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Letter: Echo House is under attack
Letter: Echo House is under attack Lance Thate, Chairman Saint Augustine Tea Party Community Organizer, Ron Rawls, apparently hates history. In…
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Edgerton shares the story of his March Across the Dixie
Historic City News has received an open invitation for our readers to attend this month’s regular meeting of the Saint Augustine Tea Party when their special guest will be H K Edgerton, President of Southern Heritage 411.
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Neville surrenders: Can’t stand the heat
Feeling frustration from what he’s called a “lack of accountability” in the management of the City of St Augustine, one-term commissioner Todd Neville is quoted in this morning’s St Augustine Record saying, “the city needs a different kind of leadership to reach its goals” and that he will not seek re-election.
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Shipwreck washes ashore on beach at Guana Reserve
Historic City News reader Marc Anthony, owner of Spanish Main Antiques in St Augustine, reported what he believes to be a centuries-old ship’s hull recently washed up on the beach of the Guana-Tolomato-Matanzas Research Reserve.
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Denver Cook seeks School Board District 4 seat
Denver Cook is seeking to represent District 4 on the St. Johns School Board in this year’s election. Cook told Historic City News that he is running to ensure that our school district provides a nationally competitive education, improves the district culture, and stabilizes its financial base.
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Echo House likely to revert to City ownership
When Carlotta Miles-Theodore quit the claim of Echo House, Inc., to the Lincolnville property left by her late mother Rosalee Gordon-Mills, she as president and Dorothy Israel as secretary, struggling to pay almost $3,500 in property taxes and even more in fines to the City for numerous code violations, walked away from their interest in the historic 1920’s complex that at one time provided indigent African-Americans with nursing care.
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Historic City News: Entertainment this week
Monday – Sunday, April 2- 8
Ready Player One at IMAX Theater at World Golf Hall of Fame
In a virtual world called Oasis, a teenager finds himself competing in a treasure hunt against ruthless foes after the game’s founder dies and the fortune that he leaves behind is the grand prize. This film premieres on March 28 and is showing at the IMAX Theater at World Golf Hall of Fame. Visit the website for show times and ticket pricing. One World Golf Place, St. Augustine 904-940-4123
The Masters Week at the Hall of Fame
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San Marco Avenue resurfacing project Open House
The Florida Department of Transportation has invited all Historic City News readers to attend an informal construction project open house on Monday, April 30 from 4:00 p.m. to 6:00 p.m. at the St. Augustine Main Library located at 1960 North Ponce de Leon Boulevard.