Find Good. Share Good. Celebrate Good.
Issue #009 · Saturday, September 12, 2026
Morning, Fleming Island 👋
Fleming Island didn't just win homecoming; they shut it out. 46-0.
And if you're reading this over a late coffee… both Saturday festivals run until 3, and the rain now holds off until 4. You have time. 🌴
Fleming Island shut out Ridgeview on Friday night, 46-0, and did it about every way a team can.
Touchdowns on the ground. A two-point conversion. A field goal. A blocked punt that handed them the field. And a punt return straight back for a score.
The defense didn't give up a single point.
That evens the season at 2-2 after the Oakleaf loss, and it was the right night for it; the school honored first responders before kickoff for the twenty-fifth anniversary of September 11.
Next up: Ponte Vedra, at home, Friday at 7.
Around the county
Clay 63, Orange Park 18. Clay ran away with the all-Clay County matchup.
St. Augustine 48, Middleburg 6.
Oakleaf was off this week.
🎃 Still three hours to use
Both of Saturday's festivals are on until 3, both free to walk into, both in Green Cove Springs.
Fall Festival — Clay County Fairgrounds. A hundred-plus vendors, food trucks, music.
No Man's Land Chili Challenge — Military Museum of North Florida, 990 Roland Ave.
And the forecast improved overnight. Yesterday it said showers after 2, which would have taken the last hour of both. Now it's storms after 4 — so the whole festival window is clear. Heat index near 106, though, so take water.
Tonight — Darron Ronan, Mike Cook, and Groove Blanket run back-to-back at Whitey's from noon. Julia Gulia at Encore, 8. And the Carpenters tribute is at Thrasher-Horne, 7:30, from $37.
Tomorrow — Ann Wilson at Thrasher-Horne, 6:30, from $47. The voice of Heart. The Historical Society museum is open 2 to 5 on Walnut Street, and Steff Botha plays Whitey's 2 to 6.
🏡 Open houses this weekend
We don't have any submitted yet, so here's the honest version: realMLS runs a free public open-house search, no account needed, and it's the fastest way to see what's open around Fleming Island today and tomorrow.
And a standing invitation to local agents: if you've got an open house, send it, and we'll run it. Address, time, price, your name, and a link. Free, and it always will be. We don't sell placement in this newsletter, and we're not going to start.
Before you go... tell me something good 💛
See a new business opening? Know about an event we should have on the calendar? Got a neighbor doing something wonderful, a local team having a big season, or just something good happening around Fleming Island?
Send it our way. This only gets better when all of us help find the good stuff.
❤️ Tell Us Something Good — A neighbor doing something kind. A kid doing something awesome. Something new going in around town. Anything that makes you think, "people around here should know about this."
📅 Submit an Event — Live music at a local restaurant, a fundraiser, festival, market, school activity. Anything locals can put on their calendar.
⭐ Get Featured — Own a local business? Tell us your story through a short interview and give the community a chance to meet the people behind it.
Enjoy the rest of it,
Shelly 🌴
Find Good. Share Good. Celebrate Good.