Posted inGovernment
City announces holiday schedule changes
The City of St Augustine has announced their Christmas and New Year’s holiday schedule to Historic City News, including office closures and rescheduled solid waste collection.
Posted inCommunity
Candlelight vigil and memorial dinner tonight
Emergency Services and Homeless Coalition of St Johns County spokesperson, Debi Redding, invited all Historic City News readers to attend tonight’s 14th Annual Candlelight Vigil and Memorial Service Dinner at the First United Methodist Church.
Posted inGovernment
DeSantis gets committee assignments
Amy Graham reported to Historic City News that St Johns County’s new representative in Congress, Ron DeSantis of Ponte Vedra Beach, has recently received his committee assignments for his first term in office; which officially begins when he is sworn into office on January 3, 2013.
Posted inGovernment
County commission meeting highlights
Communications Manager Michael Ryan provided local Historic City News reporters with an executive summary of action items that came before the St Johns County commission at their regular business meeting yesterday, Tuesday December 18, 2012.
Posted inPublic Safety
Most popular license plate in poll
Florida Department of Highway Safety and Motor Vehicles reported to Historic City News that, after three weeks of online voting, the design for the new Florida license plate with the solid green bars and the artistic orange, forming the ‘O” in the word Florida, has been chosen as “the most popular”.
Posted inEditorials
Executive Summary of Port Waterway District meeting
Jay Bliss, Port and Waterway Commissioner, Seat 5, reported his executive summary of yesterday’s regular public meeting; noting that the official minutes of that meeting will eventually posted to the commission website http://staugustineport.com/
Posted inBusiness
Cultural grant opportunities opened
Historic City News received word of several new and ongoing grant opportunities for local members of the arts and cultural community who may qualify for funding as a performer, artist, or not-for-profit organization.
Posted inEditorials
Editorial: Gun Control for 2013
This will be a good year to have behind us, so I wanted to drag out this dead horse and beat it a little — consider it my New Year’s gift to our readers, feel free to agree or disagree as you individually see fit.