A Grab Bag of Upcoming Events
• • Get Ready to Celebrate • • Our 19th Year of Musical Magic! Save the dates for the 2025 St. Augustine Music Festival at the beautiful Cathedral Basilica Thursday, June 19 – Juneteenth Concert Friday…
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Tuesday’s Full Moonrise
Sometimes you get lucky. I was running an errand in the early evening when I spotted a giant bright ball in the sky. Bypassing my destination I detoured down to the Pier to capture a…
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Fun at the GTM
After spending time cooped up inside riding out the hurricane, how about enjoying the great outdoors? The Guana Tolomato Matanzas Research Reserve is hosting Estuary Fest tomorrow to celebrate the incredible ecosystem of Northeast Florida’s…
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DeSantis Backs Down on Park Development
Straining to put on a brave face after a brutal week of citizen outrage and unusually negative headlines, Florida Governor Ron DeSantis all but terminated the life of his embryonic park development project Wednesday. “(FDEP)…
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SJC Politicians join voter opposition to Anastasia Park development
Over the weekend, St. Augustine Mayor, Nancy Sikes-Kline signaled opposition to Governor Ron DeSantis’ Anastasia State Park development plans. This morning, with November elections looming, and Sunday’s citizen park protest still fresh, the St. Johns…
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Locals Protest DeSantis Park Plans
Brandishing anger early Sunday morning, hundreds of St. Augustine locals descended on St. Augustine’s Anastasia State Park in a sometimes noisy show of strength. Amid honking horns of support, placards pointed a finger at Governor…
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Pushback forces DeSantis to find larger venue for Anastasia Park public meeting
“Due to the overwhelming interest with the 2024-25 Great Outdoors Initiative, DEP is looking for new venues to accommodate the public. We want to ensure everyone has the opportunity to participate. Public input is vital…
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Lodge and pickleball proposed at Anastasia State Park
Reprinted Courtesy of New Service of Florida, Jacksonville Today, Action News JAX By Jim Turner – News Service of Florida on August 21, 2024 at 11:43 am The state of Florida proposes to build a…
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It is HOT! What Extreme Heat Does to Your Body
Reprinted Courtesy New York Times By Dana Smith / Illustrations by Loreta Isac Heat is the leading cause of weather-related deaths in the United States. While the human body is able to withstand high temperatures,…
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Wait, does America suddenly have a record number of bees?
Analysis by Andrew Van Dam Reprinted Courtesy of the Washington Post Where in the unholy heck did all these bees come from?! After almost two decades of relentless colony collapse coverage and years of grieving…
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Hurricane season is around the corner. Will you need back up power?
By David Muir We don’t really need a hurricane to lose power. That can happen for plenty of reasons, and usually at the wrong time, right? The good news? There are several options that will…
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A Bloomin’ Bunch of Spring Events
April 5 Tuesday April 9 April 12-14 THE ANNUAL GAMBLE ROGERS FOLK FESTIVAL The annual Gamble Rogers Folk Festival returns for a full weekend of Americana music, workshops, food, vendors, and family fun at…
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Marsh Creek Audubon Efforts are Succeeding
By Stan Hill These two photos were taken Monday while monitoring the blue bird nesting boxes that are scattered around our golf course. The nesting boxes were erected last year as part of the effort…
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Storage Project Update
Spoonbill Courier’s reporting this week suggesting that the Mizell Storage Project on ten acres of land bordering Mizell Road and 16th Street was on Thursday’s St. Johns County Planning and Zoning Agency agenda was inaccurate….
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Homeowners get St. Augustine Beach support in storage project fight
By Brian Nelson It was a good night for the homeowners of three neighboring communities, Marsh Creek, Ocean Cay and Commodore Club. They won critical political support from the St. Augustine Beach City Commission to…
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Storage Project Gets a Bruising Welcome
By Brian Nelson What might have been dismissed as a therapy session for disgruntled cranks, NIMBYs and environmentalists, Tuesday evening’s public meeting on a planned storage unit on the edge of Marsh Creek surprised a…
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What is a Spoonbill, anyway?
By Stan Hill Holy cow, there is a lot of wildlife we share our homes with here at Marsh Creek Country Club! I think it would be nice to make some introductions and I think…
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Is Marsh Creek Ready for This?
The surprising benefits of switching to ‘lamb mowers’ Republished courtesy of the Washington Post October 24, 2023 at 6:30 a.m. EDT Cory Suter of Lamb Mowers lets Oreo, Marshmallow and other sheep out of his…
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MC AUDUBON UPDATE + WOOD DUCK HOUSES
By Peter Clayton The Audubon Certification group met on July 27th, and learned from Chad Hansen that the Club has received three of the required seven certificates for full accreditation with three others pending and…
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