The City of St Augustine has the opportunity to replace outgoing commissioner Bill Leary on Monday night; or at least to discuss potential candidates during the public business meeting — as of the distribution of the agenda, ten have so far expressed their interest in serving the two years remaining on Leary’s term.
Letter: Power outage at Flagler College
Owen Cumiskey
St Augustine, FL
Dear Editor:
There was a power outage at the Flagler College library that led to a fire when the power came back on. The cause, a squirrel, fell to the ground outside.
In an editorial note posted Tuesday to an article that appeared in 1565today, Brian Nelson prefaced his characterization of the city and county’s recent “full blown outdoor news conference” as an attempt to puff the questionable event up into a “moment of significance”.
By Friday, February 15, Historic City News has learned that the county’s two largest business advocates could become one; if the merger that was approved by both boards today is approved by a vote of their respective memberships.
Historic City News has learned that a 16-year old inmate in the custody of the Florida Department of Juvenile Justice has fled from authorities during a permitted field trip to a CR-208 horse farm this afternoon.
Letter: Town Criers are red-baiting
Selma Noctis
St Augustine, FL
Dear Editor:
In response to the Tea Party Town Crier’s attempts at discrediting my good friend and Fellow Worker, Terry Buckenmeyer, I feel the need to clear some things up.
Mayor who signed 75′ resolution objects
Arthur H. Runk, Sr.
St. Augustine, FL
Dear Editor:
In case some of the newer Commissioners are not familiar with the origin and intent of the La Florida award, I would like to tell what I remember.
Two and a half years after 18-year-old Shae Lynn Burchfield lost her life in a traffic crash in St Augustine, Historic City News has learned that her intoxicated assailant, 53-year-old Frederick James Andrews, has accepted a plea agreement that will send him to prison for five years.
