School board term limits proposal passes Senate panel
Voters statewide could soon vote on whether eight-year term limits should be imposed on Florida county school boards, a policy Historic City News has advocated for all local political offices.
Month: April 2019
Vacation Rental bill appears dead
Legislative efforts to pre-empt local regulations statewide of vacation rental homes may have died again this year on Wednesday as the Senate bill seeking to do so was temporarily postponed in a committee that is not scheduled to meet again.
Cuthbert interview on The Break Room with Paul Williamson
Recently graduated from the FBI National Academy in Quantico, Virginia, Assistant Chief of Police Anthony Cuthbert stops by this week to discuss the intensive and highly competitive 10-week course of study.
Drama on I-95 as multi-state stalker escapes capture by running into woods
Sheriff Rick Staly reported to Historic City News that around 6:40 p.m. Tuesday evening, Flagler County sheriff’s deputies responded to RaceTrac at SR-100 east and Old Kings Road in Palm Coast after receiving a call about a verbal disturbance involving a man and his ex-girlfriend.
David Nolan to receive the Adelaide Sanchez Award
On April 22, the City of St. Augustine will recognize one of the community’s most enthusiastic and committed advocates of historic preservation when the Adelaide Sanchez Award for Historic Education and Interpretation is presented to David Nolan. The award recognizes Nolan’s extraordinary and unwavering advocacy for historic preservation.
Hutson eyes chances of Senate presidency
St. Johns County Republican Senator Travis Hutson wants to be Senate president, but he’s got to beat Sen. Kathleen Passidomo to do it. The Hutson-Passidomo contest has lacked much in the way of public pyrotechnics, but not in the way of fundraising.
Letter: April is water conservation month in Florida
Executive Director Ann B. Shortelle, Ph.D.St. Johns River Water Management District Dear Historic City News readers: April is Water Conservation Month in Florida, an observance intended to heighten public awareness about the variety of ways we all can reduce our water use and preserve this critical resource for future generations of Floridians and visitors. Counties…
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Arrest made in December murder of Jacksonville man
Historic City News reported when authorities found Jacksonville resident Everett Davon Thompson dead behind the wheel of a rented truck around 3:00 p.m. on December 23rd; and now, detectives say they believe 37-year-old Vermount James Anderson Jr. shot and killed Thompson during a meeting on Po Boy Farms Road, off CR-214.