Year: 2016

Florida ranks 33rd of least politically engaged states

With less than a week until Election Day and nearly four in 10 voters in states with no voter-ID requirements falsely believing they must present identification in order to vote, the personal-finance website WalletHub provided Historic City News with the results of their in-depth analysis of 2016’s Most and Least Politically Engaged States.

Government

Guest: Amendment 1 would boost solar energy and benefit all

Guest: Amendment 1 would boost solar energy and benefit all By Kevin Doyle Special to Historic City News Renewable, clean, reliable and getting increasingly more affordable, solar energy is dramatic and can change the globe, starting with the way Florida harvests and consumes electricity.

Community

Letter: Phillips running ham-fisted smear campaign against mayor

Letter: Phillips running ham-fisted smear campaign against mayor Joe Flanagan St Augustine, FL Dear Historic City News editor: I have to say that the flyers being sent out by the Kris Phillips campaign are disgraceful. It’s been a really disturbing development to see this kind of dishonesty, meanness, and outright sleaze in the mayoral campaign.

Community

Letter: Political free speech in St. Augustine Beach being suppressed

Letter: Political free speech in St. Augustine Beach being suppressed Lance Thate, Chairman St. Augustine Tea Party Dear Historic City News editor: On October 25, 2016, the St. Augustine Tea Party (SATP) held its first ever Candidate Forum in its six-year history. The Forum was well attended. The Tea Party focused on the Commissioner’s Race…

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Community

FDOT road repairs and maintenance report

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.

Community

Butler Beach ramp access temporarily closed

The Frank Butler Boat Ramp, located at 400 Riverside Boulevard, is closed due to the site being utilized as a staging area for post-Hurricane Matthew debris cleanup according to an announcement received by local Historic City News reporters.

Community

Flagler soccer coach charged with molestation

Historic City News was informed that 35-year-old Sean Douglas Stern, a former traveling soccer coach with ties in Flagler County and statewide, was arrested Thursday by the US Marshal Service in Tacoma, Washington and charged with two counts of lewd and lascivious molestation as an authority figure of a school.

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