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Commissioner of Agriculture visits Mill Creek
Historic City News learned that Florida’s Commissioner of Agriculture, Adam Putnam, joined students and teachers at Mill Creek Elementary School in St. Augustine today.
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Second Annual Seafood Festival
Lisa Gardner, Events Coordinator for the City of Palm Coast, invited Historic City News readers to attend the Second Annual Seafood Festival; scheduled this year on Saturday and Sunday, November 5th and 6th.
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Ten years of fear in Palm Coast
The Palm Coast Fire Department is providing a special treat for Halloween; free admission to the tenth annual Hall of Terror, according to an announcement received by Historic City News today.
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Former postmaster George Bissett passes
Craig Funeral Home Crematory and Memorial Park Funeral Operations Manager, Russell D. Hall, LFD, announced to Historic City News that George William Bissett, 88, of St. Augustine, passed away peacefully on October 16, 2011, surrounded by his family at the Bailey Family Care Center.
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First Muster heritage event
On Friday, September 16, 2011, The Company of St. James commemorated the 446th anniversary of the first mustering of America’s original citizen-soldiers in St. Augustine in partnership with the Florida National Guard and Florida Department of Military Affairs.
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Living history day at Fort Mose
Park Service Specialist Terri Newmans told local Historic City News reporters that Fort Mose State Park will host a historic interpretation of 18th-century life presented by members of the Presidiales of St. Augustine later this month.
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Landing gear collapses — but nobody injured
St. Johns County Fire Rescue spokesperson, Jeremy Robshaw, informed Historic City News that personnel were dispatched this afternoon to a reported Level III emergency at the Northeast Florida Regional Airport at St. Augustine.
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Smith appointed interim recreation director
St. Johns County public information officer Jeremy Robshaw informed Historic City News that on Thursday, Wil Smith was appointed as the Interim Director for the County’s Recreation and Parks Department; temporarily filling the position left vacant by Troy Blevins.