On the 3rd Saturday of next month, join Historic City News editor Michael Gold when he celebrates his birthday from 9:00 a.m. – 11:00 a.m. at the GTM Research Reserve Visitor Center located at 505 Guana River Road in Ponte Vedra Beach. The Reserve will provide docents for a free guided beach exploration event on Saturday, November 16th.
Historic City News received word that in cooperation between the US Coast Guard, St Johns County Fire Rescue and the St Augustine Fire Department, a shrimper at sea, about a mile offshore, was able to be successfully airlifted from harm’s way.
St. Johns County has partnered with the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers and the State of Florida to restore and rebuild South Ponte Vedra Beach and Vilano Beach. Now is the time for the community to join the partnership and take the final step to deliver new sand to these beaches.
This afternoon, Troop G Sergeant Lance Foureau provided an update to a traffic fatality initially reported to Historic City News several weeks ago. The delayed report detailed the observations of Crash Investigator Christopher Bonadie at the scene of a vehicle-vs-bicycle collision that sent an experienced bicyclist and competitive athlete to the hospital, where he later died.
Historic City News was informed that U.S. District Judge Brian J. Davis, in Jacksonville, has sentenced 25-year-old Dylan Ray Langley of Fort Myers, to serve two more years and six months in federal prison for using of the U.S. Mail to threaten to injure an officer of the United States. Langley pled guilty on June 19, 2019.
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 recently issued court orders disciplined 11 attorneys, disbarring three, revoking the licenses of one, suspending one and reprimanding six. One attorney was also ordered to pay restitution and two were given probation. Disciplinary revocation is tantamount to disbarment.
With Halloween festivities ramping up and countless children planning to go trick-or-treating next week, our friends at the FDLE Office of Public Information, Gretl Plessinger, Jessica Cary and Jeremy Burns, remind Historic City News subscribers to stay safe in the coming days.
In just a few days, the St. Johns County Parks Department will present their annual “Howl-O-Ween Walk” at Treaty Park on Sunday, October 27, 2019, from 2:00 p.m. to 4:00 p.m.
