Historic City News learned that City of St. Augustine Public Affairs Director Paul Williamson addressed the Flagler Model Land Neighborhood Association last week.

Members of the St. Augustine City Commission will hold a brief ceremony this Saturday, June 20, to dedicate a marker commemorating the visit to St. Augustine by Frederick Douglass in 1889.

Communications Director Jay Humphreys with the St. Augustine Visitors and Convention Bureau updated Historic City News on this weekend’s entertainment events including An Evening with EPIC Chefs.

St. Augustine commissioners may now consider and pass exemptions to the food and drug law that prohibits dogs from eating at restaurants in outdoor dining areas according to a legislative update received by Historic City News.

Sallie O’Hara, Byway Program Administrator, reported to Historic City News today that the Friends of A1A have been awarded $100,000 for Coastal Conservation Clean-ups.

Historic City News has learned that St. Johns River Community College instructor and St. Augustine resident George Parsons has taken his lifelong passion for law enforcement beyond the beat with his first published book, “Passing the Baton.”

Governor Charlie Crist’s office reported to Historic City News that the Governor signed Senate Bill 788 today which outlines the parameters for a 15-year compact with the Seminole Tribe of Florida — maximizing funding for K-12 public schools.

From the records of Cheryl Strickland St. Johns County Clerk of Court