Posted inEditorials
Letter: Consider Galimore research
Dear Editor:
Last summer the City of St Augustine contracted me to research public attitudes regarding future use of the only community center and pool in the city, the Galimore.
Posted inPublic Safety
FBI trains investigators about bomb crime scenes
Historic City News learned that twenty-eight federal, military, state and local law enforcement agents from Florida and Georgia are wrapping up a weeklong Post-blast Investigator School that includes specialized training in processing “small-bomb” crime scenes.
Posted inGovernment
Contest for both Republican committeeman and woman
In an election that most voters have never heard of, every four years each of Florida’s 67 counties elects a man and woman from each political party to represent the local community at the state level of their respective party.
Posted inGovernment
Mayor and Vice Mayor may run unopposed
Qualifying for election to hold seats on the City of St Augustine Commission does not close until noon tomorrow — but, with just 24 hours left, two local attorneys, Mayor Joseph L. Boles, Jr., and Vice Mayor Leanna S. A. Freeman, have no opposition for re-election.
Posted inPublic Safety
Domestic violence alleged in early-morning arrest
When the wife of a local attorney and real estate broker, Jonathan Bamberg, returned to their St Augustine Beach home at about 1:00 a.m. this morning, she says she tried to go downstairs to sleep on the couch when her husband attacked her and locked her in the bedroom; according to an arrest report received by Historic City News.
Posted inPublic Safety
Teens hospitalized after crash with bus
Historic City News in St Augustine was notified by the Florida Highway Patrol just after noon today that two St Johns teens were transported to Shands Hospital Jacksonville with serious injuries, after the car they were driving collided with a St Johns County school bus.
Posted inCommunity
Volunteer during Underground Railroad conference
When St Augustine plays host to the 2012 National Underground Railroad Conference later this month, the National Park Service tells Historic City News reporters that there will be many opportunities for local residents to participate in the five-days of cultural activities.
Posted inPublic Safety
Extreme care required to free oversized truck
Historic City News confirmed with contractors working for Latitudes Northeast Florida that the oversized delivery truck that wound up wedged under the broken planks of the street-side balcony of the Ximenez-Fatio house Monday, will likely be freed this afternoon.