Emily Jane Murray reported to Historic City News in St Augustine the following entertaining and educational programs at Guana Tolomato Matanzas National Estuarine Research Reserve during the coming month.
Chamber spokesman, Beau Phillips, confirmed with Historic City News the participant candidates for public office in St Johns County who will be part of Politics in St Johns, tomorrow, July 19, at Francis Field on West Castillo Drive in St Augustine.
Despite the fact that St Augustine and St Johns County residents are admitted without charge at Fountain of Youth Archaeological Park to see the 16th century shipbuilding living exhibit, St Augustine Port Waterway and Beach District refused a request for $5,000 in assistance for continued work on the 37-foot multi-purpose Chalupa and boathouse.
US Department of the Interior, National Park Service Superintendent Gordie Wilson announced to Historic City News local reporters today that Fort Matanzas National Monument would host two open house meetings for the public to learn about and comment on its Draft General Management Plan.
Former County Commission Chairman Earl Byrd was born in St Johns County on September 17, 1913; he died here this morning, two months shy of his 99th birthday, according to a report from his daughter, Kathy Strickland.
Jazz Society hosts fundraiser
By Michael Isam
The St Augustine Jazz Society hosted a scholarship fundraiser event on Sunday to raise funds for students to continue their music education.
Jennifer Tesori announced to local Historic City News reporters that St Joseph Academy Catholic High School and St Augustine High School classes of 1988-1996 would hold a reunion and class mixer on Friday, July 27.
Historic City News readers in St Johns with medically fragile, otherwise homebound children, will be relieved to know that a cost-effective alternative to private duty nursing or institutionalization available in Fruit Cove on SR-13 North and on Cassat Avenue in Jacksonville.
