Academy Graduates Remembered
By Michael Isam
Last Saturday, the West Point Society of North Florida held their annual ceremony at the St Augustine National Cemetery to commemorate the end of the Florida-Indian wars, and honor those, including West Point graduates, who perished in them.
Florida Highway Patrol Captain Nancy Rasmussen advised Historic City News readers to be cautious before hitting the road and to follow safety tips that can save lives as Tropical Storm Isaac moves toward Florida.
Next year, for the first time, “Internet Use Disorder” will be listed in the appendix of the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders and the treatment, if not the cure, is nature.
Historic City News was notified by Homicide Investigator Corporal Brian Wood that charges are pending in a car-vs-motorcycle collision that occurred on SR-A1A at Butler Park East; near the Crescent Beach Fire Station in St Johns County last night.
County Communications Manager Michael Ryan reported to Historic City News that the Anastasia Mosquito Control District has reported a significant increase in the mosquito population this week due to the frequency and amount of recent rain.
Florida Highway Patrol Captain Jerry Crews informed local Historic City News reporters that charges were filed against a school bus driver this morning following a collision that occurred shortly after 7:00 a.m. in the area of Renoir Boulevard and Van Gogh Circle in St Johns.
Charlie Myers informed local Historic City News reporters in St Augustine that members of Detachment 383 of the Marine Corps League, is faithfully delivering monthly coffee and donut treats to the veterans at the local VA Outpatient Clinic.
Historic City News has learned that the efforts of the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission to identify and retrieve lost and abandoned blue crab traps from St Johns County waterways will be complete by Sunday; allowing fishermen to return their recreational and commercial blue crab traps.
