Monday morning, shortly before 2:30 a.m., Historic City News learned of a home invasion robbery at a residence in the 600 block of Francis Street in St Augustine when Sheriff’s Deputies responded to the scene.
Letter: Funding panel procedures not followed
Albert Syeles, Chairman
Romanza – St Augustine, Inc.
Dear Editor:
On June 19, 2013, Romanza Board Members observed that TDC Funding Panel procedures were not followed during public presentations and funding panel deliberations.
Tourist Development Council member Scott M. Bartosch of St Augustine has served as an un-compensated representative responsible for developing tourism in St Johns County since the TDC was reconstituted by the Board of Commissioners in 2010.
Matthew Sara informed local Historic City News reporters that at approximately 6:00 a.m. this morning, St Johns County Fire Rescue responded to single-wide mobile home fire in the 1400 block of West Street, near SR-207.
Historic City “News in Photos” Contest officially began Monday, and entries like this one titled “Waiting for the big one on St Augustine Beach” have been coming into our contest e-mail box each day.
Historic City News readers with school bus riders at home, should be receiving a yellow postcard in the mail this week notifying you of your child’s bus number, bus stop, morning and afternoon pick-up times, according to Christina Langston; Director of Community Relations for the St Johns County School District.
Matthew Sara reported to Historic City News that firefighters from Station 14 played host to a group of local day school students this morning. The kids got the chance to take a VIP tour of the firehouse and see where, when there’s a fire, a loud bell rings, a red light goes off, and our county’s first responders have to jump out of bed and go to work.
The regular meeting of the St Johns County Board of Commissioners was held Tuesday July 16, 2013, in the County Auditorium in the St Johns County Administration Palace located at 500 San Sebastian View in St Augustine.
