Ponce de Leon News

Drivers are asked to use caution when buses are on the highways after dark. The Holmes County WINGS Afterschool Program provides transportation for students attending Monday through Thursday in the Bonifay, Bethlehem, Ponce De Leon and Poplar Springs areas.

St. Augustine's 450th Commemoration Commission's first historical presentation Thursday night was billed as a way for city residents to learn about the "Peoples Before Ponce de Leon," but the Timucuans were mentioned only briefly and in passing.

The Holmes County Health Department will be administering the H1N1 Swine Flu vaccine for five local schools.

In recent months there has been a strong advertising and public relations movement to promote the idea of "Naples Originals." Nice idea.

The Holmes County Health Department will be administering the H1N1 Swine Flu vaccine at two local schools.

The Children's Museum of St. Johns will host a Wine and Dine Wednesday from 5:30 to 7:30 p.m. today at the Tasting Room Restaurant, 25 Cuna St.

In 2011, professional shipwrights using wooden nails and ancient tools will build a 16th-century Spanish caravel, a type of three-masted ship that sailed with the fleet of Don Pedro de Menendez, founder of St.

A teenage boy was crossing a median when he was struck by a car. Renee Riggs of Ponce De Leon told officers that at around 5 p.m. on Oct.

The team behind Jaguar Ceviche in Coconut Grove premiere their new Talavera Cocina Mexicana in Coral Gables today .

George Gardner, chairman of the St. Augustine 450 Community Corps, and a former St.

Clean up on Aisle 3. There's been a pileup in the party department. Because Tallahassee basically has two settings on its weather thermostat - Nausea-Inducing Hot and Wet-Dog Cold - there's only a small window of time to stage a festival/party/shindig/clambake when the weather is actually tolerable.

Published: Sunday, October 4, 2009 at 12:01 a.m. Last Modified: Saturday, October 3, 2009 at 11:08 p.m. Some people may think Hispanic culture is something that arrived relatively recently in Polk County, coming with migrant farm and grove workers in the 20th century in the form of Latino food stores and Mexican restaurants.

Augustine has Martin Johnson Heade's name on it. It's located at the Ponce de Leon Studios on Valencia Avenue.

Ponce de Leon Light Station is on Ponce de Leon Inlet in Florida, south of Daytona Beach.

The Turks and Caicos Islands is a self-governing overseas British territory. Turks and Caicos comprise a chain of 40 islands and cays sitting between the Bahamas and Cuba in the Caribbean, with Providenciales being the largest of the islands.

For more than 20 years, Butch told stories while he worked as a guide and photographer in the Everglades before moving to Suwannee County.

Editor's Note: This is the 15th part of an ongoing series, "America's Hidden Hispanic Heritage." To read previous columns in the series, go to http://www.MiguelPerez.com . When he discovered the huge landmass now known as the United States, Juan Ponce de Leon decided to call it Florida.

The Second Annual Tools for Schools campaign to gather school supplies for St. Johns County public schools was sponsored by Colonial Bank and the St.

When they take the time to read the writing carved on a marble wall in a particularly dark section of the San Juan Bautista Metropolitan Cathedral here, that's when visitors finally realize they are standing before the gravesite of one of the great Spanish conquistadors.

PONCE DE LEON A picnic in the park will be held Sept. 12 from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. to celebrate National Alcohol and Drug Addiction Recovery month at Ponce de Leon Springs.