Local attorney, Patrick Canan, announced to Historic City News that he will run for St Johns County School Board District 5; which includes parts of St Augustine Beach, the City of St Augustine, Vilano Beach and the World Golf Village.

Members of the St Augustine Jewish Historical Society celebrated the eighth annual Florida Jewish History Month with a traditional Havdallah service in the southwest park at the foot of the Bridge of Lions on Saturday evening, January 21st at 7:30 p.m.

Historic City News caught up with District 3 candidate for the St Johns County Board of Commissioners, Bill McClure yesterday as he stopped to cast his ballot in the Republican Presidential Preference Primary election.

Terri Newmans, with the Florida Department of Environmental Protection’s Fort Mose Historic State Park, invited Historic City News readers in St Augustine to join in a celebration during its annual living history event, Flight to Freedom, on Saturday, February 11, 2012.

Flagler College in St Augustine reported to Historic City News that Estefania Mones was one of 10 college students selected to join the Liberty Mutual Responsible Scholars Community Project team in Los Angeles earlier this month.

In addition to a grand prize including a beautiful crystal trophy and recognition during several events throughout St Johns County during 2012, three talented contestants will receive cash prizes in the upcoming local amateur event, “St Johns Got Talent”.

During the month of February, the Castillo de San Marcos National Monument invites Historic City News readers in St Augustine to celebrate Black History Month with them as they present a new Civil Rights exhibit.

After neighbors in Nelmar Terrace and Fullerwood Park descended on city commissioners during their Monday night meeting, accusing the Florida School for the Deaf and the Blind of being heavy handed in working towards a mediated settlement of their differences, there has been a swift response.