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Police investigating several area thefts
City police spokesman, Mark Samson, checked in with Historic City News this afternoon to update our readers on several incidents that occurred in St Augustine over the weekend.
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Guest Column: Back to School
Guest Column: Back to School
David B Shoar
St Johns County Sheriff
This month I would like to remind all of our citizens as well as visitors that schools will be back in session later this month which means that our children are going to and from school daily. I would ask all of you to take extra time and be extremely careful in school zones as well as at bus stops.
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Teens invited to pizza and a movie at the library
Friends of the Ponte Vedra Beach Branch Library are offering a chance for 6th through 12th grade-level students to eat pizza, drink soda, and watch “The Perks of Being a Wallflower”, rated PG-13, at 2:00 p.m. on Wednesday, July 31.
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College named among healthiest Northeast Florida employers
For the third consecutive year, Flagler College has reported to Historic City News that they have been named one of the healthiest workplaces in Northeast Florida by the First Coast Worksite Wellness Council.
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Become a sea turtle washback program volunteer
Tomorrow, Historic City News readers interested in becoming volunteers for this year’s sea turtle washback program can attend an orientation and training session at the Main Branch Library from 11:30 a.m.–12:30 p.m. providing a basic understanding of sea turtles, a review the purpose of the program, and instruction on the procedure to assist a washback sea turtle.
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Sex predator released following bestiality arrest
A torrent of negative response from Historic City News readers surfaced three-days ago when we reported that 52-year-old James Lee Lyons, a registered sexual predator, had been taken back into custody on new charges of bestiality; alleging animal cruelty and sexual activity against a neighbor’s pet dog.
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Entertainment in St Augustine this week
Barbara Golden, Communications Manager for the St Augustine, Ponte Vedra and the Beaches Visitors and Convention Bureau, informed local Historic City News…
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Letter: Prescription for mediocrity
Letter: Prescription for mediocrity
Randy Covington
St Augustine, FL
Dear Editor:
I would like to respond to the letter published in Historic City News last week from former Republican Party of Florida chairman, Florida Senator John Thrasher, asking your readers to be informed about Common Core State Standards.