Rabbi arrests during Civil Rights movement remembered
The St Augustine Jewish Historical Society informed Historic City News reporters that the largest mass arrest of Rabbis in the United States occurred here in St Augustine on June 18, 1964.

The St Augustine Jewish Historical Society informed Historic City News reporters that the largest mass arrest of Rabbis in the United States occurred here in St Augustine on June 18, 1964.
Emily Jane Murray reported upcoming adventures available to Historic City News readers beginning this week and continuing through June — all presented or sponsored by the Guana-Tolomato-Matanzas National Estuarine Research Reserve.
Historic City News has been following, with interest, as the City of St Augustine staff and commission members are being asked by a few vocal residents to intrude on the property rights of a local hotel operator who has built a permitted fence separating her commercial property on Dolphin Drive from pedestrian traffic along Anastasia Boulevard.
The information contained in this report is taken from sources deemed reliable; the accuracy and completeness of which Historic City News does not control and cannot guarantee.
The original public records are on file with the St. Johns County Clerk of Court and should be consulted before taking any action.
The information contained in this report is taken from sources deemed reliable; the accuracy and completeness of which Historic City News does not control and cannot guarantee.
The original public records are on file with the St. Johns County Clerk of Court and should be consulted before taking any action.
Flagler County Sheriff’s detectives reported to Historic City News this morning that what appears to have been an argument over rent and living arrangements, resulted in the death of a 76-year-old Palm Coast man and his tenant being arrested for second-degree murder.
A few St Augustine residents have been pushing to deny local hotelier Virginia Whetstone the right to install a fence; separating her property on Dolphin Drive from Anastasia Boulevard on the east-side approach to the Bridge of Lions — going so far as to engage in an e-mail campaign to members of the city commission and city staff.
Guest Column: Dedication of Criminal Justice Complex
David B. Shoar, Sheriff
St Johns County, FL
For this month’s column I would like to reflect on a very important ceremony that occurred last month during national Law Enforcement Memorial Week. Last month the St. Johns County Sheriff’s Office Criminal Justice Complex was renamed and dedicated in honor of Sheriff Neil J Perry.