VIDEO: City makes big bucks off negligent parkers
By Priscilla Muller | gargoyle@flagler.edu
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New Leaf: Save a store while you shop
By Lauren Belcher | CBelcher@flagler.edu
During the holidays, it’s no secret that people tend to spend more money.
Even us poor college kids find ourselves buying gifts for loved ones. This holiday, while you’re spending the money, think about where it’s going – or better, who it could be helping.
Construction cripples merchants on West King
By Emily Hoover | ehoover@flagler.edu
Present Moment Café and Kulture Hookah Lounge feel the destructive effects of continued construction on West King Street.
“The construction was supposed to benefit the area,” said Yvette Schindler, owner of Present Moment Café, an organic eatery on the street.
“But, if it doesn’t hurry up, there will be no merchants left,” she said. “It should have been finished sooner. In another area, it would have been finished sooner.”
Grads have trouble finding jobs
By Danielle Lazard | gargoyle@flagler.edu
A college degree can only get you so far, especially these days. In this economy it is becoming increasingly harder and harder to find a job after college.
Needful Thingz to close on anniversary
By Emily Hoover | ehoover@flagler.edu
For Needful Thingz, a music and novelties shop on West King Street, anniversaries are bittersweet.
The store, which opened on Oct. 3, 2008, will close on Saturday, exactly one year after its open, due to economic shortcomings and pending road construction.
Tough times no sweat for Sailor Cher
By Jill Houser | gargoyle@flagler.edu
Photo by Jill Houser
Sailor Cher is not afraid of losing her job.
She curses and struts around in a mini skirt and stilettos, proudly displaying the colorful ink all over her body. At age 57, Sailor Cher has such a confident and vivacious personality that is hard not to stare in wonder.
Downtown gets spicy with Taco Shop
By Kaitlyn Teabo | gargoyle@flagler.edu
Photo by Maggie Strassel
A new Baja Mexican style taco shop opened on Saint George Street early September.
The Taco Shop’s owner, Nicolas Kimball, said he learned most of the recipes featured on the menu in fourth grade on “bring your mom to work day.” He grew up with food and wanted to have a place where others could share his love for tacos.
Non-traditional student sweats out first day
Vietnam vet, full-time student Michael T. Isam fights nerves in return to school
By Michael T. Isam | gargoyle@flagler.edu
Photo by Matthew Boyle
Dark o’clock is a term pertaining to the hours between sundown and sunrise. As my eyes flew open milli-seconds after my alarm went off at 4 a.m., I recognized my old friend, dark o’clock. We meet regularly in the confines of my bedroom.
Kulture features local music
By Emily Hoover | gargoyle@flagler.edu
As the economic recession takes its toll on St. Augustine, the local music scene is bouncing back. On Friday, Sept. 11, local band Geny Pigs united with international guitarist Dixie Duncan for a concert at Kulture Hookah Lounge on West King Street.
Florida resident aid suffers in recession
By Matthew Boyle | mboyle@flagler.edu
Students’ pocketbooks and wallets probably feel a little lighter this academic year than last year as Florida cut funding to all higher education programs.