This Week Around Town
Ongoing Daily Events through November 24 “The Gilded Age: Treasures” from the Lightner Museum 9 a.m.-5 p.m. 75 King St., St. Augustine Learn More “The Hague School: The Second Golden Age…
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Author: Brian Nelson
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Food Drive Now in “Bag It Yourself” Mode
Due once again to popular response, we have run out of dedicated Publix shopping bags for the 3rd annual Share the Feast food drive on behalf of the Homeless Coalition of St. Johns County, However,…
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Hawkins Island – Is This Something Marsh Creek Wants?
Last week, a pitch to Marsh Creek homeowners offered the prospect of annexing and developing a barren 14-acre ICW island on the backyard of homes along Herons Nest Lane, and building 10-12 new homes, each…
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This Week Around Town
Ongoing Daily Events through November 10 Nao Trinidad Tall Ship Tours 10 a.m.-7 p.m. 111 Avenida Menendez, St. Augustine Learn More “The Gilded Age: Treasures” from the Lightner Museum 9 a.m.-5 p.m….
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City of St. Augustine Beach Dreams of Expansion … Absorbing Marsh Creek?
The City of St. Augustine Beach has signaled it wants to expand beyond its small Anastasia Island beach-side borders by annexing its immediate neighbors, the most prominent candidates of which are the Marsh Creek residential…
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Ronald E. Estes, Retired CIA Officer (1931 – 2024)
Ronald E. Estes, a longtime presence at the Marsh Creek Country Club A celebration of life service will take place at the Marsh Creek Country Club on November 16, 2024 from 12:00 – 2:00pm. Burial…
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This Week Around Town
Ongoing Daily Events through November 3 “The Gilded Age: Treasures” from the Lightner Museum 9 a.m.-5 p.m. 75 King St., St. Augustine Learn More “Kindred Spirits” by Artist Crystal Floyd at Lightner…
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Third Thanksgiving “Share the Feast” Food Drive is under way!
By Louise Nelson We have just received a supply of shopping bags and a list of needed food items requested by the kind folks at the Homeless Coalition of St. Johns County, and for the…
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This Week Around Town
Ongoing Daily Events through October 27 “The Gilded Age: Treasures” from the Lightner Museum 9 a.m.-5 p.m. 75 King St., St. Augustine Learn More “Kindred Spirits” by Artist Crystal Floyd at Lightner…
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Early voting starts Monday in St. Johns County
Lucia Viti – St. Augustine Record | USA TODAY NETWORK Early voting for St. Johns County’s Nov. 5 General Election begins Monday. Nine early voting locations will be open every day for 13 days —…
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This Week Around Town
Ongoing Daily Events through October 20 “The Hague School: The Second Golden Age of Dutch Painting” at Lightner Museum 9 a.m.-5 p.m. 75 King St., St. Augustine Learn More “The Gilded Age:…
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We Dodged a Bullet
A few days ago, it seemed our number was up. We’d gone through this 2024 hurricane season without much of a threat – even Helene spared us. Then suddenly, the atmosphere in the waters off…
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Flooding the Zone – Our Biggest Risk
Tropical storm force wind gusts are expected to begin later thismorning across northeast Florida. Overall, sustained tropical stormforce winds are forecast for most of northeast Florida and thesoutheast Georgia coast, with frequent hurricane force gusts…
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Tampa Faces a Century Busting Hit
As evacuations get underway in St. Augustine, a flashback to Tampa’s Hurricane History as Milton Approaches. Courtesy Axios Tampa Bay The last time Tampa Bay was hit directly by a major hurricane,the region looked very…
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Mandatory Evacuations Ordered Ahead of Milton
8am Wednesday Mandatory Evacuations “St. Johns County has issued a mandatory evacuation order for all residents and visitors in Evacuation Zone A (along coastal and river areas), Zone B and Zone F (south of State…
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County Readies Evacuation Orders Ahead of Hurricane Milton
Hurricane, Storm Surge Watch & Local State of Emergency Issued St. Johns County officials called a news conference Monday to warn of “potentially the largest evacuation in Florida since Hurricane Irma” in 2017, as Cat…
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Hurricane Milton Is On The Move
Since forming yesterday as a depression, Milton quickly built into a Tropical storm and recently developed into a hurricane with sustained winds of 80 mph, doubling its speed to 6 mph. The storm remains on…
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Hastings, Florida’s Potato Capital, aims to become a weekend getaway destination
Hastings’ once-bustling main drag is quiet most days. But some buildings that were long vacant have been filled with businesses in the last year. | Noah Hertz, Jacksonville Today By Noah Hertz – JAX Today…
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Hurricane Activity Expected Here Within Days
It was probably expecting too much to to think we would escape this hurricane season untouched. Right now, that hope is on track to be proven wrong, because building up off the coast of eastern…
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