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Keepers of the Coast, a local non-profit dedicated to promoting coastal stewardship and the conservation of coastal habitat, are recruiting volunteers for the 5th Annual “Day After” Beach Clean-Up on Friday, July 5th.

Historic City News’ broadcast media partner, WFOY News-Talk Radio, will begin a weekly Education Radio talk show, “Making the Grade” hosted by Parents Advancing Global Education co-founder Kim Kendall; beginning in August, according to an announcement released today.

Today, Historic City News reporters recorded that the St Johns County Board of County Commissioners unanimously passed a resolution supporting the Nation’s Oldest Port National Heritage Area Project; which celebrates the maritime heritage and culture of Northeast Florida.

Award-winning restaurateur, Pat Morrissey, invited local Historic City News readers to attend a special screening of “Honeydripper” at the Corner Bar at Gypsy Cab Company when “Dinner and a Movie” returns to benefit the St Johns Cultural Council on Wednesday June 26, 2013.

During their Human Factors and Applied Psychology conference recently, Historic City News learned that Flagler College graduate Frankie Lawton was named the winner of Embry-Riddle’s “Excellence in Undergraduate Research” award.

Historic City News readers can cast their vote, now through September 30, while two hundred national historic landmarks compete for the title “8th Wonder of the World” — one of the nominees is our own historic Hotel Ponce de Leon; that once attracted the wealthy and the elite from presidents to movie stars and now…

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Saint Augustine Maritime Heritage Foundation, informed local Historic City News reporters that together with St Augustine Cruisers Net, and Sailors in St Augustine, are hosting an event in honor of Justin Riney of Expedition Florida 500.

The first of three cannons to be mounted at Oglethorpe Battery Park in Davis Shores is being set to a frame at the City of St Augustine warehouse on West King Street today, according to an announcement received by local Historic City News reporters.