Noon deadline for candidate petitions
The deadline for prospective candidates to submit petitions to the Supervisor of Elections for verification in all Statewide, County, Special District & Municipal contests is noon on Monday, May 19, 2008.
FPL gives hurricane season tips
“At FPL, we’ve been working hard to strengthen our system against storms.” announced the Florida Power and Light Company in a media release this afternoon. The announcement comes as a reminder of Florida’s summer hurricane season which is upon us.
City Coffee comes to town
Beginning next month, residents and visitors will have a new spot to enjoy a fresh, hot cup of Joe as well as something to go with.
Historic City News and Media gets to the bottom of all the “buzz” around the one time service station at 1280 North Ponce de Leon Boulevard that is owned by Celestia Kyall; widow of the late St. Augustine businessman Kirby Kyall.
Colonial Bank is not in Djibouti
Djibouti lies in northeast Africa on the Gulf of Aden at the southern entrance to the Red Sea and according to the bank’s staff here in St. Augustine, Colonial Bank doesn’t operate there.
None the less, the following e-mail was received by Historic City News and Media this morning from a local Colonial Bank subscriber:
Inside the new administration building
Kevin Wiseman, project manager for the new county administration building, gave Historic City News and Media a “hard hat” tour of the construction progress on the new 105,000 square foot facility this morning and gave us a review of some of the thinking that went in to the design and planning for the project.
Prosperity Bank closes two branches
In an announcement from Chris Kamienski, Executive Vice President and North Region Market President for Prosperity Bank, Historic City News and Media was advised that effective Friday, August 15th at 5:00 p.m., the Ponte Vedra Banking Center and the Jacksonville Beach Banking Center will close permanently.
Household hazardous waste collection day
St. Johns County Solid Waste Management will host a Community Collection Day on Saturday, May 17, from 8:00 a.m. until noon according to a media advisory from Karen Pan received yesterday afternoon.
The Office of Public Affairs advised Historic City News that the event will occur at Bartram Trail High School, located at 7399 Longleaf Pine Parkway in St. Johns.
Surveillance video helps identify vandals
Three St. Johns County teenagers are facing felony charges in connection with the vandalism at two northwest churches earlier this week according to a media release provided to Historic City News by St. Johns County Sheriff’s Office Media Relations Officer Kevin Kelshaw.
The three juveniles, each only 16-years old, face three counts of criminal mischief to a church and one count each of disturbing a grave or burial site. Both of those charges are third degree felonies. Two of the suspects also face a misdemeanor count of criminal mischief to a vehicle.