After months of mismanagement and abuse, observed and previously reported by Historic City News, the Republican Party of Florida has removed St Johns County GOP Chairman Blake Paterson. An election will be held within the next 60 days to determine who will fill the remainder of Paterson’s term, but the suspension and other penalties are effective immediately.
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March 18, 2024 commemorates the 24th anniversary of the founding of Historic City News and the registration of the HistoricCity.com domain.
On Friday, March 8, and Saturday, March 9, the Pipe Band of Corvera, from the Asturias region of Spain, will perform as part of the yearlong observance of the 100th Anniversary Celebration of the relationship between St Augustine, Florida and Aviles, Spain.
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Whether you spell it Menorcan or Minorcan, Historic City News readers are invited to participate in the Menorcan Heritage Celebration at Llambias House on Sunday, March 2nd from 11:00 a.m. to 2:00 p.m. as part of Menorcan History Month activities announced this week.
Historic City News has been following a move that has ignited a fierce debate in Florida’s Senate, focusing specifically on Confederate memorials. The proposed legislation seeks to prevent the removal of historic state monuments as occurred in St Augustine in August 2020. The local cenotaph, currently on loan at the Trout Creek Fish Camp in northwest St Johns County, is the second-oldest memorial of its type in Florida.
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City Manager David Birchim announced to local Historic City News reporters that effective Tuesday, June 20, 2023, former utility director Todd Grant replaced Reuben Franklin as the Public Works Director. Franklin vacated the post to become one of two Assistant City Managers.
Unfortunately, less than a year later, city police Sergent Brandon Embrey observed 56-year-old Grant unlawfully driving his 2017 silver Hyundai utility vehicle at St Augustine Beach. According to Embrey, Grant was driving at a high rate of speed, paced at 50mph in a 25mph zone, and weaving in and out of his lane. Grant also ran a stop sign and made a two-lane wide turn onto SR-A1A, failing to obey a traffic control device. Embrey cited Grant for the non-criminal moving infractions that carry a $166 fine. The judge has allowed Grant until March 12th to pay.
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Historic City News readers are invited to attend a brief wreath-laying ceremony this morning, Thursday, February 15, starting at 11:00 a.m. in Parque de Menendez located in front of St Augustine City Hall, 75 King Street.
Menendez, who founded the city on September 8, 1565, was born on February 15, 1519, in Avilés, a port city in the Asturias region of Spain.
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Public Affairs Supervisor Tyler Jarnagin reported to Historic City News this week that St Johns County Emergency Management Deputy Director Kelly Wilson joined Flagler County Emergency Management Director Jonathan Lord at the Tallahassee office of House Speaker Paul Renner (R-19th District) to present him with the Florida Emergency Preparedness Association’s “Legislative Achievement Award”.
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