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Dinner Party plays as part of the Fort Mose Jazz & Blues Series on Friday.
February 12, 2025

ARTS PICKS | Feb. 14-16

Jazz in St. Augustine, surf-themed art in Jacksonville Beach, and American roots music in Fernandina Beach are this weekend’s things…

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San Sebastian Winery in downtown St. Augustine wants to add an adjacent marketplace. | St. Johns County Property Appraiser
February 12, 2025

San Sebastian Winery plans marketplace with restaurant

The proposal includes a restaurant, retail building and additional surface parking adjacent to the winery..…

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Members of the Manasota chapter of the Florida Young Birders Club watch birds through binoculars at Red Bug Slough in Sarasota on Jan. 25, 2025.
February 11, 2025

COVID pushed kids outdoors. Now they’re into birdwatching.

More young birder groups are popping up for teens and tweens who enjoy getting outdoors together to gawk at wildlife.…

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Hundreds of people crowd downtown St. Augustine in November 2024 to see the annual Nights of Lights. | Noah Hertz, Jacksonville Today
February 10, 2025

Nights of Lights needs more county funding, St. Augustine says

St. Augustine’s latest Nights of Lights set new records for attendance, and city leaders say they need more cash if…

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The trail would have been built along the curvy two-lane Shore Drive, near the Matanzas River south of St. Augustine. | Noah Hertz, Jacksonville Today
February 6, 2025

Planned walking trail suddenly dead in St. Johns County

The trail south of St. Augustine died this week, a year after county commissioners approved the very same plans. …

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Have an extra special Valentine's Day by tying the knot in a group ceremony in St. Augustine. | St. Johns County
February 6, 2025

BIT OF JOY | Get married on Valentine’s Day

Sure, you could celebrate Valentine’s Day by going out to dinner, or you could make it truly unforgettable by getting…

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The St. Johns Sheriff's Office's Detention Center Annex was once the county's jail. In the 1960s, civil rights activists like Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. were held there. | Noah Hertz, Jacksonville Today
February 4, 2025

Advocates try to save civil rights landmark in St. Johns County

The county is considering a plan to tear down an old county jail building with ties to the Rev. Martin…

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Black History advocate Greg White thanks the St. Augustine Beach City Commission for formally acknowledging Black History Month on Monday, Feb. 3, 2025. | Noah Hertz, Jacksonville Today
February 4, 2025

St. Augustine Beach recognizes Black History Month for first time

St. Augustine Beach had never issued a formal proclamation recognizing Black History Month until Monday night.…

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Joined by members of his family, Jon DePreter swears in as the newest member of the St. Augustine City Commission in December. | Noah Hertz, Jacksonville Today
January 30, 2025

New St. Augustine Commissioner Jon DePreter: Flooding, mobility are top of mind

St. Augustine’s newest city commissioner says he wants to maintain St. Augustine’s charm while making the city safer.…

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The St. Augustine Marine Center is at 404 Riberia St. in downtown St. Augustine. | Jacksonville Daily Record
January 23, 2025

St. Augustine Marine Center seeks rezoning for expansion

Proposals for the Marine Center include office space, commercial space, patio, parking, boat slips and service bays.…

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January 22, 2025

BIT OF JOY | St. Augustine’s poet laureate

St. Augustine just appointed a new poet laureate: Ann Browning Masters. She succeeds the city’s previous (and first) poet laureate,…

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The World Golf Hall of Fame and IMAX theater sit near St. Augustine. | Dan Scanlan, Jacksonville Today
January 21, 2025

New plan proposed for World Golf Village IMAX

The IMAX Theater at World Golf Village could become a community theater and event space.…

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Hundreds of people crowd downtown St. Augustine in November 2024 to see the annual Nights of Lights. | Noah Hertz, Jacksonville Today
January 14, 2025

St. Augustine says Nights of Lights may be getting too big

“We’re dangerously close to overtourism,” Mayor Nancy Sikes-Kline said about Nights of Lights.…

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The Northeast Florida Regional Airport | Noah Hertz, Jacksonville Today.
January 10, 2025

St. Augustine’s airport wants its old name back

The Northeast Florida Regional Airport wants to return to its simple name of the past: St. Augustine Airport.…

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Photographer Lydia Ritter snaps a photo during the Analog Club’s film photography pop-up event in St. Augustine Dec. 13. | Noah Hertz, Jacksonville Today
January 3, 2025

Analog photography is back. St. Augustine photogs develop community around film 

A new club in St. Augustine is celebrating photography the old fashioned way.…

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January 2, 2025

Sexual assault victims get more help in St. Johns County

The Betty Griffin Center will expand services for sexual assault victims at Ascension St. Vincent’s St. Johns hospital.…

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Southern Grounds plans to open Thursday at 124 King St., at King and Riberia streets in the St. Augustine historic district. | Southern Grounds
December 30, 2024

Southern Grounds will open this week in St. Augustine

The Southern Grounds in St. Augustine will be the fourth location in Northeast Florida.…

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Louise Divine and Herman Holley of Turkey Hill Farm sell their Hamlin oranges fresh on an online marketplace. | Turkey Hill Farm
December 9, 2024

A citrus comeback is budding in North Florida

Warmer temperatures and new technologies are helping a citrus industry born in St. Augustine.…

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This concept image shows some of the wheelchair-accessible playground equipment planned at the St. Johns County Police Athletic League's new playground. | St. Johns County
December 3, 2024

St. Johns pledges $2.2M for ‘all-inclusive’ playground

The Diamond of Dreams playground will be only the second in the county designed for children with disabilities.…

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Crews install decorations in the Plaza de la Constitucion in downtown St. Augustine ahead of the start of Nights of Lights this weekend. | Noah Hertz, Jacksonville Today
November 21, 2024

Nights of Lights will shine this weekend in St. Augustine

St. Augustine expects a tide of visitors as the popular Nights of Lights returns for the holidays.…

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A Bass Pro Shops sign was being installed Thursday, Nov. 14, 2024, at 355 World Commerce Parkway. | J. Brooks Terry, Jacksonville Daily Record
November 15, 2024

Bass Pro Shops prepares to open Nov. 20

A grand opening at Bass Pro Shops in St. Augustine will include music, celebrities and giveaways.…

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Lion statues guard St. Augustine's iconic Bridge of Lions. | Noah Hertz, Jacksonville Today
November 13, 2024

St. Augustine settles on site for Anastasia Island fire station

The city says Anastasia Island is in dire need of a new fire station, but finding a site has taken…

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The intersection at Cuna and Spanish streets in downtown St. Augustine is now the end of the line for cars going north on the bricked street. | Noah Hertz, Jacksonville
October 29, 2024

Street closed for good in downtown St. Augustine

A portion of Spanish Street is closed to vehicles to make the city more walkable, but some businesses objected.…

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St. Johns County District 5 School Board candidates Linda Thomson, left, and Bethany Hilbert.
October 28, 2024

One School Board seat still up for grabs in St. Johns County

Linda Thomson and Bethany Hilbert are competing for the School Board seat in District 5.…