HISTORIC CITY NEWS 2017

Free Living History Day at Fort Matanzas

Park Ranger Griselle Fuellner invites local Historic City News readers to join reenactors at Fort Matanzas National Monument to learn about the life of a typical woman in Saint Augustine during Spanish colonial times.

Community

Guest Column: The making of Fake News

Eric West St Johns, FL Dear Historic City News editor: I am writing because I feel your readers need to know the real story of what happened last night during the Fox News Channel Town Hall that aired from Ponte Vedra Beach.

Editorials

City holds Hurricane Matthew public meeting

The Public Works Department of the City of St Augustine provided detailed information about the performance of the stormwater system and sewer collection system immediately following the hurricane to an audience of about thirty Davis Shores residents Tuesday evening.

Community

Entertainment this week in St Johns County

Barbara Golden, Communications Manager for the St. Augustine, Ponte Vedra and the Beaches Visitors and Convention Bureau, reminds Historic City News readers who reside in St Johns County that admission is free of charge to the Oldest House, the Lightner Museum, the Ximenez-Fatio House, the Oldest Wooden School House, City Walks History Mystery Murder Evening…

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Community

Fox News Channel Town Hall aired from Ponte Vedra Beach

Historic City News editor Michael Gold joined almost 200 Florida voters invited to attend a live Town Hall program produced by the Fox News Channel and shot live at the Conference Center of the Ponte Vedra Inn and Club on Tuesday evening.

Government

No one injured in two-alarm fire at Tifton Cove

St Johns County Fire Rescue reported to Historic City News this evening that they were aided by first responders with the Jacksonville Beach Fire Department on the scene of a two alarm, multi-family structure fire in Ponte Vedra Beach.

Public Safety

A word to the wise about discarding trash

If summer ever returns, the Historic City news desk will no doubt get at least one report of a sea turtle caught in discarded plastic rings thrown into the water by a thoughtless fisherman, or some other animal whose had an unfortunate run in with litter that was not put in its proper place.

Public Safety

Light Up with the Lightner

Lightner Museum Curator Barry Myers has announced to local Historic City News reporters an opportunity to experience an intimate encounter with a special collection of tobacco accoutrements and their finery during the Curator’s Tour on March 1, 2017.

Community