Let the qualifying begin



Each weekday, Historic City News publishes a summary of calls handled by the St Augustine Police Department. The information contained in this report is taken from sources deemed reliable; the accuracy and completeness of which Historic City News does not control and cannot guarantee.
Correction: Letter to the Editor
Susan Rathbone
St Augustine, FL
The recent letter you published entitled “Positive and negative effects of tourism”, incorrectly identified me as the author.
Debbie Delgado 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.
There’s no better place to celebrate the nation’s Independence Day than in the Nation’s Oldest City. And, for Historic City News readers, there is no safer way to celebrate with dazzling fireworks displays than at Fireworks over the Matanzas.

The St Johns County Tax Collectors Office informed Historic City News local reporters that in the event of an evacuation of all barrier islands, only those with official re-entry passes will be allowed back after an evacuation.
The National Park Service has invited Historic City News readers to consider volunteer service at one or both of our local National Monuments, Castillo de San Marcos and Fort Matanzas. A Volunteer Job Fair originally scheduled for June 6, was rescheduled due to Tropical Storm Colin.