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St Johns County restaurant inspections
The Division of Hotels and Restaurants conducts regular inspections of public food service and lodging establishments to assure compliance with all state sanitation and safety laws.
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St Johns lawyer recognized for volunteer legal services
St Johns County attorney Jay Grife is among twenty-one lawyers being recognized for their work on behalf of poor and indigent clients in a ceremony at the Florida Supreme Court in Tallahassee at 3:30 p.m. on Thursday, January 19, 2017, per an announcement received by Historic City News this week. Watch it live.
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Stevenson’s bill helps craft distilleries develop and profit
Representative Cyndi Stevenson reported to Historic City News that she has filed legislation that will benefit Florida craft distilleries, like St. Augustine Distillery LLC, by reducing what she calls “outdated regulations”.
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Yahoo! Issues notice of data breach including St Augustine
Historic City News has been alerted by Internet technology provider, Yahoo, Inc., one of the world’s largest and oldest providers of free email services, that confidential account identification data has been illegally obtained from its customer database — including customers in St Augustine.
Frontier Airlines expands St Augustine non-stop service
Frontier Airlines this week announced to Historic City News that it will continue its low-fare service at Northeast Florida Regional Airport in St. Augustine with nonstop service to Philadelphia International Airport.
Facebook will allow fact-checkers to censor news
In an exercise of futility and hopeless labor, that will no doubt rival the punishment of Sisyphus, Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg is changing direction on a commitment he made last month that the company will not try to be “an arbiter of truth” when it comes to content posted by its 1.8 billion users.
Things to do in America’s Oldest City
Historic City News reminds all St Augustine and St Johns County residents and visitors to use extra care during the next three weeks as Christmas approaches. Increased traffic, especially at night, and increased pedestrian and pedal-powered use of our narrow, congested streets creates special hazards that you will want to avoid.
Fall Art & Craft Festival at Francis Field this weekend
The St. Augustine Art Association has invited all Historic City News readers to attend the 51st Annual St. Augustine Art & Craft Festival this weekend at Francis Field. With the support of hundreds of community volunteers, the Art Association has been staging the annual St. Augustine Art & Craft Festival for decades.