This Week Around Town
November Ongoing Events 29th Annual Nights of Lights with Tours and More During this festival of lights, downtown St. Augustine glows with holiday magic – from the ground to the rooftops. St. Augustine’s Nights of…
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Category: Around Town & County
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Marsh Creek Steps Up for the Homeless
On Friday morning, a team of Spoonbill Neighbor volunteers gathered up more than 40 heavy bags of provisions that Marsh Creekers had dropped off at the Nelson and Ness “Depots” in the past two weeks….
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St. Johns County Civic Roundtable Report
11/15 County Commission Overview Special Session At a special session of the St. Johns County Commission, Sarah Arnold (District 2) was sworn in to another term on the Board. Krista Joseph (District 4)…
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This Week Around Town
What a credit to our town to have this much going on! Enjoy … Monday – Sunday, Nov. 14-20 Contemporary Chronicles of St. Augustine at Lightner Museum Contemporary Chronicles of St. Augustine explores the urban…
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As Nichole Neared, A Daring Kite Surfer Soared
It was Tuesday afternoon, and the Atlantic was beginning to churn with high winds and dangerous waves, the early envoys of Tropical Storm Nichole. But surfers, and especially kite surfers, don’t see danger in these…
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Help Needed for Thanksgiving
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”,…
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This Week Around Town
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…
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This Week Around Town
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…
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Event Re-Schedule
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…
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This Week Around Town
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…
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Major Beach Erosion
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…
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Grab Bag of Upcoming Events
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…
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This Week Around Town
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…
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THE GARDEN CLUB TOUR OF HOMES IS BACK
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…
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Marsh Creek Floods as Ian Brushes By
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,…
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Flash Flood Warning Extended, Bridge of Lions Closed, 312 Remains Open
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…
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Bridges Still Open as Tropical Storm Ian Arrives
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…
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Hurricane Ian Makes Landfall with Powerful Winds and Rain
“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…
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St. Johns County Civic Roundtable
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…
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Update on the SJC Development Fight
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…
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