HISTORIC CITY NEWS 2012

Constitution monument to be laser-scanned

Jennifer Zuberer has invited Historic City News readers to witness history in the making when the Spanish Constitution Monument gets a dose of 21st century technology in the Plaza de la Constitucion located in downtown St. Augustine.

Community

St Johns County Senate District 6 defined

Historic City News has received the Florida Senate redrawn district maps; approved after some last-minute adjustments applied yesterday over objections from half the chamber’s Democrats who said, “it did not go far enough to shake up the existing Republican supermajority”.

Government

Florida East Coast will offer All Aboard Florida service

Florida East Coast Industries, Inc. announced to Historic City News this morning that they are developing a privately owned, operated and maintained passenger rail service to connect South Florida to Orlando, which will be operational in 2014.

Business

Interview: Jay Kislak 450th commission chairman

Historic City News recently received an interview with Jay Kislak, chairman of the St. Augustine 450th Commemoration Federal Commission, who was in St Augustine on Monday for photographs at the Spanish Constitution Monument in the Plaza.

Community

Hotel Ponce de Leon 125th anniversary

In 1888, railroad pioneer Henry Flagler built the Hotel Ponce de Leon in St Augustine, his first hotel in a series of luxury resorts along Florida’s east coast.

Community

Elderly Hastings couple beaten and robbed

St Johns County Sheriff David B Shoar is asking Historic City News readers for their help in identifying the criminal who robbed and beat an elderly Hastings couple in their West Stanton Street home last night, shortly before 10:00 p.m.

Public Safety

Voter registration this evening

Historic City News reader Linda Murray provided the following upcoming events for your calendar.

Community

Register now for Underground Railroad conference

Derek Boyd Hankerson reported to Historic City News that online registration for the upcoming 2012 Conference of the National Underground Railroad Network to Freedom program has begun.

Community