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Man arrested in theft of air conditioner cores
A 24-year old St. Johns County man was arrested on one count each of grand theft and criminal mischief last week, according to a report from SJSO Media Relations Officer Kevin Kelshaw received by the St. Johns County local news desk today.
4X4 Jamboree Weekend
Date: Friday, April 2, 2010
Time: 12 noon - 10:00 p.m.
Location: Florida Agricultural Museum, 7900 Old Kings Road
Hankerson says include us in Heritage Corridor
The National Park Service, and the Gullah-Geechie Cultural Heritage Corridor Commission, will hold a joint meeting in St. Augustine on Thursday, February 18th, and Friday February 19th, 2010 according to an announcement received by Historic City News this weekend.
Ash Wednesday - Lent schedule at the Cathedral
In a communication received by the local St. Augustine news desk, The Cathedral Basilica of St. Augustine has announced to Historic City News the schedule of Masses for Ash Wednesday as well as other special services during the season of Lent.
Assailant in Ponte Vedra slaying admits guilt
Saturday morning, the St. Johns County local news desk was notified that 63 year-old Richard William Medeiros made his first appearance before the judge to hear charges that he beat to death a Ponte Vedra Beach resident; 92 year-old Alyce Bowles.
Scholarships for UF students who intern in DC
Historic City News has learned that the University of Florida Alumni Association of Greater Washington DC is awarding two (2) scholarships in the amount of $1,250 each to University of Florida students with unpaid internships in the DC metro area during the 2010 calendar year.
Final Judgments through 1/31/2010
From the records of Cheryl Strickland St. Johns County Clerk of Court
Marriage Licenses Applications - 2/7/2010
From the records of Cheryl Strickland St. Johns County Clerk of Court
Victim suffers serious head injury on motorcycle
Traffic Homicide Investigator J.D. McGinnis reported to the St. Johns County local news desk that deputies from St Johns County Sheriff’s Office Traffic Unit responded to a single vehicle motorcycle collision Saturday evening.
Theater production benefits St. Gerard Campus
Marguerite Mumford announced to Historic City News that a theater production of “Miracle in Rwanda – A Story of Courage, Faith and Forgiveness” will be performed to raise funds to benefit the St. Gerard Campus in St. Augustine.
County performance and financial reports online
County Administrator Michael D. Wanchick reported to the St. Johns County local news desk that The Office of Management and Budget has published several financial plan documents on the County website under the Management and Budget page.
Local farms may get relief for January crop loss
The St. Johns County local news desk has verified that St. Johns was one of 60 Florida counties to receive a Secretarial Disaster Declaration last week in response to crop losses caused by cold weather and freezing conditions during January 2010.
West King Street repaving begins in April
The St. Augustine local news desk at Historic City News has received an update on the status of road projects in the first block of West King Street off US 1; which can’t come soon enough for businesses who have been struggling to stay open during the construction.
Letter: Thankful for news of Andrew Young visit
Dear Editor:
I just wanted to say how very happy I am that Rev. Andrew Young will be in St. Augustine next week.
I am currently residing in Daytona Beach, Florida, and have wonderful historic memories of St. Augustine and the Civil Rights Movement.
Although he will not remember me (I was 15 years [...]
Native Plant Society meets March 9th
The local Sea Oats chapter of the Florida Native Plant Society reported to the St. Johns County local news desk that the program for their March meeting will be “Wild Florida - Images of Nature from the Panhandle to the Keys”.
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Ponce de Leon, Balboa, and De Soto (Period of Discovery, 1513–1542)
1528. The magic fountain; Ponce de Leon discovers Florida; Balboa discovers the Pacific Ocean.— The Indians on the West India Islands believed that there was a wonderful fountain in a land to the west of them. They said that if an old man should bathe in its water, they would make him a boy again. Ponce de Leon1, a Spanish soldier who was getting gray and wrinkled, set out to find this magic fountain, for he thought that there was more fun in being a boy than in growing old.
He did not find the fountain; and so his hair grew grayer than ever >>>
The U.S. acquires Spanish Florida
Spanish minister Do Luis de Onis and U.S. Secretary of State John Quincy Adams sign the Florida Purchase Treaty, in which Spain agrees to cede the remainder of its old province of Florida to the United States. >>>>
Battle of St. Augustine (1702 AD)
After Christopher Columbus' voyage of 1492, Spain began establishing control over the islands of the Caribbean Sea. When their reach extended to Central and South America, the wealth of the Aztec and Inca empires began flowing across the Atlantic to Spanish coffers. As early as 1522, other European nations saw the potential of profiting from Spain's work by attacking Spanish ships laden with treasure. Spain responded by >> Battle of St. Augustine (1702 AD)
A Timeline of St. Augustine 1512–1886
In 1512 Juan Ponce De Leon, in search of gold and the fountain of youth, sailed from Porto Rico and on 27th March he landed in latitude 30° 8', slightly north of St. Augustine. The Indian name of the country was Cautio, but Ponce de Leon named it Florida, having discovered it on Easter Sunday. The Spaniards planted a cross, unfurled the royal banner, and took the oath of allegiance to Ferdinand, in whose name they took possession >>>
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