HISTORIC CITY NEWS 2013

City announces Christmas Holiday schedule

Offices for the City of St. Augustine will be closed on Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday, December 24, 25 and 26 in observance of the Christmas holiday. Offices will also be closed on Wednesday, January 1 for the New Year’s Day holiday.

Government

Santa enjoys Marine escort on FEC Christmas Train

JoLinda Brown reported to Historic City News that, at 8:10 a.m. tomorrow morning, the St Augustine Fire Department will be meeting Santa Claus as he rides into St Augustine aboard the Florida East Coast Railway’s Christmas Train to contribute our local donations to the US Marine Corps Reserve “Toys for Tots” program.

Community

Planning and Zoning Agency Meeting

AGENDARegular Meeting of the St. Johns CountyPLANNING AND ZONING AGENCYThursday, December 19, 2013 Please be advised that the regularly scheduled public meeting of the St. Johns County Planning and Zoning Agency will be held on Thursday, December 19, 2013 at 1:30 p.m. in the County Auditorium at the St. Johns County Administrative Complex located at…

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Community

Holiday Open House at Castillo Saturday evening

Park Rangers and volunteers will bring the history of the Castillo de San Marcos National Monument to life tomorrow evening, according to National Park Service Ranger Joe Brehm; who invited Historic City News readers to participate in this year’s “Holiday Open House” event.

Community

Autopsy complete, deputy who shot Stevens identified

Media Relations Officer, Kevin Kelshaw, informed Historic City News in St Augustine today that a nine-year veteran of the St Johns County Sheriff’s Office is the deputy who fired the shot yesterday afternoon that killed 64-year-old Rodney Wayne Stevens inside his residence at 385 Katnack Road, off White Castle Road.

Public Safety

Editorial: Pray for guidance of our elected officials

St Augustine is a city where history is all around us — centuries of it; from the time of the discovery of La Florida in 1513, the settlement of our city in 1565, through domestic wars, and wars of conscience, led by those who have participated, both as good citizen-soldiers, as well as elected government…

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Editorials

Music Department presents Annual Holiday Concert

Historic City News readers are invited to attend the Annual Holiday Concert presented by the Florida School for the Deaf and Blind Music Department — either on campus, or, through a livestream broadcast over the Internet.

Community

Wanted man shot and killed during confrontation with deputies

St Johns County Sheriff’s deputies responded to a disturbance call at a residence off White Castle Road this afternoon; where a 64-year-old local man, wanted by police for grand theft, felony battery, and tampering with a witness, threatened family members who were trying to talk him into surrendering.

Public Safety