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Issue #001 · Monday, August 31, 2026

First issue. Here’s what this is: the good stuff around Fleming Island and Clay County, checked, dated, and linked.

This week the whole county gets an excuse to spend Friday close to home.

September 4 is 904 Day, Northeast Florida’s standing excuse to eat, shop and poke around close to home. It isn’t one event at one place. It’s the whole county at once.

Explore Clay keeps a running list of who’s taking part, and it’s worth reading before Friday rather than deciding in the car. On there right now: a 904 Day sale at 5th & Paisley, a deal at Let’s Create Studios, an ice cream truck party package from ’Tis So Sweet, 20% off at the Courtyard in Orange Park, and advance tickets to the rodeo.

Two that aren’t on that page: Irie Diner is doing a $12 Caribbean lunch, and Thrasher-Horne has 10% off its own shows with the code 904Day.

Food Truck Friday is going teal for the Jags the same night, which feels about right.

See who’s taking part →

Family Board Game Afternoon — 3:00 to 7:00pm · Fleming Island Library · Free

Drop in. They bring the games out, you don’t have to own anything.

Teen Tuesday: Freedom of Self-Expression — 2:00 to 3:00pm · Fleming Island Library, Teen Zone · Ages 12 to 18

Add your bit to a community mural.

Exploration Lab: Environmental Engineering — 4:00 to 5:00pm · Fleming Island Library · School age

Hands-on STEM, and somebody else cleans it up.

Preschool Storytime: Letter D — 10:30 to 11:30am · Fleming Island Library · Ages 3 to 5

Kaleidoscope Play & Learn — 10:30am to noon · Fleming Island Library · Birth to 5

Grown-ups stay for this one.

904 Day — county-wide, all day

Hello from the 904 — 11:00am to 2:00pm · Orange Park Mall · Free

Local nonprofits and community organizations, all in one place.

Food Truck Friday — 5:00 to 9:00pm · Spring Park, 321 Walnut Street, Green Cove Springs

Live music from The Palmetto Kickers, 20-plus food trucks, 70-plus local vendors, and a free giveaway of signed Jags gear. Bring a chair and a cooler. Free parking with a shuttle running to and from the Clay County Admin Building, which is the part nobody ever tells you.

Clay County Pro Rodeo opens — Clay County Fairgrounds, Green Cove Springs

Three days this year.

Fleming Island Saturday Market — 9:30am to 2:00pm · Village Square, across from the high school

First Saturday of the month.

Clay County Pro Rodeo — day two

Clay County Pro Rodeo, Super Bull Sunday — Clay County Fairgrounds

The library runs more than fits here, across all five branches. Full calendar.

Joey has a big kennel bark, and his profile all but begs you not to judge him by it, because out in a big yard he’s a different dog entirely.

He’s four, he loves car rides and water, and he wants an active family and a house where he’s the only dog. No cats either, and the shelter has him down as needing an experienced home.

Meet Joey at Safe Animal Shelter →

Ask for animal ID SAFE-A-24375. Safe Animal Shelter, 1754 Cider Cove, Middleburg. Open every day, 11am to 6pm.

Not in a position to adopt? They always need foster homes. A foster spot frees up a kennel, which is the thing that lets a shelter say yes to the next dog.

Labor Day lands Monday the 7th. County offices, all five libraries, and Animal Services are closed.

Curbside pickup runs like normal though, and Rosemary Hill keeps regular hours. The holiday doesn't affect your trash pickup. The county’s full list.