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Senate candidate visits local Tea Party
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Dead body discovered on Ponte Vedra Beach
Deputies are combing the dunes, in search of and collecting evidence after a resident walking their dog stumbled across a body Sunday morning, according to the St. Johns County Sheriff’s Office.
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Editorial: The tide turns and we need different thinking
Editorial: The tide turns and we need different thinking
According to the University of Florida’s Bureau of Economic and Business Research, from 1975 to 2000 the average Florida house value, measured in constant 2005 dollars, increased steadily from $110,000 to $169,000, a 54 percent gain; pretty incredible.
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Deputy shoots man who was identified by stabbing victim
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Boston brings Heaven on Earth tour to Amphitheatre
Rock ‘n’ Roll legends BOSTON brought the highly anticipated “Heaven on Earth” tour live to the St Augustine Amphitheatre tonight, performing to a packed house. BOSTON is always a huge crowd pleaser, and tonight was no exception, according to Historic City News photojournalist Mark Cubbedge.
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With $500k warchest, Mica uses taxes for mailer
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Flag Day in the Nation’s Oldest City
John Reardon reported to Historic City News that on Flag Day, Saturday, June 14th, St Augustine and St Johns County residents can participate in a national display of patriotism when Americans around the nation will raise their voices and come together to turn the national anthem into “the song that was heard around the world”.
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Letter: It took 50-years to tell the story, please get it right
Derek Boyd Hankerson
St Augustine, FL
Dear Editor:
I have written to Dana Ste. Claire asking the “African American Steering Committee” and his office to correct an inaccurate designation given to Dr. Robert Hayling which I now find is being picked up and repeated as fact — it is not correct. Dr. Hayling was not the first black dentist in St. Augustine, as represented by the 450th Commemoration panel.