HISTORIC CITY NEWS 2019

Ryan Murphy leaving Cultural Events position with St Johns County

The man hired by St Johns County in June of 2010 to rescue the debt-laden St Augustine Amphitheatre, announced yesterday that he will be leaving his job as the county’s Director of Cultural Events, with his last day to be April 20th.

Community

Rep Stevenson and Renner: Get the State out of the newspaper business

Randy Fine (R) 53 is trying to break the monopoly newspapers have on the lucrative legal notice market. This is a pet peeve of Historic City News who is not allowed to compete with print newspapers because of an antiquated Florida law.

Editorials

New street lights being installed along SR-16

The Florida Department of Transportation is scheduled to begin a safety project to install lighting along SR-16 from CR-16A to San Marco Avenue this Monday, April 8, weather and circumstances permitting.

Public Safety

Flagler sheriff defers to FDLE to investigate a suspect in a public corruption case

Yesterday, Thursday April 4, 2019, at approximately 3:00 p.m. a Flagler County deputy was working at the courthouse on Moody Boulevard when he was approached by an employee of Innovation Technology, a computer service vender contracted to Flagler County Government at that location.

Government

Local airport contributes more than $1.4 billion in economic impact

The Northeast Florida Regional Airport’s total statewide economic impact is estimated to exceed $1.4 billion. That figure was determined by a recently released 2019 update to the Florida Statewide Aviation Economic Impact Study received by Historic City News today.

Business

FDOT road repairs and maintenance report

Historic City News was notified by Florida Department of Transportation Public Information Officer, Allen Nelson, that traffic will be impacted at the following St Augustine and St Johns County locations where roadwork is being conducted.

Community

Questioned by commissioners, Sheriff Shoar “lawyers up”

When questioned by members of the St Johns County Commission about his premature use of property owned by the county, peevish Sheriff David B Shoar did not attempt to discuss why he seemingly overstepped his authority to begin construction of a multi-million-dollar training complex; instead, he notified the county attorney that all further communications with…

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Government

Chamber Economic Development Breakfast April 26

Jason Barrett, CEO, Flagler Health+, will provide the keynote speech with a focus on changing health care at the Chamber Economic Development Breakfast on Friday, April 26 at 8:00 a.m. at Shell Hall inside the World Golf Hall of Fame at the World Golf Village.

Business