The San Marco Hotel PUD is one step closer to breaking ground tonight after vice-mayor Todd Neville made a motion to approve the rezoning of Barnacle Bill’s restaurant and parking lot after hours of presentations and public comment.
For over two decades Fireworks Over the Matanzas has been produced by Fireworks by Santore, a company based in nearby Flagler County, that’s been in the fireworks business for over 125 years.
A currently suspended Ponte Vedra Beach attorney will be publicly reprimanded following a May 10 court order, according to a report received by Historic City News this morning from the state’s guardian for the integrity of the legal profession, The Florida Bar.
St Augustine veteran radio personality Pete Melfi, well known for his association with WFOY and sister station WAOC, has added a new venture to his resume — the off-color My904News, launched recently, and his latest alternative video programing, The Anti-Tourism Council.
Historic City News was contacted this morning by Patrick McGee, the owner of McGee and Sons, a local lawn care and home services contractor. Although McGee says he has work in the city, he can’t afford to help those customers because, when he brings his equipment to their residences, he faces parking tickets with fines greater than what he charges for the service.
What’s the secret to running a home-based business?
Kelly K. Spors
Special to Historic City News
Starting and running a business out of your house has many rewards: no commute, less time-sucking small talk, no missed time with your family.
In 1947, the St. Augustine Alligator Farm Zoological Park received its first Galapagos tortoises. But it was last summer before the first hatchlings of these endangered species would be born.
Historic City News readers can count one more craft brewery downtown this summer when Ancient City Brewing opens its second location on the Plaza de la Constitution by the end of June. A1A Ale Works is located across the Plaza on King Street; opposite the new Ancient City Brewing taproom opening at 18 Cathedral Place.
