Carl Halbirt, Archaeologist for the City of St. Augustine, announced to Historic City News that he will retire from the position he has held for 27 years, effective on September 30, 2017.
Last week, Historic City News was informed that a Florida Senate bill (SB 406 by Senator Bradley), was passed unanimously by the Senate Health Policy committee after it underwent substantial amendment.
7-Eleven was shown the un-welcome mat last year when an uproar caused by Nelmar Terrace neighbors and others in North City was sufficient to move City Manager John Regan to use money in the city’s general fund to purchase land (above its appraised value) to prevent construction of an already permitted convenience store on San Marco Avenue.
Teresa Andrews, Director of Development for EPIC Behavioral Healthcare, invites all Historic City News readers to participate in the upcoming “Taste Academy” Monday, April 17 – Thursday, April 20 in St Augustine. Several local restaurants and food establishments will flaunt their flavor during the culinary workshops.
About a dozen St Augustine Public Works Department employees spent the last week removing and re-installing roughly 25,000 sq. ft. of Bermuda sod in the Plaza de la Constitution.
In a 29-page joint pretrial stipulation obtained by Historic City News from the Circuit Court for the Seventh Judicial Circuit, local voters get a glimpse of the degree of corruption involved in electing a sheriff in neighboring Putnam County.
Four inmates from the Hastings Youth Academy overpowered an elderly guard, took his keys and radio, then made their escape by jumping over the rear perimeter fence of the detention facility early this morning, according to a media release obtained by Historic City News.
St Johns County Deputy Justin Cash is investigating a complaint by a customer of a local Beall’s department store alleging that a man in the dressing room area was using his cell phone to take pictures of female customers as they changed clothes.
