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LeMaire to leave St. Johns United Way, return to Community Foundation in Jacksonville
Nonprofit leader Mark LeMaire will return to The Community Foundation for Northeast Florida after leading the United Way of St. Johns County since 2022. Beginning Aug. 26, LeMaire will be the foundation's vice president for strategic donor initiatives, a newly created position. He will oversee grantmaking by the philanthropists who have funds...
🪕The Singing Priests
Happy Fri-yah! Celebrating the last weekend of July with our weather stuck on repeat — humid and partly cloudy 🌤 with the possibility of scattered rain showers. 🌦 As we conclude a week of fun-in-the-sun things to do, let's discuss our storms. Why? Because I love them. I really do. Call me bias, but America's oldest city showcases the prettiest storms I've ever witnessed. The lightning's artistic, the thunder's romantic and the rain's downright fun. Outdoor shower...
Florida school district grades are out for 2024. How did Duval, St. Johns, Clay schools do?
New state-issued grades released Wednesday kept Duval County schools a “B” school district for another year, although the number of A-graded Duval schools shrank despite a statewide increase. Thirty-one Duval schools (not counting charter schools) received A grades, down from 40 a year earlier in the second year of a new performance-measuring system...
St. Johns County Sheriff’s Office locates missing 81-year-old with Dementia
The St. Johns County Sheriff’s Office has issued a missing person alert for 81-year-old George Whitmer, who has been reportedly diagnosed with dementia, wandering away on foot from a family member’s home near Fruit Cove Road in the early morning hours of today.
80% of fires caused by golf carts and lithium-ion batteries, according to St. Johns County Fire Rescue
ST. JOHNS COUNTY, Fla. – Chargers, golf carts, and fires, what do they all have in common?. St. Johns County Fire Rescue (SJCFR) says that combination is the reason for most fires in the county. Last Friday in a St. John’s County neighborhood, a home was torched after firefighters...
With primary elections coming next month in St. Johns County, here's what you need to know
With voting season just around the corner, The St. Augustine Record is offering residents of America’s oldest city a one-stop reference for voting in St. Augustine. Primary elections select the nominees for the general election. Aug. 5 is the final day to request a mail ballot for the Aug. 20 primary election. While...
New cancer institute to be built in St. Johns County with help from incentives agreement
The institute will develop more than 30,000 square feet of space for a cancer prevention clinic. This includes a future cancer research laboratory and small-scale cancer drug manufacturing facility.
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