Historic City News

Sisterhood of the Traveling Plants

Members of the Garden Club of St Augustine are coming to the Anastasia Island Branch Library to show you how to use food and flowers to spruce up your home for Halloween, Thanksgiving, or simply to give it an “autumn” touch.

Community

Public meeting to discuss Amendment 8

Barbara Brenner announced to Historic City News that the Unitarian Universalist Fellowship of St Augustine located at 2487 A1A South in St Augustine, will host a public meeting to discuss Amendment 8 — the hotly debated “Religious Freedom” Amendment that will be on the Florida ballot on November 6.

Community

Robbery suspect identified by detectives

Using information provided by an anonymous tip, obtained through facebook and crime stoppers, detectives were able to collect enough evidence to obtain an arrest warrant for the suspect in Sunday’s robbery of the CVS pharmacy located at 57 Tuscan Way in St Augustine.

Public Safety

League says thumbs-down to amendments

The League of Women Voters of Florida rejects all eleven constitutional amendments this year, according to President Deirdre Macnab in an advisory report received by Historic City News this week.

Government

Victim: I can have some relief for 5-years

An emotional 51-year-old woman who testified that a former Sheriff’s watch commander had been stalking her and her family for over two years, told Historic City News that she can “have some relief for 5-years” after Circuit Court Judge Wendy Berger handed down the sentence against Roger “Wayne” Colee earlier today.

Public Safety

No breaking news from 450th workshop

During the two-hour city commission 450th Commemoration workshop held Wednesday, September 26; Historic City News learned very little new — enduring mostly a rehash of talking points that have, so far, resulted in few concrete deliverables from the investment of city tax dollars in the much ballyhooed event.

Government

Esposito placed on 6-month probation – repremanded

In a report to Historic City News from The Florida Bar, 51-year-old Charles A. Esposito, who resides at 94 Fulton Place in Palm Coast, and practiced law at 400 South Ponce de Leon Boulevard in St Augustine, will be publicly reprimanded and is placed on probation for six months following a July 31 court order.

Business

Martinez guilty: gets two-life plus 90-years

After a three day trial that began on Monday, Historic City News reporters waited as a St Johns County jury deliberated for approximately 30-minutes today, before finding 38-year-old David Manuel Martinez guilty of sexually abusing a 7-year-old girl until she was 12.

Public Safety