Public Information Officer Gretl Plessinger informed Historic City News that the Florida Criminal Justice Executive Institute is proud to announce the graduation today of 37 first-line supervisors from the Institute’s Florida Leadership Academy.
Ryan Murphy, General Manager of the St Augustine Amphitheatre, informed local reporters with Historic City News that this year, 2013, was a “banner year” for the St Johns County Cultural Events Division.
Offices for the City of St. Augustine will be closed on Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday, December 24, 25 and 26 in observance of the Christmas holiday. Offices will also be closed on Wednesday, January 1 for the New Year’s Day holiday.
JoLinda Brown reported to Historic City News that, at 8:10 a.m. tomorrow morning, the St Augustine Fire Department will be meeting Santa Claus as he rides into St Augustine aboard the Florida East Coast Railway’s Christmas Train to contribute our local donations to the US Marine Corps Reserve “Toys for Tots” program.
Park Rangers and volunteers will bring the history of the Castillo de San Marcos National Monument to life tomorrow evening, according to National Park Service Ranger Joe Brehm; who invited Historic City News readers to participate in this year’s “Holiday Open House” event.
Media Relations Officer, Kevin Kelshaw, informed Historic City News in St Augustine today that a nine-year veteran of the St Johns County Sheriff’s Office is the deputy who fired the shot yesterday afternoon that killed 64-year-old Rodney Wayne Stevens inside his residence at 385 Katnack Road, off White Castle Road.
St Augustine is a city where history is all around us — centuries of it; from the time of the discovery of La Florida in 1513, the settlement of our city in 1565, through domestic wars, and wars of conscience, led by those who have participated, both as good citizen-soldiers, as well as elected government officials.
