Alpine Groves named Park of the Month
St Johns County spokesman Michael Ryan reported to Historic City News that Alpine Groves Park has received state-wide recognition as the Florida Communities Trust Park of the Month for January 2013.
Author: Historic City News
National AMBER Alert Awareness Day
FDLE Public Information Officer Gretl Plessinger informed Historic City News that each year, on January 13, the US Department of Justice remembers the abduction and brutal murder of 9-year-old Amber Hagerman, for whom the “AMBER” Plan was named.
Student wins pet alligator for her class
The St Augustine Alligator Farm announced to Historic City News that nine-year-old Meghan Hart has won the zoological park’s annual “EduGator” contest — and the prize will be enjoyed by her entire class at Ponte Vedra Palm Valley Rawlings Elementary School in St Johns County.
Kirstyn Wilder named Youth of the Month
Jennifer Tesori, St. Augustine’s Community Liaison for THE PLAYERS Championship Boys & Girls Club, announced to Historic City News that it has selected Kirstyn Wilder, a seventh grade student at Murray Middle School, as its “Youth of the Month”.
FDOT road repairs and maintenance report
Monica Reifeiss reported the following St Augustine and St Johns County locations to Historic City News where the Florida Department of Transportation will be conducting roadwork that is expected to have an impact on driving, beginning this morning and continuing through the coming week.
Two arrested for indecent exposure at Preserve
Lieutenant Robert Weber informed Historic City News reporters that a continuing undercover operation has nabbed two more men yesterday who Flagler County deputies say committed separate acts of indecent exposure at Graham Swamp Preserve in Palm Coast.
Second-highest paid 450th employee now a “consultant”
Historic City News finds that the new fiscal year has brought one change for the trio of city employees responsible for producing the 450th Commemoration — at least for the man the city says has “the unique and necessary qualifications” to provide guidelines to the City Commission to properly prepare them for the event.
Sawgrass Marriott scene of meth lab
A clandestine lab used for the illegal manufacture of methamphetamine was reported to Historic City News early this morning by St Johns County Sheriff’s Sergeant Charles E. Mulligan, but from a very unlikely scene — a guest room of the Sawgrass Marriott luxury golf resort and spa in Ponte Vedra Beach.