Adam Shockey reported to Historic City News that Dr. Kathleen Deagan, a renowned archaeologist with the Florida Museum of Natural History, will be speaking to the Chamber of Commerce Tourism and Hospitality Council about her body of work at the Fountain of Youth Archaeological Park, as well as some up-coming projects.
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Historic City News readers probably take electric lighting for granted — after all, Henry Morrison Flagler is credited with employing his friend and associate, Thomas Alva Edison, to install four direct-current dynamos to power 4,000 electric lights that made the Hotel Ponce de Leon one of the nation’s first electrified buildings.
Read More “Stock up on light bulbs now before they’re all gone” »
Those who chose St Augustine as their destination to ring in the New Year paid a premium for their choice; according to Miamihotels.org Press Officer, Diane Muller, in a survey reviewed by Historic City News this morning.
Read More “St Augustine was expensive choice for New Years” »
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The information contained in this report is taken from sources deemed reliable; the accuracy and completeness of which Historic City News does not control and cannot guarantee.
The original public records are on file with the St. Johns County Clerk of Court and should be consulted before taking any action.
Sharing the images from Nights of Lights
Mark Cubbedge
Historic City News Events Photographer
St Augustine, FL
For the past four years, our historic city has been magnificently adorned in white lights and I have not been able to find the time to photograph it. Each year the lights would go dark, early in the New Year, and I would find myself mumbling something akin to “Maybe next year.”
St Augustine High School graduate, Kevin Doyle, President of Florida-based government affairs firm, Wexford Strategies, announced to Historic City News the Grand Opening of the firm’s third office location. Tallahassee, Florida will soon join the public affairs, strategic business development, and government relations firm, whose offices are currently located in Jacksonville and Washington, DC.
Read More “Local Wexford Strategies expands into Tallahassee” »
Every day, Historic City News readers drive past St Augustine’s version of “skyscrapers” in a 450-year-old community where 30′ is the accepted limit for building height – the former executive offices of the Florida East Coast Railway. Although the three familiar Malaga Street buildings still show the railroad’s name, they are owned and utilized by Flagler College.
Read More “Returning passenger trains to the east coast of Florida” »
