HISTORIC CITY NEWS September 2018

Florence: Initial Flash

St Johns County Emergency Management spokesperson Kelly Wilson issued Historic City News the first Flash Announcement on Hurricane Florence as of 2:00 p.m. today. The Emergency Operations Center is currently in Level 3 “monitoring” status. Hurricane Florence is moving toward the northwest at 16 mph with maximum sustained winds of 125 mph. This general motion,…

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Public Safety

St Johns County Pet Friendly Shelter program

The Pet Friendly Shelter program is a collaborative effort between St. Johns County Department of Emergency Management, St. Johns County Division of Animal Care and Control, and St. Johns County School Board. It is the mission of the Pet Friendly Shelter Program to establish a refuge of last resort to provide a measure of safety…

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Community

Hurricane Season preparation

St Johns County Emergency Management reported to Historic City News that you and your family will better cope during this year’s hurricane season, June 1- November 30, by preparing for disaster before it strikes. One way to be prepared is by assembling a Disaster Supply Kit. Once disaster strikes, it is too late to shop…

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Public Safety

Hurricane Florence spins up into a Category 4 storm

Hurricane Florence is expected to hit the southeastern U.S. as “a large and extremely dangerous hurricane,” the National Hurricane Center says, after the storm quickly strengthened today. Although Florence is predicted to land north of St Johns County, it will bring “life-threatening impacts” to North Carolina and neighboring states late this week. Florence is now…

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Community

Rick Scott speaks to small business owners

Florida Governor Rick Scott, a candidate for US Senate, stopped by Whetstone Chocolates on King Street this morning on the second day of his 10-day statewide bus tour.

Business

How many years will city taxpayers suffer toxic mismanagement?

Michael Gold, EditorHISTORIC CITY NEWS For more than 18-years, Historic City News has reported on fraud, waste and abuse in local government when others were reluctant, or afraid, to do so. When we started looking deeper into the relationships between citizen board members and those officials who appointed them, we identified questionable profiteering at taxpayer’s…

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Editorials

Local Tea Party will hear from St Augustine mayor

Historic City News readers are patriotically invited to attend the next open meeting of the Saint Augustine Tea Party when the special guest speaker will be newly re-elected Mayor Nancy Shaver. During the Primary Election August 28th, Shaver defeated two challengers with more than 57% of the ballots cast. She was declared the winner of…

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Community

County watching three tropical storm systems

With three tropical storm systems moving west, St Johns County Emergency Management is advising all Historic City News readers to check their disaster supply kits and be sure home and business emergency plans are in place. The National Weather Service has issued a coastal flood advisory for St Johns and Flagler counties for this weekend….

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