Haitian American Historical Society visitors
Derek Boyd Hankerson told local Historic City News reporters that Haitian American Historical Society Chairman Daniel Fils-Aime, Art Director Alexandra Barbot and Historian Dr. Jean Claude Exeulen visited St. Augustine yesterday to participate in a celebratory mass sponsored by the Minorcan Society.

Historic City News has been following the status of County Administrator Michael Wanchick and the terms of his ever changing “honey-pot” contract with St. Johns County.
Despite the reference in the film “National Treasure” to Ben Franklin first proposing the idea of Daylight Savings Time – one of the many historical inaccuracies in that immensely fun but flawed film – the idea goes back to ancient civilizations who were apparently a lot more flexible in how they kept time than we are.
St. Augustine’s City Commission is about to be reconstituted in its meeting December 6th, and, although the faces substantially will remain the same, if the “old commission”, including Don Crichlow, approves the issue of Capital Improvement Revenue Bonds, the “new commission”, including freshman commissioner Bill Leary, will get to say how that money is to be used.
Historic City News readers may want to attend the St. Augustine City Commission meeting on Monday, December 6th when two returning commissioners and one freshman commissioner officially begin their terms in office.
Crime Prevention Deputy Diana Bryant announced to Historic City News that the St. Johns County Sheriff’s Office is hosting “Operation: Medicine Cabinet” next weekend in the parking lot of the Flagler Imaging Center located at 101 Health Park Boulevard in St. Augustine.
Historic City News has been informed that the St. Augustine City Commission will hold a public hearing and decide on final action for a noise ordinance at their regular meeting Monday night in the Alcazar Room of City Hall.