Posted inGovernment
Mayor election process back on agenda Monday
The question of whether the mayor should be elected by commissioners or voters returns to the City Commission agenda Monday with a public comment period.
Posted inPublic Safety
Arrest made in Royal St Augustine murder
Sheriff’s deputies reported to Historic City News that 81-year-old William Arthur Keefe died Friday October 18, of multiple gunshot wounds inside a home at 900 Oxford Drive within the Royal St. Augustine community.
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St Augustine commission to convene Monday evening
The St. Augustine City Commission will convene for its regular meeting on Monday, October 29 starting at 5:00 p.m. in The Alcazar Room, City Hall, 75 King Street. Street parking is free after 5:00 p.m.
Posted inCommunity
Free guided Beach Exploration event at GTM Research Reserve
On the 3rd Saturday of next month, join Historic City News editor Michael Gold when he celebrates his birthday from 9:00 a.m. – 11:00 a.m. at the GTM Research Reserve Visitor Center located at 505 Guana River Road in Ponte Vedra Beach. The Reserve will provide docents for a free guided beach exploration event on Saturday, November 16th.
Posted inPublic Safety
Marine rescue extracts ill patient from shrimp boat in heavy seas
Historic City News received word that in cooperation between the US Coast Guard, St Johns County Fire Rescue and the St Augustine Fire Department, a shrimper at sea, about a mile offshore, was able to be successfully airlifted from harm’s way.
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Easements needed to re-nourish South Ponte Vedra and Vilano beaches
St. Johns County has partnered with the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers and the State of Florida to restore and rebuild South Ponte Vedra Beach and Vilano Beach. Now is the time for the community to join the partnership and take the final step to deliver new sand to these beaches.
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Details released in fatal vehicle-vs-bicycle crash in St Johns County
This afternoon, Troop G Sergeant Lance Foureau provided an update to a traffic fatality initially reported to Historic City News several weeks ago. The delayed report detailed the observations of Crash Investigator Christopher Bonadie at the scene of a vehicle-vs-bicycle collision that sent an experienced bicyclist and competitive athlete to the hospital, where he later died.
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More time for inmate-gang member who threatened to kill family of federal prosecutor
Historic City News was informed that U.S. District Judge Brian J. Davis, in Jacksonville, has sentenced 25-year-old Dylan Ray Langley of Fort Myers, to serve two more years and six months in federal prison for using of the U.S. Mail to threaten to injure an officer of the United States. Langley pled guilty on June 19, 2019.
