Spoonbill Neighbors Community Outreach is seeking help for the Homeless Coalition, (AKA, the Emergency Services and Homeless Coalition of St. Johns County). We are partnering with the Coalition again this year to “Share the Feast”,…
It is the spookiest week of the year and in addition to some of the historic experiences, gallery shows and outdoor adventure, there are lots of ghostly tours, hallowed art and music events, and fun…
Open Daily- October 17-23 P.A.St.A. Art Gallery featured artist for October: Valarie Pothier Valarie Pothier-Forrester received her Bachelor of Art Education and her Master of Arts from the University of Florida, and worked as an…
Editor’s Note: Since we published the original announcement a few days ago, this event has been re-scheduled. Weather Reschedule!! Dear Friends and Members, Between ground saturation from Hurricane Ian and weather reports of more rain…
Open Daily- October 10 – 16 P.A.St.A. Art Gallery featured artist for October: Valarie Pothier Valarie Pothier-Forrester received her Bachelor of Art Education and her Master of Arts from the University of Florida, and worked…
A visit to the beach at the end of Pope Road Wednesday produced a shocker, five days after Hurricane Ian cleared out of our area. The hurricane, while well offshore by the time it reached…
Beaches Oktoberfest, Florida’s Largest Oktoberfest, is coming back to Jacksonville Beach this October after a nearly three year hiatus because of the pandemic. Thousands are expected to attend the 6th annual festival happening October 7…
Open Daily- October 3-9 Bouke de Vries: War & Pieces at Lightner Museum This exhibition of London-based Dutch artist Bouke De Vries’ War & Pieces has been described as a “masterwork” by art critics. The…
The Garden Club of St Augustine will host its 51st Tour of Homes on Sunday December 4 from noon until 5 PM. The Tea and Boutique will once again be at the lovely River House…
At 5pm, the Hurricane Center declared Ian had returned to a Cat 1 hurricane. The storm pushed off-land into the Atlantic in the afternoon near the Kennedy Space Center as a tropical storm. As expected,…
At 11:20 am, the National Weather Service issued a FLASH FLOOD WARNING for our area, and at mid-afternoon extended the advisory until 9:00 pm this evening. Water was already pushing into Marsh Creek from the…
At 6am this morning, St. Johns County bridges, including the 312 bridge from Anastasia Island to the mainland, were still open. The county expected to be forced to close them “later today”. “We are playing…
“I’ve covered maybe 91 hurricanes”, said the Weather Channel’s 20-year veteran Mike Seidel, “but this is the worst one I’ve seen”. Seidel was reporting from Fort Myers mid-afternoon today, moments before Hurricane Ian made landfall…
St. Johns County Civic Roundtable to Host Public Meeting on 1 Cent Sales Tax Increase “Everything You Need to Know About the 1% Sales Tax Proposal” The St. Johns County Civic Roundtable will host…
By Michael Read To Fellow Marsh Creekers, I’m pleased to report that our county commissioners rejected both the Adler Creek development and the Elkton Industrial Park project. It’s uplifting to know that our commissioners will…
Open Daily- September 19-25 Tom Schifanella: Faces of the Alcazar at Lightner Museum Faces of the Alcazar presents a compelling glimpse of life behind-the-scenes at Henry Flagler’s Alcazar Hotel. Through large-format photographs, the exhibition documents…
“By far, the greatest percent of land area that will become developed … is in the Central Florida region, but Northeast Florida follows that,” Carr said. Editor’s Note: Since the inception of Spoonbill Courier just…
Open Daily- September 12-18 Tom Schifanella: Faces of the Alcazar at Lightner Museum Faces of the Alcazar presents a compelling glimpse of life behind-the-scenes at Henry Flagler’s Alcazar Hotel. Through large-format photographs, the exhibition documents…
Open Daily- September 5-11 Picturing a Nation: American Art from the Lightner Museum Picturing a Nation is a major installation of American paintings and sculpture from the Lightner Museum’s permanent collection. From America’s great vistas…