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At 3:00 p.m. yesterday afternoon, Historic City News was notified that after consideration of current fire conditions, both locally and across the state, St. Johns County has lifted the burn ban. Weather conditions have approved recently, including rainfall throughout St. Johns County. The current St. Johns County drought index is 468 on the Keetch-Byram Drought…

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Historic City News was informed by the City of St. Augustine that Saturday’s Bridge of Lions 5K Run will affect traffic in the Davis Shores neighborhoods beginning at 7:30 a.m.

St. Johns County Cultural Council, the county’s designated local arts agency, periodically reports upcoming cultural events to local Historic City News reporters for the benefit of our readers.

St. Augustine Visitors and Convention Bureau Communications Director Jay Humphreys informed St. Johns County entertainment reporters at Historic City News that this will be a great weekend for the Bridge Of Lions 5k Run and many events on the water.

Historic City News was in attendance this morning as faculty, staff, city and county officials and even a few former students gathered for the dedication ceremonies of the recently restored A. L. Lewis Archway Plaza commemorating the school’s former entryway and historic roots in St. Augustine. Although the archway originally stood across the street and…

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Applicants will have a two-week window in which to make their application if they want to be considered for the newly created position of Arts, Culture, and Heritage Tourism Development Director for the St. Johns County Cultural Council, according to an announcement received from President Tommy Bledsoe by Historic City News today.

Historic City News has been notified that Florida Memorial University, South Florida’s only historically black university, will officially dedicate the recently restored A. L. Lewis Archway Plaza during a ceremony celebrating the school’s former entryway and historic roots in St. Augustine.

In Monday night’s regular meeting of the St. Augustine City Commission, Commissioner Errol Jones told Historic City News reporters and the public about what he sees as the importance of maintaining local control of the state-owned Excelsior Building in Lincolnville.