City staff abandons plans for new horse stables
Saying that the administrative staff felt there would be more community support for revisiting the existing location of the City-owned horse stables at Riberia Pointe, St Augustine Vice-Mayor Nancy Sikes-Kline told one newspaper reporter yesterday that the proposal to move and expand the stables to Eddie Vickers Park is dead, at least for now.



This morning, the City of St Augustine held a ribbon cutting ceremony for the new breakwater installed on the north end of the St Augustine City Marina.
This Sunday, May 19th, the St Augustine Beach Civic Association will sponsor the 8th Annual Taste of the Beach, a 2013 Romanza Festivale event and supporter of Historic City News.
Historic City News readers and their families are invited by the St Johns County Horse Council to attend the Second Annual Horse Farm Tour on Saturday, May 18, 2013. Three farms will be featured, each offering various demonstrations, activities, food, prizes, and giveaways.
The St Johns County Republican Assembly reported to Historic City News that their organization has officially adopted a resolution concerning modification of the original agreement between the St Johns County Board of Commissioners and Florida Lands Trust concerning the dilapidated Fiddlers Green building on Vilano Beach.
Eight young men from St Augustine Youth Services are getting to tell their story through an unusual medium: all-natural, handmade, biodegradable soap, with help from Flagler College Enactus; a student organization that focuses on creating community projects to empower people socially, economically and in an environmentally sustainable way.
Historic City News readers are invited to participate on Saturday June 1st from 10:00 a.m. – 2:00 p.m. when the 4th National Marina Day comes to Camachee Cove Yacht Harbor in St Augustine.
During the Tuesday morning ceremony, naming the Neil J Perry Criminal Justice Complex, fallen law enforcement officers who have died in the line of duty in St Johns County were also remembered.