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This Week in St. Johns County Monday – Sunday: December 29 – January 4 Dressing of the Palms in Vilano Beach The third annual Dressing of the Palms along Vilano Beach features palm trees decorated in holiday finery – A Celebration of Coastal Living. The trees showcase creative talents of residents, artists, businesses, clubs, schools, and…

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2014-2015 FOSTER CARE/ADOPTIONPRE-SERVICE CLASS SCHEDULE Meetings are held on Monday evenings from 6:30-9:30 p.m. at 1955 US1 South (just south of the 312 intersection), St. Augustine, FL 32086. Use the building entrance facing US 1 and the duck pond. Location may be changing in late February 2015 due to FIP program office relocation. For information:…

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St. Johns County will be closed Thursday, January 1 and Friday, January 2, 2015 for New Year’s.

Light of Christmas By Mark Cubbedge Special to Historic City News Turning Point at Calvary completed its annual “Light of Christmas” display Christmas night by welcoming streaming carloads of onlookers as they took in more than a half million lights.

Historic City News has confirmed sightings of Santa and his reindeer earlier today as he flew over the St Augustine Lighthouse and Museum on a practice run.

Historic City News was informed of six members of Fleet Logistics Support Squadron 58 at NAS Jacksonville who have been recognized as “Sailor of the Quarter” by The St Augustine – Palm Cost Navy League during the 4th Quarter of 2014.

This Week in St. Johns County Monday – Sunday: December 22 – 28 Undisclosed: Photographs from the Hidden Lightner Exhibition For the past two years, photographer Theresa Segal has explored the historic Lightner Museum’s restricted fourth floor: 44 small rooms that were the servants quarters of the Alcazar Hotel, but now make up “the best…

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Historic City News learned that the request from the City of St. Augustine for $350,000 in state funds to rehabilitate the structural system of the Waterworks building, was one of 66 grant applications considered by the members of the Florida Historic Commission when they convened last week in Tallahassee.