A mission to produce film projects for the 500th Anniversary of Ponce de Leon’s discovery of La Florida and the 450th Commemoration of Pedro Menendez’ founding of St Augustine, has kept Tom Fortin busy during the past three years — even though support for his dream has been hard to find.
The St Johns County Sheriff’s Office traffic deputy that was involved in a collision while riding his police motorcycle during an escort last Saturday, is continuing to recover at a Jacksonville hospital, according to an update received by Historic City News today.
Things ended peacefully in Elkton about an hour ago, when members of the Sheriff’s Crisis Negotiations Team were able to successfully enter and remove a despondent man from his home, after a SWAT standoff, then transport him to Flagler Hospital in St Augustine for medical evaluation.
Laurie Sanderson reported the following St. Augustine and St. Johns County locations to Historic City News where the Florida Department of Transportation will be conducting roadwork that is expected to have an impact on driving, beginning this morning and continuing through the coming week.
Florida Department of Transportation spokesperson, Laurie Sanderson, announced to Historic City News reporters in St Augustine that April 23 – 27 is “National Work Zone Awareness Week”.
Slow Food First Coast reported to Historic City News that this Sunday, nearly 20 different farms, vineyards and produce markets in St Johns, Putnam, Flagler, Duval, Nassau, Baker and Bradford counties will participated in a free Tour de Farm.
Historic City News has learned that at about 1:30 a.m. this morning, a man and two women entered the CVS Pharmacy located at 175 SR-312 in St Augustine and attempted to purchase a quantity of over-the-counter medication containing pseudoephedrine.
Detective Thomas Marmo asked Historic City News readers to help locate Keleigh Adair Flint; a 39 year-old Crescent City woman who walked away from Flagler Hospital yesterday between 11:00 a.m and 1:00 p.m. unexpectedly.
