St. Johns County Communication Manager, Karen Pan, provided the Thanksgiving schedule for various St. Johns County facilities to local Historic City News reporters

St. Augustine Public Information Coordinator Cathy DuPont informed local Historic City News reporters that the City of St. Augustine will be closed for business Thursday, November 25, to celebrate Thanksgiving Day.

St. Augustine Public Information Coordinator Cathy DuPont informed local Historic City News reporters today that there will be no City Commission meeting Monday.

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Halback Design Group, Inc. project manager and principal Jeremy Marquis informed local Historic City News reporters that the City of St. Augustine will hold two meetings this week towards the goal of improved movement of people along Avenida Menendez and South Castillo Drive — in the area adjacent to Castillo de San Marcos National Monument.

Historic City News has learned that an email sent by an employee of the Duval County Public Schools encourages people to “vote a straight democratic ticket” and blatantly calls members of the Tea Party “racist”.

An ancient Japanese relative of the carp that can live for centuries makes its home in the ponds of the Lightner Museum courtyard; and, thanks to a suggestion from a property services employee, the City is paying less to feed them.

Historic City News has received confirmation from the Republican Party of Florida in Tallahassee that St. Johns County Commissioner Joseph “Ken” Bryan is the subject of a grievance alleging, among other things, that Bryan has violated conditions of a Republican Party Loyalty Oath that he signed before the time when he was elected.