Local races set for August and November
With the qualification period now closed, Historic City News readers in St Augustine and St Johns County can begin educating themselves about their choices for various public offices up for election this year.

With the qualification period now closed, Historic City News readers in St Augustine and St Johns County can begin educating themselves about their choices for various public offices up for election this year.
Early artifacts from raid of Sir Francis Drake
By Raphael Cosme
As part of the commemoration of the 426th anniversary of the attack on the City of St Augustine by Sir Francis Drake, the St Augustine Art Association opened a new permanent exhibit at the Marguerite Phillips Collection Gallery that includes pieces discovered underneath the Association building.

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Summary Statement (14 May 2012: Revised 29 May 2012)
Using objective, non-partisan research methods, we identified dominant public opinion regarding future use of the Willie Galimore Center and Pool located at 33 Riberia Street.
Laurie Sanderson reported the following St. Augustine and St. Johns County locations to Historic City News where the Florida Department of Transportation will be conducting roadwork that is expected to have an impact on driving, beginning this morning and continuing through the coming week.
Historic City News was on hand at the St Johns County Supervisor of Elections office in St Augustine at noon today when qualifying week officially ended for county, municipal and local district candidates running for office in 2012.
This morning’s 3:00 am single-vehicle crash on SR-206 left a Hastings teenager, Shawn Allen Hagene, dead at the scene; as traffic homicide investigators work to determine what caused the fatal collision.
Dear Editor:
Last summer the City of St Augustine contracted me to research public attitudes regarding future use of the only community center and pool in the city, the Galimore.
Historic City News learned that twenty-eight federal, military, state and local law enforcement agents from Florida and Georgia are wrapping up a weeklong Post-blast Investigator School that includes specialized training in processing “small-bomb” crime scenes.