This Saturday, May 12th, America celebrates National Miniature Golf Day — and Friday, Saturday, Sunday and Monday, Historic City News readers can play a round of carpet golf at the Bayfront Putt-Putt for free; compliments of Ripley’s Believe it or Not Odditorium and Ripley’s Red Sightseeing Trains.
Most people think of the Matanzas River and its downtown bayfront when they think of St Augustine’s waterfront, but the city has another waterfront as well: the San Sebastian River.
Two St Augustine and St Johns County automobile dealers are still scratching their heads; trying to figure out why it was so simple for the “Test Drive Bandit” to leave their lots with vehicles last week — but new evidence that may help identify the guilty party has been released to Historic City News from Jacksonville Police Sergeant David J Valentine.
Twenty-five lucky Historic City News readers could be selected to participate in a Spring Musket School being presented by the National Park Service on Saturday May 19, 2012.
A bill filed in the state legislature in September of last year, approved by the House and Senate in the last session, and then signed by Governor Scott on Friday, will allow the naming and sponsorship of state greenways and trails — so maybe the “Ed Slavin Historical Park, Greenway and Coastal Trail” is in our future.
Historic City News editor Michael Gold learned today from GOP State Committeewoman Becky Reichenberg, that Republican leader Edwin R DuPont has fallen very ill and he has been hospitalized in Gainesville at Shands Hospital.
Early Literacy Coordinator Joan Whitson, for the Early Learning Coalition of Putnam and St Johns, announced to Historic City News that next weekend, families with kids ages 1-5 can enjoy magic, music, storytelling, puppets, crafts, and other activities during the Toddler Festival in St Augustine.
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