HISTORIC CITY NEWS

Hurricane Season preparation

St Johns County Emergency Management reported to Historic City News that you and your family will better cope during this year’s hurricane season, June 1- November 30, by preparing for disaster before it strikes. One way to be prepared is by assembling a Disaster Supply Kit. Once disaster strikes, it is too late to shop…

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Public Safety

Hurricane Florence spins up into a Category 4 storm

Hurricane Florence is expected to hit the southeastern U.S. as “a large and extremely dangerous hurricane,” the National Hurricane Center says, after the storm quickly strengthened today. Although Florence is predicted to land north of St Johns County, it will bring “life-threatening impacts” to North Carolina and neighboring states late this week. Florence is now…

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Community

Rick Scott speaks to small business owners

Florida Governor Rick Scott, a candidate for US Senate, stopped by Whetstone Chocolates on King Street this morning on the second day of his 10-day statewide bus tour.

Business

How many years will city taxpayers suffer toxic mismanagement?

Michael Gold, EditorHISTORIC CITY NEWS For more than 18-years, Historic City News has reported on fraud, waste and abuse in local government when others were reluctant, or afraid, to do so. When we started looking deeper into the relationships between citizen board members and those officials who appointed them, we identified questionable profiteering at taxpayer’s…

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Editorials

Local Tea Party will hear from St Augustine mayor

Historic City News readers are patriotically invited to attend the next open meeting of the Saint Augustine Tea Party when the special guest speaker will be newly re-elected Mayor Nancy Shaver. During the Primary Election August 28th, Shaver defeated two challengers with more than 57% of the ballots cast. She was declared the winner of…

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Community

County watching three tropical storm systems

With three tropical storm systems moving west, St Johns County Emergency Management is advising all Historic City News readers to check their disaster supply kits and be sure home and business emergency plans are in place. The National Weather Service has issued a coastal flood advisory for St Johns and Flagler counties for this weekend….

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Public Safety

Local 31-year-old killed in afternoon crash

The Florida Highway Patrol reported that an investigation is underway into the circumstances surrounding a two-car crash that occurred late this afternoon at about 4:36 p.m. on SR-A1A and left one of the drivers dead after his vehicle flipped near Ocean Gallery. St Augustine resident, 31-year-old Andrew Jason Bailey was stabilized and transported from the…

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Public Safety

Public invited to share personal 9/11 experience

On Tuesday, September 11th, Historic City News editor Michael Gold will continue the annual tradition of attending the “Ceremony of Remembrance”, a community gathering to remember those who died in the terrorist attacks on September 11, 2001. Each year we publish photos from the event for our readers who are not able to attend. Last…

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