HISTORIC CITY NEWS September 2018

Letter: Thank you for your support

Thomas F. Reynolds, Jr.St Augustine Beach, FL On September 24, I made the decision to withdraw from the contest for City Commissioner in the City of St Augustine Beach. I came to my decision not to challenge Mayor Undine George on my own, realizing that my choice would hand over Seat 3 to her for…

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Editorials

Local career criminal returns to federal prison

A 49-year-old St Augustine man who pled guilty on March 22, 2018 to violating federal supervised release on drug charges, has been sentenced to eight-years in federal prison for new charges by U.S. District Judge Henry L. Adams. Historic City News was informed that James Ray Crooms was sentenced for selling cocaine base, also known…

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Public Safety

Harley-Davidson dealership coming to St Augustine

Adamec Cycle Sales Co. Inc. in Jacksonville has announced to Historic City News that they will build a 35,000-square-foot facility here by the third quarter of 2019. The building will be located on a 4.5-acre parcel on Outlet Mall Boulevard, across the street from Fields Cadillac. Adamec St. Augustine LLC purchased the parcel in 2017…

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Business

State wins conviction in first-degree murder trial

Today, Bryan L. Shorstein, Public Information Officer for State Attorney R. J. Larizza, announced to local Historic City News reporters that at the end of a three-day trial, 40-year-old Christopher William McCook of St. Augustine was found guilty of first-degree murder in the strangulation death of Keneshia Gadson. The evidence showed that McCook used an…

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Public Safety

City manager evaluation process in question at St Augustine Beach

St Augustine Beach Commissioner Rich O’Brien has refused to provide a written evaluation of City Manager Max Royle, despite consensus of the remaining commissioners to comply with the process supposed to be part of the basis for his salary in the next budget year.

Government

Palm Coast: Tis the season for a new city manager

Last week, Palm Coast Mayor Milissa Holland called for and got support for the dismissal of city manager Jim Landon because of his chronic last-minute release of workshop backup materials for City Council workshops until only shortly before those workshops were to begin. Several weeks before, Holland had asked Landon to release the documents earlier…

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Government

City manager instills false hope in Anastasia Island residents

St Augustine residents turned out by the dozens last night, only to have their hopes dashed after city manager John Regan’s sophomoric attempt to boost support for his “pet commissioner” Nancy Sikes Kline and a thinly veiled attempt to save his job. Regan’s poor management and poor decision-making in the highly-paid position has been challenged…

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Government

True Miracles of the American Revolution

You are patriotically invited to attend tonight’s open meeting of the Saint Augustine Tea Party where Jerry Cameron, Chair of the St. Johns County Republican Executive Committee, will be the guest speaker. Cameron, who has always been an outspoken proponent of American principles, has spent a considerable portion of his life studying the foundations of…

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