Historic City News reported on July 4th that the City of St Augustine had been notified of concerns over the stability of the 118-year-old commercial building at 9 Aviles Street.  We reached out to David Birchim, Director of the Planning and Building Department, after we received calls from an owner and two tenants of nearby properties who expressed fear that the landmark building might go the way of the 1804 Don Pedro Fornell house on Spanish Street in September 2014.

Public Safety reporters for Historic City News periodically obtain the results of physical inspections of public food service establishments from the records of the Florida Division of Hotels and Restaurants located in Tallahassee.

Hankerson-Henry Productions, LLC announces to Historic City News readers the release of the trailer for the documentary Gullah Geechee Corridor & the East Coast Greenways

Employment interview questions to avoid

Anne Shaw
The Hartford SBA
Special to Historic City News

The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) has strict laws in place to protect job candidates and employees from discrimination. You should avoid asking job interview questions about age, disability, genetic information, race or ethnicity, gender identity or sexual orientation, national origin, religion, marital status, having children, pregnancy, or planning to start a family.

Less than two weeks after activist investor Starboard Value announced it purchased almost 10 percent of Jacksonville based Web.com Group Inc. (Nasdaq: WEB) the company reported to Historic City News this morning that they have agreed to be acquired by Siris Capital Group LLC.

Historic City News learned this week that, with thanks in no small part to Mayo Clinic, beginning July 20, 2018, Elite Airways will begin operating flights between Rochester, Minnesota and the Northeast Florida Regional Airport in St. Augustine.