Williar resigns for role in Flagler College admission scandal

Earlier today, Flagler College President, William T. Abare Jr., informed local Historic City News reporters that, last week, an internal investigation revealed that test scores, grade point averages, and class ranks of freshman entering the college from fall 2010 to fall 2013, were misreported to the media and certain evaluating agencies. Armed with the results…

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Community

Gardening programs introduced at St Augustine Youth Services

Robin Kass Burchfield, Director of Development at St Augustine Youth Services, told Historic City News editor, Michael Gold, last week that it is hard to overstate the benefits to children when they garden; but, for some, the benefits may be profound — especially children who have experienced emotional and physical abuse, requiring separation from family…

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Letter: Response to Commissioner Stevenson

Letter: Response to Commissioner Stevenson Sam Lansdale Julington Creek Plantation CDD Board of Supervisors, Seat 1 Dear Editor: Recently St. Johns County Commissioner Cyndi Stevenson wrote an editorial concerning the affairs of the Julington Creek Plantation CDD. Some observers of this issue may welcome a County Commissioner getting involved, but I suspect others are concerned…

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Editorials

St Patrick’s Day Parade and St Augustine Celtic Festival

The luck o’ the Irish will be with you at the St Augustine St Patrick’s Day Parade, when lads and lasses from throughout Georgia and Florida, Savannah to Sarasota and beyond converge upon the Historic City, donning their best greens, for our local annual celebration of the Emerald Isle’s most revered saint.

Community

Deputies were in right place at right time

St Johns County Sheriff’s deputies happened to be nearby last night when the Kangaroo convenience store, located at Wildwood Drive and US-1 South, became the victim of an armed robbery, according to Historic City News sources.

Public Safety

Marriage Licenses Applications – 2/16/2014

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Final Judgments through 2/16/2014

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