Historic City News

Civility at St Augustine Beach commission meeting

With the selection of a new Chief of Police behind them, the St Augustine Beach City Commission spent their meeting last night discussing other less controversial business; without all the bitterness and drama that was starting to define politics in the small beach community.

Government

Celebrate the New Year in historic elegance

Historic City News readers are invited to celebrate 125 years of the Hotel Ponce de Leon while they ring in the New Year during the New Year’s Eve Scholarship Ball, hosted by the President’s Society of Flagler College.

Community

National Geographic names city Best of the World

Historic City News reporters learned that National Geographic has name St Augustine one of twenty “must see” places in the world for the coming year; travel editors of the magazine, which began publication in 1888, give a number of tips and thumbnail history of the area in their recommendation.

Community

New county commission responds to public

After five or six years of overbearing, even abusive behavior, by St Johns Commissioners deemed to have bullied members of the public who have come before them with concerns and complaints, the new commissioners seem interested in what the public has to say.

Editorials

Advanced Disposal incentives formalized

Wasting no time in rolling out the welcome mat, Historic City News watched as commissioners added “item 1A” to today’s agenda at the regular meeting of the St Johns County Commission; official confirmation of an incentive package offered to relocate the offices of Advanced Disposal, Inc.

Business

Building a 16th Century vessel with scarce parts

Daniel D Holiday, the St Augustine leather-craftsman known to his friends as “the spirit of Espiritu”, came to coffee on the Plaza this morning; bearing a handmade replica of one of three-dozen fasteners needed to hold the riggings on the 16th Century Spanish Caravel under construction at St Augustine Marine Center’s 23-acre Riberia Street shipyard.

Community

Date change for Castillo Holiday Open House

Ranger Joe Brehm informed local Historic City News reporters that Castillo de San Marcos National Monument will hold its Holiday Open House this coming Saturday, December 8, to more closely follow the tradition of years past.

Community

Guest Column: Thoughts for the Holidays

Guest Column: Thoughts for the Holidays David B Shoar, Sheriff St Johns County, FL We are coming up on one of the most festive times of the year for families with the celebration of several holidays. During this time, many youngsters receive motorized gifts and then don’t know where they can be driven.

Editorials