Category: Public Safety
St. Johns County Fire Rescue told Historic City News this morning that a local team of United States Lifesaving Association certified beach lifeguards will officially begin full-scale guarded beaches this Saturday, May 25, 2013.
Historic City News has been informed that a Matanzas High School student who was born in St Augustine, was arrested this morning after he attacked a Flagler County school resource deputy; following a fight in the school cafeteria, located at 3535 Old Kings Road in Palm Coast.
Laurie Sanderson reported the following St Augustine and St Johns County locations to Historic City News where the Florida Department of Transportation will be conducting roadwork that is expected to have an impact on driving, beginning this morning and continuing through the coming week.
Historic City News readers who own a recreational boat are invited to visit the Vilano Beach Boat Ramp tomorrow between 8:00 a.m. and 4:00 p.m. for a free vessel safety check.
The St Augustine Police Department informed Historic City News that they have received three separate complaints from local businesses who have been contacted by a man who fraudulently claims to represent Florida Power and Light Company.
Historic City News was informed by Public Information Officer Matthew Sara, that St Johns County Fire Rescue put a new rescue unit into service last week at Fire Station 14, located at 1255 West King Street in St Augustine.
The Office of Florida Department of Law Enforcement Commissioner, Gerald Bailey, announced that tomorrow afternoon, Historic City News will be able to obtain a copy of the 2012 Annual Uniform Crime Report for the State of Florida.
At about 9:00 p.m. Tuesday evening, Historic City News learned that deputies and members of the St Johns County Sheriff’s Bomb Squad had been dispatched to Flagler Hospital to examine a suspicious package.
Editorial: Take your pills with plenty of water
By the time you reach your late 50′s, you are supposed to have learned most of life’s lessons and have probably taught a few of them to those coming up in your family; but, apparently, I am still learning.
Letter: Fiddlers Green is financial millstone
Letter: Fiddlers Green is financial millstone Randy Covington St Johns, FL Dear Editor: The Fiddlers Green boondoggle is that special kind of pork barrel spending that just will not die. The county acquired the property in 2006 for the staggeringly out of bounds price of $5.5 million dollars.
Letter: Still waiting for final paycheck
Letter: Still waiting for final paycheck Logan Guidry St Augustine, FL Dear Editor, I am a former employee of the downtown Dairy Queen on San Marco Avenue in St Augustine, and I am still waiting for my final paycheck.
Letter: Students should be allowed inspirational message
Letter: Students should be allowed inspirational message James S. Arpaia St Augustine, FL Dear Editor: The school board’s decision not to allow an “Inspirational message” at the upcoming graduation exercises for fear of a “lawsuit”, or not knowing what a student might say with an “open” microphone, sends a very poor message to our students.
St. Augustine, FL
Last Updated on May 23 2013, 8:00 pm EST
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