Florida School for the Deaf and the Blind announced to Historic City News local reporters that the school’s 16th president, L. Daniel Hutto, would officially retire this week — his board meeting April 27 will be his last official event.
Spain’s Consul in Miami, Cristina Barrios, confirmed for Historic City News reader Raphael Cosme that 74 year-old King Juan Carlos I of Spain and Her Majesty Queen Sophia would visit St Augustine by the first week of May, 2013.
The Florida School for the Deaf and the Blind informed local Historic City News reporters that they would host several summer camps at the St Augustine campus for children who are deaf, hard of hearing, blind, or visually impaired.
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In a program created through a partnership between International B’nai Brith and the St Augustine Jewish Historical Society, called “Unto every person there is a name”, dozens of area residents gathered in the Gazebo on the campus of Flagler College last week to read the names of Holocaust victims.
A mission to produce film projects for the 500th Anniversary of Ponce de Leon’s discovery of La Florida and the 450th Commemoration of Pedro Menendez’ founding of St Augustine, has kept Tom Fortin busy during the past three years — even though support for his dream has been hard to find.
Slow Food First Coast reported to Historic City News that this Sunday, nearly 20 different farms, vineyards and produce markets in St Johns, Putnam, Flagler, Duval, Nassau, Baker and Bradford counties will participated in a free Tour de Farm.
Volunteer Coordinator for St Augustine Sunrise Rotary’s annual Rhythm & Ribs event, Lance Conner, is asking Historic City News readers for help presenting this year’s festival, which attracts music lovers and barbeque aficionados from all over the Southeast.
