For more than a decade “Project Buckle Up” has been helping make vehicle travel safer for kids in St Johns County, thanks to a free service offered by Tax Collector Dennis Hollingsworth.
Barbara Golden, Communications Manager for the St Augustine, Ponte Vedra and the Beaches Visitors and Convention Bureau, informed local Historic City News reporters about the following entertaining events for our St Johns County readers.
Criminal Investigation Unit Detective, Jennifer Trotzke, asked Historic City News readers to help the St Augustine Police Department to identify two women seen in this surveillance video image, taken at about 4:30 p.m. on July 27.
Eric Doten, chairman of the Arts, Culture, and Heritage Funding Panel, announced to Historic City News that four more applicants will be recommended for funding from the local option tourist development tax when the Tourist Development Council holds its re-scheduled business meeting on Monday, August 26, 2013.
Youth Ambassadors learn about Florida alligators
Kayley Sutton, Youth Ambassador
Pedro Menendez High School, Class of 2015
The Youth Ambassadors of St Augustine recently took a trip to the St Augustine Alligator Farm as another step to learning the history of this wonderful town in preparation for the 450th celebration of St Augustine.
The Office of the United States Attorney for the Middle District of Florida has reported to Historic City News that one of the largest networks of health care providers in Florida will pay the government, and the state, a total of $26 million to settle allegations that six of its health care facilities submitted false claims to Medicare, Medicaid and other federal health care programs.
According to Florida Department of Corrections records, the Florida Department of Children and Families, and the Florida sex offender registry, as of July 15, 2013, Historic City News has found that St Johns County has suffered ten convicted sex offenders who were convicted of new sex crimes after being released under the Jimmy Ryce law.
Paul Williamson announced to Historic City News that the members of the St Augustine City Commission will convene in a workshop this Thursday to review the proposed budget for Fiscal Year 2013-14 in an informal format.
