Historic City News was informed that the Town Crier Committee of the Saint Augustine Tea Party organized a Gun Appreciation Day event on January 19 at Ace Firearms located at 2570 US-1 South; attended by local residents and several members of the Putnam County Tea Party — including their Chairman, Stan Owens.
Historic City News takes note that today in 1912, the first Florida East Coast Railway train arrived in Key West — marking the completion of the railroad that would forever change the future of St Augustine.
Just one week after her former owner was taken to jail and charged with animal cruelty; Amber is leaving the veterinary hospital and finishes her recovery in a new home with her new family, the Sorrells.
The Guana-Tolomato-Matanzas National Estuarine Research Reserve invites local Historic City News readers to participate in their regularly scheduled and special events; dedicated to the preservation of an unspoiled and undeveloped natural treasure, that is home to sea turtles, land tortoises, porpoises, manatees, roseate spoonbills, North Atlantic right whales as well as a vibrant ecosystem and it subsystems.
Rev. Byron E. Hodges is reaching out to Historic City News readers at a time he says his historic church, St Mary’s Missionary Baptist Church, constructed in 1920, is in jeopardy of foreclosure unless they can meet their goal to raise $50,000 before February 13.
The Friends of the Library informed Historic City News that that they will host a presentation by Dr Dorothy Israel, Professor Emeritus at Stony Brook University, entitled “Facing Discrimination in St Augustine”.
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The original public records are on file with the St. Johns County Clerk of Court and should be consulted before taking any action.
Tucked along 450-year-old Hypolita Street, between two story buildings, bright walls, and a low slung porch roof, Schmagel’s Bagels is an absolute “must visit” for anyone coming to St Augustine.
