Month: April 2021

This week, the Florida Department of Transportation is commemorating Work Zone Awareness Week to remind motorists to practice extra caution when traveling through work zones. Governor DeSantis signed an official proclamation recognizing Work Zone Awareness […]

Eleven Southern states will observe Monday, April 26, 2021 as Confederate Memorial Day.  In some of those states, the observance is called “Confederate Heroes Day” or “Confederate Decoration Day“.

On Wednesday, April 14, 2021, Historic City News was informed of the death of 77-year-old James Gordon Rousseau.  He was born in St Augustine and proud of his Minorcan heritage.  He was preceded in death […]

St Augustine attorney Jane West, Policy & Planning Director for 1,000 Friends of Florida, asked the Historic City News editorial review board to evaluate several pieces of what she described as “very damaging bills” that […]

All Historic City News readers, 16-years-old or older, may be eligible to receive the Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine when St Johns County holds walk-up appointments from 9:00 a.m. until 2:00 p.m. on Wednesday, April 21st, at […]

The foresight of the St Johns County Board of County Commissioners who decided to continue tourism funding during the darker days of the COVID-19 pandemic, is paying dividends, according to Historic City News sources.  Visitors […]

Historic City News was asked to patriotically invite our subscribers to attend an open house meeting on Tuesday evening, April 13th at 6:30 p.m., at Norma D’s Kitchen, located at 224 N Main Street in […]

Florida Department of Transportation Community Outreach Specialist Allen Nelson has updated Historic City News with the weekly lane closure report containing information regarding ongoing construction projects and traffic impacts for the coming week.  Our readers […]

As part of the Hospital Creek Bridge improvement project intermittent overnight closures are planned for the bridge from Friday, April 9 through Friday, April 23.  Closures will occur in 30-minute increments between the hours of […]

Melissa Wissel, Communications Director for the City of St Augustine, informed local Historic City News reporters that former mayor, George M Gardner, died yesterday, Tuesday, April 6, 2021.  Gardner would have turned 84-years-old next month […]

Gary L Bernstein has spent more than half of his life in service to the school children of St Johns County schools.  In addition to working for his parents in their family-owned St George Street […]

Charleston, South Carolina is known as the “Holy City” because, from the time it was founded in 1670, it has been tolerant of the various religious beliefs of the citizens. The Holy City has a […]

Florida Department of Transportation Community Outreach Specialist Allen Nelson has updated Historic City News with the weekly lane closure report containing information regarding ongoing construction projects and traffic impacts for the coming week. Our readers […]