Posted inPublic Safety
Handgun among items stolen by Fruit Cove teens
The latest teenagers to be arrested are charged with the burglary of the home of a 44 year-old former Nease High School teacher in the 1200 block of Loch Tanna Loop in Fruit Cove.
Posted inCommunity
Welcome new Romanza board for 2012
Romanza-St. Augustine, Inc. announced the election of its new governing board to Historic City News local reporters today.
Posted inCommunity
Cultural Council finds new executive director
St. Johns County Cultural Council President, Tommy Bledsoe, announced to Historic City News yesterday that Andrew Witt has been hired as the executive director beginning January 2, 2012.
Posted inCommunity
Third grader OK today after raccoon attack
St. Johns County Animal Control Director Paul Studivant, reports to Historic City News that he expects little chance of capturing and identifying the actual raccoon that attacked a 9 year-old deaf student; bitten eight times by a raccoon yesterday evening in St. Augustine.
Posted inGovernment
National Park proposal rejected by commissioners
The commission said no, unanimously — but some members of the public spoke in support of a proposal yesterday that sought acceptance for a plan that would turn over management of public lands in our area to the federal control of the Department of Interior, National Parks Service.
Posted inBusiness
Gainesville area newspaper closing doors
A High Springs newspaper that has published since 1952 is hanging its future on “a financial angel” to front $120,000 so that it can operate until December 2012 — otherwise, it has already published its last issue.
Posted inEditorials
I know you heard what you think I said …
Hyperbole, used intentionally to exaggerate an opinion, should never be taken as fact; neither should the opinion expressed leave any doubt in the readers mind as to the image that the writer is trying to paint.
Posted inGovernment
Tax Collector offers several ways to pay
St. Johns County Tax Collector Dennis W. Hollingsworth, CFC, in an effort to make paying your tax bill as convenient as possible, offers several different options sure to suit the needs, schedules and preferences of all St. Johns County residents.
