HISTORIC CITY NEWS November 2019

Contest for St Johns County Supervisor of Elections

Historic City News learned this week that there are two announced candidates for the office of the Supervisor of Elections; the incumbent Republican Vicky Oakes and Ed Slavin who has declared to run as a Democrat.

Government

Annual Candlelight Tours at Villa Zorayda Museum

From November 30 – January 4, 2020 Historic City News readers are invited to join the Villa Zorayda Museum for their 10th Annual “Candlelight Tours” of the Museum which are offered on select evenings during St. Augustine’s “Nights of Lights” Celebration.

Business

St Augustine Festival of Art this weekend to benefit St Augustine Art Association

This is the weekend for the 54th Annual St Augustine Festival of Art November 30 and December 1, 2019 – The St Augustine Art Association, with the support of many community volunteers and partners, has been hosting the annual St Augustine Festival of Art for decades.

Community

Northeast Florida Road and Lane Closures November 30 – December 7

Historic City News is informed weekly about road and lane closures in Northeast Florida from the District Two offices of the Florida Department of Transportation.

Community

The real first Thanksgiving was in St Augustine – not Plymouth

Archaeologists at the Florida Museum of Natural History reminded Historic City News local reporters of something almost all our readers already know — the story of the Pilgrims at the first Thanksgiving in 1621 has a catch. The Pilgrims’ Thanksgiving wasn’t the first.

Community

Attorney discipline orders issued from October 24 to November 21

The Florida Bar, the state’s guardian for the integrity of the legal profession, announced to local Historic City News reporters that the Florida Supreme Court has disciplined Erin Rebecca Waskiewicz, a St Johns County attorney; one of 22 attorneys to be disciplined in recent court orders. Two attorneys were ordered to pay restitution and one…

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Business

Commission to discuss beach access points on Ponte Vedra Boulevard

St Johns County notified Historic City News under the Neighborhood Bill of Rights that there will be a discussion about temporary morning hours access and parking to beach access points on Ponte Vedra Boulevard from 545 Ponte Vedra Boulevard to 311 Ponte Vedra Boulevard.

Government

Deputy suspended without pay after being arrested at White Lion

Historic City News has learned that while patrolling downtown at about 2:11 a.m. Saturday morning November 23, St Augustine Police Officer Jonathan Correa was hailed by management at the White Lion Tavern on Cuna Street. Three patrons were refusing to leave the bar after “last call” and one man was in the middle of “a…

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Public Safety