St. Johns County Solid Waste Management informed the local news desk that they will host a Community Collection Day on Saturday, March 6th, from 8:00 a.m. until noon at North Beach Park.

The Flagler County Sheriff’s Office reported to Historic City News that two tense days are over for the family of an 18 year-old Palm Coast woman who was last seen on Monday, February 22nd, at Matanzas High School.

The local news desk has learned that the Saint Johns Cultural Council is wrapping up its membership drive for 2010 which began with an announcement published by Historic City News in January.

St. Augustine Visitors and Convention Bureau Communications Director Jay Humphreys announced the following Noche de Gala weekend entertainment activities to the local St. Augustine news desk; highlighted by St. Aug Fest.

Firefighters from St. Johns County Fire Rescue were called to a home on Almansa Road in St. Augustine Shores yesterday afternoon and local news photographer Christopher Kimball was on the scene.

Leisa Wiseman, Florida Coalition against Domestic Violence, External & Internal Affairs Director, told the St. Augustine local news desk that February has been designated by Congress as “Teen Dating Violence Awareness and Prevention Month”.

The Florida Department of Veterans’ Affairs has informed local news reporters in St. Augustine that they have named Michelle “Mickey” Carroll as the new administrator of the Clyde E. Lassen State Veterans’ Nursing Home.

Thomas Reed Caswell, University of Florida Libraries Liaison for the Government House Research Collection, has forwarded some exciting news to the St. Augustine news desk at Historic City News of interest to readers who research local historical subject matter.