As the City of St. Augustine prepares to announce a budget increase for the coming year, some Historic City News readers are asking themselves if the City has done everything they can to contain costs as they look at spending $8,500 for a table.
The new fire station at Palencia was put to the test this morning when a St. Johns County deputy reported a residential structure fire in the 6500 block of US-1 North, according to a report received by Historic City News this morning.
Historic City News reporters were notified today that Governor Rick Scott has appointment Assistant St. Augustine City Attorney Carlos E. Mendoza to the Seventh Judicial Circuit Court.
Public Information Officer Mark Samson reported to Historic City News that the St. Augustine Police Department was contacted by a local resident who reported that he was on the receiving end of an Internet scam and he wants to forewarn others before they become victims.
Historic City News local reporters have learned that Fire Station 15 located in north central St. Johns County has come on-line; is fully staffed and operational on a full-time basis, twenty four hours – seven days a week.
Regular Historic City News contributor, Jeffrey Edel who is a U. S. Park Ranger and the Historic Weapons Supervisor at the Castillo de San Marcos National Monument, stands his post in full uniform; just like the Spanish soldiers who guarded the fort hundreds of years ago.
St. Johns County Sheriff David Shoar announced to Historic City News this morning that the agency has been awarded reaccredited status by the Commission for Florida Law Enforcement Accreditation and is only the third agency in the state to receive the prestigious “Excelsior Agency” award.
