Category: Community

St Augustine sailor loves Navy deployment By Corporal Ed Galo Special to Historic City News After nearly 11 years of active duty service in the Navy and five deployments, Petty Officer 1st Class and St Augustine native George Fricke says he still loves every day he puts on a uniform.

While the Florida School for the Deaf and Blind is in mediation with the City of St Augustine, neither the school’s public spokesperson nor its President, Danny Hutto, will be commenting to the media on a proposed bill introduced by retiring Representative Bill Proctor that may give the school the power of “eminent domain”.

Rabbi Merrill Shapiro, President of the St. Augustine Jewish Historical Society, invited Historic City News readers to attend when the organization celebrates the eighth annual Florida Jewish History Month.

Castillo de San Marcos National Monument and Fort Matanzas National Monument in St Augustine, along with the 395 other national parks across the country, will offer “free admission” from January 14 through 16 to commemorate Dr Martin Luther King, Jr Day.

Thursday, January 12, Deputy Marshal Ronald Alfred Parker will be remembered during an 11:00 a.m. ceremony at Ron Parker Park; located at the corner of Pope Road and Old Beach road in St Augustine Beach.

Mike Davis, President of A D Davis Construction in St Augustine, reports to Historic City News that, after three years as a volunteer community initiative of United Way of St Johns County, Home Again St Johns has incorporated as a standalone non-profit organization.

A Historic City News reader living in Las Palmas on the Intracoastal in St Augustine, has taken in a lost cat discovered last Thursday, January 5th; and she hopes its owner will recognize him so that he can be returned.

The information contained in this report is taken from sources deemed reliable; the accuracy and completeness of which Historic City News does not control and cannot guarantee. The original public records are on file with the St. Johns County Clerk of Court and should be consulted before taking any action.