Got a Beef with SA’s Nights of Lights?
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…
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Guana River Land Swap Project Dead
Developers tied to controversial Guana River land swap proposal withdraw application for deal. St. Augustine Beach mayor thanks concerned citizens. ST. JOHNS COUNTY, Fla. (NEWS4JAX) – Less than a day after President Donald Trump’s chief…
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UPDATED: Tuesday Stop the Swap at North Guana Outpost and SJC Board Meeting
10:30am Join us (tomorrow) Tue., May 20th, at 10:30AM for a press conference hosted by Rep. Kim Kendall at the North Guana Outpost to Stop the Swap! Date: Tue., 5/20 Time: 10:30AM Location: North…
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This Week Around Town
Ongoing Daily Events through May 25 “St. Augustine Through the Lens of William Henry Jackson” at Lightner Museum 9 a.m.-5 p.m. 75 King St., St. Augustine Learn More “Sweet Beginnings: Unwrapping St. Augustine’s…
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More Protected Land at Risk – Developer wants a Piece of the Protected Guana River
The Guana Wildlife Management Area is a state-owned conservation area north of St. Augustine where visitors can walk on paths and enjoy the great outdoors, but also hunt for waterfowl. | Flickr, Justin Ellenberger St….
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Fort Mose – Don’t Just Imagine it, Now See It
A reenactor guards the battlements of the newly reconstructed Fort Mose | Noah Hertz, Jacksonville Today Centuries later, Fort Mose finally has a fort again By Noah Hertz / Florida Today Despite its name, it…
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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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This Week Around Town
Ongoing Daily Events through May 11 Romanza Festivale of the Arts Free Admission. Downtown St. Augustine Learn More “St. Augustine Through the Lens of William Henry Jackson” at Lightner Museum 9 a.m.-5 p.m….
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Excelsior High School Turns 100
Work is underway to fix up the historic school building that hosts the Lincolnville Museum and Cultural Center in St. Augustine. | Noah Hertz, Jacksonville Today Big fixes are underway at Lincolnville’s 100-year-old schoolhouse By…
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Easter Food Drive – Thank You!
By Louise Nelson Well, Marsh Creek. An organizing snafu gave us only 5 days for this year’s Easter Food Drive for the St. Johns County Homeless Coalition. It could have been a failure but it…
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The Shell at St. Augustine – New Performing Arts Center
Arts center planned in St. Johns County — but where? By Noah Hertz / JAX Today A coalition of St. Johns County arts organizations are collaborating to create a new kind of performing arts space…
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Magic Beach Motel Threatened
The Magic Beach Motel on Vilano Road was built in 1951 and renovated a number of times over the years. | News4Jax The Magic Beach Motel: An icon or an eyesore? By Noah Hertz /…
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CRITIC’S NOTEBOOK | St. Augustine restaurant and bar scene
CRITIC’S NOTEBOOK | St. Augustine restaurant and bar scene By Hanna Raskin / Florida Today While Nights of Lights makes St. Augustine a hugely popular yuletide destination, that’s not why I went there toward the…
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Costco & World Golf Village Traffic
No doubt you’ve been to the new Costco at World Golf Village and have white-knuckled through all the traffic this store, and Bucees and now Bass Pro are sucking into a now hugely congested interchange….
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The Disston Lake Paddle
By Peter Clayton (Mar 26, 2025) In our 16 years of paddling we’ve only done three lakes: Guana Lake in the Guana-Tolomato Preserve; Lake Norris near Orlando, and; Lake Disston, just south of Bunnell, which…
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The Vilano to City Paddle
By Peter Clayton (Mar 26, 2025) The weather was ideal with blue skies and plenty of sun with a light breeze which ten of us enjoyed while paddling from the Vilano Landing boat ramp on…
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A Shorter 2025 Nights of Lights: Nov 15 – Jan 11
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…
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Lynda’s at the Ocean Club
By Irene Merenda Lynda’s at the Ocean Club 3175 S. Ponte Vedra Blvd Ponte Vedra Beach, FL 32082 904-748-4100 Lynda’s, (previously Serenada at the Ocean Club), opened about 3 weeks before our visit on…
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The Rebirth of Downtown Hastings
THE JAXSON | Before and after: The rebirth of Downtown Hastings By Ennis Davis Published on March 11, 2025 at 10:43 am Located in southwest St. Johns County, Downtown Hastings is experiencing a rapid economic…
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This Week Around Town
Ongoing Daily Events through March 9 “St. Augustine Through the Lens of William Henry Jackson” at Lightner Museum 9 a.m.-5 p.m. 75 King St., St. Augustine Learn More “Sweet Beginnings: Unwrapping St….
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