Editorial: 414 for the 450th
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
Communications Coordinator Gia M Reynolds cautioned Historic City News readers that tomorrow’s funeral services for St Johns County Fire Rescue Captain Kenneth J Krulish, Jr., will likely result in heavy traffic and congestion along US-1 South in the area of the Ponce Mall.
The Guana-Tolomato-Matanzas National Estuarine Research Reserve invites local Historic City News readers to participate in their regularly scheduled and special events; dedicated to the preservation of an unspoiled and undeveloped natural treasure, that is home to sea turtles, land tortoises, porpoises, manatees, roseate spoonbills, North Atlantic right whales as well as a vibrant ecosystem and it subsystems.
The St Augustine – St Johns County Airport Authority announced to Historic City News the opening of “Taxiway B” this week; the last phase of a multi-year runway and taxiway improvement program at the Northeast Florida Regional Airport.
St Johns County Supervisor of Elections, Vicky Oakes, has announced to Historic City News in St Augustine that qualified full-time college or university students can win a $1,200 scholarship in association with the Florida State Association of Supervisors of Elections.
Megan Wall, Managing Attorney for St Johns County Legal Aid in St Augustine, has made her decision to support local attorney Tania Schmidt-Alpers to be this year’s recipient of the prestigious President’s Pro Bono Award for the 7th Judicial Circuit.