Leary: We are not going to have it here

Local Historic City News reporters learned details of some of the 145 police calls reported over the last four months at Two Hundred Lounge on Anastasia Boulevard during last week’s city commission meeting; and one commissioner says, “We are not going to have it here”.

Public Safety

City accepts $200k contractor settlement

Historic City News learned that, while the total cost for the City to repair damages at the Visitor Information Center was $390,000, city commissioners last week approved a settlement from contractors Perry-McCall and Walker Parking Consultants for only $200,000.

Government

Archaeology Center opens next week

Historic City News was informed that the City of St. Augustine will hold the official opening of the Dr. Sue A. Middleton Archaeology Center at 10:00 a.m. on Wednesday, March 30th.

Government

Living history group commemorates Ponce landing

Florida Living History Director Mark Schmitt encourages Historic City News readers to experience a heritage event memorializing Don Juan Ponce de Leon’s landing on the shores of what is now the continental United States; taking place on Saturday, April 2nd, and Sunday, April 3rd.

Community