Around St. Johns

Help at color stations, cheer on runners or join the 5K yourself: St. Johns County is recruiting volunteers for its November 14 event in Elkton.

The National Weather Service has a coastal flood warning for the St. Johns River basin, including western St. Johns County, until 6 a.m. Sunday, then a coastal flood advisory until 5 p.m.

A circuit judge dismissed misdemeanor counts against four defendants in the fake voter guide case, including two sitting county commissioners, but left open whether the charges will be refiled and is still weighing a First Amendment challenge from the fifth defendant.

Commissioners unanimously approved the county's first property tax rate cut since 2021, while funding four new fire stations, four regional parks and a new emergency reserve for hurricanes and disasters.

St. Johns County is weighing a trolley to reach beaches where private homes crowd out public parking, an idea tied to funding the county's share of a major federal beach restoration project. A public meeting runs three sessions on Oct. 7 at the Guana Tolomato Matanzas reserve.

A married couple who ran a restaurant in Alsace, France, has opened Riviera 89 on Marketside Avenue, bringing house-made pasta, pinsa and French classics like quiche and beef bourguignon to the space once occupied by Catullo's.