HISTORIC CITY NEWS 2018

Letter: St Augustine Beach waste disposal subsidy must end

Letter: St Augustine Beach waste disposal subsidy must end Tom Reynolds St Augustine Beach, FL Dear HCN news Desk: I am writing because I do not believe proper attention has been called to an item on the agenda of tonight’s meeting of the St Augustine Beach City Commission Monday, February 12, 2018, at 6: 00…

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Editorials

Ken Rucker will discuss Article VI of the US Constitution

You are patriotically invited to attend the Open Meeting of the St Augustine Tea Party on Tuesday evening, February 13th at 6:30 p.m., held at the Village Inn located at 900 North Ponce de Leon Boulevard, in Saint Augustine.

Community

Editorial: City should be quiet and so should UF

Editorial: City should be quiet and so should UF Michael Gold, Editor HISTORIC CITY NEWS Booker T. Washington said: There is a class of colored people who make a business of keeping the troubles, the wrongs and the hardships of the Negro race before the public. Some of these people do not want the Negro…

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Editorials

Strange Bird Landing takes Best in Show Award

The St. Augustine Art Association presented awards to ten artists featured in the “Not-So-Still Life” Exhibition, on display at 22 Marine Street through February 25th. St. Augustine artist Nancy Hamlin-Vogler won the Jean Wagner Troemel Best in Show Award for her mixed media work entitled, “Strange Bird Landing”.

Community

Senator Travis Hutson recaps week in the Florida Senate

Senator Travis Hutson informed local Historic City News reporters that the following actions were taken during the week of February 5th – 9th in the Florida Senate.

Government

FDOT road repairs and maintenance report

Historic City News was notified by Florida Department of Transportation Public Information Officer, Monica R. 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…

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Community

Letter: Loring also showed contempt for the American Flag

Letter: Loring also showed contempt for the American Flag (Rabbi) Merrill Shapiro Palm Coast, FL Dear Historic City News editor: It is quite correct that I am not a resident of St. Augustine. But I do pledge allegiance, quite regularly, to the Flag of the United States of America and to the Republic for which…

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Editorials

Ex-lawyer fugitive from NH killed in police involved shooting

Historic City News has learned that at about 6:00 p.m. Tuesday evening, two federal and one county law enforcement officer exercised lethal force while attempting to capture a single, middle-aged, 190-lb former lawyer, who was unarmed, but had an arrest warrant issued against him in the District of New Hampshire.

Public Safety