HISTORIC CITY NEWS January 2012

Gunfire exchange leaves Ponte Vedra Beach man dead

Neighbors say 59 year-old Daryl L. Atkins had been drinking last night — to the point that he passed out and fell to the ground in front of his Ponte Vedra Beach condominium; the place, where within hours, he would lose his life.

Public Safety

Shots fired at Ponte Vedra Beach condo

Sheriff’s representatives, Public Information Officer Sergeant Chuck Mulligan and Community Affairs Corporal Catherine Payne, are on the scene of a despondent individual who they report fired on deputies when they attempted to contact him.

Public Safety

Hutto: No comment

While the Florida School for the Deaf and Blind is in mediation with the City of St Augustine, neither the school’s public spokesperson nor its President, Danny Hutto, will be commenting to the media on a proposed bill introduced by retiring Representative Bill Proctor that may give the school the power of “eminent domain”.

Community

Ron Parker remembered

The widow of Deputy Beach Marshal Ronald A. Parker spoke briefly this morning during an annual memorial ceremony held at the St Augustine Beach park that is named in his honor — Parker who was 27 years-old at the time, has been the only St Augustine Beach law enforcement officer killed in the line of…

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Public Safety

Eighth annual Florida Jewish History Month

Rabbi Merrill Shapiro, President of the St. Augustine Jewish Historical Society, invited Historic City News readers to attend when the organization celebrates the eighth annual Florida Jewish History Month.

Community

City sets workshops on use of public areas

St Augustine City Attorney Ronald W Brown informed Historic City News this afternoon that, at their regular meeting held last night, the City Commission responded to public inquiries and those from commissioners by scheduling two workshops to discuss the general uses of public areas in the City.

Government

Resident volunteers needed for city boards

St Augustine City Clerk, Alison Ratkovic, asked Historic City News to make the following two announcements to our readers.

Government

National Parks admission waived for King holiday

Castillo de San Marcos National Monument and Fort Matanzas National Monument in St Augustine, along with the 395 other national parks across the country, will offer “free admission” from January 14 through 16 to commemorate Dr Martin Luther King, Jr Day.

Community