St Johns County Supervisor of Elections, Vicky Oakes, informed Historic City News local reporters that she continues her work to insure that every vote counts in next month’s General Election.
Historic City News has learned that members of the St Johns County Sheriff’s Special Victims Unit have completed a week-long investigation that began after a female victim described sexual abuse committed against her by a 48-year-old St Johns County man over the past three or four years.
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.
Former St Augustine Mayor, George Gardner, announced to Historic City News that the residents in Nelmar Terrace and Fullerwood Park Historic Districts do not plan to slow down their efforts to put the brakes on plans for a 7-Eleven store and gas station along San Marco Avenue; a northern entrance corridor to the city.
Florida School for the Deaf and the Blind Communications Director, Miki Kristina Gilloon, invited Historic City News readers in St Augustine to relive history when the Ancient City Auto Club brings their annual Car Show to the local campus on Saturday, November 3.
Jennifer Zuberer, Communications and Resource Manager for the St Augustine 450th Commemoration, reported to Historic City News that this weekend marks the 200th anniversary of the renaming of St Augustine’s Plaza de la Constitución in honor of the Spanish Constitution of 1812.
Tomorrow’s Vice Presidential campaign stop in St Augustine will necessitate some street closures in the vicinity of the Ketterlinus Gymnasium according to an alert received by Historic City News this morning.
Ponce de Leon ship coming to town
By: Raphael Cosme
St Augustine businessman Dan Holiday and his group of volunteers, affiliated with the Ponce de Leon 500th celebration, are building a replica of a 16th Century Spanish caravel at the St Augustine Marine Center on Riberia Street.
