15 year old charged with string of thefts

Juvenile arrest
A fifteen year old white male wearing a baseball cap and a gray sweatshirt with the number “4” 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 report filed by St. Johns County Deputy Jeremy Russell.

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City PZB Meeting to Rerun

City Hall
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.

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Tour Wars

Welcome Center
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.

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“Chamber of Commerce” weather

Porpoise Point
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 boards and a weekend cookout St. Augustine style.

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12th Annual Flower & Garden Expo

Ag Center
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 “Flower and Garden Expo”, at the St. Johns County Agricultural Center in St. Augustine.

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Thieves risk lives to steal copper wire

FPL substation
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 Anderson.

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News from St. Augustine Beach

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 “Brud” Helhoski as the City’s Vice Mayor and Commissioner Rich O’Brien as the City’s Mayor as well as several awards and recognitions presented by the Mayor and Commission

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