HISTORIC CITY NEWS February 2019

Who can name all of St Augustine’s Chiefs of Police?

Historic City News will have published for 19-years next month (March 18, 2000) and we’d like to have some fun testing our knowledge of local facts. We invite you to play along and see just how many of our local quizzes you can pass.

Editorials

“Reverend” Rawls shows his unrighteous fanny at another city meeting

In what turned out to be nothing more than a three-minute verbal assault against the mayor and city commission Monday night, Historic City News listened closely as Gainesville resident Ronald Rawls, Jr.; an overbearing man whose wife was recently elected to the Alachua County Court bench, delivered some more threatening words.

Government

St Augustine Mayor Nancy Shaver recovering at Baptist Hospital in Jacksonville

Following last evening’s meeting of the St. Augustine City Commission, St. Augustine Mayor Nancy Shaver suffered a stroke while still at City Hall. Shaver was transported to Flagler Hospital and then transferred to Baptist Medical Center in Jacksonville.

Government

State Attorney tosses charges against neighborhood watcher

Ten-days ago when Historic City News reported that Evelyn Hammock had been arrested by St Augustine police officer Alexander R Barrera, and that he had charged her with a third-degree felony and taken her to jail, an overwhelming response came in from our readers by telephone, email, text message and social media expressing shock that…

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Public Safety

Kiss Me I’m Artish

Historic City News readers are invited to get their green on for February’s “Lightner After Hours” social event at St. Augustine’s Lightner Museum of Hobbies; located t 75 King Street on Thursday, February 28th – 6:00 p.m. to 8:00 p.m.

Business

Letter: Davis Shores park a “new spin” now that the jig is up

Susan W RathboneDavis Shores Dear Historic City News Editor: Our City and its politics are starting to seem like an episode out of Boss (a gangster TV show on Netflix). All we need is Kelsey Grammar as the lead character and all the elements of a Boss episode are in motion:

Editorials

Motorists to see a new traffic pattern in North City

As part of the widening and reconstruction improvements at the San Marco Avenue and May Street intersection, traffic on US-1 (Ponce de Leon Boulevard) will shift slightly between Dismukes Street and west San Carlos Avenue Friday, February 22nd barring inclement weather and unforeseen circumstances.

Community

Discover the Guana Peninsula on a guided exploration hike

Florida Department of Environmental Protection’s Office of Resilience and Coastal Protection, in partnership with the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, have invited Historic City News readers to enjoy a guided walking tour of the Guana Peninsula held on the first Saturday of every month.

Community