Category: Community
Eight young men from St Augustine Youth Services are getting to tell their story through an unusual medium: all-natural, handmade, biodegradable soap, with help from Flagler College Enactus; a student organization that focuses on creating community projects to empower people socially, economically and in an environmentally sustainable way.
During the Tuesday morning ceremony, naming the Neil J Perry Criminal Justice Complex, fallen law enforcement officers who have died in the line of duty in St Johns County were also remembered.
Superintendent Dr. Joseph Joyner informed Historic City News today that he has nominated Allen Anderson to become the principal of Palencia Elementary School; the move for Anderson from Cunningham Creek Elementary School is subject to approval by the St Johns County School Board at their June 11 meeting.
Flagler College announced to Historic City News today that Kerri Carlyon has been promoted to Assistant Director of Alumni Relations.
The information contained in this report is taken from sources deemed reliable; the accuracy and completeness of which Historic City News does not control and cannot guarantee. The original public records are on file with the St. Johns County Clerk of Court and should be consulted before taking any action.
Historic City News reader Keli Shaw shared the news that yesterday’s annual Letter Carriers “Stamp out Hunger” food drive collected over 61,000 lbs of food for our local food banks.
Historic City News has learned that, in a letter of notification dated May 6, the Office of the Secretary of the Interior has approved the Gullah Geechee Cultural Heritage Corridor Management Plan; opening the door for the National Heritage Area to begin implementation of its projects and programs.
On Tuesday evening, May 14, the Saint Augustine Tea Party will host a nationally known expert on public education, William Korach; who will address the issue of student inspirational speech during St Johns County school’s upcoming graduation ceremonies.
Editorial: Take your pills with plenty of water
By the time you reach your late 50′s, you are supposed to have learned most of life’s lessons and have probably taught a few of them to those coming up in your family; but, apparently, I am still learning.
Letter: Fiddlers Green is financial millstone
Letter: Fiddlers Green is financial millstone Randy Covington St Johns, FL Dear Editor: The Fiddlers Green boondoggle is that special kind of pork barrel spending that just will not die. The county acquired the property in 2006 for the staggeringly out of bounds price of $5.5 million dollars.
Letter: Still waiting for final paycheck
Letter: Still waiting for final paycheck Logan Guidry St Augustine, FL Dear Editor, I am a former employee of the downtown Dairy Queen on San Marco Avenue in St Augustine, and I am still waiting for my final paycheck.
Letter: Students should be allowed inspirational message
Letter: Students should be allowed inspirational message James S. Arpaia St Augustine, FL Dear Editor: The school board’s decision not to allow an “Inspirational message” at the upcoming graduation exercises for fear of a “lawsuit”, or not knowing what a student might say with an “open” microphone, sends a very poor message to our students.
St. Augustine, FL
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