Harlan Mason, Chairman of the Republican Party of St Johns County, announced to Historic City News that this month’s meeting of the Republican Executive Committee would convene Thursday evening, April 12 with a Social Gathering at 6:30 p.m. followed by a business meeting and candidate forum at 7:00 p.m.
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Seventy years ago, St Johns County became a part of World War II history when, on the night of April 10, 1942, a German U-123 submarine torpedoed the tanker Gulfamerica off the coast of Ponte Vedra Beach.
St Johns County Fire Rescue Lieutenant Jeremy Robshaw informed local Historic City News reporters that emergency personnel responded yesterday morning to a reported gas leak on Water Plant Road at about 10:45 a.m. then spent nearly two hours containing the Anhydrous Ammonia.
The St Johns County Industrial Development Authority reported to Historic City News that the county agency has approved the issuance of up to $30 million in industrial revenue bonds to support the expansion of Flagler Hospital, Inc and thus bring new jobs to the area.
When deputies discovered 19-year-old Robert Geroux of Stuartstown PA, at a gas station on Old Kings Road in Palm Coast around 8:35 p.m. last night, he told them a shocking story that started a manhunt for his abductor; drawing in a helicopter, K-9 units and officers from two counties.
Historic City News was saddened to learn that on Saturday, Victor Ostrowidzki of St Augustine, Flagler College’s director of the Forum on Government and Public Policy and a longtime professor at the college, died after battling melanoma.
Laurie Sanderson reported the following St. Augustine and St. Johns County locations to Historic City News where the Florida Department of Transportation will be conducting roadwork that is expected to have an impact on driving, beginning this morning and continuing through the coming week.
