For nine days, beginning March 9th and continuing through St Patrick’s Day, March 17th, St Augustine and St Johns County will celebrate the rich Celtic heritage of our community when Romanza presents the Third Annual St Augustine Celtic Music and Heritage Festival.
City Clerk Dan Davis has invited Historic City News readers to join in as the City of Bunnell Centennial Committee kicks off its celebration with the Historic Tour and Scavenger Hunt on Saturday, January 12, beginning at 2:00 p.m.
Sheriff’s Office spokesman Kevin Kelshaw, informed local Historic City News reporters that citations were issued recently to four convenience store clerks who were charged with selling alcohol to a minor; part of the sheriff’s continuing effort to combat underage drinking in St Johns County.
An enhancement project is scheduled to begin Monday, January 7 on SR-16 in St Johns County and Historic City News readers in the area will experience daytime and nighttime lane closures throughout construction, according to a report from the Florida Department of Transportation.
Florida Attorney General, Pam Bondi, released her office’s Annual Report on Hate Crimes to Historic City News, indicating that St Johns County is among 31 of Florida’s 67 counties to report the occurrence of crimes committed as an expression of hatred toward the victim based on his or her personal characteristics.
In November, a Putnam County jury convicted firefighter, Mark Brian Fowler, of committing a capital felony; lewd or lascivious molestation of a victim less than 12-years-old where the defendant is at least 18-years-old, or older — and, today, on his 42nd birthday, he received his sentence.
Monica Reifeiss reported the following St. Augustine and St. Johns County locations to Historic City News where the Florida Department of Transportation will be conducting roadwork that is expected to have an impact on driving, beginning this morning and continuing through the coming week.
Freedom Road managing partner Derek Boyd Hankerson announced to local Historic City News reporters today that as the presidential inaugural parade makes its way down 15 blocks of Pennsylvania Avenue, Monday, January 21; the National Park Service Gullah-Geechee Cultural Heritage Corridor Commission will be included.
