Category: Community

Craig Funeral Home Crematory and Memorial Park Funeral Operations Manager, Russell D. Hall, LFD, announced to Historic City News that George William Bissett, 88, of St. Augustine, passed away peacefully on October 16, 2011, surrounded by his family at the Bailey Family Care Center.

On Friday, September 16, 2011, The Company of St. James commemorated the 446th anniversary of the first mustering of America’s original citizen-soldiers in St. Augustine in partnership with the Florida National Guard and Florida Department of Military Affairs.

Park Service Specialist Terri Newmans told local Historic City News reporters that Fort Mose State Park will host a historic interpretation of 18th-century life presented by members of the Presidiales of St. Augustine later this month.

Laurie Sanderson reported the following St. Augustine and St. Johns County locations to Historic City News where the Florida Department of Transportation will be conducting roadwork that is expected to have an impact on driving, beginning this morning and continuing through the coming week.

Historic City News readers will have no problem finding something fun to do this year; because, when it comes to selecting the perfect place for ghostly fun, it’s difficult to find a more haunted location than the Nation’s oldest city, St. Augustine, Florida.

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.

Gary Bruce invited St. Augustine and St. Johns County Historic City News readers to attend a special tribute event honoring our local veterans and the sacrifices made by our ex-prisoners of war.

President Jim Laquidara of the Fraternal Order Orioles, St. Johns River Nest 324, announced to Historic City News that, in keeping with the organization’s charter requirement that all profits must be donated to charitable causes, his club has chosen to act as benefactor to St. Johns County schools.