In one of the most civil meetings of the St Augustine City Commission this year, the third of three meetings at City Hall yesterday, one that had commissioners in the Alcazar Room until 9:45 p.m. before Mayor Nancy Shaver finally dropped the gavel, a reversal of the decision of a lower, appointed board — something not regularly witnessed in the past.

Two books celebrate St. Augustine’s 450th

Recently published by North Carolina author Larry Richard Clark, these books describe the often forgotten, earliest colonial history of the United States when imperial Spain attempted to add North America to its vast empire.

More than four-hundred lighthouses from around the world will participate in International Lighthouse and Lightship Weekend from August 14th to 16th, including the St. Augustine Lighthouse.

On Friday, September 18th, Historic City News readers are encouraged to attend “A Night Out at the Museum”, presented by the Anniversary to Commemorate the Civil Rights Demonstration, Inc.

Historic City News was informed by Chairman Lance Thate, that the featured speaker at the next meeting of the Saint Augustine Tea Party will be Derek Boyd Hankerson.