General Services Director Jim Piggott and other city officials were on hand this morning for the initial mooring ball placement; marking the next step in the mooring field portion of the city’s Harbor Management Plan.
Despite nationwide concerns about the economy, St. Augustine Visitors and Convention Bureau Communications Director Jay Humphreys told Historic City News that visitors this summer are coming to Florida’s Historic Coast in record numbers.
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St. Johns County Cultural Council, the county’s designated local arts agency, periodically reports upcoming cultural events to local Historic City News reporters for the benefit of our readers.
Harry V. MacNeill of St. Augustine was recognized by Governor Charlie Crist today as this week’s “Governor’s Point of Light” in honor of Senior-Military Awareness Month according to an announcement received by Historic City News this afternoon.
Historic City News reporters have learned that Sheriff’s deputies responded to Crescent Beach shortly before 5:00 a.m. this morning — following a call for help that a fisherman had fallen into the Intracoastal Waterway.
At Tuesday’s meeting of the Board of County Commissioners, Public Works Director Joe Stephenson and staff member Rocky Agbunag were recognized for receiving the Special Achievement in GIS Award from the Environmental Systems Research Institute.
Flagler College reported to Local Historic City News reporters that Cal Colgan, a Flagler senior and co-editor of the college’s student newspaper, recently won a first place award for Best Editorial-Opinion Column from the Florida College Press Association.
