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The St. Augustine Beach City Commission Monday unanimously named Daniel Carswell the chief of police. Carswell has served as the interim police chief since Nov. 9, when former chief Rob Hardwick was elected sheriff of St. Johns County. During the meeting, Hardwick voiced his strong support for Carswell as both the sheriff and personally from his family as residents of St. Augustine Beach. Sgt. Natalie Gillespie also spoke favorably of Carswell, telling commissioners he “has poured his heart a...

National Poetry Month at First Friday Art Walk - Located at the Art Studio of Saint Augustine Beach, Cultural Arts Center, St. Johns County Pier from 5 p.m. to 8 p.m.. You can meet local poets, enjoy poetry writing activities and browse an old-fashioned book fair featuring local authors during Aprils First Friday Art Walk. Poetry in Motion Film Screenings at Light Box - April 8. Art Box, 137 King Street, St. Augustine Florida. 6:30 pm to 9:30 p.m. Enjoy an evening of spoken word documentaries ...

We’ve got a beach for that: vacations in Florida Orlando Sentinel 3 hrs ago Cassie Armstrong, Orlando Sentinel © Joe Burbank/Orlando Sentinel/TNS From Playalinda Beach at Canaveral National Seashore, visitors watch a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket launch from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station. ORLANDO, Fla. — With 1,350 miles of coastline, Florida certainly has a stretch of sandy shores suited for every beach passion, whether it’s hanging 10 on a surfboard, peering at underwat...

Mayor Lenny Curry and some City Council members have said the city needs to finally tackle the steep cost of extending JEA sewer lines to neighborhoods that have relied for decades on septic tanks. Curry has spoken in favor of doing several hundred million dollars of sewer construction toward that end. City Council unanimously voted March 23 to put $14.4 million in new city funding plus $12.5 million from JEA into the sewer construction projects, whose cost has come in higher than the or...

Around Anastasia Island: Music by the Sea concerts to continue Lorraine Thompson It wouldn’t seem like summer at St. Augustine Beach without the Wednesday evening Music by the Sea Concerts at the pier pavilion. While last year’s concert schedule was cut short by COVID-19 restrictions, the St. Augustine Beach Civic Association, sponsors of the event for almost two decades, hopes to keep the beach music playing this summer. Although arrangements were not finalized at this writing, Bill Jones,...

Takeaways from Tallahassee — Cookies for breakfast? Yes, please. Cookies for breakfast? Yes, please. I don’t typically eat chocolate chip cookies for breakfast, but I couldn’t resist the scrumptious treat calling my name from the display case at the new La Florida Coffee & Wine. Lest you judge, I also devoured a breakfast sandwich and soothing latte while sitting under a yellow outdoor umbrella. La Florida Coffee & Wine, which had its grand opening on March 8, is a downtown oasi...

His goal is to raise $100,000 and thus far he has raised more than $12,000. Dave joined KUSI as he was departing California along I-8 towards his home in St. Augustine Beach on the east coast of Florida. Parramore has served 26 years in the U.S. Army and completed a nearly 500-mile journey last February from St. Augustine Beach to Key West in honor of the Wounded Warrior Project.

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Jekyll Island’s Driftwood Beach among ‘Best Beaches in America’ 2021 Tripadvisor ‘Travelers’ Choice’ study lists best beaches in country Published:  Updated:  Tags:  The location made #11 in the “Top 25 Beaches in the United States,” according to TripAdvisor. Last year, St. Augustine Beach made the list, but the local beach came up short this year. “I can understand why they did filming from ‘The Walking Dead’ here,” one review says. “The oak trees are enormous. A ...

Biking 500 miles last year wasn't enough for one Army veteran from St. Augustine Beach.