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Foodies, here's your chance to spend a day with a St. Augustine chef

St. Augustines Bistro de Leon is celebrating its second anniversary this summer by giving you a chance to spend a day with its chef, Jean-Stephane Poinard . The restaurant along with Leigh Cort Publicity are hosting and administering an essay contest. Here are the details: Write and submit a 150-word essay about why you want to win My Dream Day in a Chefs Kitchen, including what dish youd ...

Pets killed in St. Augustine house fire Monday

Three pets were killed after a house in St. Augustine caught fire Monday night, the St. Johns County Fire Rescue Department said. Spokesman Jeremy Robshaw said firefighters from the county department as well as the St. Augustine Fire Department responded to a fire in the 100 block of Porpoise Road about 9:45 p.m. Firefighters saw dark smoke coming from the front door when they arrived. The ...

Police tactical team apprehend man barricaded in a house

St. Augustine Police Special Response Team officers apprehended a man with an open warrant for arrest Friday, according to a St. Augustine Police Department report. Officers responded to 38 White Street near the St. Augustine Lighthouse Friday around 4 p.m. in reference to a domestic disturbance, the report said. Kurt Roger Wright, 32, had locked his girlfriend out of their home. When officers ...

St. Augustine Little League 13-14 girls softball team falls in semifinals

The St. Augustine Little League 13-14 girls softball team lost in the semifinals of the state tournament in DeLand. SALL dropped a heartbreaking 1-0 loss to Naples Sunday in the eighth inning on a suicide squeeze bunt. The team would have advanced to the finals today. Instead, the only two teams to have defeated SALL (West Tampa and Naples) will face off.