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Editorial: City should be quiet and so should UF

Editorial: City should be quiet and so should UF Michael Gold, Editor HISTORIC CITY NEWS Booker T. Washington said: There is a class of colored people who make a business of keeping the troubles, the wrongs and the hardships of the Negro race before the public. Some of these people do not want the Negro…

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Editorials

Strange Bird Landing takes Best in Show Award

The St. Augustine Art Association presented awards to ten artists featured in the “Not-So-Still Life” Exhibition, on display at 22 Marine Street through February 25th. St. Augustine artist Nancy Hamlin-Vogler won the Jean Wagner Troemel Best in Show Award for her mixed media work entitled, “Strange Bird Landing”.

Community

Senator Travis Hutson recaps week in the Florida Senate

Senator Travis Hutson informed local Historic City News reporters that the following actions were taken during the week of February 5th – 9th in the Florida Senate.

Government

FDOT road repairs and maintenance report

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…

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Community

Letter: Loring also showed contempt for the American Flag

Letter: Loring also showed contempt for the American Flag (Rabbi) Merrill Shapiro Palm Coast, FL Dear Historic City News editor: It is quite correct that I am not a resident of St. Augustine. But I do pledge allegiance, quite regularly, to the Flag of the United States of America and to the Republic for which…

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Ex-lawyer fugitive from NH killed in police involved shooting

Historic City News has learned that at about 6:00 p.m. Tuesday evening, two federal and one county law enforcement officer exercised lethal force while attempting to capture a single, middle-aged, 190-lb former lawyer, who was unarmed, but had an arrest warrant issued against him in the District of New Hampshire.

Public Safety

Museum curators: Tell your legislators to continue grant funding

Museum curators: Tell your legislators to continue grant funding Kathy Fleming, Executive Director St. Augustine Lighthouse & Maritime Museum There may be a trend developing in the State of Florida toward reducing funding for museums and cultural institutions. If that occurs, Historic City News readers on the First Coast will be hard hit.

Editorials

Forward March chairman asks for and gets amended request

Reporting in Historic City News was mentioned by several speakers during yesterday morning’s meeting of the St Johns County Commission. Our article preceding the meeting, and individual e-mail copies sent to the chairman and commissioners, resulted in the $10,000 funding request, by Sheriff David Shoar, being taken off the “fast track” consent agenda and modified…

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