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August 2020

Pruning your gardenias

Q: I do not want to interfere with the flowering of my gardenia. When do I prune it?  A: It flowers on new spring growth so prune it after it flowers in spring or in late winter before growth begins.  Q: What is a variety of gardenia [Read More]

August 31, 2020 // 0 Comments

Aug. 31 – Roving reporter

This news bulletin is brought to you in conjunction with NATKIM Radio. Listen to WPLK (800 AM), WIYD (1260 AM) and WPLK FM (98.3 FM). St. Johns County schools reopen today with about 30,000 of the district’s 40,000 plus students returning to [Read More]

August 31, 2020 // 0 Comments

Aug. 28 – Roving reporter

This news bulletin is brought to you in conjunction with NATKIM Radio. Listen to WPLK (800 AM), WIYD (1260 AM) and WPLK FM (98.3 FM). A 30-year-old Melrose man faces two first-degree murder charges in the killing of two boys Wednesday. Mark Wilson [Read More]

August 28, 2020 // 0 Comments

Aug.27 – Roving reporter

This news bulletin is brought to you in conjunction with NATKIM Radio. Listen to WPLK (800 AM), WIYD (1260 AM) and WPLK FM (98.3 FM). Investigation into the deaths of two sons of a Melrose family who recently moved to the area from Polk County is [Read More]

August 27, 2020 // 0 Comments

EMMA presents violin event

SAINT AUGUSTINE – Local artist Teri Tompkins has created a work of art for EMMA’s third annual painted violin event – what EMMA officials describe as a “magical masterpiece entitled ‘Eine Kleine Nachtmusik.’ ”  It is currently [Read More]

August 26, 2020 // 0 Comments

Chamber hosting virtual talk

SAINT JOHNS COUNTY –  Randy Bradley, Vice President and Site Leader of Northrop Grumman’s St. Augustine Aircraft Integration Center of Excellence will keynote the quarterly Economic Development Council event hosted by the St. Johns [Read More]

August 26, 2020 // 0 Comments

Aug. 26 – Roving reporter

This news bulletin is brought to you in conjunction with NATKIM Radio. Listen to WPLK (800 AM), WIYD (1260 AM) and WPLK FM (98.3 FM). By a 4-1 vote Tuesday Putnam County Commissioners voted to move the Confederate statue from the courthouse [Read More]

August 26, 2020 // 0 Comments

Brown spots on holly fern

Q: My bed of holly fern seems to have a problem. The leaves are green and healthy. The back side of the leaves have a lot of brown spots. They look like a fuzzy scale. Should I treat for it?  A: Your holly fern is having sex so leave it alone. [Read More]

August 25, 2020 // 0 Comments