Historic City News readers who visit Swing Park, located adjacent to the Historic Downtown Parking Facility, and Davenport Park, located at the corner of May Street and San Marco Avenue, are cautioned to avoid the area while work is underway for two days during the coming weeks.
Historic City News learned that a 21-year-old single father in Baymeadows is battling stage-3 testicular cancer. We found his story, his commitment, and his outlook compelling; if you consider that he has already lost one testicle and undergone two invasive surgeries at the precipice of adulthood.
Historic City News readers, Herbert Greenleaf and his wife Sheila, native St Augustinians, are considered local historians. In 2013, Sheila and Friends of South Dixie Highway won approval from the City for a marker to be erected beside the 100-year-old Albert Lewis Trough; located at 92 South Dixie Highway. And, Herbie is known for his “History of the Confederate Monument”, printed and distributed by the General William W. Loring Camp of the Sons of Confederate Veterans.
Proving that families who bake together win together, the Johnston family of Flagler County took top honors over the weekend at the Republican Club BBQ and Blue Ribbon Cake & Pie Contest on Saturday.
Historic City News readers are patriotically invited to attend the St Augustine Tea Party General meeting Tuesday evening, August 22, 2017, starting at 6:30 p.m., held at the Village Inn located at 900 North Ponce de Leon Boulevard in St. Augustine.
The chicken hawks engaged in the national debate over the preservation of historic monuments that honor figures connected to the American Civil War have come home to roost in St. Augustine.
Funeral services were held last week for former Development & Management Support employee at the Public Works Department of the City of St Augustine, 51-year-old Laurie Craig. She was first employed by the City in February 2014 as a Recording Secretary for the City Commission, and was assigned her current position in February 2016. She would have turned 52 on October 3rd.
Historic City News was notified by Florida Department of Transportation Public Information Officer, Debbie Delgado, that traffic will be impacted at the following
St Augustine and St Johns County locations where roadwork is being conducted.
Be alert to lane closures and temporary detours, as well as increased congestion in these areas. FDOT employees and contractors will be working on the roadways and need your full attention.
