HISTORIC CITY NEWS November 2017

Letter: End pay for school board members

District 1 – Beverly Slough District 2 – Tommy Allen, Chair District 3 – Bill Mignon, Vice Chair District 4 – Kelly Barrera District 5 – Patrick Canan Jay Bliss St Augustine, FL Florida is one of the minority states that pays elected school board members handsomely, in St Johns County, the base pay is…

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Editorials

Photos with Santa during Kids Bridge open house

Your family can enjoy cookies and cocoa, children’s crafts and photos with Santa Claus this year, Kids Bridge chairwoman Lynn Straughan told local Historic City News reporters this week. We’ll also give you an after-hours tour of Kids Bridge, so you can see the important work we are doing to give troubled families a fresh…

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Community

The Deep State: Who are the swamp creatures

Historic City News readers are patriotically invited to attend the general meeting of the Saint Augustine Tea Party; held at the Village Inn located at 900 North Ponce de Leon Boulevard in St. Augustine on November 28, 2017, 6:30 p.m.

Community

Mott captured attempting to flee into Canada

Very disturbing turn of events yesterday, reported to Historic City News in a press conference with officials from the Neptune Beach Police Department and Jacksonville Sheriff’s Office just after 5:00 p.m. this evening.

Public Safety

Two tractor-trailers collide dumping livestock onto roadway

At approximately 3:55 a.m. on Thanksgiving morning, Florida Highway Patrol Sergeant J. A. Medina reported to Historic City News that two semi-tractor trailers collided, as they headed southbound on I-95 just south of SR-206.

Public Safety

Phase 1 of Ponte Vedra Beach manhole rehabilitation to start

For the next four-months, Historic City News readers living in the affected area can expect construction to clean, repair and apply protective liners to fifty existing sanitary sewer manholes throughout the Ponte Vedra Beach sewer collection system.

Public Safety

FDOT road repairs and maintenance report

Historic City News was notified by Florida Department of Transportation Public Information Officer, Debbie Delgado, that traffic will be impacted at the following St Augustine and St Johns County locations where roadwork is being conducted. Be alert to lane closures and temporary detours, as well as increased congestion in these areas. FDOT employees and contractors…

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Community

Demand citizen leaders on school board not career politicians

Florida is, without question, the term limits state. Our voters have limited the terms of our governor, attorney general, state legislators, and many other elected office holders.

Government