March 2020 – HISTORIC CITY NEWS

Carrie Johnson Way will honor the Voice of Lincolnville

The City of St. Augustine has announced to Historic City News that they will honor the Voice of Lincolnville by renaming Bravo Street to Carrie Johnson Way in a future ceremony. The proposed name change was aired during the Monday January 13, 2020 meeting of the St Augustine City Commission. Johnson, known as “Miss Carrie,” to almost everyone who knew her, passed away at 7:00 a.m., November 27, 2018. She was 83 years old.

03/31/2020

Public Safety

St Augustine High School girls flag football coach arrested

The coach of the girl’s flag football team at St Augustine High School, 38-year-old Darrell Andrew Crews, was arrested on a sex offense Sunday night at about 9:08 p.m. He was taken into custody by the St Johns County Sheriff’s Office at his home reported to be 329 Gianna Way in St Augustine. He was released yesterday after posting a $1,500 bond.

03/31/2020

Editorials

Letter: Commissioners doing business as usual during pandemic

Letter: County Commissioners are doing business as usual during a pandemic

Dennis Stewart
St. Augustine, FL 32092

Dear Historic City News Editor,

This is email I received from my County commissioner Jeb Smith in response to my email requesting clarification about the county commissioner’s meetings:

03/31/2020

Community

Online Concert Series to support local musicians

Christina Parrish Stone, St. Johns Cultural Council Executive Director, is inviting all Historic City News subscribers to participate in a series of online concerts featuring St. Johns County based artists during the month of April.

03/31/2020

Business

Publix deliveries halted as Instacart workers announce nationwide strike

A nationwide strike on Monday, March 30th, to demand that Instacart begin providing its delivery drivers with leave time, preventative supplies such as hand sanitizer, and hazard pay to the tune of an extra $5 per delivery, claims that their shoppers aren’t being paid enough for a job that puts them at high risk to contract the new coronavirus.

03/30/2020

Business

St Johns County still ranked lowest unemployment in Northeast Florida

Historic City News local reporters were provided an overview of the CareerSource Northeast Florida Region by the Florida Department of Economic Opportunity. The information from the Bureau of Workforce Statistics and Economic Research was current as of Friday, March 27, 2020, and was not seasonally adjusted.

03/30/2020

Government

BEACHES CLOSED to public access in St Johns County

Michael Ryan, Director of Communications for St. Johns County, informed local Historic City News reporters that St Johns County Beaches are now closed to pedestrians. We previously reported when the county banned vehicles from accessing the beach and closed all beach parking lots earlier last week.

03/29/2020

Community

Department clarifies sale of alcohol under latest Executive Order

During the coronavirus pandemic, Historic City News has reported extraordinary actions that have been ordered by our government at the local and statewide level. Those include restaurant and bar provisions covered by Governor Ron DeSantis’ executive order last week.

03/28/2020