Third grader OK today after raccoon attack
St. Johns County Animal Control Director Paul Studivant, reports to Historic City News that he expects little chance of capturing and identifying the actual raccoon that attacked a 9 year-old deaf student; bitten eight times by a raccoon yesterday evening in St. Augustine.



The commission said no, unanimously — but some members of the public spoke in support of a proposal yesterday that sought acceptance for a plan that would turn over management of public lands in our area to the federal control of the Department of Interior, National Parks Service.
A High Springs newspaper that has published since 1952 is hanging its future on “a financial angel” to front $120,000 so that it can operate until December 2012 — otherwise, it has already published its last issue.
Hyperbole, used intentionally to exaggerate an opinion, should never be taken as fact; neither should the opinion expressed leave any doubt in the readers mind as to the image that the writer is trying to paint.
St. Johns County Tax Collector Dennis W. Hollingsworth, CFC, in an effort to make paying your tax bill as convenient as possible, offers several different options sure to suit the needs, schedules and preferences of all St. Johns County residents.
Scott Abrams, Director of the Shipwreck Theatre Company and Conservatory reported to Historic City News that he is canceling the previously announced Pirate Gala scheduled November 5, 2011.
Deputies have made three arrests in a Wynfield Circle burglary that happened shortly before 3:00 a.m. Monday morning, according to a report received by Historic City News.
Historic City News learned from Sheriff David B. Shoar’s office that five St. Johns County teenagers are in custody in connection with several car and home burglaries that occurred in Marsh Creek and other St. Augustine Beach locations in early September.