Archive for March, 2010

Easter weekend entertainment

Easter weekend entertainment

St. Augustine Visitors and Convention Bureau Communications Director Jay Humphreys announced the following weekend entertainment activities to the local St. Augustine news desk at Historic City News; including a host of Easter weekend activities.

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Freedom Trail Tour with David Nolan

Freedom Trail Tour with David Nolan

Gwendolyn Duncan, President of the 40th ACCORD, Inc., told Historic City News in St. Augustine that her organization will sponsor a Freedom Trail Tour on the red Sightseeing Train with local historian David Nolan as guide.

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Writers-In-Residence hosts Christopher Buckley

Writers-In-Residence hosts Christopher Buckley

Flagler’s Writers-In-Residence program will host poet Christopher Buckley on Friday, April 16th at 5:00 p.m. in the Gamache-Koger Theater of the Ringhaver Student Center, 50 Sevilla St.

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Government offices close for holiday and furloughs

Government offices close for holiday and furloughs

Local government offices will be closed for the Easter holiday.

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March 31: The Battle of Escolta Island

Don Juan Márquez Cabrera, royal governor of Florida from 1680 – 1687, receives warning from Havana in late February, 1683 that French and English buccaneers from New Providence, in the Bahamas, intend to attack the presidio of San Agustín (present-day St. Augustine, FL).

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2010 Sea Turtle Education Festival

2010 Sea Turtle Education Festival

Tara Dodson reported that Keepers of the Coast are preparing to host their 4th annual Sea Turtle Education Festival, according to an announcement received from Tara Dodson by local news reporters at Historic City News in St. Augustine.

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Thieves steal as much as $10,000 in copper

Thieves steal as much as $10,000 in copper

The local St. Augustine news desk has learned that Friday morning, Police Officer Jessica Pedonti responded to a business on SR-312 to investigate the theft of construction materials.

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Property worth over $4000 stolen during burglary

Property worth over $4000 stolen during burglary

The local St. Augustine news desk has learned that Sunday evening, Police Officer William Protami responded to a residence on Atlantic Avenue to investigate a residential burglary.

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The Great St. Augustine Fire of 2010

The Great St. Augustine Fire of 2010

Late one night, when we were all in bed, Mrs. O’Leary lit a lantern in the shed. Her cow kicked it over, Then winked her eye and said, “There’ll be a hot time in the old town tonight!”

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Flagler presents former Post columnist Raspberry

Flagler presents former Post columnist Raspberry

Historic City News St. Augustine news reporters learned that William Raspberry, a former columnist for the Washington Post, will be the last speaker in the 2009-2010 Flagler College Forum on Government and Public Policy.

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Road to Freedom: African-Americans in Florida

Road to Freedom: African-Americans in Florida

On May 18th, the academic program series entitled “Discover First America; Legacies of La Florida” will present “Road to Freedom; African-Americans in Florida” featuring Derek Boyd Hankerson and James Bullock; celebrating the Quincentennial of Ponce de Leon’s Landing in Florida.

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Letter to the Editor: Thrasher on Education

Letter to the Editor: Thrasher on Education

Legislative Assistant, Kay Rousseau forwarded the following letter from Senator John Thrasher for publication to Historic City News readers.

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