St Johns County gets new State Trooper
Historic City News was informed that 59 new troopers from the 124th Basic Recruit Class graduated from the Florida Highway Patrol Academy yesterday morning; six are headed to our local Troop G and one will be assigned to St Augustine and St Johns County.



Tomorrow, Historic City News readers are reminded that the National Association of Letter Carriers, working with the US Postal Service, and the United Way of St Johns County, will be collecting non-perishable food as part of the annual Letter Carriers “Stamp out Hunger” food drive.
Free haircuts and health screenings are among the services available for Historic City News readers who visit the St Johns County Career Fair from 10:00 a.m. to 2:00 p.m. on Wednesday in the Solomon Calhoun Center located at 1300 Duval Street in St Augustine.
Yesterday evening, as part of a unified local economic development effort, the St Johns County Industrial Development Authority and its economic development partners hosted a business reception with Governor Rick Scott in an effort to capitalize on the influx of local, state, national and international business leaders attending THE PLAYERS Championship in Ponte Vedra Beach this week.
In addition to our headliners QuinTango, this Sunday May 12, and Benny Goodman May 14, Romanza Festivale presents over 100 events in 10 days. A good number of those are Heritage events, and a many of those are concentrated around Saturday May 18.
Lieutenant Phil Reynolds laid a rose in memory of all fallen law enforcement officers during a ceremony yesterday that honored fellow officers who lost their lives in the line-of-duty while serving the local community in Flagler County.
Historic City News readers interested in the new overpass being built over US-1 North and the FEC Railroad tracks to support the east-west traffic along CR-210, are invited to attend a “drive through” construction Open House” this afternoon beginning at 4:00 p.m.
Historic City News readers are invited to join Glenda Bailey-Mershon for the “Women in Hot Water” tour; when popular authors reveal how they got into hot water — and what they did to get out.