When all else is closed – go to the movies

As Historic City News reporters checked activity around town yesterday, there was at least one full parking lot in town — EPIC Theatres of St. Augustine was packed from the entrance almost to SR-207, with some early matinee screenings sold-out.

Business

Quiet Christmas Saturday around town

Most of St. Augustine’s stores and restaurants were closed yesterday in celebration of Christmas; traffic was generally light, parking lots were largely empty, only one carriage on the bayfront, shoe-leather was the mode of transportation for most of those out sightseeing.

Community

Silent Night

Historic City News Editor Michael Gold spent the evening with his wife and their grown children enjoying the lights on the city tree and the beautifully decorated gazebo that has been the site of so many memorable Christmas Eves past.

Editorials

Ring in the New Year at Beach Blast 2011

Verna Brown, chairperson for St Augustine Beach Blast Off 2011, invites Historic City News readers looking for a “family friendly” early New Year’s Eve, to stop by the St. Johns County Pier and Pavilion at St. Augustine Beach.

Community

Rick Scott Appreciation Tour

Gary Bruce, President of the Republican Club of Greater St. Augustine, notified Historic City News local reporters that next Wednesday, December 29th, Governor-Elect Rick Scott, Mrs. Scott, and Lt. Governor-Elect Jennifer Carroll will visit Jacksonville during their Appreciation Tour.

Government

Panera opens first drive-thru at Cobblestone

Local Historic City News readers have been asking about the whirlwind of recent activity around the former Johnny Carino’s Italian Kitchen that has been closed for over a year in Cobblestone Village; and now the word is official — it’s Panera Bread.

Business