Author: Historic City News

16th annual Retirement Expo coming to mall

WFOY President Kris Phillips informed Historic City News local reporters that the 16th Annual Retirement Expo will be held at the Ponce de Leon Mall in St Augustine from 10:00 a.m. until 2:00 p.m. on Saturday, October 13th.

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Republicans watching third-party voter groups

Liberal activist groups in Florida say their efforts to register voters are overcoming Governor Rick Scott’s attempt to remove non-citizens from the polls — they report that their third-party voter registration groups have registered 50,000 new voters this year.

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Democrats oppose politics in judiciary

Florida Democratic Party Chairman Rod Smith, a former state attorney who prosecuted Gainesville serial killer Danny Rollings in 1994, said Wednesday he will personally speak out against “politicization” of the judiciary — every chance he gets.

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St Augustine private plane crashes in Indiana

Historic City News reporters learned that the pilot and at least one other occupant of a local aircraft that left Northeast Florida Regional Airport Tuesday, has crashed during the second leg of a charter flight yesterday morning as it was preparing to land at Gary Indiana Jet Center.

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ATV driver crashes into passing truck

Shortly before 6:00 p.m. this evening, Historic City News was notified by Kevin Kelshaw that Traffic Homicide Investigators with the St Johns County Sheriff’s Office are investigating a serious two-vehicle crash that occurred in the area of Woodlawn Road and Begonia Street.

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St Augustine artistic and cultural activities

Sunset Celebration At Vilano Beach Town Center Vilano Beach Pier and Pavilion. 95 Vilano Road, Vilano Beach Phone: 904.540-0402 Home Event Pricing: Free to the public This special event includes artistic performers, local arts and crafts and genuine Old Florida surprises. Saturday, October 6, 2012 3:00 pm to dusk

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Happy 340th birthday Castillo de San Marcos

Yesterday was a special day at Castillo de San Marcos, when the National Monument celebrated its groundbreaking in St Augustine 340-years ago; according to an announcement received by Historic City News from park guide, Jesse Olbrich.

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Oakes: Absentee ballots are in the mail

Although she tells Historic City News that she is expecting about 30,000 absentee ballots to be mailed to St Johns County voters before the November 6 Presidential Election, Supervisor of Elections, Vicky Oakes, reported that the first 9,000 will be receiving their ballots later this week.

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