Happy New Year and Welcome to the Chinese Year of the Fire Horse! Editor’s Note: As we look back over 2025, it’s fair to say we have gone through more than the usual challenges that…
Best wishes for a wonderful Christmas from the Spoonbill Courier’s entire editorial team. All of them. No exceptions. 😇
With just a two-day gap from Friday’s Night of Lights celebrations, Spoonbill Neighbors threw an end-of-year Christmas party at the Club Sunday night and had a terrific turnout, good food and drink, and a lot…
Night of Lights 2025 Last evening’s Night of Lights was once more a fun time. Thanks to the enterprising homeowners behind them, driveway parties are still alive … despite the absence of Covid. They offer…
Friday is Marsh Creek Night of Lights Friday, December 12th Sundown (rain date 13th) By Louise Nelson Here we are again, celebrating an event we originally dreamed up in the depths of Covid. Remember that?…
Thanksgiving is, stating the obvious, the start of the Holiday Season in America. We take this time to give thanks for all of our blessings and to enjoy family and friends around the table. Just…
What’s new as Nights of Lights flips the switch this weekend By Noah Hertz There are only a few pages left in this year’s calendar — that means it’s time for St. Augustine’s annual holiday…
Editor: Each holiday season offers Marsh Creek homeowners the opportunity to join in adorning our gates, bridges and parks in festive attire just as the greater St. Augustine community celebrates the Nights of Lights. If…
The Most Common Cause for an HVAC Service Call…A Revised DIY. By David Muir It’s that time of year again when Air Conditioners are running full-tilt and problems arise. The most common issue for HVAC…
Memorial Day 2025 seemed to slip up quietly this year. And then, the spell was broken with one vitriolic message from a VERY senior government official who chose to attack political enemies and not mention…
Residents and businesses get their say on Nights of Lights By Noah Hertz / JAXToday While St. Augustine works out how to make Nights of Lights a smoother operation this holiday season, the city will…
Hundreds of people crowd downtown St. Augustine in November 2024 to see the annual Nights of Lights. | Noah Hertz, Jacksonville Today Nights of Lights shortened to ease crowds and traffic By Noah Hertz After…
Well, we made it to another year! We withstood the threat of an offshore island development that would have disrupted life for many in Marsh Creek. And we also seem to have dampened enthusiasm for…
The editorial team at the Spoonbill Courier wishes you a Happy Holiday season!
If you’ve not had a chance to brave the crowds and traffic for this year’s Nights of Lights in downtown St. Augustine, here you go…
Unlike last year soggy, rainy evening, Night of Lights 2024 had perfect weather, kicked off at 5:27pm by a spectacular sunset. Temperatures remained in the mid-60’s, the sky was clear, the winds were light, and…
Friday, December 13th Sundown (rain date 14th) It’s time again to kick off the Holidays with Marsh Creek’s annual neighborhood Luminary Extravaganza, otherwise known as our Night of Lights. For newcomers, this is the evening…
Stan Hill is our featured patriot today. From travels abroad with Nancy, he sent us 2 photos to help mark 248 years of US independence from British rule. (We added a 3rd) In case you…