HISTORIC CITY NEWS 2016

Shaver selects Lueders and Aviles for Light-Up! Night honors

St Augustine Mayor Nancy Shaver has continued a holiday tradition by naming Police Chief Loran Lueders and Fire Chief Carlos Aviles to actually “flip the switch” that turns on the lights that kick off the 23rd annual Nights of Lights celebration.

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Tuesday-Wednesday Historic Preservation Conference moved

For Historic City News readers planning to attend, the location of the conference on Historic Preservation, Building Codes and Resiliency hosted by the Florida Trust for Historic Preservation, the City of St. Augustine and Flagler College has been moved.

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Last minute change precludes broadcast of commission meeting

On less than five hours’ notice today, City Manager John Regan informed Historic City News that tonight’s meeting of the city commission has been moved from the Alcazar Room, previously announced, to the lobby of the Lightner Museum across the courtyard. The St. Augustine Community Redevelopment Agency meeting, scheduled for 4:30pm today, will be rescheduled.

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Former St Augustine Record reporter compares mayor to Clinton

In today’s St Augustine Record, former reporter Bob Tis makes an editorial comparison of St Augustine mayor Nancy Shaver to former first lady and former presidential candidate, Hillary Clinton.

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Monday morning see the largest supermoon in nearly 70 years

Historic City News readers can witness the closest full moon of 2016 this morning and it is also the closest full moon to date in the 21st century. When a full moon makes its closest pass to Earth in its orbit it appears up to 14 percent bigger and 30 percent brighter, making it a…

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City may take position on partisan elections – despite being non-partisan

When Historic City News reporters monitor the general meeting of the St Augustine City Commission on Monday evening, we will be watching with interest the outcome of a proposed resolution (2016-42) that urges Florida legislators to take measures to close a loophole in laws that allow a strawman candidate to close an otherwise open Primary…

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Residents hear Monday what $120,000 worth of advice sounds like

Those residents who have questioned the efficacy of a $120,000+ mobility study whose purpose was merely to provide the framework for a comprehensive transportation and parking plan will probably be disappointed, but not surprised, Monday night when Littlejohn Engineering delivers their results — and likely asks for another $120,000 or more for the second half…

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Letter: Sheriff’s employee allowed illegal handicap parking

Letter: Sheriff’s employee allowed illegal handicap parking Merrill P. Roland St Johns County, FL Dear Historic City News Editor: Yesterday afternoon I attended a Veterans Day event in St Augustine Beach. I properly parked my motorcycle, displaying a permanent handicap tag, in a marked handicap parking space at Lakeside Park.

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