The Bartram Trail Branch Library notified local Historic City News reporters that they will be closed through September due to a replacement of the fire suppression system throughout the building.
St. Augustine’s first bike share program got a little closer to becoming a reality when the Historic Architectural Review Board issued “an opinion” of appropriateness to the city last week for the design of signage and locations for the first phase of docking stations for the bikes.
Historic City News readers have been cheering since learning the news that Assistant City Manager Tim Burchfield will retire in October. Word that Meredith Breidenstein would replace him was confirmed by the St Augustine City Commission during its regular meeting on Monday, June 10th.
Paul M. Waldron, Chairman
St Johns County District 3
Board of County Commissioners
Special to Historic City News
The beaches of St. Johns County are home to several species of endangered or threatened sea turtles. Residents and visitors have a special opportunity and responsibility to protect these magnificent creatures and their vulnerable nesting sites as they return each season to nest along the beaches.
Captured this grisly familiar scene for Historic City News after yet another crash on SR-A1A. This one occurred around 8:15 p.m. this evening, just north of R. B. Hunt Elementary School.
Florida National Guard Director of Public Affairs, Major Caitlin Brown, reported to Historic City News that 144 teens from its 36th class of at-risk youth will graduate tomorrow through the Florida Youth Challenge Academy during a military ceremony.
The St. Augustine Jewish Historical Society invites Historic City News readers to participate in a reception to honor the 16 Rabbis arrested in St. Augustine on June 18, 1964 according to an announcement from Rabbi Merrill Shapiro, the organization’s leader.
Although Florida did not officially ratify the amendment until May 1969, nearly 49 years later, next year marks the 100th anniversary of the formal ratification of the 19th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution. Historic City News research shows that many Southern states did not support the suffrage movement.
