Wil Smith, Director of St Johns County Recreation and Parks Department, has invited all Historic City News readers to their annual Easter Egg Hunt beginning at 11:00 a.m. on Thursday, March 28.
At the end of the current hunting season, Historic City News has learned that Rayonier Inc., and co-owners Plum Creek Timber Co. Inc. and Conservation Forestry LLC, will remove Twelve Mile Swamp and Relay state wildlife management areas from the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission’s recreational use permit program.
District 5 Commissioner Rachael Bennett encourages Historic City News readers to visit and complete a brief online survey about St Johns County beaches that will be used to evaluate beach services and facilities.
Historic City News readers already know that April 3, 2013 is a big day in Florida’s history — the 500th anniversary of the day in 1513 when Spanish explorer Juan Ponce de Leon landed on the shores of this land that he would name “La Florida”.
Chairman of the Saint Augustine Tea Party, Dave Heimbold, announced to Historic City News that, with the state legislature back in session, now more than ever is the time for local citizens to “get off the LazyBoy” and get involved.
Auditions of St Johns County students enrolled in grades K-12 are being held for the second annual Performing Arts Alive competition, according to an announcement from the St Johns County Education Foundation received by Historic City News this week.
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Historic City News reporters spent the afternoon touring the Celtic heritage displays, sampling authentic cuisine, tasting Scotch whisky and Murphy’s, and browsing the wares of dozens of exhibitors and entertainers as far as the eye could see, during the St Augustine Celtic Heritage and Music Festival going on this weekend.
