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A plan to build more than 3,300 units on 2,600 acres of land rejected by the county in November could be headed back to the County Commission. The application by developer Freehold Communities called for the creation of an “agrihood” concept

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In a 1925 speech to the American Society of Newspaper Editors, President Calvin Coolidge said “the chief business of the American people is business. They are profoundly concerned with producing, buying,

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Less than 10 years after facing much uncertainty, downtown Hastings is once again becoming a thriving community anchored in agriculture and the spirit of local entrepreneurship, according to a media release. One of

The 2025 Florida Legislative Session has been unusual in many ways with failure to reach a budget agreement necessitating an extension to June 6 and disagreements between the governor and legislators. But there is one

Crypto investors have a lot of reasons to be happy these days. With a new “crypto task force” created by the Trump Administration with the participation of some of the leading cryptocurrency advocates and a seeming recovery

The Southeast Golf Classic, a charity golf tournament hosted by the Vested Community Foundation, presented in memory of John Mark Leach, raised more than $75,000 for several local charities, according to a

Flagler County is one step closer to a first-class executive airport with the groundbreaking for a new general aviation terminal at Flagler Executive Airport. The 15,500-square-foot facility will accommodate the

The St. Johns County Chamber of Commerce Pitch Factory has announced upcoming dates for the 2025 Pitch Factory.  This year’s cohort will begin on Tuesday, June 3 and meet each Tuesday night through July 15. 

The Hastings Mainstreet Association’s May meeting focused on First Coast Technical College’s new Hastings Campus.  Dr. Brennan Asplen discussed the renovation of Hastings High School, funded by a $7.6 million ARPA

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Community Content No one understands the power of big events better than the Ocean Center. Just 400 feet from the world-famous Daytona Beach, this premier arena and convention center hosts

“Music is the universal language of mankind.”   Music has a way of bringing people together, and, for years, in St. Johns County, music lovers at the government level and in the community looked for ways

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Lists have become a staple of the information age, with releases on the best places to live, retire, visit, start a business and so on. But while most of these Top 10 lists can be a point of pride for communities, others not so

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AI is reshaping the way we work. It saves time, sparks new ideas, and can actually be fun to experiment with and explore. And yes, I recently created an AI video avatar of myself—and it’s a bit surreal, pretty amazing and