HISTORIC CITY NEWS April 2021

Local Tea Party members learn the latest update regarding the Coronavirus

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 Hastings Florida. Their special guest speaker will be Dr. Stephen E. Grable, M.D., whose presentation will be about the several…

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Community

FDOT Northeast Florida Road and Lane Closures Weekly Report

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 and subscribers will be updated every Friday by 5:00 p.m., with some unavoidable exceptions and state holidays.

Public Safety

Nighttime Closures Expected on Hospital Creek Bridge

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 11:00 p.m. to 6:30 a.m. The bridge, located on SR-A1A just west of the Vilano Beach Bridge, will reopen to…

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A champion of government for the people, City announces death of former mayor George Gardner

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 on May 23rd. Flags at City Hall will be lowered to half-staff to honor the life of this mayor of…

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Government

Bernstein honored by sheriff for decades of community service

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 department store, and in customer service at the Publix grocery store on Anastasia Island, Gary found that he could use…

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Trinity Parish celebrating 200-years of history with Charleston SC

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 deep connection to “America’s Oldest City”, the City of St Augustine, founded in 1565. Several churches in St Augustine can…

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FDOT Northeast Florida Road and Lane Closures Weekly Report

Community

Cold Case Unit solves manslaughter case from 2018

On December 5, 2018 Kim Zaheer called 9-1-1 to report that her 85-year-old mother, Frances King, needed an ambulance and that she was not breathing. The Flagler County Sheriff’s Office sent deputies and paramedics to the scene; however, when they arrived at the residence, they reported to Historic City News that they discovered King, deceased.

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