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Event raises $5,600 for juvenile diabetes research
Tracy Glochau informed Historic City News that she recently coordinated a fundraising event to raise money and awareness for the Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation.
Posted inGovernment
Fed programs can not keep up with foreclosures
Florida’s foreclosure epidemic continues to haunt the state, but federal programs designed to keep people in their homes are having a hard time trickling down to distressed homeowners.
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Holiday Wonderland Boutique
The St. Johns County Medical Alliance announced to local Historic City News reporters that they would host the Holiday Wonderland Boutique from 10:00 a.m. to 2:00 p.m. on Monday, November 21 in Flagler Hospital’s Osceola Room located at 400 Health Park Boulevard in St. Augustine.
Posted inPublic Safety
Handguns add to Sunday violence in Palm Coast
Flagler County Sheriff’s deputies were busy yesterday, according to word received by Historic City News this morning from spokesperson Debra Johnson reporting gunfire at a Palm Coast home, and, in a separate incident, the armed robbery of a local liquor store.
Posted inEditorials
Editorial: Is Ken Bryan a “moral opportunist”?
St. Johns County Commission chairman Joseph “Ken” Bryan sits on high; he is perched above lowly taxpayers who dare approach the podium, in dissent and distress, at the auditorium of the County Administration Palace — where he metes out fire and brimstone the likes of which Martin Luther himself could only fancy.
Posted inCommunity
Davenport Park carousel closed for maintenance
Historic City News received word from the City of St. Augustine that the J&S Carousel at Davenport Park, adjacent to the Main Public Library, will be closed for maintenance from Monday, October 31 through Thursday, November 4.
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Protect your identity at free shredding event
Wendy Manucy informed Historic City News reporters that St. Johns County has teamed up with Advanced Disposal to get a jump on America Recycles Day by conducting a confidential document-shredding event — free to St. Augustine and St. Johns County residents.
Posted inEditorials
Editorial: We interrupt our program
Ladies and gentlemen, we interrupt our program of dance music to bring you a special bulletin from the Intercontinental Radio News. At twenty minutes before eight, central time, Professor Farrell of the Mount Jennings Observatory, Chicago, Illinois, reports observing several explosions of incandescent gas, occurring at regular intervals on the planet Mars.
