Category: Community

Historic City News congratulates Rosa Bledsoe; a senior at the St Johns County Center for the Arts at St Augustine High School, for her selection to dance the part of the Sugar Plum Fairy when the St Augustine Ballet presents “The Nutcracker” this year.

The St Augustine Fire Department will be the beneficiary of a generous donation of new equipment from Firehouse Subs Public Safety Foundation next week, according to an announcement received by Historic City News today.

In July, Historic City News announced that residents who would like to help the community prepare for the celebration of our 450th Anniversary by undertaking improvements, either inside or outside their home or business, can participate and be recognized in the 450th Improvement Club.

St Augustine Public Affairs representative Paul Williamson informed Historic City News that Saturday, December 3, would be a busy day in downtown St. Augustine with several events that will necessitate the closing of some streets and detours of traffic.

Historic City News readers are encouraged to attend when “Duck Hunter Shoots Angel”, directed by Lorraine Portman, opens this Friday at the Limelight Theatre located at 11 Old Mission Avenue in St Augustine.

Susan Connor, Executive Director of the Children’s Museum of St Johns, announced to Historic City News today that the “museum without walls” is one-step closer to a brick-and-mortar location that they can call home in St Augustine.

Historic City News has received word that during a press conference called for noon today, the beleaguered Jacksonville Jaguars owner, Wayne Weaver, will announce that he has not only fired Jaguars head coach Jack Del Rio, but also sold the NFL team — reportedly to 60 year-old Shahid Khan of Urbana, Illinois.

Historic City News has learned that a frequent speaker at local government meetings, caller to radio talk shows and opinionated commenter on various Internet discussion forums, 50 year-old Maureen L. Ortagus, who lived at 1445 Masters Drive in St. Augustine, has died after a lengthy battle with cancer.