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Dressed in coats, gloves, hats, and Christmas bulb necklaces or Santa caps, volunteers in Armstrong loaded bagged canned goods, fresh produce, and a turkey or ham into the trunks of the cars in line Friday near the end of Armstrong Road. The SEA Community Help Resource Center gathered 35 to 40 volunteers from St. Augustine to Hastings and made Christmas a happy event for nearly 200 families with the Annual Christmas Basket Giveaway. For years, the United Way, Family Worship Center, a variety o...

St. Johns County road and lane closures: Through Dec. 26, 2020 From Staff Reports Information on road and lane closures provided by the Florida Department of Transportation. • I-95: Daytime lane closures from the Flagler County line to State Road 207 Monday through Wednesday from 7 a.m. to 5 p.m. for shoulder work. • State Road 9B: Road closure at Racetrack Road Sunday, December 20 from 4-5 a.m. for overhead work. Follow detour. • U.S. 1: Temporary closure of the southbound roadway for co...

Pope’s View: Moving forward as 2020 turns into 2021 By Margo C. Pope Are you seeing it that way, too? It is no longer a matter of when the vaccine will come. We know it is near. We have watched people around the world being vaccinated and heard their testimonies of how they feel and why they took it. We focus now on moving forward to when we will be able to get it. Are you ready to take it, too? We have come a long way from mid-March when our way of life that we took for granted changed. In p...

St. Johns County road and lane closures: Through Dec. 12, 2020 From Staff Reports Information on road and lane closures provided by the Florida Department of Transportation. • I-95: Daytime lane closures from the Flagler County line to State Road 207 weekdays from 7 a.m. to 5 p.m. for shoulder work. • May Street: Nighttime lane closures weeknights from 9:30 p.m. to 6:30 a.m. for work related to the drainage project. • San Marco Avenue: Nighttime lane closures, including the slip lane, fr...

Supported by community donations since the 1980s, the Empty Stocking Fund assists vulnerable children and fragile seniors in St. Johns County with funds for food, clothing or toys at the holidays. Tax-deductible donations are fully distributed. Last year, $104,000 was dispersed during the holidays to assist more than 550 families and seniors. This year, distributing funds, sharing additional services and volunteer involvement will be incorporated with the following — and potentially mor...

Is what they do. the head of floridas gop where the call appears to originate told "the st. augustine record," it was off script completely. we have everything scripted. those are clearly not the views of the republican party of clay county or the mitt romney campaign. they did not deny the incident. this whole thing about it was a renegade, it was a rogue operation, those polling operations, those -- there are people sitting in rooms, sitting in call stations. you have people sitting next to yo...

Born here, not believing in america. >> i know, i know, i know this is what they do. the head of floridas gop where the call appears to originate told "the st. augustine record," it was off script completely. we have everything scripted. those are clearly not the views of the republican party of clay county or the mitt romney campaign. they did not deny the incident. this whole thing about it was a renegade, it was a rogue operation, those polling operations, those -- there are people sitting in...