Year: 2013

Media event not a moment of significance

In an editorial note posted Tuesday to an article that appeared in 1565today, Brian Nelson prefaced his characterization of the city and county’s recent “full blown outdoor news conference” as an attempt to puff the questionable event up into a “moment of significance”.

Community

Boards approve Ponte Vedra Beach chamber merger

By Friday, February 15, Historic City News has learned that the county’s two largest business advocates could become one; if the merger that was approved by both boards today is approved by a vote of their respective memberships.

Business

Letter: Town Criers are red-baiting

Letter: Town Criers are red-baiting Selma Noctis St Augustine, FL Dear Editor: In response to the Tea Party Town Crier’s attempts at discrediting my good friend and Fellow Worker, Terry Buckenmeyer, I feel the need to clear some things up.

Editorials

Mayor who signed 75′ resolution objects

Mayor who signed 75′ resolution objects Arthur H. Runk, Sr. St. Augustine, FL Dear Editor: In case some of the newer Commissioners are not familiar with the origin and intent of the La Florida award, I would like to tell what I remember.

Editorials

Drunk driver who killed Shae Burchfield is sentenced

Two and a half years after 18-year-old Shae Lynn Burchfield lost her life in a traffic crash in St Augustine, Historic City News has learned that her intoxicated assailant, 53-year-old Frederick James Andrews, has accepted a plea agreement that will send him to prison for five years.

Public Safety

Manhunt on for downtown bank robber

Saint Augustine Police spokesman Mark Samson alerted Historic City News that a joint manhunt with the St Johns County Sheriff’s Office is underway in downtown St Augustine after this morning’s robbery of Wells Fargo at 24 Cathedral Place.

Public Safety

Local stable offers Mom’s Morning Out

Hastings Equestrian LLC is offering a 6-week riding lesson group for riders of all ages and abilities starting on Tuesday, February 19, and Historic City News readers are invited to participate during “Mom’s Morning Out”.

Community