Month: September 2020

At the St Augustine Beach City Commission Meeting on Tuesday, September 22, 2020, the Commission voted unanimously to cancel the City’s largest event, the Beach Blast Off Fireworks event and to consider alternative socially responsible […]

Effective Friday, Governor Ron DeSantis issued an immediate Executive Order removing most COVID-19 occupancy restrictions on businesses and restaurants across the state.  Executive Order 20-244 went into effect on September 25, 2020 and transitions the […]

Now that the governor’s October 1st deadline is upon them, the city manager, John Regan, is throwing the public an obligatory “bone”, announcing to local Historic City News reporters that City Hall “is prepared to […]

Historic City News was notified by the 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 […]

When Historic City News got the call in the pre-dawn hours Friday, that an arsonist had attacked the 1879 Confederate Veterans Memorial now located at Ringhaver’s Trout Creek Fish Camp, one source for the story […]

Historic City News received word this morning that bi-partisan legislation has been sent to President Donald Trump’s desk for approval that will authorize a new, local veterans clinic being constructed at 207 Stratton Road in […]

In what may prove to be the timeliest presentation at the Saint Augustine Tea Party this year, Historic City News subscribers are invited to attend the open meeting tomorrow, Tuesday, September 22nd, at 6:30 p.m. […]

Historic City News subscribers who park downtown can reach high ground and park for free at the Historic Downtown Parking Facility, now through Tuesday, September 22nd.

Last Monday, the St Augustine City Manager, who has been peppered with criticism over his handling of a growing list of maladies in the community, told commissioners and Historic City News reporters that he has […]

Friday, Historic City News received word from the state board responsible for regulation of sales of alcoholic beverages in Florida, that the Department of Business and Professional Regulation is rescinding Emergency Order 2020-09, as amended, […]

Historic City News was notified by the 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 […]

All Historic City News subscribers who wish to attend this year’s observance honoring those who died in the terrorist attacks on September 11, 2001, are invited to attend, observing CDC guidelines. On Friday, September 11, […]

Historic City News was notified by the 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 […]