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Horror Zone 11 starts tonight
The St. Johns County Sheriff’s Office Youth Services Section informed local Historic City News reporters that they are sponsoring the 11th annual “Horror Zone” during this Halloween season.
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Sawgrass Village Shopping Center redux
Historic City News has learned that the first phase of redevelopment at Sawgrass Village Shopping Center in Ponte Vedra Beach could begin as early as January, according to a published report that appeared in the Jacksonville Business Journal.
Posted inPublic Safety
Son shoots mother with “un-loaded” pistol
Public Information Officer Debra Johnson told local reporters with Historic City News that deputies in Flagler County investigated the shooting of a Palm Coast woman last night and have ruled it an accident.
Posted inPublic Safety
Sexual Predator: Charles Edward Foy
In accordance with Florida State Statute 775.21, this news release will serve as public notification that the St. Johns County Sheriff’s Office has been given information that a person judged to be a sexual predator is now residing within St. Johns County.
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New Businesses through 10/09/2011
The information contained in this report is taken from sources deemed reliable; the accuracy and completeness of which Historic City News does not control and cannot guarantee.
The original public records are on file with the St. Johns County Tax Collector and should be consulted before taking any action.
Posted inCommunity
Suggestion to outlaw chewing gum in City
Rhonda Parker
Special to Historic City News
Chewing gum on the bottom of your shoe after a walk on St. George Street may seem like a minor annoyance to some, but to resident Linda Groom the issue is so sticky she decided to bring it before the St, Augustine City Commission this week.
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Oh thank heaven – 7-Eleven returns
When Gate Petroleum Company acquired convenience stores in order to enhance direct-to-retail sales of gasoline more than 20 years ago, Herb Peyton needed retail locations beyond Jacksonville — and needed them in a hurry.
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Did Jews settle in America 100 years earlier?
Rabbi Merrill Shapiro told Historic City News that although conventional wisdom traces the history of the Jews in what was to become the U.S. to the first week of September 1654 in New York, a small local interfaith group might be able to prove that Jews accompanied Spaniards to St. Augustine in 1565.