Debra Rhodes Gibson informed Historic City News local reporters that, in order to encourage adult reading, the St. Johns County Public Library System has established an adult summer reading contest.
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First America Foundation, Inc., voted Friday to terminate its contract with the city and now the question being asked by many Historic City News readers is, “What about the money?”
Forty-seven years ago, on June 9, 1964, Andrew Jackson Young, Jr., tried, unsuccessfully, to cross through a hostile mob of segregationists as he led a group of peaceful Civil Rights demonstrators east on King Street towards the Plaza.
The St. Augustine 450 Community Corps, a 501.c.3 non-profit organized in 2007 to generate community interest for the city’s 450th anniversary in 2015, then moving to a support role in 2009 rather than appearing to compete with city efforts, is ramping up again.
Mary Rose Taylor will discuss her effort to rescue and restore the Margaret Mitchell House in Atlanta tomorrow, Saturday, June 11th at 3:00 p.m. at the Anastasia Island Branch of the St. Johns County Public Library.
