HISTORIC CITY NEWS

Contextualization plan for confederate monuments

By Katie Garwood Flagler College Gargoyle (FULL) The St. Augustine city commission listens to public comment regarding a course of action on the confederate statues in town. Rather than remove a confederate monument in St. Augustine’s downtown plaza, St. Augustine city commissioners decided Monday night to keep the memorial to soldiers who died in the…

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Government

15th Annual Adoption Day Celebration

St. Johns County communications director Michael Ryan advised local Historic City News reporters that the Family Integrity Program is hosting the 15th Annual Adoption Day Celebration on November 3rd at the Solomon Calhoun Center, located at 1300 Duval Street.

Community

Letter: One bad apple won’t ruin all the good we’ve done

Letter: One bad apple won’t ruin all the good we’ve done Marielena Scibelli St Augustine, FL Dear Historic City News editor: I was the manager on duty at the Historic Ponce Hotel when Rachel Ashley Bilka was asked to leave. Her complaint has created a fire storm on social media, so I would like to…

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Editorials

Sex offender arrested for address reporting violation

When sexual offenders and predators are integrated back into the community, there are a number of requirements that become terms of their release — not for six-months, not for six-years, but for the rest of their lives. Historic City News learned of one such offender whose failure to update authorities on his place of residence…

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Public Safety

Letter: Manager on duty at Ponce Hotel was abusive

Letter: Manager on duty at Ponce Hotel was abusive Rachel Ashley Bilka St Augustine, FL Dear Historic City News editor: I had a horrible experience at Historic Ponce Hotel LLC and I feel compelled to report the way I was treated when trying to check in to my room.

Editorials

Commissioner Todd Neville local Tea Party speaker

You are patriotically invited to attend the open meeting of the Saint Augustine Tea Party on Tuesday evening, October 24th at 6:30 p.m. held at the Village Inn located at 900 North Ponce de Leon Boulevard in St. Augustine.

Community

Police arrest reports from the night shift

On October 18th at approximately 11:00 p.m., St Augustine Police responded to Carmelo’s at 146 King Street to investigate a man harassing customers as they entered and exited the store. Upon arrival, officers observed the man, later identified as 31-year-old Jacob Robert Unrein of St Augustine, who was holding a brown bag containing a large…

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Public Safety

Defendant released after posting $45,000 bond

William Tobias-Elliott Tinsley was arrested Wednesday on a warrant charging him with five drug-related crimes including; (F.S. 893.1351.3) drug production, (F.S. 893.13.1a1) sale of opium or a derivative, (F.S. 893.13.1a1) sale of opium or a derivative, (F.S. 893.13.1a3) sale of opium or a derivative, (F.S. 893.135.1c1) trafficking in opium or a derivative and (F.S. 827.03.2d)…

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