HISTORIC CITY NEWS 2014

City presses Comcast on their part of the meeting “black out”

Historic City News was notified by City Manager John Regan this morning that yesterday, the City put Comcast “on notice” regarding the continued disruption of broadcast of local government meetings as required by their franchise agreement and state law.

Government

Planning and Building department says “no” to 7-Eleven

Historic City News has learned that a permit for a 7-Eleven store and gas pumps at May Street and San Marco Avenue has been denied, with a two-week appeal period ending next Monday, according to a report that appeared in today’s St Augustine Report.

Community

Board denies demolition of 100-year-old building

An application, tabled in November, for a certificate of demolition of a one-time prominent home in the Model Land Company National Register Historic District, was denied by the Historic Architectural Review Board during their regular meeting January 16th.

Government

Board of County Commissioners/City of St. Augustine Beach Commissioners Special Meeting

NOTICE OF A JOINT SPECIAL MEETING OF THEST. JOHNS COUNTY BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERSANDCITY OF ST. AUGUSTINE BEACH NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the Board of County Commissioners and the City of St. Augustine Beach Commissioners will hold a joint special meeting on Wednesday, January 29, 2014, at 9:00 a.m. in Conference Room A of…

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Wednesday burning along north Coastal Highway

Patrician Price cautioned Historic City News readers that, weather permitting, tomorrow, Wednesday, January 22nd, the Guana Tolomato Matanzas National Estuarine Research Reserve will perform its second ecological prescribed burn of this month from 11:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m.

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Entertainment on Florida’s Historic Coast

Barbara Golden, Communications Manager for the St Augustine, Ponte Vedra and the Beaches Visitors and Convention Bureau, informed local Historic City News reporters about the following entertaining events for our St Johns County readers.<!–more–> St Johns County residents with valid identification are always admitted free of charge to the Oldest House, the Lightner Museum, the…

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Active Parenting Class

Family Integrity Program Active Parenting Schedule Tuesday MorningsJanuary 7 – February 11, 20148:30 A.M. – 10:00 A.M.FIP Conference Room Health and Human Services Building 1, Suite B6955 U S 1 South, St. Augustine, FL 32086To Register – Contact: Brenda Ware @ (904) 209-6085 Wednesday Classes also available, please check the calendar for the dates….

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Traditions older than the Nation’s Oldest City

Traditions older than the Nation’s Oldest City By Michael Isam Special to Historic City News There is a truth that traces its roots to the first trained armies. Soldiers do as soldiers have learned. Carry out your objective quickly, completely, and with as few casualties as possible.

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