At about 9:40 a.m. Florida Highway Patrol troopers arrived on the scene at the Vilano Causeway Boat Ramp in response to a reported small plane crash. The pilot of the four-seater passenger plane was identified to Historic City News as 42-year-old John Bailey of Saint Augustine.
Historic City News readers are patriotically invited to attend the open meeting of the Saint Augustine Tea Party on Tuesday, November 12th at 6:30 p.m. at the Mellow Mushroom Restaurant, 410 Anastasia Boulevard in Saint Augustine. Our special guest speaker this month will be Cameron Coward, President of the St Johns County Federation of Young Republicans.
One of the items recently approved by the St Augustine City Commission, was a new branding identity for the city. This is not the first time City Hall has felt the need to re-invent the logo used by the various offices of local government.
The City of St Augustine announced to local Historic City News reporters that an Institutional Rehabilitation Program has launched in Lincolnville, aimed at preserving the neighborhood’s history, heritage, and community character by providing funding for repair and rehabilitation of institutional properties.
Historic City News was informed that beginning Wednesday, November 20 and continuing on weekdays through Tuesday, November 26, the city’s contractor, TB Landmark Construction, will resurface asphalt roadways in the Uptown neighborhood.
The City of St. Augustine Beach’s annual Veterans Day Ceremony will be held on Monday, November 11, 2019 at 3:00 p.m. The event will take place at Lakeside Veterans’ Memorial Sculpture Garden (2200 A1A South, St. Augustine Beach, FL 32080), behind the Beach Police Station. This event is open to the public and the public is invited to attend.
A relentless resident of the City of St Augustine Beach, Tom Reynolds, has been on the warpath about an ordinance that assesses property owners $74 for trash collection at certain properties within the city limits.
After considerable pushback from northeast St Johns County residents and beachgoers, on plans announced last week to close the Mickler’s Landing Beachfront Park every weekday for construction and maintenance, the Board of County Commissioners amended the dune reconstruction schedule.
