Year: 2011

BI-LO and Winn-Dixie announce merger

Eric Barnes, Director of Corporate Communication for Winn-Dixie Stores, Inc., announced to local Historic City News reporters that the 86 year-old Jacksonville based supermarket chain will merge with Greenville, South Carolina based BI-LO, LLC; possibly as soon as within the next sixty days.

Business

Fort Matanzas resumes ferryboat service

Administrative Support Assistant Laura Cryan announced to Historic City News reporters that in less than two weeks since boat service to Fort Matanzas National Monument was suspended, all mechanical problems have been corrected and the ferryboat has resumed service.

Community

Marriage Licenses Applications – 12/18/2011

The information contained in this report is taken from sources deemed reliable; the accuracy and completeness of which Historic City News does not control and cannot guarantee. The original public records are on file with the St. Johns County Clerk of Court and should be consulted before taking any action.

Community

Final Judgments through 12/18/2011

The information contained in this report is taken from sources deemed reliable; the accuracy and completeness of which Historic City News does not control and cannot guarantee. The original public records are on file with the St. Johns County Clerk of Court and should be consulted before taking any action.

Business

Two absconders identified in Operation Landshark

The Sheriff’s Office reported to Historic City News that they are attempting to locate two sexual offenders whose last reported address was within St Johns County; however when officers attempted to contact them during a recent multi-agency operation, they could not be found.

Public Safety

Happy birthday – Betty Grable

Historic City News reporters in St Augustine recall that Betty Grable, who would have turned 95 today, was performing in Born Yesterday at the Alhambra Dinner Theatre on Beach Boulevard in Jacksonville less than a year before her death in 1973.

Community

Corporal Southern and wife Ashley get keys today

Historic City News reporters learned from Florida Veterans Programs and Projects, Inc., representative Gary Bruce, that at 1:00 p.m. today, the keys to 254 Honey Branch Lane in St Augustine were officially turned over to USMC Corporal Tyler Southern and his wife Ashley.

Community