St Johns County Supervisor of Elections Vicky Oakes reminds Historic City News readers that new voter registrations and party changes for the August 28, 2018 Primary Election must be completed by Monday July 30th.
Historic City News readers are encouraged to mark their calendar for a series of meetings coming in August. These meetings will provide an opportunity for the public to address city officials concerning the Fiscal Year 2019 budget.
These meetings will be held in the Alcazar Room of City Hall, located at 75 King Street, and will be available for live and on-demand viewing via www.CityStAugTV.com.
Historic City News readers are patriotically invited to attend an open meeting of the Saint Augustine Tea Party on Tuesday July 24 at 6:30 p.m., held at the Village Inn located at 900 North Ponce de Leon Boulevard, in St. Augustine.
Community Hospice and Palliative Care reported to Historic City News this week that its President and CEO, Susan Ponder-Stansel, is continuing her tireless devotion to our community through several recent appointments.
Valsartan, the active ingredient in brand name Diovan, quickly became one of the most widely prescribed medications in the treatment of heart failure and hypertension (high blood pressure) after the active pharmaceutical ingredient became available off-patent. In the last week, three of the generic manufacturers; Major Pharmaceuticals, Solco Healthcare and Teva Pharmaceuticals Industries Ltd., were asked by the US Food and Drug Administration to recall their valsartan products due to detection of a cancer-causing substance.
Letter: Open letter to St Augustine City CommissionJennifer White
Special to Historic City News
City of St. Augustine
75 King Street
St. Augustine, Florida 32084
Re: Clarification of Material Misstatements in City Manager Memorandum regarding Santa Maria Development Agreement dated July 17, 2018
Dear Mayor Shaver and Commissioners:
I feel compelled to respond to City Manager Regan’s Memorandum to you dated July 17, 2018 regarding my family’s proposed redevelopment of the historic Santa Maria restaurant to correct a number of material misstatements.
Not yet out of the woods on contextualization issues related to their plan to patronize a favored local vendor under a tortured theory of the governing municipal ordinance, the city’s manager, John Regan, and attorney, Isabelle Lopez, are again dancing around a controversy that threatens the taxpayers of the City of St Augustine with a lawsuit that could run into hundreds-of-thousands of dollars.
Executive Director Bryan L. Shorstein reported to Historic City News, that 38-year-old James Colley Jr. of St. Augustine was convicted on 2-counts of first-degree murder, 2-counts of attempted first-degree murder, and 3 other felonies, this morning in one of the worst crimes in recent memory in St. Augustine. The jury deliberated for two hours before they found Colley guilty on all counts.
