Mailbag: Never again visit your city
Mailbag: Never again visit your city Jimmy Hickman Florence, Alabama Sent: Wednesday, October 25, 2017 11:21 PM My wife and I have just returned home from your city.
Pedestrian on skateboard loses life in collision with van
Master Sergeant Dylan L. Bryan, Public Information Officer for Troop G, informed local Historic City News reporters that charges are pending in the death of a 17-year-old Ponte Vedra Beach student, killed in a single vehicle crash Tuesday morning.
Police arrest six after beating of pedestrians in Lincolnville
Historic City News was informed that at about 8:00 p.m. on Halloween night, St Augustine Police were dispatched to a disturbance call on Dr Martin Luther King Avenue near Lovett Street in Lincolnville.
Flagler students picket St George Street restaurant
One of St Augustine’s favorite breakfast and lunch restaurants was the victim of picketing by Flagler College students; then later in the day, members of the extremist group, Black Lives Matter.
Visitor from Bushnell hospitalized in attack at American Legion
Historic City News was informed by Community Affairs Officer Dee Brown that Saturday evening about 8:00 p.m., local police in St Augustine responded to a physical disturbance call on Anderson Circle around the American Legion Hall.
Letter: Should commission be allowed to ignore speakers?
Letter: Should commission be allowed to ignore speakers? Jane Marshall St Augustine Shores, FL Dear Historic City News editor: I did not want to be disrespectful during Monday night’s city commission meeting when commissioner Neville misstated my race, however, I wrote him a polite e-mail after the meeting asking for a public correction which he…
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Photographer recreates historic sexism and racism image
St. Augustine Portrait Photographer, Daniel Bagan’s portrait of Gloria Steinem and Dorothy Pitman Hughes has been acquired as part of the Smithsonian National Portrait Gallery permanent collection. More than 45 years since the original Dan Winn image appeared in Esquire magazine, their message has not dimmed with age.
Mayor praises Irma volunteers from “other” home town
Historic City News editor Michael Gold, our contributors, sponsors and advertisers, all were affected by the damage unleashed by hurricanes Matthew and Irma. Our office was under more than two-feet of standing water. Our local base of twenty-five thousand daily readers were each touched by the storms and many face continuing hardship for the foreseeable…
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