Historic City News has been published daily since March 2000. Reporting local news for St Augustine and St Johns County Florida, Historic City News is the county's only free press. Our mission is to hold public figures accountable to the public.
Historic City News was notified by Florida Department of Transportation Public Information Officer, Monica R. Reifeiss, that traffic will be impacted at the following St Augustine and St Johns County locations where roadwork is being conducted.
Be alert to lane closures and temporary detours, as well as increased congestion in these areas. FDOT employees and contractors will be working on the roadways and need your full attention.
About 8:52 a.m. this morning, Historic City News was informed that a 2012 school bus, driven by 69-year-old Richard Paproski of St Johns, was stopped northbound in the right travel lane on US-1, north of Pine Island Road, with its safety lights activated.
Letter: The Culture War on Confederate Heritage
Connie Chastain Ward
Pensacola, FL
Dear Historic City News editor:
The current demands to remove Confederate statues, names, flags, etc., are based on historical error at best and deliberate misconceptions at worst.
The City of St Augustine is telling Historic City News that a new brochure has been produced in response to the recent aggressive panhandling problems downtown. This brochure is designed to be given directly to tourists and others walking downtown in the evening.
Yesterday, the United States Senate approved a resolution to nullify the Federal Communications Commission’s net neutrality rollback, dealing a symbolic blow to the FCC’s new rule that remains on track to take effect next month.
Letter: Record publisher promoting communist organizations
Lance Thate, Chairman
Saint Augustine Tea Party
Dear Historic City News editor:
Journalism is dead according to Sean Hannity, popular host on Fox News. His focus is on the broadcast and cable media outlets. However, the New York Times and the Washington Post are not excluded. The print media, newspapers in general, have also completely lost their objectivity.
St Augustine’s historic beauty was the inspiration for 70 plein air artists from across the country whose works are featured at the St Augustine Art Association through May 27th. Artistic Excellence awards for the juried exhibition “Where Art Meets History” were handed out during the opening reception, which culminated in a guest appearance by the First Coast Opera.
