Author: Historic City News

Free AARP Tax Aide

Beginning this month, Historic City News has learned that AARP members will be on hand to assist residents by providing them with tax advice in order for them to be able to correctly file their income tax returns.

GIS Provides Census Address Assistance

The local St. Johns County news desk has learned that the county GIS Division has reviewed approximately 7,400 address records for the local update of census addresses and has discovered that 1,268 of those addresses were valid and exist in St. Johns County.

Community

Stevenson and Cleghorn attend Regional Academy

St. Johns County District 1 Commissioner, Cyndi Stevenson, and Jason Cleghorn from the county’s Growth Management department, have been selected to attend the 2010 Regional Leadership Academy through the Northeast Florida Regional Council.

Community

Federal grant assists elders re-enter workforce

The St. Johns County local news desk has been notified by Florida Governor Charlie Crist today that the state received a federal grant of more than $2.9 million to assist Florida elders looking to re-enter the workforce.

Business

Ruling may help homeowner associations

Any Historic City News reader that has either owned a condominium, or a home in a community with a mandatory homeowner association, understands the importance of paying the monthly maintenance assessment on time.

Community

Florida East Coast Amtrak Service

The St. Augustine local news desk at Historic City News is following plans to implement the expansion of Amtrak long distance passenger rail service along Florida East Coast Railway lines after last week’s denial of a request for federal stimulus money.

Community

Arts and culture industry: smart use of resources

I wanted to make a few observations and share some comments that I hope Historic City News readers will take to heart. Florida’s not-for-profit arts and culture industry provides Florida with a return on state investment which is substantial.

Editorials