Ponce de Leon Parade includes two street fairs
Ponce De Leon will lead a festive and colorful walking procession of historic re-enactors, performers from Romanza Festivale productions, drums, soldiers, pirates and bands as they walk from the City Gate, down St George Street, ending at the “Romanza on Aviles Street” and “King Street Festival” street fairs.






Rick Lofgren, President of the St Johns County Civic Association Roundtable, reported to Historic City News that Ron DeSantis, who represents Florida’s 6th Congressional District in the US House of Representatives, will be the special guest speaker during the organization’s May meeting.
Summer Herd informed Historic City News that local citizens will be joining hands on Saturday, May 18th, at the St Augustine Beach Pier to stand in solidarity against offshore drilling, in Florida and throughout the world, as part of an annual global event — “Hands across the Sand”.
Historic City News has learned that both the Senate and House have rejected expanding the state’s Medicaid program for low income citizens because each had widely different plans for an alternative, according to Florida Senate sponsor Joe Negron.
St Johns County Republican Party Chairman Sean Mulhall reported this month’s activities to local Historic City News reporters, with an invitation for interested citizens to get involved with the county’s largest political organization.
Northeast Region Public Information Coordinator, Joy M. Hill, reminds Historic City News readers that, as trees and flowers are blossoming, birds are building nests and critters are being born; so resist the temptation to rescue animals — that don’t need rescuing.
Historic City News reporters investigated complaints that were spawned from construction of a wooden fence on the east side of the Bridge of Lions on property owned by the Anchorage Motor Inn last week.
Letter: Protect our open vista







