Historic City News

First muster commemoration on Friday

The Florida National Guard announced to local Historic City News reporters that there would be a daylong celebration of the 447th anniversary of the first known muster of Citizen-Soldiers in the continental United States at Florida National Guard Headquarters, located at 82 Marine Street in St Augustine.

Community

Permits to hunt wildlife management areas

Jen Williams, the public-hunting-area biologist for the Northeast Region of the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission, informed Historic City News reporters in St Augustine that permits to hunt Twelve Mile Swamp and Relay wildlife management areas are available, until September 28 — or until all permits are issued.

Community

Federal arrest of St Augustine sex offender

United States Attorney Robert E O’Neill announced to Historic City News today that 66-year-old Charles Lee Gorish, a registered sex offender, has been charged by a federal criminal complaint with international transportation of child pornography from Florida to Canada.

Public Safety

Appeal of Zoning Board denied on 3-1 vote

Historic City News reporters witnessed a split vote last night, with one commissioner missing, which means that neighbors in both the Nelmar Terrace and Fullerwood neighborhoods will not be able to stop the removal of three trees from a vacant lot previously approved by the St Augustine Planning and Zoning Board.

Government

Prescribed burn underway beginning today

Historic City News reporters in St Augustine and St Johns County have learned that the Guana Tolomato Matanzas National Estuarine Research Reserve is planning an ecological prescribed burn in the coastal strand on the west side of South Ponte Vedra Boulevard beginning today, weather permitting.

Public Safety

Graham: What we know 11 years after 9/11

Bob Graham, a member of the federal St Augustine 450th Commemoration Commission, two-term Florida governor and 18-year US Senator, was interviewed yesterday by The Florida Current and asked to discuss what we know, and what we still don’t know, about the terrorist attacks of 9/11/2001.

Public Safety

Guest Column: Remembrance of 9/11

Guest Column: Remembrance of 9/11 By Michael Isam St Augustine, FL My day started out like the day before, well almost. I was sitting at my computer putting together the latest information for my veteran blog as my normal routine. Just after I had performed my last cut and paste, the phone rang.

Editorials

Patriot Day remembered in Afghanistan

US Army National Guard Sergeant Tommy Phillp, a security force member of the Provincial Reconstruction Team located in Farah province, Afghanistan, takes a photo of the base 9/11 memorial before beginning a nine-mile ruck sack march to commemorate Patriot Day.

Community