During the Monday night meeting of the St Augustine City Commission, Historic City News learned from a presentation by Daniel D Holiday how his dream of creating a replica 17th century Spanish caravel from a 30-year-old retired shrimp trawler is becoming a reality.
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Flagler College has announced to Historic City News that readers are welcome to attend when fourth-generation Floridian poet, Terry Ann Thaxton, kicks off the free “Ideas and Images: Visiting Scholars and Artists Program” on October 3 at 7:00 p.m. in the Flagler Room at Flagler College located at 74 King Street in St Augustine.
Marilyn McCall Wiles reported to Historic City News that the Enterprising Women’s Leadership Institute would welcome Sarah Miller Deagan during their luncheon series on Thursday, September 20.
Historic City News reporters were told that Dena Espenscheid, a staff member with American Majority, would be returning to St Augustine next month to speak to members of the Saint Augustine Tea Party, according to Espenscheid and Tea Party chairman Dave Heimbold.
Before residents in the city knew Carl Halbirt, Historic City News reporters remember the Volunteer Trowel Drill Team and Kazoo Band of the St Augustine Archaeological Association; whose members were always welcome to dig into the city’s historic past.
St Johns County Supervisor of Elections Vicky Oakes announced to Historic City News in St Augustine that elections office staff members would conduct two voter registration drives this weekend in anticipation of the General Election to be held November 6.
For well over a century, Historic City News readers and their local families have enjoyed a love affair with Saint Augustine’s most identifiable fruit — the noble datil pepper; and Saturday October 6 and Sunday October 7, as part of the St Johns County Home and Garden Show, your friends and neighbors will be looking for you at the 2012 Datil Pepper Festival.
