Seven new members were seated yesterday to the St Johns County Arts, Culture and Heritage Funding Panel that evaluates funding requests from regional events, programs and enhancement events wanting their share of the Category II bed tax funds.
Month: July 2012
Letter: Don’t need another legacy project
Letter: We don’t need another legacy project
Bruce Maguire
St Augustine, FL
I could not believe what I was hearing — the City Commissioners voted to spend $1.4 million last night on improvements to the VIC and the import of a Picasso Exhibit to St. Augustine.
Supervisor announces last day to register
Supervisor of Elections Vicky Oakes reported to Historic City News that the registration books for St Johns County voters would close Monday, July 16 — marking the last day to register to vote or to change your party affiliation for the August 14, 2012 Primary Election.
St Augustine students get career help at Flagler
Flagler College announced to local Historic City News reporters that their new Director of Career Services, Tara Stevenson, is trying to make the process of finding a job in a stifled economy a little less daunting for Flagler students about to graduate college.
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Motorcycle crash claims traffic deputy’s 16 year-old son
Historic City News was informed by Traffic Homicide Investigator, Corporal Gregory Cohn, that Florida Highway Patrol troopers were called to the scene of a fatal motorcycle crash in the Heritage Park subdivision at about 4:40 p.m. today; the victim was the 16 year-old son of a St Johns County Sheriff’s Office Traffic Section Coordinator.
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Who benefits from the bed tax
Historic City News readers in St Augustine and St Johns County are asking, “Who benefits from the bed tax?”