Fireworks Over the Matanzas
Holidays are built around traditions and few holidays have more great family traditions than the Fourth of July: great food, outdoor band concerts, a day with friends and family, and of course, fireworks!

Holidays are built around traditions and few holidays have more great family traditions than the Fourth of July: great food, outdoor band concerts, a day with friends and family, and of course, fireworks!
Historic City News was notified by Florida Department of Transportation Public Information Officer, Monica R. Reifeiss, that traffic will be impacted at the following St Augustine and St Johns County locations where roadwork is being conducted.
Be alert to lane closures and temporary detours, as well as increased congestion in these areas. FDOT employees and contractors will be working on the roadways and need your full attention.
Patrician Price announced to local Historic City News reporters that the Guana Tolomato Matanzas National Estuarine Research Reserve will hold a beach exploration event soon and the public is invited to participate. This will be an opportunity for discovery as you stroll our historic first coast beaches.
Paul K Williamson, Public Affairs Director for the City of St Augustine, was recently selected to serve on the Florida Municipal Communicators Association’s founding Board of Directors, according to a statement received by Historic City News from Melissa Wissel in the Public Affairs Department.
A 29-year-old St Johns County man was killed over the weekend in a shooting that occurred near Hurst Street and Sanatorium Avenue in St Augustine around 6:00 p.m.
Historic City News readers are patriotically invited to attend the open meeting of the Saint Augustine Tea Party on Tuesday June 26 at 6:30 pm, held at the Village Inn located at 900 North Ponce de Leon Boulevard.
The TRICARE fraud prevention unit has informed local Historic City News reporters that military families are under attack from fraudulent phone calls seeking to obtain personal identifying information and other health care provider sensitive details under false pretenses.
Historic City News was notified by Florida Department of Transportation Public Information Officer, Monica R. Reifeiss, that traffic will be impacted at the following St Augustine and St Johns County locations where roadwork is being conducted.
Be alert to lane closures and temporary detours, as well as increased congestion in these areas. FDOT employees and contractors will be working on the roadways and need your full attention.