Historic City News

15 year old charged with string of thefts

A fifteen year old white male wearing a baseball cap and a gray sweatshirt with the number â€œ4â€ on the back was seen riding a bicycle through a quiet neighborhood in the area of Abbey and Varella Avenue Saturday morning. That juvenile is now suspected in the commission of several thefts according to an incident…

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Public Safety

City PZB Meeting to Rerun

The Wednesday, April 16 meeting of the City of St. Augustine Planning and Zoning Board will be rebroadcast in its entirety on Wednesday, April 23 at 9:00am on GTV, Comcast Channel 3, according to an announcement received by Historic City Media this afternoon.

Government

Tour Wars

When it was announced that Bozard Ford was moving to SR 16 and I-95 and that their landmark location had been purchased for nearly $2.8 Million dollars by local hotelier Kanti Patel, rumors were flying about what was in store.

Business

“Chamber of Commerce” weather

Within a week, we go from chilly, windy and raining weather to bikinis and barbecue! The last of the spring break crowd was treated to some beautiful summer like weather today and nobody wasted any time getting to the beach. Today’s high temperatures were in the 80’s and that means perfect conditions for fishing, skim…

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Community

Warrant of the Week: Anthony Valentin

A new feature we will be adding is the “Warrant of the Week”. In cooperation with the St. Johns County Sheriff’s Office, Historic City News will be highlighting a different warrant each week.

Public Safety

12th Annual Flower & Garden Expo

This Saturday, Apr. 19 and Sunday, Apr. 20, 2008, EPIC Community Services and the Garden Club of St. Augustine present the 12th Annual Flower and Garden Expo. Growers, nurseries, crafters and artisans from around the state offer gardeners everything they need to make spring bloom at the â€œFlower and Garden Expoâ€, at the St. Johns…

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Thieves risk lives to steal copper wire

Sometime between Monday afternoon and yesterday morning, April 17, 2008, an FPL substation on east SR 206 in the vicinity of the Moses Creek Conservation Area, was burglarized causing about $1,500.00 in damage and resulting in the theft of about $1,000.00 worth of copper wire according to an incident report filed yesterday by Deputy Justin…

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Public Safety

News from St. Augustine Beach

The second quarterly edition of the City of St. Augustine Beach newsletter was released this month. This issue covers the appointment of the new Assistant Chief of Police, Joni Mathis, who replaced Joseph Sisti; City Attorney Geoffrey Dobson swearing in 2008 Commissioner Sylvester â€œBrudâ€ Helhoski as the Cityâ€™s Vice Mayor and Commissioner Rich Oâ€™Brien as…

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Government