It’s been quite an unusual several months of extraordinary vessels visiting Fernandina since the pandemic emerged.
Author: The Editor
"PERSPECTIVE" column features observations of island life, news & opinion by managing editor, Wendy Lawson. With a professional background that began at a newspaper, she later spent 14 years in the financial services and real estate industries. She was a managing editor at an equity research and publishing firm in New York and later became Series 7 licensed while at Merrill Lynch. Since 1993, she's enjoyed the laid-back Amelia lifestyle and loves photographing coastal nature and seascapes around the Florida-Georgia border.
An engineering marvel at the Port of Fernandina, the VB 10,000 is the answer to removing Georgia’s massive shipwreck.
One of the last types of businesses to open back up since COVID-19 shut down the economy, two local movie theaters have reopened.
Joan Bean led a full life and made a lasting impression on those she met along the way. An outdoor community send off (with social distancing) for Ms. Bean is planned.
With the surprising news out of Jacksonville that beaches were reopening, local residents awaited the outcome of a Nassau County meeting about Amelia Island’s beaches.
A large part of island activity revolves around the beach and tourism. But the seashore is closed and tourists have vanished in the new reality of pandemic life.
Amelia Island has experienced rising numbers of visitors for many consecutive years. Along with traveler growth, well-known hotel brands are expanding their presence in the local marketplace.
MARINA OPEN! Boating activity has resumed at the riverfront in downtown Fernandina Beach, with repairs to the southern basin complete.