HISTORIC CITY NEWS 2018

Florida Guard continues Hurricane Michael support

Florida National Guard Public Affairs Office SSG Carmen N Fleischmann informed Historic City News today that Joint Task Force-Florida is continuing to respond in the aftermath of Hurricane Michael. Approximately 3,500 Soldiers and Airmen are involved in a variety of missions such as search and rescue, road clearance, shelter assistance, food and water distribution, and…

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Public Safety

St Johns County restaurant inspections

Public Safety reporters for Historic City News periodically obtain the results of physical inspections of public food service establishments from the records of the Florida Division of Hotels and Restaurants located in Tallahassee. These items recorded 7/1/2018-9/31/2018.

Business

Early morning motorcycle crash sends driver to hospital

Shortly after 1:30 a.m. this morning, the Florida Highway Patrol reported a single-vehicle motorcycle crash to Historic City News. The crash occurred at Longleaf Parkway in St Johns around Durbin Parkway. The operator of the 2005 Honda VTX 1800, 20-year-old Dakota J. Schmidt of St Augustine, was traveling eastbound on Longleaf Parkway in the outside…

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Public Safety

FDOT road repairs and maintenance report

Historic City News was notified by Florida Department of Transportation Public Information Officer, Allen Nelson, that traffic will be impacted at the following St Augustine and St Johns County locations where roadwork is being conducted.

Community

St Johns County updates

St Johns County Commissioner Paul Waldron updated Historic City News readers in District 3 today on current projects and events as well as timely information about St. Johns County programs, services, and initiatives as reported in his monthly newsletter.

Government

A wise monkey doesn’t monkey with another monkey’s monkey

Ron DeSantis is hoping to rebound from an attack strategy that has “Blue Wave” written all over it this week as he makes a bold move to instate Ponte Vedra Beach resident Susie Wiles to reboot his campaign.

Government

Six o’clock update on Hurricane Michael October 10, 2018

Historic City News was informed by media contacts at the St Johns County Emergency Operations Center that Hurricane Michael made landfall in the Florida Panhandle earlier this afternoon as a strong Category 4 major hurricane. The EOC remains at Activation Level 3 (Monitoring).

Public Safety

Situation Report on Hurricane Michael

At today’s 12:00 noon briefing, Historic City News reporters received the latest Situation Report on Hurricane Michael from St. Johns County Emergency Management spokesperson, Kelly Wilson. The next Situation Report will be issued tomorrow at 12:00 noon, unless conditions dictate an earlier report. Although Florida Governor Rick Scott issued Executive Order 18-277 yesterday, Monday October…

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