Category: Community

St Johns County Sheriff David Shoar recognized many members of the agency on Friday, March 2nd at the 28th Annual Awards Banquet held at the World Golf Village Convention Center.

St. Johns County Cultural Council, the county’s designated local arts agency, periodically reports upcoming cultural events to local Historic City News reporters for the benefit of our readers.

Historic City News received word that Florida School for the Deaf and Blind junior, Zartarius McDade, is prepared to travel from St Augustine to Tallahassee to compete in this year’s “Poetry Out Loud” state competition on March 10th.

Historic City News readers are going to fall in love with Roosevelt and his horse, Rufus, in a new documentary film that chronicles over 30 years of educating and entertaining visitors to St Augustine by horse-drawn carriage.

St Augustine Youth Advocate Jennifer Tesori who serves as Community Liaison for THE PLAYERS Championship Boys & Girls Club, invited Historic City News readers to attend next week’s dedication ceremony for their West King Street facilities. “We are opening our doors on Thursday, March 15th from 6:00 pm to 7:00 pm,” Tesori told reporters. “You…

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Harlan Mason, Chairman of the St Johns County Republican Party, invited Historic City News Republican readers and their families to attend the kick-off picnic this Saturday, March 10th, in the park at Julington Creek Plantation.

Nestled against a backdrop like no other in the city, the Colonial Spanish Quarter, whose operations were closed last year, will reopen for a special event on Saturday, March 10 from 10:00am until 4:00pm.

Florida Living History spokesman Davis Walker announced to Historic City News reporters that a major grant of $15,000 has been awarded to the local organization by the Florida Humanities Council; the state affiliate of the National Endowment for the Humanities.