Due to increasingly dry conditions in the area, St. Johns County Fire Rescue has reported to Historic City News local reporters that residents must use caution and remain aware of the daily weather conditions in order to protect themselves from the danger of brush fires.
St. Johns County officials have notified Historic City News that drivers are urged to use extra caution on roadways and sidewalks tonight as another hard freeze warning is in effect from 10:00 p.m. Tuesday until 10:00 a.m. tomorrow morning.
In their regular business meeting last night, St. Augustine City Commissioners approved an expenditure of $28,000 for holiday bonuses to city workers.
In a 3-2 split vote last night, with freshman commissioner Bill Leary and Vice Mayor Leanna Freeman objecting, Historic City News watched as Mayor Joe Boles and Commissioners Nancy Sikes-Kline and Errol Jones decided it was best for the City to purchase the property at the corner of Bridge Street and Martin Luther King Avenue.
When St. Augustine’s latest high-profile, millionaire attraction owner, Pat Croce, moves his Pirate and Treasure Museum from Key West to its completely rebuilt headquarters at 12 Castillo Drive South — at the epicenter and adjacent to St. Augustine’s soon-to-be-built Visitor Orientation Center — who does he employ to create and serve as registered agent for his new Florida limited liability company, Grand Marana, LLC, but local mayor-attorney Joseph L. Boles Jr.
A Jacksonville woman was arrested early yesterday morning by Flagler County Sheriff’s deputies outside a Palm Coast hardware store where deputies believe she was helping to steal used appliances, according to a report received by Historic City News.
Public Information Officer Debra Johnson told local St. Johns County reporters with Historic City News that deputies in Flagler County are investigating the early Saturday morning break-in at a Palm Coast car dealership.
Flagler County Sheriff’s spokesperson Debra Johnson reported to Historic City News that deputies arrested two Jacksonville men Sunday morning that may to be responsible for an estimated $100,000 worth of retail thefts.
