HISTORIC CITY NEWS
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The St. Augustine Police Department told Historic City News local reporters that they were given the privilege of assisting 6 different families in making this Christmas Season a happy and memorable one for their children.
City Fire Marshal John Rayno is asking Historic City News readers who have a fire alarm system installed in their homes or business, to check with their system monitoring company to be certain that they have the correct emergency contact information entered into their automatic alarm system.
A former deputy sheriff with the Indian River County Sheriff’s Department, who has been living in St. Augustine, is in custody today in lieu of bonds totaling $1.5 million dollars, according to records received by Historic City News this morning.
Research by Historic City News reporters reveals that the West Point Army Corps of Engineers completed construction of the seawall south of the current Bridge of Lions when Florida was in its earliest days as a territory of the United States.
The Monday afternoon arrest of a 66 year-old Palm Coast man culminated an eight month investigation by the Flagler County Sheriff’s Office and the Tri-County Narcotics Task Force into a marijuana distribution operation that has connections to the Midwest.
City of St. Augustine spokesperson Cathy DuPont alerted Historic City News reporters that due to a water main break today, a water boil notice for all residents and businesses in the area of Charlotte Street from Treasury Street south to King Street, and Cathedral Place from Charlotte Street west to St. George Street.