Commencing promptly at 4:00 p.m. today and continuing until the close of the public meeting by Vivian Browning at 5:00 p.m., residents of Vilano Beach, Surfside and North Beach voiced their concerns about the effects of the city-installed barricades that block northbound traffic from entering the Nelmar Terrace neighborhood from May Street.
St Augustine police have been trying to locate a man who they say robbed the CVS pharmacy located at 2703 North Ponce de Leon Boulevard around 8:00 p.m. on Sunday, February 12th. Now, investigators from the Flagler County Sheriff’s Office say they may be searching for the same man.
Witnesses on the scene at Manning Building Supply this afternoon told local Historic City News reporters that a co-worker, 57-year-old Dwight Harry Cook of St. Augustine, was crushed and killed while handling large panel doors on the company’s lot.
Artist, writer and film curator Carolyn Lazard and Crisp-Ellert Art Museum artist-in-residence Staci Bu Shea will host a screening of Nicolas Philibert’s “Every Little Thing” (1996) on Wednesday, February 22nd at 7:00 p.m., and Historic City News readers are invited to attend free of charge.
Historic City News was informed that Errol D Jones has been arrested yet again by city police officers and charged with simple battery, a first-degree misdemeanor.
Barbara Golden, Communications Manager for the St. Augustine, Ponte Vedra and the Beaches Visitors and Convention Bureau, reminds Historic City News readers who reside in St Johns County that admission is free of charge to the Oldest House, the Lightner Museum, the Ximenez-Fatio House, the Oldest Wooden School House, City Walks History Mystery Murder Evening Tour and the Hotel Ponce de Leon Legacy Tours at Flagler College, with valid identification.
Historic City News has learned that 85-year-old Eddie Roy Lightsey, Sr. (Ret. Col. SJCSO), of St. Augustine passed away peacefully surrounded by his family on Saturday, February 11, 2017, at his residence on Lightsey Road.
Historic City News readers are patriotically invited to attend the General meeting of the Saint Augustine Tea Party Tuesday evening, when the distinguished guest speaker will be Rosetta V. Bailey.
