Category: Editorials

On this day in 1899, the newspaper previously known as “The Daily Herald” published its first issue as the “St Augustine Record”. The price for a single issue was two cents. It’s worth about the same today.

Guest Column: Be ready for General Election Vicky Oakes Supervisor of Elections St Johns County, FL The Primary Election is behind us now and we are already looking forward to and preparing for the November 6 General Election – it is only a few weeks away.

September means back-to-school David B. Shoar Sheriff, St Johns County This month I would like to remind all of our citizens as well as visitors that schools are now back in session, which means that our children are going to and from school daily.

Letter: City botches Taberna closing Alex D’Agnillo Jr. St Augustine, FL A large number of re-enactors and people that enjoyed the Taberna at the Spanish Quarter over the last few years were planning to get together Saturday night as a “going away” party because this weekend was supposedly their last.

Review: 2016 Obama’s America Lance Thate St Augustine Tea Party The movie 2016 Obama’s America, is now showing at the EPIC Theatre in St Augustine, so members of the Town Crier Committee of the St Augustine Tea Party attended the midnight debut to learn what all the buzz was about.

In a letter to the editor published in The Record today, St Augustine City Commissioner Bill Leary profoundly states, “city government is unhealthily obsessed with the 450th commemorations”; a fact that Historic City News has reported, in detail, over the past three years.

Letter: Thanks from the Kelso team Alan and Terina Kelso St Augustine, FL Dear Friends, Terina and I would like to say thank you for all the sacrifices each of you made for us over the past many months.

Letter: We did it! Rachael L Bennett St Augustine Beach, FL Dear Friends and Supporters, We did it! It was certainly a close race, but you, the voters of St. Johns County, were victorious and I am proud to share this victory with each of you.