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Board of County Commissioners of St. Johns County, Florida will hold a special meeting today, June 7, 2010 at 1:00 p.m. in the County Auditorium at the County Administration Building, located at 500 San Sebastian View.
Chris Bodor from Ancient City Poets in St. Augustine announced the summer 2010 schedule for Heart Pour Sunday Matinee to local reporters at Historic City News.
In the early morning hours of June 26, 1740, the village of Gracia Real de Santa Teresa de Mose (mo-SAY), the first, legally sanctioned free black settlement in the continental U.S., became the site of the bloodiest battle in Florida’s portion of the War of Jenkins’ Ear.
Returning from his “Great West Indies Raid,” Sir Francis Drake and an English fleet of 23 ships, with more than 2,000 troops, happen upon the Spanish presidio of San Agustín; now St. Augustine.
Deborah Gianoulis-Heald is best known for her 25-year career as Jacksonville’s news anchor on WJXT-TV 4, but according to an announcement aired yesterday evening, Historic City News has learned that she may be coming out of retirement to become the next State Senator for District 8.
You don’t have to drive in St. Augustine traffic too long before you encounter someone stopped at a green light, driving 20 mph in mid-day traffic along Ponce de Leon Boulevard, or, my personal favorite, riding side-by-side at the same speed as the adjacent driver — effectively blocking both traffic lanes.
On June 19th, local Historic City News reporters will be on hand for the first annual heritage food event of the living history group, Los Compañeros de la Cocina (The Companions of the Kitchen).
