Castillo admission FREE on Monday
Historic City News readers are invited to participate today when the Castillo de San Marcos National Monument will celebrate the 98th birthday of the National Park Service by waiving its normal entrance fee of $7 today. They will be offering special interpretive programs, including Spanish 18th century weapon firing demonstrations on Monday, August 25.
District 3 Commissioner Bill McClure is guest speaker

Letter: Your child, your choice

Joe Ryan
St Augustine, FL
High Stakes testing is planned for every public school child in Florida. If you thought the FCATs were bad the new common core aligned assessments are like “FCATs on Steroids”.
Guest Column: St Johns County voting information
Guest Column: St Johns County voting information
Vicky Oakes, Supervisor of Elections
St Johns County, FL
Dear Editor:
I wanted to put together a few reminders for voting for your readers who have not already voted.
Early voting ended Saturday 8/23, so here are your options for voting:
Wildfires affect roadways in St Johns County
The Florida Highway Patrol informed Historic City News that troopers continue to monitor a wildfire in the area east of I-95 and south of International Golf Parkway.
Comments on Historic City News
From time to time, we make improvements to the Historic City News website, https://historiccity.com/ and we are making some this month. One, that has actually been available for several months now, is the ability to post comments to our website without being logged in to a facebook account.


