Improved flood rating means lower costs

Mark Knight, Director of Planning and Building, reported to Historic City News today that the City of St. Augustine has been working with a flood mitigation consultant for the past six months in an effort to lower the City’s flood rating score from an “eight” to a “seven”.

Government

Arnolds destroyed by fire this morning

Historic City News received word that Arnold’s Restaurant, located at 3912 N. Ponce de Leon Boulevard in St. Augustine, has sustained major damage in an early morning fire in which no injuries were reported.

Community

Local Freedom Rider appears on Oprah

David Nolan reported to Historic City News this morning that at 4:00 p.m. this afternoon on WJXT Channel 4 (Jacksonville) the Oprah Winfrey Show will include interviews with Hank Thomas of Saint Augustine and three other Freedom Riders.

Community

Sheepdog bites Internet predators

St. Johns County Sheriff David Shoar has announced that he and State Attorney R.J. Larizza are holding a press conference this afternoon to provide the media with details of a week-long undercover investigation that netted seventeen arrests.

Public Safety

Regan takes complaints to FSDB president

Historic City News local reporters will try to gauge the mood of the Florida School for the Deaf and the Blind this week when school President Dan Hutto meets with St. Augustine City Manager John Regan.

Community

Ed Slavin is back in the newspaper

Historic City News spoke, at length, today with Public Information Officer Laura Click in the Administrative Office of the Courts at the Tennessee Supreme Court in Nashville; attempting to understand recent events involving a flamboyant lightening rod for controversy.

Public Safety