Gretl Plessinger reported to Historic City News in St Augustine that the Florida Department of Law Enforcement has received its fifth consecutive state re-accreditation and compliance award; acknowledging the highest level of professional standards relating to the agency’s policies, procedures, management operations and support services.
A St Augustine woman reported to St Johns County deputies that she was sexually attacked by a 52-year-old man who she discovered inside her home upon her return from taking her school-aged children to their bus stop on Tuesday morning.
Bryan Cooper began his involvement with aviation over 35 years ago when he became a pilot in 1978.
Leslie Kirkwood, Chairperson of “Remembering for the Future” Community Holocaust Initiative, shared with Historic City News the following Holocaust remembrance events taking place around Jacksonville during spring 2013.
Our District 6 member of the US House of Representatives, Ron DeSantis of Ponte Vedra Beach, asked that we assure Historic City News readers planning to visit Washington, DC this summer that his staff will continue to offer tours of the United States Capitol.
Letter: Retrospective look at wooden trawlers
John E Adams
Fernandina Beach, FL
Dear Editor:
I am a fine art photographer and have been shooting images of the fiscally-challenged local shrimping community for the last 4 years; while doing so, I have noticed that the beautiful handmade wooden shrimping trawlers, which were such a big part of our history, have been disappearing at an alarming rate.
Fire Rescue Lieutenant Jeremy Robshaw alerted Historic City News reporters that St Johns County firefighters, aided by first responders from Jacksonville Fire and Rescue, responded to a residential structure fire this morning in the 1200 block of Tangerine Drive.
Historic City News reporters watched as two proclamations came before the St Johns County Board of Commissioners during their regular meeting yesterday morning; including a proclamation of March 7, 2013 as “International Women’s Day” and March 10, 2013 as “Coquina Veteran’s World War II Day”.
