HISTORIC CITY NEWS 2017

Letter: Bike ride from Alaska to Key West for AIDS

Uli Schackmann Fort Lauderdale, FL Dear Historic City News editor: With a clear “2020” vision of a cure for HIV/AIDS in my sights, I will ride my bicycle from Alaska to Key West. I am currently in St. Augustine and will be here for at least 7 days to make some repairs to the bike,…

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Editorials

Letter: Let protesting players pay for team’s financial loss

Terry R Herbert St Augustine, FL Dear Historic City News editor: I have the perfect solution to NFL football players having the freedom to express their views that allows the NFL owners to be able to recoup the percentage of their fan base, and revenue, that these football players desiring to politicize a sporting event…

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Editorials

Police need your help to identify home invaders

Around 9:47 p.m. on September 21st, Historic City News has confirmed that two black males committed a home invasion robbery at a residence on Martin Luther King Boulevard in St Augustine.

Public Safety

Scuffle on Inlet Drive ends in death of resident

Prompted by a request from Historic City News, Public Information Officer Mark Samson confirmed that the St. Augustine Police Department is investigating a death that occurred on Inlet Drive on September 14, 2017.

Public Safety

Modification of ordinances could allow artists in market

On the heels of another drug-related arrest Friday in the Plaza Market, covered exclusively by local Historic City News reporters, the St Augustine City Commission will hear, on first reading tonight, revisions to current ordinances that will pave the way for creative artists to return to public places inside the City.

Government

Local Tea Party hosts Commissioner Waldron

Historic City News readers are patriotically invited to attend the St Augustine Tea Party General meeting Tuesday evening, September 26th starting at 6:30 p.m. at the Village Inn located at 900 North Ponce de Leon Boulevard in St. Augustine. Our guest will be St Johns County Commissioner Paul M Waldron.

Community

As waters slowly rise Mayor Shaver paying attention

As rising sea levels cause flooding more often in Florida, the state’s first city has a concern as old as civilization itself.

Community

Police make drug-related arrest in Plaza Market

Bicycle patrol officers with the St Augustine Police Department passed through the Plaza Market this evening about 5:00 p.m. to clear a large group of plaza bums; some of whom were eating from backpacks, others drinking from unlabeled bottles and cups, another was sleeping against a pillar, and all were surrounded with their own trash…

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Public Safety