St. Johns County Emergency Management Director Linda Stoughton received the "Governor's Award" at the Florida Governor's Hurricane Conference on May 18, 2017 in Palm Beach. Ms. Stoughton was recognized for her dedicated service to Emergency Management and capable response prior to, during, and after Hurricane Matthew. She was also named "2017 Emergency Manager of the Year" by the Florida Emergency Preparedness Association in February. The St. Johns County Board of County Commissioners would like to congratulate Ms. Stoughton for her achievements, and thank her and the Emergency Management Division for their hard work and dedication to the residents of St. Johns County.

State Representative Cyndi Stevenson is hosting a free hurricane-related insurance workshop at 6 p.m. on Wednesday, June 21 at the St. Johns County Administration Building, 500 San Sebastian View. Residents are invited to bring copies of current insurance policies and review them with Florida Department of Finance staff for adequate coverage in the event of a major weather event. Light refreshments will be offered. For more information, please call 904.823.2300.

The St. Johns County Board of County Commissioners would like to congratulate the Florida Department of Health in St. Johns County (DOH-St. Johns) for receiving the prestigious Governor's Sterling Award. The Governor's Sterling Award is the highest award a private or public organization can receive for performance excellence in Florida. The Department is a two-time recipient of the Governor's Sterling Award (2009, 2015), and two-time recipient of Governor's Sterling Sustained Excellence Award (2011, 2017). For more information about the Florida Department of Health in St. Johns County, please visit http://stjohns.floridahealth.gov.

St. Johns County is offering a free shuttle service to Mickler's Beachfront Park and the St. Johns County Ocean and Fishing Pier from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. on the following weekends this summer:

 

Independence Day: July 1 - 4

Labor Day: September 2 - 4

 

The Mickler's Beachfront Park shuttle will transport beach visitors between Cornerstone Park, 1046 A1A North, and Mickler's Beachfront Park, which provides direct access to the beach. The Pier shuttle will transport beach visitors between St. Augustine Beach City Hall, 2200 A1A South, and the Pier parking lot, which provides direct access to Pier amenities and the beach. The shuttles will run every 20 minutes with the final shuttles departing at 4 p.m.

 

St. Johns County Public Libraries are hosting free, interactive, and science-based Nature Detective workshops for children ages 6 through 12 throughout the summer. This year, participants will have the opportunity to learn about bees through hands-on activities, take-home materials, and books that can be checked out from the libraries. The St. Johns County Beekeepers Association will also bring a contained live hive of bees to every workshop to help study these important pollinators. The workshops will be held at the following locations:

 

* Bartram Trail Branch, 904.827.6960 - June 14 / 1 p.m., 2:30 p.m.

* Hastings Branch, 904.827.6970 - June 24 / 11 a.m., 12 p.m.

* Ponte Vedra Branch, 904.827.6950 - July 8 / 1 p.m., 2:30 p.m.

* Southeast Branch, 904.827.6900 - July 15 / 11 a.m.

* Anastasia Island Branch, 904.209.3730 - July 19 / 2 p.m., 3:30 p.m.

* Main Library, 904.827.6940 - July 22 / 10 a.m. and 11:30 a.m.

 

To register your child for a workshop, please call or visit any participating branch library. Nature Detective workshops are sponsored and supported by the Garden Club of St. Augustine and the Friends of the Library organizations of each branch library. For more information, please visit www.sjcpls.org.