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News from St. Augustine Beach

St. Augustine Beach
The second quarterly edition of the City of St. Augustine Beach newsletter was released this month.

This issue covers the appointment of the new Assistant Chief of Police, Joni Mathis, who replaced Joseph Sisti; City Attorney Geoffrey Dobson swearing in 2008 Commissioner Sylvester “Brud” Helhoski as the City’s Vice Mayor and Commissioner Rich O’Brien as the City’s Mayor as well as several awards and recognitions presented by the Mayor and Commission

Sea Turtle Homecoming Festival

Sea Turtle Festival
The 2nd Annual St. Johns County Sea Turtle Homecoming Festival has been announced for Saturday, April 26th from 10:00 am to 3:00 pm at the SJC Ocean Pier Pavilion in St. Augustine Beach. The event is hosted by the Keepers of the Coast.

St. Johns County Waste Management is hosting the Annual Turtle Town Beach Cleanup from 8:00 am to 11:00 am at the Pier Parking Lot.

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Construction accident

Two co-workers of Wolfe Technologies on a construction site at the end of Osceola Elementary Road got into trouble yesterday evening when one of the workers attempted to use a crane to lower the other from the roof of a building approximately 40-50 feet off the ground.

According to the incident report filed by Deputy Jared Monie, the operator extended the boom of a crane and his co-worker, 20 year old Ryan Lankford, stepped onto the end of the lift.

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Man accused of masturbating in public

Twice in the past week, a man, described as white, older man with salt and pepper hair, driving a silver colored NISSAN Frontier, has been observed masturbating in public according to an incident report filed by Deputy Christopher Collins yesterday evening.

Two teenage boys each had accounts of seeing the man in the area of Olga Street in Hastings.

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Adams wins historic preservation award

Bill Adams
Dr. Bill Adams has long been known in St. Augustine as a tireless advocate of historic preservation, and now those tireless efforts have been recognized by the Florida Department of State.

Florida’s Secretary of State Kurt S. Browning announced that Adams will be presented with the 2008 The Senator Bob Williams Award in acknowledgement for his extraordinary efforts and accomplishments in the field of historic preservation. The award was presented in a ceremony in Tallahassee on April 2 as part of Florida Heritage Month.