U.S. Senator Marco Rubio announced to Historic City News this morning that St. Augustine resident and Florida property rights advocate, 39 year-old Carol Saviak, has been appointed to serve as a member of the federal Judicial Nominating Commission for the Middle District of Florida.
After 2 hours and 22 minutes of public comment and commissioner debate, testimony from two attorneys representing the current carriage operator and two attorneys representing the city, we have a new carriage ordinance – on a 3-2 split vote.
Community Awareness Coordinator, Kim Brumfield, reported to the local Historic City News desk that Betty Griffin House in St. Augustine was pleased to host a portion of Lauren’s Walk on Saturday April 9, 2011.
The Museum of Contemporary Art Jacksonville announced to Historic City News local reporters that they will bring back the Artist Studio Tour this year, but they will take it to historic St. Augustine.
Two independent government reports found that the Obama Administration failed to clearly justify its selections for so-called high-speed and passenger rail grants and TIGER transportation grants under the failed stimulus.
Historic City News will be watching tonight when agenda item 6-B(3) comes before the St. Augustine City Commission; a presentation by Jeremy Marquis, principal, Halback Design Group, Inc., relevant to the Andrew Young Crossing Monument design.
Jerry Kass, 96, is a retired Marine and long time resident of St. Augustine. He first visited the city in 1930, moved there in 1937 and has lived across the street from Flagler College, then Ponce de Leon Hotel, ever since.
Did you know that there is an award-winning garden just minutes from most Historic City News readers?
