HISTORIC CITY NEWS 2018

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

Identity access tokens stolen affecting nearly 50-million facebook accounts

About an hour ago, Facebook reported that it has discovered a security breach affecting nearly 50-million accounts, and that it’s not yet clear whether any information was accessed, or any accounts were otherwise misused. Historic City News is following this latest breach and will update the article as new information is released. The vulnerability that…

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Public Safety

Waterworks Building presentation and guided tour

For only the second time in the past 13-years, Historic City News readers will have a chance to visit and tour the interior of the St Augustine Waterworks Building located in Davenport Park on San Marco Avenue. The presentation should be called a lesson in how “deferred maintenance” the buzzwords of the 450th Commemoration era,…

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Community

Letter: Thank you for your support

Thomas F. Reynolds, Jr.St Augustine Beach, FL On September 24, I made the decision to withdraw from the contest for City Commissioner in the City of St Augustine Beach. I came to my decision not to challenge Mayor Undine George on my own, realizing that my choice would hand over Seat 3 to her for…

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Editorials

Local career criminal returns to federal prison

A 49-year-old St Augustine man who pled guilty on March 22, 2018 to violating federal supervised release on drug charges, has been sentenced to eight-years in federal prison for new charges by U.S. District Judge Henry L. Adams. Historic City News was informed that James Ray Crooms was sentenced for selling cocaine base, also known…

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Public Safety

Harley-Davidson dealership coming to St Augustine

Adamec Cycle Sales Co. Inc. in Jacksonville has announced to Historic City News that they will build a 35,000-square-foot facility here by the third quarter of 2019. The building will be located on a 4.5-acre parcel on Outlet Mall Boulevard, across the street from Fields Cadillac. Adamec St. Augustine LLC purchased the parcel in 2017…

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Business

State wins conviction in first-degree murder trial

Today, Bryan L. Shorstein, Public Information Officer for State Attorney R. J. Larizza, announced to local Historic City News reporters that at the end of a three-day trial, 40-year-old Christopher William McCook of St. Augustine was found guilty of first-degree murder in the strangulation death of Keneshia Gadson. The evidence showed that McCook used an…

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Public Safety

City manager evaluation process in question at St Augustine Beach

St Augustine Beach Commissioner Rich O’Brien has refused to provide a written evaluation of City Manager Max Royle, despite consensus of the remaining commissioners to comply with the process supposed to be part of the basis for his salary in the next budget year.

Government