HISTORIC CITY NEWS 02/13/2020

Happy 501st Birthday Don Pedro Menendez de Aviles

What do you get for the man who has 501-years of exploration and world travel under his belt? Historic City News readers are invited to attend a brief wreath-laying ceremony on Friday, February 14, starting at 10:00 a.m. in Parque de Menendez located in front of St Augustine City Hall, 75 King Street.

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McClatchy latest newspaper company seeking protection from creditors in bankruptcy

by Associated Press The printed newspaper industry has been devastated by changing technology that has sent the vast majority of people online in search of news. While McClatchy and others have pushed digital operations aggressively, advertising dollars have continued to flow toward local Internet publishers like Historic City News and internet giants like Facebook and…

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Business

Jumbotron hacker discovered to be unregistered St Johns County sex offender

Today, United States Attorney Maria Chapa Lopez announced to Historic City News the return of an indictment against 49-year-old Samuel Arthur Thompson of St Augustine. He is charged with receiving and possessing child sex-abuse images, possession of a firearm by a convicted felon, failing to register under the Sex Offender Registration and Notification Act, and…

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Public Safety

City of St Augustine conducting historic resource survey

Historic City News learned today that the City of St. Augustine is receiving a $50,000 grant from the Florida Division of Historical Resources to fund a historic site survey of areas in West Augustine, as well as areas to the north around Fort Mose.

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