandina-s-parking-vote-passed-the-meters-stay-on-for-now/https://www.theislandbrief.com/p/fernandina-s-parking-vote-passed-the-meters-stay-on-for-now/Wed, 19 Aug 2026 13:00:00 GMTThree quarters of Fernandina Beach voters backed the parking referendum, Scott Inglis took Seat 4 outright, and the commission meets tonight with parking nowhere on the agenda. https://www.theislandbrief.com/p/nassau-county-votes-tuesday-at-your-precinct-and-nowhere-else/https://www.theislandbrief.com/p/nassau-county-votes-tuesday-at-your-precinct-and-nowhere-else/Mon, 17 Aug 2026 13:00:00 GMTElection day mechanics, red tide in the water just south of us, and a Fernandina rower stopped eight miles from an Atlantic record. https://www.theislandbrief.com/p/the-surf-could-become-13-house-lots-on-south-fletcher/https://www.theislandbrief.com/p/the-surf-could-become-13-house-lots-on-south-fletcher/Wed, 12 Aug 2026 13:00:00 GMTA concept plan would put 13 home sites where The Surf has sat since 1957, early voting ends Saturday, and a local explainer on why the water runs red. https://www.theislandbrief.com/p/the-mayor-s-race-is-not-on-fernandina-beach-s-august-ballot/https://www.theislandbrief.com/p/the-mayor-s-race-is-not-on-fernandina-beach-s-august-ballot/Mon, 10 Aug 2026 13:00:00 GMTWhat is actually on the August 18 ballot, the marina rebuild starts relocating waterfront tenants, and a cemetery the Spanish laid out in 1798 goes before a state board Wednesday. https://www.theislandbrief.com/p/watch-a-sea-turtle-nest-get-counted-on-amelia-island-this-weekend/https://www.theislandbrief.com/p/watch-a-sea-turtle-nest-get-counted-on-amelia-island-this-weekend/Fri, 07 Aug 2026 13:00:00 GMTNest excavations are posted for Saturday and Sunday mornings, Puppy Palooza lands on Centre Street, and a rip current statement keeps the surf off the table until late Saturday night. https://www.theislandbrief.com/p/fernandina-s-226-million-budget-lands-and-september-gets-the-fight/https://www.theislandbrief.com/p/fernandina-s-226-million-budget-lands-and-september-gets-the-fight/Wed, 05 Aug 2026 13:00:00 GMTThe proposed budget is on the table, commissioners say they are done with workshops, the state has put Egans Creek on its impaired list, and every teacher at the high school walked out of Monday's staff meeting with an envelope. https://www.theislandbrief.com/p/early-voting-opens-thursday-in-nassau-county/https://www.theislandbrief.com/p/early-voting-opens-thursday-in-nassau-county/Mon, 03 Aug 2026 13:00:00 GMTFour city budget workshops in eight days, 23 Nassau restaurants that failed a first inspection last month, and one week until the buses roll. https://www.theislandbrief.com/p/annie-opens-on-amelia-island-as-storms-roll-into-the-weekend/https://www.theislandbrief.com/p/annie-opens-on-amelia-island-as-storms-roll-into-the-weekend/Fri, 31 Jul 2026 13:00:00 GMTAnnie opens at the playhouse, Nassau students need an e-bike safety course before school starts, and the Seat 4 candidate forum is now online. https://www.theislandbrief.com/p/mid-week-edition-july-29-2026/https://www.theislandbrief.com/p/mid-week-edition-july-29-2026/Wed, 29 Jul 2026 13:00:00 GMTThe city sets its tax ceiling as high as it goes, the parking referendum turns out not to shut the meters off, and Nassau County's first charter school breaks ground in Wildlight https://www.theislandbrief.com/p/full-edition-july-27-2026/https://www.theislandbrief.com/p/full-edition-july-27-2026/Mon, 27 Jul 2026 13:00:00 GMTThe city and county both set next year's tax rate this week, candidate forums fill the calendar, and a backyard dig turns up fossilized lightning. https://www.theislandbrief.com/p/weekend-edition-july-24-2026/https://www.theislandbrief.com/p/weekend-edition-july-24-2026/Fri, 24 Jul 2026 13:00:00 GMTThe marina rebuild gets the green light and Brett's comes down this year, plus live jazz downtown, weekend markets, and a cool place to wait out the Sunday storms. https://www.theislandbrief.com/p/mid-week-edition-july-22-2026/https://www.theislandbrief.com/p/mid-week-edition-july-22-2026/Wed, 22 Jul 2026 13:00:00 GMTThe island's septic-to-sewer push and what it means for the water, the county's data-center draft opens for public comment through August 1, and the Humane Society's new all-$2 store helps families and homeless pets alike. https://www.theislandbrief.com/p/full-edition-july-20-2026/https://www.theislandbrief.com/p/full-edition-july-20-2026/Mon, 20 Jul 2026 13:00:00 GMTThe city's biggest-ever project faces a decisive vote, the new Parkway roundabout opens to mixed reviews, and a stalled state insurance program leaves local families waiting.