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🌱 What Fernandina Beach’s projected $7 million revenue loss could mean

Fernandina Beach, Florida Patch AM: a 4 min read

Good morning Fernandina Beach! Your connection to what's happening around town is here. Take a sip of coffee and read on. ☀️

In today's newsletter:

  • What Fernandina Beach’s projected $7 million revenue loss could mean
  • Fernandina Beach honors veterans with Wednesday's 11 a.m. parade
  • A housewife's secret spy life inspires Book Loft author visit

Also on today's calendar: Jacksonville Chocolate and Coffee Festival and 9 more events.

Today's riddle: What are the two sides of a circle? 🤔 (Answer below!)

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Weather forecast:

  • Wednesday: A stray afternoon shower, with a high of 78 and low of 58 degrees.
  • Thursday: Pleasant with clouds and sun, temps: high: 77, low: 52.
  • Friday: Sunny, breezy and not as warm, with a high of 66 and low of 45 degrees.

📰 News we're reading

1. Layoffs, service cuts, higher fees? Fernandina Beach faces $7 million Amendment 3 fallout (fernandinaobserver.com) — Fernandina Beach is weighing service cuts, staffing reductions and higher fees as it projects a $7 million annual property-tax revenue loss by 2031–32 following Amendment 3’s passage. Nothing has been approved. Commissioners will begin sorting priorities at a Dec. 1 workshop, with initial budget adjustments targeted for October 2027.
   

2. County-by-County: Veterans Day events in Northeast Florida, Southeast Georgia (news4jax.com) — Fernandina Beach's Veterans Day parade starts at 11 a.m. Wednesday, Nov. 11, along the traditional parade route. American Legion Post 54's annual event brings together veterans' organizations, ROTC units, school bands, first responders and civic groups to honor those who served.
   

3. On Wednesday's show: Avant-garde Jacksonville (wjct.org) — Bestselling author Katherine Reay visits The Book Loft in Fernandina Beach Wednesday, Nov. 11, at 6 p.m. for a reading and book signing. Her historical novel, The Undercover Bookshop, draws on the real story of a seemingly ordinary 1940s housewife who was a high-ranking Soviet spy.
   

4. Cannabis Briefs for November 10, 2026 (shankennewsdaily.com) — A new Müv dispensary opened in Fernandina Beach on Nov. 6, adding another location to a region already served by Müv Yulee. Parent company Verano says the store is its 87th in Florida and will carry its cannabis brands alongside products from its statewide partnership with Flower by Edie Parker.
   

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💬 Chatter

What your neighbors are talking about on social media

  • If anyone is in search of moving boxes and or moving blankets I have tons for free.
    Just moved down here with the family and now they need a new home. (Nextdoor Flora Parke)
  • It’s Munchie Monday at Kraft Athletic Club!
    You can catch us Monday through Friday this week from 11-3. Hot dogs, sausages, burgers, and pork-portions so BIG, we give you a fork! #lunch … (Nextdoor Amelia Concourse)
  • Omni Hotels & Resorts posted a job opening for Loss Prevention Officer | PM | Full Time in Fernandina Beach. Apply here.
  • Harris Teeter posted a job opening for Full Time Assistant Customer Service Manager DLT in Fernandina Beach. Apply here. You can search for other jobs near Fernandina Beach here.

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-- The Patch AM Team

P.S. The answer to today's riddle: "What are the two sides of a circle?" — The inside and the outside ! (Thank you James M. for sending it in!)
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