Estranged wife of St Augustine mayor murdered
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Estranged wife of St Augustine mayor murdered

Forty years ago on January 23, 1974, in broad daylight, during a savage and incredibly brutal act in one of the city’s most established neighborhoods, Athalia Ponsell Lindsley, the estranged wife of St Augustine mayor James Lindsley, was hacked to death with a sharp machete — a horrifying murder which haunts the community to this day.

EPIC opens county’s only detox center
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EPIC opens county’s only detox center

PATTI GREENOUGH
PATTI GREENOUGH
EPIC Behavioral Healthcare would like to announce to Historic City News readers that the effort to bring a Detoxification Center to St. Johns County will come to fruition on January 22nd, when a Grand Opening Ceremony will take place at the EPIC Recovery Center, St. Johns County’s new (and only) detox center.

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FDOT road repairs and maintenance report

FLORIDA DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATIONLaurie Sanderson 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.

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Downtown Improvements District community meeting

300-spanish-street-afterThe City of St Augustine has invited Historic City News readers to an open house concerning the Spanish, Hypolita and Treasury Streetscape Rehabilitation Project; to be held from 4:00 p.m. to 6:00 p.m. on Tuesday, January 21st in The Alcazar Room, located on the ground floor of City Hall, 75 King Street in St Augustine.