Vice President of the Sea Oats Chapter of Florida Native Plant Society, George Waters, announced to Historic City News that this month’s program will be “Native Wildflowers” when the local chapter meets on Tuesday, November 20.
Last year, Historic City News reported that more than 18,000 donations of non-perishable food items were collected by the St Johns County Public Libraries in lieu of overdue library fines; and this year, the program looks forward to breaking that record.
The Friends of the Main Library announced to Historic City News that they will hold a membership meeting on Tuesday, December 4th at the Main Library from 6:30 p.m. – 7:30 p.m.
In election results that started off strong and kept getting stronger, St Johns County Commissioner Cyndi Stevenson had lots to celebrate as returns were tabulated in her bid for a third term, and were announced to a crowd of about 100 guests of Florida Senator John Thrasher last night.
Historic City News editor Michael Gold spoke with St Augustine Beach consultant, Rachael Bennett, during an election-night returns event sponsored by Florida Senator John Thrasher and held at the Council on Aging River House yesterday evening.
A Republican poll observer in today’s election reported to local Historic City News editor Michael Gold that he was asked to stop recording the identities of voters as the showed up to cast their ballots at the Solomon Calhoun Community Center today.
The parade associated with the St Augustine Pirate Gathering will necessitate a disruption of traffic in parts of downtown St Augustine on Saturday, November 10.
The science of sea level rise, and its potential impacts on the Matanzas Basin, will be presented during the first series of community workshops by researchers from the University of Florida for Historic City News readers in St Augustine, Palm Coast and the coastal communities in the Matanzas area.
