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O. C. Hayes
Oliver “O.C.” Hayes, who lived at 118 Gentian Road in St. Augustine, died Wednesday evening, July 29th at the Bailey Family Center for Caring.
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Third annual morning after beach cleanup
Aubrey Mulligan is hoping that Historic City News readers will pitch in and help other Keepers of the Coast volunteers during their Third Annual “Morning After” Beach Clean-Up on Tuesday, July 5th.
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McGovern returns to The Watergate
St. Augustine’s most famous living politician, former Senator George S. McGovern, will be out of town for a while; Historic City News has learned that, after a stop in Cuba, he is headed for his part-time office — an address in Washington, D. C., for which McGovern and former president Richard M. Nixon are best known.
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Anastasia Boulevard westbound closed
Gina Busscher, FDOT District Two Public Information Director, reported to Historic City News that the westbound lane of Anastasia Boulevard at the west end of the Bridge of Lions will be closed for part of today.
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Artistic and cultural entertainment
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.
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Fourth of July in the Historic City
As Historic City News readers start to decide what to do for the Fourth of July holiday weekend, St. Augustine Visitors and Convention Bureau Communications Director Jay Humphreys has some great local suggestions.
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Iannucci introduces challenge coin
Brian Iannucci informed local Historic City News reporters that, at tonight’s meeting of the St. Augustine Tea Party, he will introduce what he is calling “a new and innovative method designed to reach the voters of St. Johns County.”
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Holiday says training and instinct took over
Better this morning than he was yesterday at lunchtime, pilot Daniel D. Holiday told Historic City News that when his 1973 Bellanca Model 17-30A unexplainably began having engine problems on his way home to St. Augustine from the Bahamas, his years of flight training took over and he knew instinctively what he had to do.