Year: 2010

With the start of a new school year, a local citizen group, Academic Education Coalition, gets back to work “to provide a forum for individuals, agencies, and organizations to collaborate and share for the purpose of strengthening our school system in meeting the academic and education needs of ALL students.”

St. Johns County Audubon Society Board member Ali Fulcher invited local Historic City News readers to come to this month’s meeting to enjoy Dr. Barry Albright who will take you on a trip back into The Age of Dinosaurs.

In May, Historic City News learned that staff from the local Government television channel, GTV, began filming, editing, and producing a weekly segment to assist the St. Johns County Pet Center in increasing exposure of their adoptable pets.

Local Historic City News reporters have learned that St. Johns County Animal Control is partnering with the St. Johns County Health Department to host a Rabies Vaccine Clinic.

Director of Public Information Brian Thompson informed local Historic City News reporters that civil rights activist Andrew Young has donated 15 interviews from his documentary, “Crossing in St. Augustine,” to Flagler College in what will begin a new archive chronicling the civil rights movement in St. Augustine.