Year: 2010

Great Florida Beach Walk Saturday

Beach loving Historic City News readers along Florida’s Historic Coast are invited to join the Great Florida Beach Walk to show the world that the Sunshine State’s beaches are as wonderful as ever.

Deputies may not shave until February

St. Johns County Sheriff David Shoar wants to tell Historic City News readers that, for the next several months, you may see some deputy sheriff’s sporting stubble on their faces.

Community

Lofton back in local county jail

Historic City News has learned that former St. Augustine resident, 39 year-old Eugene Laquan Lofton, Jr., who was sentenced on April 6th, 2010 and is currently serving a 9 year sentence for cocaine sales, has been arrested by the Department of Corrections and returned to St. Johns County under $1 million bond.

Public Safety

Last nights Innlet Beach boil water notice lifted

Jason Rickards, MFRC, PWS, St. Johns County Utility Department Compliance Coordinator, informed Historic City News local reporters that his office has issued a “Retraction Notice” to lift the original “Boil Water Notice” in effect for portions of three Ponte Vedra Beach subdivisions.

Community

Some incumbents – some new faces hold seats

Historic City News noted that many around the state were expecting to unseat incumbents given the “throw the bums out” attitude of tea party groups and other conservatives unhappy with government spending and what they consider liberal social agendas.

Government