Year: 2013

FDOT road repairs and maintenance report

Monica Reifeiss reported the following St Augustine and St Johns County locations to Historic City News where the Florida Department of Transportation will be conducting roadwork that is expected to have an impact on driving, beginning this morning and continuing through the coming week.

Public Safety

Two arrested for indecent exposure at Preserve

Lieutenant Robert Weber informed Historic City News reporters that a continuing undercover operation has nabbed two more men yesterday who Flagler County deputies say committed separate acts of indecent exposure at Graham Swamp Preserve in Palm Coast.

Public Safety

Second-highest paid 450th employee now a “consultant”

Historic City News finds that the new fiscal year has brought one change for the trio of city employees responsible for producing the 450th Commemoration — at least for the man the city says has “the unique and necessary qualifications” to provide guidelines to the City Commission to properly prepare them for the event.

Community

Sawgrass Marriott scene of meth lab

A clandestine lab used for the illegal manufacture of methamphetamine was reported to Historic City News early this morning by St Johns County Sheriff’s Sergeant Charles E. Mulligan, but from a very unlikely scene — a guest room of the Sawgrass Marriott luxury golf resort and spa in Ponte Vedra Beach.

Public Safety

Top 10 jobs that attract psychopaths

Historic City News readers with a taste for the avant-garde can review some interesting conclusions about what saints, spies, and serial killers can teach us about success; in a recent book by Oxford psychologist Kevin Dutton, “The Wisdom of Psychopaths”.

Business

Lawsuit to be discussed behind closed doors

Next Tuesday afternoon, Historic City News has been informed that County Attorney Patrick F. McCormack will address members of the St Johns County Commission, in closed session, followed by a private attorney-client settlement meeting to discuss negotiations in a lawsuit that began in August, 2005.

Government

December New Businesses

The information contained in this report is taken from sources deemed reliable; the accuracy and completeness of which Historic City News does not control and cannot guarantee. The original public records are on file with the St. Johns County Tax Collector and should be consulted before taking any action.

Business

War in the Swamps Torchlight Tour

Castillo de San Marcos Chief of Interpretation, Jon Burpee, has invited Historic City News readers to join the National Park Service on January 19th as they revisit the events that occurred in St Augustine during the Second Seminole War through the eyes of a United States Army Sergeant inside the fort.

Community