Category: Community

Sallie O’Hara, Administrator of the Friends of A1A Scenic and Historic Coastal Byway, asked Historic City News to publish our first “home wanted” classified ad, but, the garage needs to be big enough to hold a 42 ft. by 10 ft. structure.

Jay Humphreys, Communications Director for the Visitors and Convention Bureau announced to Historic City News that there will be living history presentations and lectures next weekend to commemorate Ponce de Leon’s landing in Florida.

Contractors were busily at work this morning when Historic City News Editor Michael Gold asked about the new palm trees and lighting being installed on the west end of the Bridge of Lions in downtown St. Augustine.

Brian Thompson has invited Historic City News readers to attend a reading from noted author Les Standiford in the Flagler College Auditorium located at 14 Granada Street in St. Augustine as part of the college’s Writers in Residence program.

Historic City News reporters and readers attended yesterday’s Tolomato Cemetery “Lunch and Learn” presented by the Florida Public Archaeology Network in celebration of Florida Archaeology Month.

Historic City News continues to monitor the ongoing problems associated with recent and recurring wildfires in St. Johns County.

In commemoration of today’s 137th birthday of legendary magician and escape artist Harry Houdini, Historic City News notes that our search partner, Google, Inc., has chosen to remember this legend with a special “Google Doodle” on most home pages today.