Historic City News becomes part of Watchdog Network

Fourteen years ago, Historic City News broke ground in St Augustine with the idea of independent, straight-talking reports of local news — albeit in a much different, newsletter-only format. We started down an uncharted course of continual growth and haven’t looked back. Our latest accomplishment is as important as any other we have announced in…

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Business

Federal 450th commission to spend $50k

Since it was created, March 30, 2009, many Historic City News readers have commented that the St Augustine 450th Commemoration Commission has been substantially invisible to city residents and taxpayers.

Government

Tri-Talent Musical Theater to add ages 6-8

February 18th was the first Tri-Talent Musical Theater class for ages 9-14. The instructor, Lindsay Gray, brought her younger daughter who participated with the older children, and the experiment went very well.

Community

Iron & Wine Concert

Iron & WineSaturday, March 1, 2014 For a complete list of events go to the Ponte Vedra Concert Hall website.

Community

Sunshine Realty will offer free-to-guest amenities with rentals

Sunshine Realty and Appraisal Services announced to Historic City News that they have been selected to offer their guests free admission to some of St. Augustine’s most popular attractions, through a partnership with the nation’s leading provider of free-to-guest amenity programs, Amenity Services, Inc.

Business

Letter: Ready for Legislative Session to convene

Letter: Ready for Legislative Session to convene Senator John Thrasher St Augustine, FL Dear Editor: We completed the last committee week before we convene for the 2014 Legislative Session on March 4. I look forward to working with my colleagues in the Senate, and the House, to pass commonsense reforms for the State of Florida.

Editorials

Only one speaker favored 7-Eleven

Last night was not a good night at the St Augustine Historic Architectural Review Board for the construction team trying to build a “super-sized” 7-Eleven convenience store.

Government

Overnight closures begin on US-1 at Nocatee

FDOT District Two Public Information Director, Gina Busscher, cautions Historic City News readers that US-1 north, in the Nocatee area, is scheduled to be closed overnight for five nights beginning Sunday night because of work on the new CR-210 overpass.

Community