HISTORIC CITY NEWS

Castillo relives The Enemy at the Gates

National Park Service spokesman, Joseph Brehm, invites Historic City News readers to participate in a special program Friday evening at Castillo de San Marcos National Monument you can relive the night before the Spanish soldiers, stationed at the Castillo, prepared for the counterattack against British forces stationed at Fort Mose in 1740.

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Local History Fair winners will compete at State

Historic City News congratulates twenty St Johns County students from nine participating schools that were selected from a recent local competition to travel and compete in the Florida State History Fair, scheduled for May 4-6.

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Obituary: Laurie Bennett Ellis

After a two and a half year battle with Lou Gehrig’s disease, Historic City News was informed that 58-year-old Laurie Bennett Ellis of St. Augustine died Saturday, March 22, 2014, at the Haven Hospice Care Center in Orange Park.

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Board of County Commission Regular Meeting Schedule

St. Johns County Board of County Commission 2014 Regular Meeting Schedule The St. Johns County Board of County Commission Meetings are held the first and third Tuesdays each month commencing at 9:00 am in the St. Johns County Auditorium located at 500 San Sebastian View, St. Augustine, FL. The Board reserves the right to cancel…

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Beach-nesting shorebirds need peace and quiet

During spring and summer on Florida beaches, shorebirds build nests out of sand and shells and hatch chicks that can barely be seen, according to information received by Historic City News this morning from the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission.

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Moody Blues makes third St Augustine appearance

The Moody Blues returned to the St. Augustine Amphitheatre for their third engagement Saturday evening, and Historic City News Special Events Photographer, Mark Cubbedge, was on hand. The band played in the same venue on March 6, 2010 and March 17, 2011.

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Obituary: David Allen Wehking

Last Monday, March 17, 2014, Historic City News learned that St Augustine native, 57-year-old David Allen Wehking, passed away; surrounded by his family at his home east of Charleston’s Cooper River in Mt. Pleasant, SC.

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Common Core topic of Tea Party meeting

Historic City News readers are patriotically invited to attend the general meeting of the St Augustine Tea Party, this Tuesday, March 25th, starting at 6:30 p.m. when this month’s speaker will be William Korach, First Vice President of the St Johns County Republican Party and publisher of The Report Card.

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