Free nature hike at Vaill Point Park
St. Johns County Recreation and Parks Superintendent Betsy Clarkson reported to Historic City News that Danny Lippi will lead a nature hike at Vaill Point Park on Sunday, May 22nd at 9:00 a.m.
Another ATV crash sends man to hospital
Crash investigator J.D. “Mac” McGinnis reported to Historic City News from the scene that, for the second time in one week, traffic unit members of the St. Johns County Sheriff’s Office have responded to an ATV crash on a public street.
Federal 450th meeting to be discussed
Cathy DuPont notified Historic City News that representatives of the Department of Interior will conduct a meeting with city staff and others next week to discuss arrangements for the first meeting of the federal St. Augustine 450th Commemoration Commission.
Public Works open house event
The City of St. Augustine invited all Historic City News readers to join governmental entities across the nation in celebration of National Public Works Week, May 15th through 21st with an open house on Saturday, May 21st.
Update from Commissioner Bliss
Historic City News receives regular reports from Commissioner Jay Bliss as to the activities at the St. Augustine Port, Waterway and Beach District.
Sex offender never planned to register
St. Augustine Beach Police reported to local Historic City News crime patrol reporters that they have discovered a man living at the beach who is a convicted sex offender in Tenneessee — but, they took him into custody when the also found out that he had not registered with Florida authorities after arriving here.
Deputies and K9 in fight for their lives
Jacob Thomas Governale, a 30 year-old would-be car thief, decided to take on several sheriff’s deputies armed with batons, pepper spray, tasers and even a K-9 deputy; threatening to drowned the deputies and their dog if they came into a pond to capture him.
Buckle up and save a buck
St. Johns County Sheriff’s Colonel Art F. May reported to local Historic City News that deputies will be cracking down on motorists who fail to wear their seat belts as they mobilize for the 2011 national “Click-it-or-Ticket” campaign.