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St Augustine Sergeant appointed Chief of Police
The next Chief of Police for the City of St Augustine, upon the retirement of Police Chief Jennifer Michaux, on January 13,…
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Weekend features Gamble Rogers Festival
St. Augustine Visitors and Convention Bureau Communications Director Jay Humphreys informed entertainment reporters at Historic City News that Friday kicks off this year’s edition of the Gamble Rogers Folk Festival and a weekend full of entertainment.
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Civil Rights Museum trusted with irreplaceable artifact
Missing for over twenty years, Historic City News was there when St. Johns County Sheriff David B. Shoar presented the original fingerprint card of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., on loan to the fledgling Civil Rights museum located inside the former Excelsior High School in Lincolnville.
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Warrant served at suspected drug dwelling
Historic City News has learned that a St. Johns County man and woman were arrested Tuesday afternoon when Special Investigations Unit Detectives served a search warrant at their residence — two other men who fled the scene remain fugitives at this time.
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6th Annual Taste of the Beach
Bob Samuels told Historic City News local reporters that the St. Augustine Beach Civic Association is sponsoring the 6th Annual “Taste of the Beach” on Sunday, May 15th.
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Nelmar Terrace neighborhood meeting
St. Augustine Public Information Coordinator Cathy DuPont informed local Historic City News reporters today that the Planning and Building Department has scheduled a public meeting for Thursday evening to discuss the real estate development at the Florida School for the Deaf and the Blind.
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New Businesses through 04/24/2011
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Sheriff hits mark with local Tea Party
Historic City News editor Michael Gold was in attendance last night as St. Johns County Sheriff David B. Shoar addressed a full house of members and guests of the St. Augustine Tea Party during their regular meeting held at the Village Inn.
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Morse code Day April 27th
Historic City News reporters note the April 27th commemoration of “Morse code Day” with a caveat — being that although Samuel Finley Breese Morse was born in 1791 on April 27th, he is actually the co-inventor of “Morse code”.