City holds budget workshop meeting

The City of St. Augustine reported to Historic City News that they will continue the process of finalizing and adopting the budget for the coming fiscal year and that every opportunity is being made to inform and invite the public into this important annual activity.

Government

City may spend $300K to renovate VIC

St. Augustine Heritage Tourism Director Dana Ste. Claire outlined for Historic City News reporters, commissioners and an audience of about 40 attending a 450th Workshop yesterday, his recommendation for creating modular and mobile exhibit units inside the Visitor Information Center.

Government

Economic developers want to handle 450th

Historic City News reporters listened for just over one hour yesterday to an impassioned presentation by four representatives of two Jacksonville public relations and advertising firms who say that they are “excited” about St. Augustine’s potential for “economic development”. The more they talked, the more some residents in attendance questioned why they were making their…

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Government

Tragic moment frozen in time

Historic City News reader Loren Townsend Zawawi captured images of the “clean-up” in progress at ground-zero of Friday evening’s gasoline tank explosion at the intersection of SR-16 and Masters Drive; reporting conditions that mirror those of a small war zone.

Community

Welcoming Lopez to the City legal team

When Historic City News reported that Judge Julianne Piggott had resigned her seat on the Seventh Judicial Circuit Court, the shuffle began — resulting in transitions for a Jacksonville attorney, 40 year-old Isabelle C. Lopez, as well as the assistant city attorney, 41 year-old Carlos E. Mendoza.

Government

BB gun robber winds up in county jail

Public Information Officer Mark Samson reported to Historic City News that police were called at about 11:10 p.m. Friday night to the area of the Cathedral Basilica of St. Augustine to investigate three complaints from citizens that say they were robbed by a man with a gun.

Public Safety