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Today’s edition · Fri., Nov. 6

St. Augustine's new bike share launches today with 90 bikes

Plus, a new Hastings café, a free recycling day and a library opening.

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St. Augustine's new bike share launches today with 90 bikes at more than 170 docks

10 of the 90 bikes are pedal-assist e-bikes

10 of 90

  • pedal-assist e-bikes
  • 80 pedal bikes

Sources: JaxToday, WJXT

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pedal-assist e-bikes1011%
pedal bikes8089%

If you've been wanting to see downtown without a car, today's your day. The launches this morning after a 10 a.m. ribbon cutting at the . More than 170 docking stations cover downtown, West King Street, Anastasia Boulevard and St. Augustine Beach.

Renting costs $10 for the first hour and $4.50 for each additional hour, the same for e-bikes and regular bikes. Unlock a bike with the Drifters app, and return it to a dock, or the charges keep coming. Flagler College students get discounts.

Renting costs $10 for the first hour

OptionPrice
First hour$10
Each additional hour$4.50
Unlimited rides, six months$99
Unlimited rides, one year$180

Source: JaxToday

  • E-bikes: 15 mph limit, no throttle
  • Every bike: 10 speeds, lights, puncture-resistant tires
  • Map and pricing: drifterscitybike.com

Local cyclist Teresa Rose, who leads weekly West Augustine Wheelers rides, says St. Augustine lacks true bike lanes. We suggest riding with care: Rose notes that pedestrians have the right of way.

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News Notes

New café

Jennifer Ashton, owner of St. Augustine's Juniper Market, opened Marshtackie Florida Café in mid-October at 420 N. Main St. in downtown . The grand opening is today, with a ribbon cutting at 8:30 a.m. during the annual Fall Harvest Festival. The café is named for a rare Florida horse breed. The Ponte Vedra RecorderThe Florida Times-Union

Recycling

The city's annual free recycling event is Fri., Nov. 20, from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. at the Solid Waste Facility, 601 Riberia St. You can drop off outdated or broken electronics and used cooking oil, and shred up to five boxes of documents if you're a city resident. Staff shred the documents on-site, so you can watch. Action News JaxNews4JAX

The free recycling event runs from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. on Nov. 20

Solid Waste Facility, 601 Riberia St., St. Augustine

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  • 9 a.m. to 1 p.m.Free recycling, cooking oil and shredding
Date
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Shred limit
5 boxes per city resident

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DateFri., Nov. 20
Shred limit5 boxes per city resident

Hastings library

The new Hastings Community Center and Library, a 10,000-square-foot building on Main Street, holds its grand opening at 9 a.m. Fri., Nov. 13. It will have a children's area, a drive-up book drop, meeting spaces, a seed library and a Health and Human Services satellite office. The Ponte Vedra Recorder

Holiday Shoppes

First Coast Cultural Center's 35th annual Holiday Shoppes runs Sat., Nov. 14, from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m., and Sun., Nov. 15, from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m., at 6000B Sawgrass Village Circle in Ponte Vedra Beach. A $5 donation at the door supports art and music therapy programs in four Title 1 St. Johns County schools. The Ponte Vedra Recorder

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Picture a two-story brick building with ironwork and floor-to-ceiling windows that looks like a "Main Street" from decades ago, right in the Nation's Oldest City. Art 'n Motion is an 18,000-square-foot space built to show off classic and rare automobiles, and in many ways, it's the headquarters for the Ponte Vedra Auto Show. Nice garage.

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Daily St. Augustineto me · Fri., Nov. 66:00 a.m.

St. Augustine's new bike share launches today with 90 bikes

Plus, a new Hastings café, a free recycling day and a library opening.

The TLDR

  1. DRIFTERS bike share launches today with 90 bikes
  2. Marshtackie Florida Café celebrates its Hastings opening today
  3. Free recycling and shredding day is Fri., Nov. 20
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