Historic City News

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

Sea Turtle Homecoming Festival

The 2nd Annual St. Johns County Sea Turtle Homecoming Festival has been announced for Saturday, April 26th from 10:00 am to 3:00 pm at the SJC Ocean Pier Pavilion in St. Augustine Beach. The event is hosted by the Keepers of the Coast. St. Johns County Waste Management is hosting the Annual Turtle Town Beach…

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Construction accident

Two co-workers of Wolfe Technologies on a construction site at the end of Osceola Elementary Road got into trouble yesterday evening when one of the workers attempted to use a crane to lower the other from the roof of a building approximately 40-50 feet off the ground. According to the incident report filed by Deputy…

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Community

Woman arrested for cocaine possession

A 34 year old St. Augustine woman is in custody today under 10,000.00 bail and facing charges of cocaine possession. The driver of a 2002 Chevrolet Tahoe in the area of Four Mile Road and Ervin Street was stopped for violation of a traffic control device about 10:00 p.m. last night.

Public Safety

Man accused of masturbating in public

Twice in the past week, a man, described as white, older man with salt and pepper hair, driving a silver colored NISSAN Frontier, has been observed masturbating in public according to an incident report filed by Deputy Christopher Collins yesterday evening. Two teenage boys each had accounts of seeing the man in the area of…

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Public Safety

Adams wins historic preservation award

Dr. Bill Adams has long been known in St. Augustine as a tireless advocate of historic preservation, and now those tireless efforts have been recognized by the Florida Department of State. Floridaâ€™s Secretary of State Kurt S. Browning announced that Adams will be presented with the 2008 The Senator Bob Williams Award in acknowledgement for…

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Community

$1 Million cut from schools

The St. Johns County School District is facing a $10 million budget shortage for 2009 and says all district budgets will be reduced by 25 percent and all school budgets by 20 percent, making a $1 million reduction.

Government