St. Johns County Emergency Operations Center Director, Linda Stoughton, has informed local Historic City News reporters that we will continue to receive a situation updates automatically as Tropical Storm Erika continues its path in the Atlantic Ocean towards land. Currently, the Emergency Operation Center remains at Activation Level 3; which means that they are monitoring the situation.
St. Johns County Sheriff’s Office spokesman Kevin Kelshaw alerted local Historic City News reporters that deputies are searching for one suspect following a shooting death of at least one victim.
Some in St Augustine who are watching with interest the transformation of the Dow Museum of Historic Homes into the Cordova Inn, say that the rhetoric used to pressure neighbors and influence members of the city’s two governing boards, city management, and city commission, limiting acceptable options for the subject real estate to either an upscale hotel or apartments, has been made because the new owner, David Corneal and his Old Island Hotels Inc., are trying to take advantage of an Internal Revenue Service 1031 tax exchange.
St. Johns County Emergency Operations Center Director, Linda Stoughton, has informed local Historic City News reporters that we will continue to receive a Situation Report automatically as Tropical Storm Erika continues its path in the Atlantic Ocean towards land. Currently, the Emergency Operation Center is at Activation Level 3; which means that they are monitoring the situation.
Four hundred and fifty years ago, on September 8, 1565, Captain-General Don Pedro Menéndez de Avilés stepped ashore at Matanzas Bay and founded St. Augustine, Florida, the oldest, continuously occupied European city, port, and parish in the continental United States.
