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Exploring History and Architecture in Downtown Fernandina Beach
Amelia Island is not only known for pristine beaches and natural beauty but also for its rich history. Downtown Fernandina Beach boasts a historic district of over 50 blocks listed on the National Register of Historic Places, showcasing more than 400 historic structures including homes, churches, and commercial buildings. Let’s take a walk down memory lane.
Fifty years ago, Rodney Mills turned up Lynyrd Skynyrd's 'Sweet Home Alabama'
Sitting in the control room of a recording studio in suburban Atlanta, listening to the opening of a new song from a band that most of America hadn't even heard of yet, Rodney Mills did what the lead singer asked him to do. Mills, then a 20-something audio engineer, gave a knob a clockwise twist and, without realizing it, became a part of music history. ...
Infamous Dance: Local dancers with attitude
Three days a week, some very motivated girls gather in an empty room on Elm Street in Fernandina Beach to learn hip-hop dance from Tayren Way. His qualifications? Loving dance and loving his dance troupe, Infamous Dance. The 25-year-old Fernandina Beach native says he “always” danced in church and started...
Pat’s Wildways: Hit the Surf, Gopher Tortoises
Lots of our longtime residents on Amelia Island know that gopher tortoises, those lumbering creatures of the dunes, sometimes make their way to the sea. Occasionally, over the years, I, too, have seen a single gopher tortoise on the beach heading towards the surf. When this happens, those informed among us know that this is normal behavior for them, sometimes. Those well-meaning folks who try to toss these “sea turtles” into the sea are wrong. Gopher tortoises do not swim. But they do enter the sea sometimes for various reasons that no one is certain of, except the tortoises themselves.
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