HISTORIC CITY NEWS
Historic City News has been published daily since March 2000. Reporting local news for St Augustine and St Johns County Florida, Historic City News is the county's only free press. Our mission is to hold public figures accountable to the public.
All departments of the St. Johns County Board of County Commissioners, St. Johns County Administrative offices, St. Johns County libraries, and the Pet Center will be closed Monday, January 16th in observance of Martin Luther King, Jr. Day, per an announcement from Director of Communications Michael Ryan, received by Historic City News today.
Earlier this evening the US Marshal Service reported to Historic City News that they have arrested one of the intruders involved in the home invasion robbery and kidnapping which occurred earlier this week in Ponte Vedra Beach.
On Saturday, January 21, Historic City News readers are invited to participate in free march and rally beginning at 12:00 p.m. with a gathering at Davis Park on the east side of the Bridge of Lions.
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.
The final community workshop on the city’s first Historic Preservation Master Plan will be held on Tuesday, January 17 and Historic City News readers are encouraged to attend and participate.
Flagler College informed local Historic City News reporters today that Jim Toedtman, a veteran journalist and director of the Forum on Government and Public Policy lecture series, will receive a distinguished Columbia Journalism School Alumni Award in April.
Jacksonville’s former sheriff, 64-year-old Congressman John Rutherford, was transported to George Washington University Hospital this afternoon when an unidentified medical emergency struck; causing him to collapse in the US Capitol.
Letter: Heavy smoke from burning debris
Raphael Cosme
St Augustine, FL
Dear Historic City News editor:
For more than a week, Vallencourt Construction Company has been cleaning an empty lot near Heritage Park and San Salito subdivisions for development.