This Week Around Town
Ongoing Daily Events through December 8 31st Annual Nights of Lights Nightly through January 26 Free Admission. Downtown St. Augustine Learn More Ways to View the Nights of Lights Nightly Tours Downtown…
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59 Reasons to say Happy Thanksgiving, Marsh Creek!
Several weeks ago, the St. Johns County Homeless Coalition delivered 18 Publix bags to help Marsh Creek’s Spoonbill Neighbors to kick off its annual Thanksgiving food drive. Each empty bag was pre-designated for one of…
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This Week Around Town
Ongoing Daily Events through December 1 31st Annual Nights of Lights Nightly through January 26 Free Admission. Downtown St. Augustine Learn More Ways to View the Nights of Lights Nightly Tours Downtown…
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Hawkins Island – Really?
As is now apparent from the previous Spoonbill Courier report detailing overwhelming community opposition to the Hawkins Island development, there is greater wonderment why this project was ever launched in the first place. One Marsh…
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Reaction to Hawkins Island Project
UPDATED 11-23-2024 Brian Nelson – Editor The Hawkins Island report, which was published on November 10, is probably one of the most responded-to in Spoonbill Courier history. For those of you who have not read…
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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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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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