Lightner Museum Curator’s Tour January 4th

The Lightner Museum Curator’s Tour for January will be a brief history of European porcelain and its meteoric rise to popularity. We caught 13-year-old Evie Kirschling of St. Augustine when she got nose-to-nose with a porcelain mandrill made in 1921 by Arthur Storch of Thuringia Volkstedt, Germany.

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Protect city sewer from oil and grease

Host Paul Williamson, director of public affairs for the city, reported to Historic City News that Glabra Skipp, the city’s Environmental Compliance Analyst, appeared on The Break Room to talk about the result of improper disposal of fats, oils and grease.

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City shuttle will run daily beginning Monday

The city’s free Park & Ride Shuttle is expanding to include daily service between December 26 – December 31. Services will be available from all regular parking locations to their established downtown destinations according to an announcement received by Historic City News.

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How fast they grow up

St Augustine City Commissioner Nancy Sikes-Kline, wife of Roger Kline of the north Davis Shores neighborhood, has been absent from city functions lately; she missed a meeting or two as well as the dedication of the National Register Historic District marker for the Nelmar Terrace subdivision which has been one of her pet projects.

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Rise in sick raccoons could threaten pets

This fellow may look cute and even friendly, but Flagler County is experiencing an increase in sick raccoons countywide according to an alert forwarded to Historic City News today. Experts say don’t approach raccoons at all but especially if they appear to be ill or acting strangely.

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Santa’s helpers were dressed in blue this year

During the first week of December, St Augustine Police spokesman Mark Samson notified Historic City News that the department wanted our reader’s help with their mission to fill a Police Tahoe with clothes, toys and food to be distributed locally before Christmas.

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