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Todd Snider Show
Todd SniderWednesday, April 23, 2014For a complete list of events go to the Ponte Vedra Concert Hall website.
Posted inPublic Safety
Police capture three armed robbers last night
Historic City News was informed that St Augustine Police have arrested three men involved in an armed robbery that took place in the area of South Whitney and Madeore Streets. The crime occurred a few minutes before midnight yesterday. No injuries were reported during the robbery or subsequent arrest.
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Bryan Wrigley remembered during Monday ride
Historic City News reported in April 2011, that a 23-year-old University of St Augustine student, Bryan B Wrigley, had been killed in a hit-and-run crash as he was riding his bicycle along West King Street. He will be remembered during an annual bike parade, held in his honor, on Monday April 14th, 5:30 p.m.; leaving from the parking lot of Rita’s Ice at St Augustine Beach.
Posted inBusiness
Will St Augustine or St Johns County attract aquarium?
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Estate auction of Pot Belly’s memorabilia
July 25, 1986 will be remembered by Historic City News readers as the date that a St Augustine landmark was born; or, reborn, so to speak. In a building once used as a grocery store (Snyder’s) and later a farm and garden supply store (St Johns Farmers Supply) located on Granada Street, Kenny Pierce introduced the city to “Pot Belly’s Cinema Plus Deli and Pub”.
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TDC Meeting – Cancelled
MEETING CANCELLEDTourist Development Council Regular MeetingMonday, April 21, 2014 The Tourist Development Council meeting scheduled for Monday, April 21, 2014 has been…
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Devlin reportedly lost $1 Million on 7-Eleven deal
Despite months of picketing, demonstrations, and protests in opposition of the vacant commercial property located at the intersection of May Street and San Marco Avenue, becoming the site of a 7-Eleven convenience store with 12 gasoline pumps, Thursday morning at 9:30 a.m., Historic City News confirmed that the property has been sold.
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Riberia Point – Aquarium not likely to proceed
Somebody can call the time-of-death on the latest Riberia Point project that has failed in the court of public opinion. And, after last week’s town hall style public workshop held at the Willie Galimore Community Center, it seems clear that if the City proposes any plan that introduces, or increases, commercial traffic at the south end of the Lincolnville residential community, it is going to bring with it heated, vocal opposition.
