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Palatka Daily News
Published September 24Prep cross country: Guessford slashes 20-minute mark in win
Paislee Guessford at long last did it. On Wednesday afternoon, the Interlachen Junior-Senior High School senior finally went under the 20-minute mark at the third Florida Deaf & Blind cross country meet this year at St. Augustine as she won the race in 19:59, running away with…
Jacksonville Today
Published September 25Free shuttle service to expand to Anastasia Island, St. Augustine Beach
St. Augustine will expand its free STAR Circulator shuttle service to stops on Anastasia Island and in St. Augustine Beach.
Palatka Daily News
Published September 24History, music and markets fill busy North Florida weekend
Occupation of Palatka leads packed three-day lineup from St. Augustine to Gainesville History will come alive in Palatka this weekend while songwriters take over St. Augustine, jazz fills a Jacksonville street and Gainesville closes out September with art, music and a celebration…
Bradford County Telegraph
Published September 22KHHS boys take 5 of the top-10 spots at cross-country meet
Keystone Heights High School had the first four finishers and took five of the top-10 spots total in the boys race at a Sept. 16 cross-country meet hosted by Florida Deaf and Blind at St. Augustine’s Anastasia Park. The Indians took first in each of the team standings, with the…
Palatka Daily News
Published September 22Prep roundup: Robinson, Crescent City sweep away FSD&B
Bethanny Robinson had a big night for the Crescent City Junior-Senior High School volleyball team as the Raiders blanked Florida Deaf & Blind, 25-8, 25-7, 25-2, in St. Augustine Monday night. Robinson put up 15 service points with 11 of those being aces, while coming up with two…
Jacksonville Today
Published September 17St. Augustine builds its first green stormwater system
An area called a bioswale uses native plants to filter pollutants from stormwater before it drains into the Matanzas River.
Jacksonville Today
Published September 17St. Johns County OKs $125K for Black History Museum
County commissioners voted to spend on the museum despite uncertainty about property tax revenues.
Folio Weekly
Published September 17The Prodigal Sound
One whole week of flipturn Words by Carmen Macri Photo by Josie Keenan The hometown heroes are finally making their way back to center stage at the St. Augustine Amphitheater but not before a full week’s worth of events for the fans and community. After a grueling year on the…
City of St. Augustine News
Published September 15Chief Marston Speaks to St. Augustine Sunrise Rotary
Palatka Daily News
Published September 12Today in History – Sept. 12
September 12 In 1886, Capt. R.H. Hodgkin of Welaka found a rare Spanish coin—dated 1721 and issued by Philip V—in his orange grove. In 1910, the St. John’s Catholic Church was formerly dedicated by St. Augustine’s Rev. Dr. M.P. Foley and Rev. Father P. Barry, pastor of St.…
Jacksonville Today
Published September 10WHAT TO DO | Florida Fin Fest; BioBlitz at Blue Cypress; ‘Catch Me If You Can’
A festival benefitting marine life at Jacksonville Beach, a guided nature walk in Arlington, and a musical in St. Augustine are What to Do this weekend.
The Apopka Voice
Published September 08Florida photographers honored in 2026 Audubon Photography Awards
A photograph of a Roseate Spoonbill taken in St. Augustine earned Jacqueline Burke the Grand Prize in the 2026 Audubon Photography Awards. Two other Florida residents received honorable mentions for images featuring a Common Nighthawk and a Barred Owl.