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Some Florida teachers soon will get coronavirus vaccination A roundup of Florida education news from around the state.     OnSite Safe Nurse Joan Diehl prepares COVID-19 vaccinations at the Strawberry Festival Fairgrounds, one of the vaccination distrubition sites in Hillsborough County, in Plant City on Wednesday, Jan. 6, 2021. [ IVY CEBALLO | Times ] Published Jan. 19 Gov. Ron DeSantis has insisted that Florida’s health care providers and residents over 65 be first in line for ...

DeSantis said expansion by Publix serves his goal of vaccinating as many senior citizens as possible.  “Publix is in every community. If we can get it in every community, it’s going to be easier for people to get the vaccine,” he said. "... We really believe its important to put seniors first on this." Close to 400,000 seniors have been vaccinated statewide, DeSantis said, calling that total "the most of any state by a country mile." The supermarket vaccinations were welcome news in a ...

Florida schools still coping with coronavirus A roundup of Florida education news from around the state.     Students cross Fishhawk Boulevard to Newsome High in Lithia on Thursday, October 22, 2020. [ IVY CEBALLO | Times ] Published Jan. 11 The news about Florida schools continues to be dominated by the effects of and responses to the coronavirus, which again is spreading with cases growing. Teachers and others increasingly are demanding protections, such as vaccine access and paid sic...

We all recognize that the vaccine supplies are limited and that we must wait our turn. But why not construct a prioritized list ?

AROUND ANASTASIA ISLAND: Secret of Christmas tree revealed Lorraine Thompson Much was different about the Christmas of 2020 including Surf Illumination and the lighting of the St. Augustine Beach Christmas tree. The tale of the giant tree was recently revealed by Bill Jones, president of the St. Augustine Beach Civic Association. “For nearly 20 years, the Civic Association’s Surf Illumination has faced many challenges regarding the community Christmas Tree,” Jones explained. “We’ve al...

The loss of The Records Anne Heymen will be felt for a long time St. Augustine Record The one who knew I had a short tenure as editorial page editor for The Record in 2014 and one of my biggest takeaways was the friendship and help that Anne Heymen afforded new Record employees who were trying to fit in. I spoke on a daily basis with the publisher Ron Davidson and, subsequently, with his successor.

City of St. Augustine accepting e-waste, used oil Jan. 6 From Staff Reports The City of St. Augustine and St. Johns County Utilities will hold a free recycling event from 7:30 a.m. to 2:30 p.m. Jan. 6 at two locations: 25 W. Castillo Drive (Francis Field downtown) and at 840 W. 16th St. on Anastasia Island.  Old electronics, including cellphones, VCRs, DVD players, game systems and tablets, will be among the recyclable items. Other electronic devices, including computers and printers, w...

Longtime St. Augustine Record writer Anne Heymen dies Heymen, 80, joined The Record in 1962 Margo Pope Anne Carling Heymen, longtime writer for The St. Augustine Record, died on Wednesday, Dec. 23, 2020, at the Bailey Family Center for Caring. Heymen, 80, was a native of Forks Township, Pennsylvania. She joined The Record in 1962 after graduation from Stetson University with a bachelor’s degree in journalism. She was a longtime resident of St. Augustine Beach. Her parents moved to St. Augusti...

St. Augustine man jailed for DUI-manslaughter in New Years Day death A 26-year-old man was put behind bars on Christmas Eve after a crash left a pedestrian dead on a St. Augustine Beach road on New Years Day almost a year ago, the St. Johns County Sheriffs Office said. Edward Keegan Downey of Sea Place Avenue in St. Augustine was booked into jail early Thursday on a warrant for DUI negligent manslaughter in lieu of $150,000 bail, jail records show. The victim, identified by The St. Augustine...