St Johns County is inviting Historic City News readers to attend a series of public budget hearings that will include an evaluation of proposed funding requests for each St Johns County program, project, facility, and new initiative, requested for Fiscal Year 2014, by department.
Historic City News readers have come to expect that when we report on incidents in St Augustine and St Johns County, they will be written and edited by local staff who have years invested in the community and understand how things are done — good, bad, or otherwise — and, another perfect example is the incident involving 28-year-old Maurice Christopher Jones-Drew on Sunday, May 26, 2013.
Honoring their last full measure
Michael Isam
Special to Historic City News
Prosthetic arms, prosthetic legs, heads in bandages, a face with a look that says “My lights are on, but I have temporarily left the building.” Such was the scene as groups of veterans, families, and others come to honor the lives of veterans who proudly served their country and given their last full measure.
Economic Problems of Florida Governors, 1700-1763
By John J. Tepaske
Part 4 of 4
THE REFORM OF 1740
The multitude of complaints and suggestions about the evils of the subsidy system brought about only one change after 1702. Late in 1740 the king ordered that the entire subsidy be remitted to Cuba in hard money. Here the newly formed Royal Company of Havana would contract for supplies required by the Florida garrison, obtain the necessary money from the subsidy, and send on the remaining specie to Saint Augustine.
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.
Historic City News readers will want to use extra caution as paving resumes tonight on the SR-16 resurfacing project from Green Acres Road, just east of I-95, to San Marco Avenue, according to an announcement from the Florida Department of Transportation.
Historic City News has been informed that Flagler College and the City of St Augustine will screen an episode of the classic 1960’s television series, Route 66, as part of the “Concerts in the Plaza” series — opening with music by Lis and Lon Williamson with Rick Kuncicky on June 6.
Historic City News police reports have shown that counterfeit currency is most easily passed in St Augustine and St Johns County when merchants are distracted at the point of sale or fail to check security features included in United States bank notes.
