The St Augustine Alligator Farm and Zoological Park reported to Historic City News that they are planning a special three-night Halloween event for kids of all ages.

Superintendent for the National Parks of the Caribbean in San Juan reported to Historic City News this morning that all National Park Service Units in Puerto Rico and the Virgin Islands will remain closed until further notice.

Seeking an order to breach the Rodman Dam and restore the free-flowing Ocklawaha River, St Augustine based environmental and land use attorney, Jane West, informed Historic City News that her firm is representing plaintiffs Florida Defenders of the Environment.

Developer John Kinsey reported to Historic City News that Chilean-based Crystal Lagoon, the company behind the technology that will allow his master planned community in northern St Johns county to create the feeling of a tropical paradise, has signed Olympic star Michael Phelps as a spokesman for its product.

Attorney John Richard Geiger of Saint Augustine, has been suspended by The Florida Bar for one year, effective immediately, following a June 23rd court order (Case No. SC17-619). Since November 2015, this makes the third suspension for the attorney who was first admitted to practice law in 1994.

Through the Environmental Quality Incentives Program, St Johns County’s agricultural landowners may receive financial and technical assistance to improve soil, water, air, plants, animals and related resources. Eligible land includes cropland, rangeland, pastureland, private non-industrial forestland, and other farm or ranch lands.

As Florida’s Historic Coast cleans up after Hurricane Irma, many of our local St. Augustine, Ponte Vedra and Beaches businesses have re-opened. While we know there are many more properties open than these, here is a partial list of those that have reported they are open for business.

Business owners began removing plywood from their storefronts on Wednesday, many anxious to see how well the interiors survived the high winds and flooding visited on St Augustine by Hurricane Irma this week.