Samantha Palmer, Flagler College’s director of retail operations and historic tours, invited Historic City News readers to enjoy a detailed glimpse into 19th century life with the college’s “Gilded Age Fashion Show,” an event showcasing the period garb with patterns from 1888, the year the Hotel Ponce de Leon opened.
The Department of Highway Safety and Motor Vehicle’s Executive Director announced to Historic City News that the trooper who has served as Commander of Florida’s Troop G since 2014, will become the next Florida Highway Patrol Director, effective August 21, 2015.
Of fifteen taxing authority budget elements reviewed by Historic City News, only one agency is asking the St Johns County Commission for approval of a decrease in proposed ad valorem tax spending from 2014 to 2015.
The TRIM notices have been received by most St Johns County taxpayers this week giving notice of last year’s ad valorem taxes, this year’s estimated taxes, and taxes that would be due using the “rollback” rate; and, even though your actual tax bill may look a little different, Historic City News wants readers to understand that these estimates reflect the maximum potential tax that could be assessed in the 2015-2016 Fiscal Year.
The controversial application for permission to alter the HP-1 zoning, to allow the former Dow Museum of Homes to become an upscale daily rental property has had its share of plan changes — even a parking plan so secret that developer David Corneal’s attorney, Ellen Avery Smith, could not share it publicly at the last city commission meeting.
Today, Education Commissioner Pam Stewart presented St. Johns River State College President Joe Pickens with a check for nearly $22,000 to benefit first-generation students and students pursuing careers in the critical field of health care and Historic City News was there.
