Sisterhood of the Traveling Plants

Friends of the Anastasia Island Branch Library reported to Historic City News that tomorrow Saturday, March 19th at 2:00 p.m., Cathy and Marilyn are coming to show you how to use food and flowers in spring and summer arrangements.

Community

Miner vote mirrors Escambia commissioners

Yesterday, commissioners in Escambia County turned down the Staffing Adequate Fire and Emergency Response (SAFER) grant — the same week that St. Johns County commissioners accepted the federal money; complete with pre-attached strings.

Government

St Paul School of Excellence fundraiser

Deltra Long contacted Historic City News to invite our readers to participate in a celebration later this month to benefit the “St. Paul School of Excellence” construction and restoration project.

Community

Indictment handed down in fort graffiti case

United States Attorney Robert E. O’Neill announced to Historic City News today that a grand jury has returned indictments charging two Jacksonville residents with malicious mischief and violation of the Archaeological Resources Protection Act.

Public Safety

Bill Abare to be knighted

Historic City News will be on hand when William T. Abare Jr., Ed.D., president of Flagler College, will be knighted by the Official St. Augustine Royal Family and Easter Festival Committee during the 52nd Annual Knighting Ceremony on Saturday, March 19th at the Queen Isabella Park on St. George Street.

Community

Let me get this straight

Let me get this straight . . . . We’re going to be “gifted” with a healthcare plan we are forced to purchase and fined if we don’t; which purportedly covers at least ten million more people — without adding a single new doctor, but is adding 16,000 new IRS agents.

Editorials

St. Patricks Day Cultural entertainment

St. Johns County Cultural Council, the county’s designated local arts agency, periodically reports upcoming cultural events to local Historic City News reporters for the benefit of our readers.

Community