HISTORIC CITY NEWS

Freedom Trail Tour with David Nolan

Gwendolyn Duncan, President of the 40th ACCORD, Inc., told Historic City News in St. Augustine that her organization will sponsor a Freedom Trail Tour on the red Sightseeing Train with local historian David Nolan as guide.

Writers-In-Residence hosts Christopher Buckley

Flagler’s Writers-In-Residence program will host poet Christopher Buckley on Friday, April 16th at 5:00 p.m. in the Gamache-Koger Theater of the Ringhaver Student Center, 50 Sevilla St.

Community

Government offices close for holiday and furloughs

Local government offices will be closed for the Easter holiday.

Government

March 31: The Battle of Escolta Island

Don Juan Márquez Cabrera, royal governor of Florida from 1680 – 1687, receives warning from Havana in late February, 1683 that French and English buccaneers from New Providence, in the Bahamas, intend to attack the presidio of San Agustín (present-day St. Augustine, FL).

Community

2010 Sea Turtle Education Festival

Tara Dodson reported that Keepers of the Coast are preparing to host their 4th annual Sea Turtle Education Festival, according to an announcement received from Tara Dodson by local news reporters at Historic City News in St. Augustine.

Community

Thieves steal as much as $10,000 in copper

The local St. Augustine news desk has learned that Friday morning, Police Officer Jessica Pedonti responded to a business on SR-312 to investigate the theft of construction materials.

Public Safety

Property worth over $4000 stolen during burglary

The local St. Augustine news desk has learned that Sunday evening, Police Officer William Protami responded to a residence on Atlantic Avenue to investigate a residential burglary.

Public Safety

The Great St. Augustine Fire of 2010

Late one night, when we were all in bed, Mrs. O’Leary lit a lantern in the shed. Her cow kicked it over, Then winked her eye and said, “There’ll be a hot time in the old town tonight!”

Community