“My husband told me his grandma bought these three lots,” Pasco recounted of the West King Street property. Robert was about five years old at the time. “He was born and raised here,” she explained.
It’s a little sketchy as to how the property transferred from her husband’s family, but when the Pascos moved to St. Augustine from Miami probably in the late 1980s, her husband found out the property was available and “he went out and got ’em,” said Pasco.
The three-bedroom, 2-story home is about 85 years old, Pasco estimated. Recently, thanks to the St. Johns Housing Partnership, the first floor received a face-lift. But the second story, where Hurston rented a room, is off limits, said Pasco, as it is unsafe.
The Ancient City Poets group that s been a bright light on the city s literary scene for more than a decade is gearing up to begin the way they started: with live performances throughout the community.
The ragtag group was established in 2009 by St. Augustine resident Chris Bodor, who launched a monthly poetry reading series that still gathers to this day though its platform, like so many other things during the COVID pandemic, shifted online to Zoom broadcasts.
Sunday, April 25 part of the St. Johns Cultural Council s celebration of April as national poetry month will mark the first time in more than a year that the Ancient City Poets will take to the stage, and this is the part they ve been missing.
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When: Lancaster City Council meeting, April 5.
What happened: Council was presented with a proposed five-year Community Development Block Grant plan for 2021-25 and annual action plan, which the city is required to submit to the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development.
Why it matters: The plans shape the way that much of the money Lancaster receives from HUD ends up being spent. Council was told during its committee meeting that city officials expect to see about $8.37 million in block grant funding over the next five years. Also anticipated is about $710,000 in Emergency Solutions grants, which the city has traditionally used for homeless prevention and emergency shelter.
An early Sunday morning crash in Gadsden County left one man dead and two others with serious injuries.
According to the Florida Highway Patrol, a man driving a sedan west on West King Street in Quincy drove off the road and into a fence before continuing on to hit a tree at 4:35 a.m.
The driver died and two passengers, both men, were transported to Tallahassee Memorial Hospital with serious injuries.
FHP did not identify those involved or list ages or cities of residence. The department also listed the cause of the crash as unknown.
The Quincy Police Department, Gadsden County Fire Department, Gadsden County EMS and Gadsden County Sheriff s Office assisted FHP at the scene of the crash.