Final public hearing for City budget
City taxpayers have one more opportunity for input on the City of St. Augustine FY 2012 budget at a public hearing on Thursday, September 22, 2011, beginning at 5:05 p.m. in the Alcazar Room of City Hall located at 75 King Street in St. Augustine.



Historic City News reporters received the breakdown of how the City of St. Augustine’s administration intends to spend the $15.4 million net proceeds, after financing costs, received from the sale of $18 million in public utility bonds that were approved by commissioners in March.
Kevin Kelshaw reported to Historic City News today that investigators with the St. Johns County Sheriff’s Office, Federal Bureau of Investigation and other northeast Florida law enforcement agencies will be featured in next Friday’s edition of “Dateline” on NBC.
Traffic is scheduled to be redirected onto the newly constructed southernmost Summer Haven Bridge by 8:00 p.m. Tuesday, September 20, according to an announced from the Florida Department of Transportation by Historic City News today.
Patti Henderson reported to Historic City News that since 2004, Public Law 108-444 has required schools to hold an educational program to commemorate the September 17, 1787 signing of the United States Constitution.
FDOT Public Information Director Gina Busscher is notifying Historic City News readers who travel the Bridge of Lions in St. Augustine that the bridge will be closed to all traffic Wednesday night, September 21st — beginning at 10:00 p.m.
Historic City News reporters remind our readers that with the passing of Labor Day and the end of summer, also comes the end of summer beach patrol and the protection afforded from lifeguards attending towers along our forty-two miles of pristine Atlantic beaches.
Flagler College Magazine Editor and Newspaper Adviser, Brian Thompson, met with Historic City News Editor Michael Gold and reached an accord that will help journalism students at Flagler College have their work published outside of college media, on a selected basis.