During Monday night’s meeting of the St Augustine City Commission, Clan Leader Bobby C. Billie, representing the Council of the Original Miccosukee Seminole Nation Aboriginal Peoples, asked that archeologists recognize that Castillo de San Marcos, and the surrounding waters, are sacred burial grounds and that they be treated as such.

Historic City News editor Michael Gold joined about a dozen other media representatives this morning for a presentation and tour of the Picasso Art and Arena exhibit set to show at the St Augustine Visitor Information Center, February 1 to May 11, 2013.

Barbara Golden, Communications Manager for the St Augustine, Ponte Vedra and the Beaches Visitors and Convention Bureau, informed local Historic City News reporters about the following entertaining events for our St Johns County readers.

St Johns County School Superintendent, Joseph Joyner, Ed.D., has announced to local Historic City News reporters the names of the four finalists for “2012-2013 Teacher of the Year” — selected from 35 nominees representing each school in the School District.

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.

Last week, the City of St Augustine threw another lavish party in the name of the 450th Commemoration; this time they celebrated spending hundreds of thousands of dollars to bring the world a three-month glimpse of the new Visitor Information Center and 39 artistic pieces created by Pablo Picasso.

Juan Ponce de Leon Finds Florida
By Raphael Cosme

Last night at the Flagler College Lewis Auditorium on Granada Street, Discover First America Series presented “Juan Ponce de Leon Finds Florida”.