Historic City News

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.

Public Safety

Inaugural parade will include “Gullah-Geechees”

Freedom Road managing partner Derek Boyd Hankerson announced to local Historic City News reporters today that as the presidential inaugural parade makes its way down 15 blocks of Pennsylvania Avenue, Monday, January 21; the National Park Service Gullah-Geechee Cultural Heritage Corridor Commission will be included.

Community

PZB hears three requests for city landmarks

Architect, and former City Commissioner, Don Crichlow will appear before the St Augustine Planning and Zoning Board on Tuesday, January 8; asking for permission to remove preserved trees as part of the site development for a new Mellow Mushroom restaurant.

Government

Flight to Freedom: An ongoing North American saga

Historic City News readers are invited to attend the next Archaeology Lecture Series presentation “Flight to Freedom: An ongoing North American saga” on Tuesday January 8 at 7:00 p.m. in the Flagler Room of Flagler College.

Community

Three boaters rescued from Matanzas inlet

Matthew Sara updated local Historic City News reporters about this afternoon’s marine rescue of three boaters stranded on a sandbar just north of the Matanzas inlet.

Public Safety

Crash victim not discovered for four hours

FHP Master Corporal Peter G. Young informed Historic City News that a 20-year-old Palm Coast man lost his life about 3:30 a.m. New Year’s morning, after he was thrown from his motorcycle — only blocks away from his residence.

Public Safety

Jennie Hamilton Skillman

Jennie Hamilton Skillman of Crescent Beach passed away peacefully at her home just before dawn on Christmas Day, following a quick but fearless bout with cancer; her daughter Maggie and dear friend Toni Brown were at her side.

Community

Guest Column: Citizen self defense

Guest Column: Citizen self defense David B. Shoar, Sheriff St Johns County, FL This month I would like to address a sensitive issue and offer some answers to important questions that have been in the national spotlight — a citizen’s right to self-defense.

Editorials