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Veterans Day Dedication Video
City of St Augustine Beach presenting Veterans Day celebration video St Augustine Beach Communications & Events Coordinator Melinda Conlon, announced to local…
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St Johns County Civic Roundtable holds November meeting
Maureen Long, Secretary of the St. Johns County Civic Roundtable located in St. Augustine, informed local Historic City News reporters that yesterday, Monday, November 9th, the Roundtable held its November Meeting via an open Zoom conference call.
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FDOT Northeast Florida Road and Lane Closures Weekly Report
Florida Department of Transportation Community Outreach Specialist Allen Nelson has updated Historic City News with the weekly lane closure report containing information regarding ongoing construction projects and traffic impacts for the coming week.
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Emergency Management releases initial FLASH report on Tropical Storm Eta
Kelly Wilson, spokesperson for the St Johns County Emergency Management department, reported to Historic City News the initial update of Tropical Storm Eta, the effects of which will be visible by tomorrow (Sunday) morning. The St Johns County Emergency Operations Center remains at Partial Activation Level: 2, Wilson reported.
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Editorial: City cops are developing a reputation for arresting the victim
How would you feel if you were babysitting your grandchild on Saturday night so that your 20-year-old son, who is working a double shift for minimum wage in a downtown tourism-driven business, tells you that he is not coming back to pick up his daughter until 10:30 – 11:00 p.m. at night?
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Local officials are re-elected, but some will be getting their pink slip
With ballots representing 48-out-of-48 precincts reporting, Historic City News editor-in-chief, Michael Gold, stood by as the Supervisor of Elections in St Johns County, Vicky Oakes, posted her Election Day results at about 9:17:01 Tuesday night. This is the last year Gold plans to witness the process. He has completed the task every-other year for the past 20-years since he founded Historic City News in March 2000; but, this year, twenty-years later, he is excited to also report that he is retiring.
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Good morning St. Johns County Voters
Historic City News begins Election Day 2020 with a whopping 71% voter turnout. Supervisor of Elections Vicky Oakes reports that 149,889 voters…
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Review Board endorsement: Seat 1, City Commission
I told Mayor Upchurch that I took the opportunity to watch his interview with Tracey Eaton yesterday. He said some things that needed to be said – or, at least, I needed to hear him say. In the heat of battle, we can say or even do things that we would not normally say or do.
