Posted inGovernment
City employees receive smaller bonuses
In their regular business meeting last night, St. Augustine City Commissioners approved an expenditure of $28,000 for holiday bonuses to city workers.
Posted inGovernment
Over objections – City buys troubled property
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.
Posted inEditorials
The pirate and the cracker reach accord
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.
Posted inCommunity
Search on for runaway burglar – one arrested
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.
Posted inPublic Safety
Palm Coast car dealership burglarized
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.
Posted inPublic Safety
Two suspected in string of thefts captured in Flagler
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.
Posted inBusiness
New Businesses through 12/12/2010
The information contained in this report is taken from sources deemed reliable; the accuracy and completeness of which Historic City News does not control and cannot guarantee. The original public records are on file with the St. Johns County Tax Collector and should be consulted before taking any action.
Posted inCommunity
Christmas celebrations at the Cathedral Basilica
This morning, Father Thomas S. Willis, pastor of Cathedral Parish in St. Augustine, announced to Historic City News the times of Masses for the celebration of Christmas – the Solemnity of the Nativity of Christ.