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.
Historic City News observed members of the St. Johns County Board of Commissioners vote yesterday to accept a federal SAFER grant, which provides funding for 12 new firefighter positions for the next two years.
Historic City News received word from Middle District of Florida States Attorney Robert E. O’Neill that a Jacksonville emergency room doctor has entered a guilty plea in a child pornography case.
Public Information Officer Debra Johnson told local St. Johns County reporters with Historic City News that deputies in Flagler County have arrested a Daytona North man who called to report that he had been shot in the head.
St. Augustine, Ponte Vedra and the Beaches Visitors and Convention Bureau Communications Director Jay Humphreys updated Historic City News reporters on this weekend’s entertainment options along Florida’s Historic Coast.
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President Sherron Long is requesting that Historic City News readers who value arts, culture, zoos, music, theater museums, or history, to help restore line items that would support state arts and cultural grants in Florida’s 2011-2012 budget.
The St. Johns County Tourist Development Council reported to Historic City News that they will hold two workshops to assist not-for-profit groups in applying for funding support for special events aimed at attracting visitors to St. Johns County.
Jay Bliss, Port and Waterway Commissioner, provided Historic City News readers the following executive summary from the March 2011 meeting.
