With a much overdue sigh of relief, downtown residents and shopkeepers in the city’s historic preservation district, enjoyed the first day since the adoption of Ordinance 2018-06, the City of St. Augustine’s new restrictions on panhandling that took effect on April 6, 2018.
A press release from the St Johns County Sheriff’s Office has informed local Historic City News reporters of the identification and arrest of two teens who have been sought after by detectives in connection with the January shooting that left Kahlil Cooke dead in a drug deal that went bad.
Historic City News has received an open invitation for our readers to attend this month’s regular meeting of the Saint Augustine Tea Party when their special guest will be H K Edgerton, President of Southern Heritage 411.
Feeling frustration from what he’s called a “lack of accountability” in the management of the City of St Augustine, one-term commissioner Todd Neville is quoted in this morning’s St Augustine Record saying, “the city needs a different kind of leadership to reach its goals” and that he will not seek re-election.
Historic City News reader Marc Anthony, owner of Spanish Main Antiques in St Augustine, reported what he believes to be a centuries-old ship’s hull recently washed up on the beach of the Guana-Tolomato-Matanzas Research Reserve.
Denver Cook is seeking to represent District 4 on the St. Johns School Board in this year’s election. Cook told Historic City News that he is running to ensure that our school district provides a nationally competitive education, improves the district culture, and stabilizes its financial base.
