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Guest Column: Step back from Riberia Point

NANCY SHAVER
NANCY SHAVER
Guest Column: Step back from Riberia Point

Nancy Shafer
St Augustine, FL

Dear Historic City News readers:

I wrote to St Augustine City Manager, John Regan to urge him to take a big step back from his plans to engage with Shawn Heister to build an aquarium at Riberia Point. If this feels like déjà vu to each of you, it feels that way to me, too.

Guilty plea received in St Johns child porn case
Posted inPublic Safety

Guilty plea received in St Johns child porn case

prevent-child-abuse-awarenessAlthough no sentencing date has been set, yesterday, St Johns County resident 23-year-old Christopher Scott O’Brien, II, entered a plea of guilty to charges that he was engaged in receiving child pornography over the Internet. He is facing a mandatory minimum penalty of 5 years, up to 20 years in federal prison, and a potential life term of supervision.

Archaeologist studies site for relocated monument
Posted inCommunity

Archaeologist studies site for relocated monument

CARL HALBIRT
CARL HALBIRT
City Archaeologist Carl Halbirt and Archaeological Technician MisCha Johns, are digging in the Plaza de la Constitution, again; this time, capitalizing on the opportunity to discover more about our history before the veteran’s war memorial covers its proposed new home in the Plaza’s northeast corner along Cathedral Place.