SnackPacks need funding
By: SubmittedAt a time when children should be at their energetic best, exploring their world and participating in all manner of school activities, too many of Nassau County’s students are primarily...
View Article4-H’ers visit Cherry Lake
By: Submittededitor@nassaucountyrecord.comThe Nassau County 4-H camping program offers all youth ages 8-18 a fun opportunity to develop new knowledge, life skills and leadership through a week-long...
View ArticleTeachers tour forestry industry
By: Submittededitor@nassaucountyrecord.comThe 17th annual Florida Forestry Teachers’ Tour taught 46 state educators about the forestry industry.Educators from as far away as Destin down to Key West...
View ArticleMaster gardener receives award
By: Submittededitor@nassaucountyrecord.comNelson Peterson receives a surprise award from Nassau County Extension Director/Horticulture Agent Becky Jordi after Peterson presented a Landscape Matters...
View ArticleSpicer earns advanced title
By: SubmittedThe Florida Association of Counties recently presented Nassau County Commissioner George V. Spicer with the advanced county commissioner designation following completion of a comprehensive...
View ArticleBarnabas makes lasting impact
By: SubmittedBarnabas Center won a regional “Collective Power” award from the Nonprofit Center of Northeast Florida at its annual awards luncheon held in late June in Jacksonville. The award...
View ArticleSavvy Consumer: Start a cottage food business
By: Meg AlpineDo you like to bake bread, make pastries, pasta, candy, jams, jellies and preserves? Do you want to earn extra income from creating and selling these products? If you answered “yes” to...
View ArticleChildren learn about emergency response
By: Kathie Colgrovekcolgrove@nassaucountyrecord.comWestley Rice knows when a situation calls for emergency responders.The 6-year-old met with representatives from the Nassau County Sheriff’s Office and...
View ArticleKids build heroes
By: Kathie Colgrovekcolgrove@nassaucountyrecord.comHannah McDaniels, 13, draws a comic book character she created during the “Build a Better Comic Book Hero” workshop at the Callahan Branch Library...
View ArticleFFS firefighters head west
By: Submittededitor@nassaucountyrecord.comOn the heels of one of the most active wildfire seasons in years, 41 wildland firefighters from the Florida Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services’...
View ArticleLanguage speaks to Moore
By: Kathie Colgrovekcolgrove@nassaucountyrecord.comAn elective class ignited a passionate career pursuit for Dawn Moore.The West Nassau 2014 graduate plans to obtain an Associate Degree in American...
View ArticleSix teens advance to National Fine Arts Festival
By: Submittededitor@nassaucountyrecord.comSix youth from Hilliard First Assembly of God are fund raising to travel to California to compete in the National Fine Arts Festival.Isabelle Comer, Bailey...
View ArticleFAC celebrates transition
By: Submittededitor@nassaucountyrecord.comFriendship Alliance Church celebrated the beginning of transition July 15.Pastor Tim Carpenter, who has served at the Callahan church for more than 25 years,...
View ArticleBarger county’s leading 4-H’er
By: Submittededitor@nassaucountyrecord.comKody Barger of Hilliard is Nassau County’s 4-H’er of the Year.Each year, Nassau County 4-H chooses one youth who has gone above and beyond to show dedication...
View ArticleTwo families displaced after fires
By: Kathie Colgrovekcolgrove@nassaucountyrecord.comTwo mobile homes caught fire in Callahan, displacing two families. A doublewide mobile home at 54233 Plantation Rd. was already engulfed in flames...
View ArticleFreak Patrol fuels Big Engine
By: Kathie Colgrovekcolgrove@nassaucountyrecord.comBig Engine roars on stage, delivering hard driving rock ‘n’ roll music with a Southern influence. Lead vocalist Tony Mikus, Hans Oellerich, Charlie...
View ArticleBarnabas makes lasting impact
By: SubmittedBarnabas Center won a regional “Collective Power” award from the Nonprofit Center of Northeast Florida at its annual awards luncheon held in late June in Jacksonville. The award...
View ArticleYouth explore wild hearts at camp
By: SubmittedSummer includes many opportunities for Nassau County youth to have fun while still learning.This year a new kind of summer program was launched by Nassau County 4-H, the 4-H Wild Hearts...
View ArticleEric Oliver Way
By: SubmittedA ribbon cutting ceremony July 31 dedicates Eric Oliver Way. The road is near the Target shopping center and Courtney Isles Way in Yulee. Oliver was a deputy with the Nassau County...
View ArticleBoatright receives LVAD
By: Kathie Colgrovekcolgrove@nassaucountyrecord.comFormer politician Walter “Junior” Boatright has a new platform, spreading the message of organ donation. Since receiving a surgically implanted left...
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