HISTORIC CITY NEWS 2018

FDOT road repairs and maintenance report

Historic City News was notified by Florida Department of Transportation Public Information Officer, Monica Reifeiss, that traffic will be impacted at the following St Augustine and St Johns County locations where roadwork is being conducted. Be alert to lane closures and temporary detours, as well as increased congestion in these areas. FDOT employees and contractors…

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Community

The Tenth Annual Go Blue Awards Luncheon 2018

Madison Toonder, from St Augustine, has been named “Blue Hatchling Youth Award” recipient during the 2018 Loggerhead Marinelife Center’s Tenth Annual Go Blue Awards Luncheon presented by Manatee Lagoon.

Community

UF Historic St. Augustine has Loring memorial on agenda again.

When UF Historic St. Augustine, Inc. convenes its next Board of Directors meeting, the controversial William Wing Loring memorial will be the first matter of business to be discussed, according to the agenda provided to Historic City News today.

Government

St. Augustine man charged with meeting a child to engage in sex

United States Attorney Maria Chapa Lopez informed Historic City News that 66-year-old St Augustine resident Brian Ray Dunlap has been arrested and charged by a federal criminal complaint with using the internet to attempt to entice a child to engage in sexual activity.

Public Safety

Chamber of Commerce names new Board

Isabelle Renault, President and CEO of St. Johns County Chamber of Commerce, announced to Historic City News local reporters the recent election of new board members for Fiscal Year 2018-2019. The Board of Directors will be led by Chairman Dirk Schroeder, Owner of Century 21 St. Augustine Properties.

Business

Obituary: Judge Clyde E. Wolfe, 1953 – 2018

The Seventh Judicial Circuit Court sadly announced to Historic City News yesterday, the passing of the Honorable Clyde E. Wolfe, who served as Circuit Judge for 12 years. Judge Wolfe died on the morning of October 31, in local hospice care. He was 65.

Community

High school teacher accuses right wing for volte-face on bigotry, xenophobia, and sexism

The parents of a St Augustine High School junior tell Historic City News that their son is the target of hazing from members of his class as well as a language arts teacher at the middle of a flap over a politically charged question on a vocabulary test given at the public-school Monday.

Government

Editorial: Lobbyists do not have clean hands

This year, there’s a lot on our ballots—much of it complicated and confusing. Tallahassee politicians have a long history of making it that way; because, if they came right out and said publicly what they wanted to do, they would be run out of town on a rail.

Editorials