Fort vandals sentenced – fined for graffiti

Fort vandals sentenced – fined for graffiti

U.S. Attorney Robert E. O’Neill announced to Historic City News today, that U.S. Magistrate Judge Joel B. Toomey sentenced 22 year-old Scott Anthony Hill and 20 year-old Fang Chin Tsai, both of Jacksonville, to serve 24 months’ probation, including one month of home detention, for malicious damage to United States property.

Rationing the Internet

Rationing the Internet

AT&T’s announcement that it would start to throttle the “heaviest users” on its wireless network is only the latest in a series of developments that place the idea of a thriving, useful Internet at risk.

EDWARD F. HOUSTON II

Fire union president supports increase

EDWARD F. HOUSTON II
EDWARD F. HOUSTON II
Historic City News listened as Edward F. Houston II, president of the St. Johns County Professional Firefighters and Paramedics union, addressed the County Commission with a new conciliatory voice — at one point apologizing for past adversarial tensions between the union and Board.

Beauty for the 450th

Beauty for the 450th

Rhey Palmer, president of the St. Augustine Uptown Neighborhood Association, informed Historic City News that he is chairing a 450th Beautification Project Steering Committee to tackle landscaping in the city’s historic district, entry corridors, and neighborhoods.

Land development code public hearing

Land development code public hearing

Lindsay Haga, Development Review Director, reported to Historic City News that Tuesday night will conclude the second Board of County Commissioners hearing and the final of three public hearings to consider modifications to Article II Zoning Districts and Special Uses of the St. Johns County Land Development Code.