St. Johns River Community College informed Historic City News that they recently held a pinning ceremony to recognize recipients of the Associate in Science in Nursing degree.

General Services Director Jim Piggott and other city officials were on hand this morning for the initial mooring ball placement; marking the next step in the mooring field portion of the city’s Harbor Management Plan.

Harry V. MacNeill of St. Augustine was recognized by Governor Charlie Crist today as this week’s “Governor’s Point of Light” in honor of Senior-Military Awareness Month according to an announcement received by Historic City News this afternoon.

Flagler College reported to Local Historic City News reporters that Cal Colgan, a Flagler senior and co-editor of the college’s student newspaper, recently won a first place award for Best Editorial-Opinion Column from the Florida College Press Association.

St. Johns County commissioners and Historic City News local reporters listened yesterday morning as Salvation Army of St. Johns Advisory Council Chairman Gary Bruce revealed plans for a new mobile feeding program.

Grand Celebration

By Geoff Dobson

Vickie Henry of St. Augustine is the lucky winner of a brand new 2010 Nissan Altima courtesy of a raffle supporting Betty Griffin House.

Four hundred and forty-five years ago, in September 1565, Admiral Don Pedro Menéndez de Avilés stepped ashore at Matanzas Bay and founded St. Augustine, Florida — the oldest, continuously occupied, European city and port in the continental United States.