HISTORIC CITY NEWS

Carpet Golf has ties to Civil Rights Act

As a kid growing up in St Augustine in the 1950’s and 1960’s, Historic City News managing editor Michael Gold has many memories of a time when the bayfront miniature golf course was a very popular nighttime attraction for local families as well as vacationers and summer day-trippers from Gainesville, Jacksonville, and Daytona Beach.

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Night Owl Cinema

Community First Night Owl CinemaFree Movies at the St. Augustine Amphitheatre Gates open at 7 p.m. and each movie will begin at 8 p.m. Tickets are not required, as the event is free and open to the public. There will not be a charge to park at the St. Augustine Amphitheatre. No outside food or…

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Guest Column: New e-cig law July 1st

Guest Column: New e-cig law effective July 1st By: Summer Perritt Pedro Menendez High School Special to Historic City News The Electronic Cigarette. The e-cig, the thing on all the posters in the gas station, and in all the ads in my magazine, or however you choose to identify the new “up and coming” nicotine…

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Florida Army National Guard Commander retires

Historic City News, friends, family and military peers of Major General James “Don” Tyre, honored the Florida Army National Guard’s highest ranking officer, a leader with more than ten-thousand soldiers under his command, as his 45-year military career came to an end.

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FDOT road repairs and maintenance report

Laurie Sanderson reported the following St Augustine and St Johns County locations to Historic City News where the Florida Department of Transportation will be conducting roadwork that is expected to have an impact on driving, beginning this morning and continuing through the coming week.

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Marriage Licenses Applications – 6/22/2014

The information contained in this report is taken from sources deemed reliable; the accuracy and completeness of which Historic City News does not control and cannot guarantee. The original public records are on file with the St. Johns County Clerk of Court and should be consulted before taking any action.

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Bookmobile no longer stops at Palencia Plaza

The St Johns County Public Library reported to Historic City News that our readers will no longer have access to the Bookmobile from its former stop at the Palencia Shopping Plaza, starting immediately.

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Van Ekeris says “thanks” for opportunity to live amongst local community

Historic City News has learned that St Augustine is losing a 21-year veteran of the St Johns County Lifeguard Corps. 58-year-old Captain Andre Van Ekeris, who began his service to the community in 1971, just two years after moving to the city, was recently diagnosed with a brain tumor.

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