HISTORIC CITY NEWS
Historic City News has been published daily since March 2000. Reporting local news for St Augustine and St Johns County Florida, Historic City News is the county's only free press. Our mission is to hold public figures accountable to the public.
The Anniversary to Commemorate the Civil Rights Demonstrations, Inc. has announced to Historic City News reporters the selection of its Board of Directors and officers for a two-year term during 2013-2015.
Historic City News readers are advised that beginning on Monday March 11, sanitary sewers in the Abbott Tract area will start to undergo a rigorous inspection of the interior of nearly two miles of pipes, a necessary first step in essential ongoing maintenance and repair of sanitary sewers.
Gretl Plessinger reported to Historic City News in St Augustine that the Florida Department of Law Enforcement has received its fifth consecutive state re-accreditation and compliance award; acknowledging the highest level of professional standards relating to the agency’s policies, procedures, management operations and support services.
A St Augustine woman reported to St Johns County deputies that she was sexually attacked by a 52-year-old man who she discovered inside her home upon her return from taking her school-aged children to their bus stop on Tuesday morning.
Bryan Cooper began his involvement with aviation over 35 years ago when he became a pilot in 1978.
Leslie Kirkwood, Chairperson of “Remembering for the Future” Community Holocaust Initiative, shared with Historic City News the following Holocaust remembrance events taking place around Jacksonville during spring 2013.
Our District 6 member of the US House of Representatives, Ron DeSantis of Ponte Vedra Beach, asked that we assure Historic City News readers planning to visit Washington, DC this summer that his staff will continue to offer tours of the United States Capitol.
Letter: Retrospective look at wooden trawlers
John E Adams
Fernandina Beach, FL
Dear Editor:
I am a fine art photographer and have been shooting images of the fiscally-challenged local shrimping community for the last 4 years; while doing so, I have noticed that the beautiful handmade wooden shrimping trawlers, which were such a big part of our history, have been disappearing at an alarming rate.