Historic City News

Cunningham Creek repairs start Thursday

Historic City News was informed by the Florida Department of Transportation that settlement of the muck underneath the roadway at the Cunningham Creek Bridge, on SR-13 in St Johns County, has caused damages set to be repaired beginning Thursday, January 3.

Public Safety

Home invasion robbery of area grow house

Last night, 54-year-old Shaune Lawrence reported that his house was being robbed; but, when deputies arrived at his Palm Coast home, Historic City News learned that they discovered an illegal marijuana cultivation operation at the residence.

Public Safety

SR-A1A resurfacing and sidewalk work

Historic City News has been informed that resurfacing of a two-mile section of SR-A1A, just north of Mickler Road in Ponte Vedra Beach, and constructing a new sidewalk along the east side of the road, between Corona Road and Solana Road, begins January 3.

Public Safety

St Augustine St Johns County entertainment

Communications Manager Barbara Golden provided Historic City News local reporters with highlights of entertainment activities available to visitors and residents of St Augustine and St Johns County this week.

Community

St Augustine St Johns Topics in the News

By no particular criteria and in no particular order, the Historic City News Editorial Board selected three news articles from each of the past twelve months to give our readers a reminder of some of the topics that made the local news in 2012.

Editorials

Get out and enjoy the Nights of Lights

Our daughters and their husbands were in St Augustine this weekend, so my wife and I picked up our son and the seven of us decided to start a December tradition — we spent the evening together; enjoying dinner at Gypsy Cab and touring the Nights of Lights.

Community

County advances 2013 legislative agenda

A new year means a new legislative agenda for St Johns County government and reporters for Historic City News in St Augustine reviewed the 56-page presentation made to our Legislative Delegation by County Administrator, Michael Wanchick, earlier this month.

Government

Finder keeps secret of Marranos in community

Historic City News readers know that thousands of Jews fled Spain during the mid-16th century to avoid the Spanish Inquisition; giving rise to speculation that some may have accompanied Pedro Menendez in 1565 — which would make St Augustine the first Jewish settlement in the New World.

Community