HISTORIC CITY NEWS

Nancy Shaver wins third term as St Augustine mayor

Nancy Shaver has faced ugly political campaigns in the past. Fought with rumor and innuendo as well as outright lies during her last two terms, now faced with two political opponents and drowning in a sea of negative postcard mailing, Shaver’s third run for mayor was nothing new. There were only 3,765 ballots cast by…

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Government

RSVP for St Augustine High Class of 1973 45th Reunion

Pete and Vickie Simpson Smith, along with classmates working as a reunion committee, have asked Historic City News to help locate members of the St Augustine High School Class of 1973 in preparation for their 45th Class Reunion being held on Saturday, November 3, 2018. The casual event will be held at the St Augustine…

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Community

King Street entry corridor guidelines kickoff meeting

In 2003, the city recognized that while the historic downtown was protected by strict guidelines, it might be losing control of the ambiance of the city’s entrance ways, specifically along King Street, San Marco Avenue and Anastasia Boulevard. This concern led to the creation of design standards for those important thoroughfares. These guidelines are contained…

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Business

Editorial: Missed opportunities

Michael Gold, Editor HISTORIC CITY NEWS There was an opportunity missed tonight that I, for one, regret. During the “commissioner comments” portion of tonight’s city commission meeting, Commissioner Roxanne Horvath brought up her concerns over the recent actions against the Silent Sam statue on the grounds of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill….

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Editorials

Wendler legal fees top half-million dollar mark

The City Attorney of St Augustine submitted another legal bill for payment of legal fees to Jacksonville firm Marks Gray in defense of a lawsuit brought by Scott and Donna Wendler after they were denied demolition permits for aging homes along King Street, west of Riberia Street. In addition to Isabelle Lopez who is the…

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Government

Ordinance will govern removal from city boards

The City of St Augustine has approved, on a 4-to-1 vote with Commissioner Nancy Sikes-Kline dissenting, Ordinance 2018-11; a new ordinance that frames the way members of volunteer boards, commissions, and committees, can be removed from those bodies. The most recent need for such an ordinance was the federal indictment of St Augustine Planning and…

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Government

St Johns activities this week

Monday – Friday, August 27- 31 In the Mood Harry McCormick Art Exhibition World-renowned artist Harry McCormick will display his artwork through September 20 at the St. Johns County Administration Building’s Rotunda. McCormick is noted for his realistic paintings with a focus on light and shadow, and he has been called a painter of “interiors”…

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Community

Election down to the wire

Vote-by-mail ballots continue to be accepted at the Supervisor of Elections Office, but at 6:00 p.m. today, early voting ended for the August 28, 2018 Primary Election. Supervisor Vicky Oakes reported to Historic City News that just over 13,000 of St Johns County’s 183,699 eligible voters took advantage of the opportunity to vote at any…

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