St. Johns River Community College told local Historic City News reporters that administrators, faculty and staff recently gathered to honor students for their academic achievements and participation in St. Augustine campus activities.

St. Augustine Vice-Mayor and Commissioner Errol Jones boarded the Amtrak train in Daytona Beach yesterday, along with former St. Augustine Mayor and Commissioner George Gardner, joining Historic City News Editor Michael Gold for the next-to-last leg of Amtrak’s inspection tour of the Florida East Coast railway between Miami and Jacksonville.

Judi Stetson, Director of Grants & Special Projects, asks Historic City News readers for grass-roots support from groups, clubs, media, businesses, citizens and anyone else available tomorrow to show support for a railroad stop in the Town of Bunnell.

In October 2009, Historic City News reported that Halback Design Group made a presentation to the St. Augustine City Commission to improve access and visibility of Aviles Street; considered the oldest street in the oldest city in the United States.

Historic City News readers are invited to participate in a joint public information workshop to obtain project information and provide input regarding the FEC Amtrak Passenger Rail Study.

St. Augustine and The Fraternal Orders

Part two of a series

Veterans of Foreign Wars and the United Veterans of the Spanish War

By Geoff Dobson

St. Johns County Sheriff David B. Shoar told Historic City News local reporters that his office is now available on Facebook — the popular social networking website.

In a process that started as part of an annexation request to the city, local reporters from Historic City News learned that highway billboards along US-1 between the north city gates and the county courthouse are coming down for good.