HISTORIC CITY NEWS
Historic City News has been published daily since March 2000. Reporting local news for St Augustine and St Johns County Florida, Historic City News is the county's only free press. Our mission is to hold public figures accountable to the public.
During tomorrow’s meeting of the St Johns County Tourist Development Council, among other business items on the agenda, members will review and approve recommendations from the St Johns County Arts, Culture and Heritage Funding Panel for distribution of $500,000 in bed-tax money for marketing twenty-two local events.
The information contained in this report is taken from sources deemed reliable; the accuracy and completeness of which Historic City News does not control and cannot guarantee.
The original public records are on file with the St. Johns County Clerk of Court and should be consulted before taking any action.
Historic City News has learned that the efforts of the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission to identify and retrieve lost and abandoned blue crab traps from St Johns County waterways will be complete by Sunday; allowing fishermen to return their recreational and commercial blue crab traps.
Adam Shockey, owner of Tour Saint Augustine, the city’s oldest and largest receptive group tour operator, announced to local Historic City News reporters today that he has purchased another popular local tourism company; St Augustine City Walks.
Lola’s Burrito Joint raised local eyebrows with its choice of menu names that some considered offensive, but now the Riverside-area restaurant is getting some national exposure because of the gaffe.
Beginning today, in St Johns and other east Florida counties from Nassau through Volusia, recreational and commercial blue crab traps must be removed in preparation for a 10-day trap closure allowing the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission to identify and retrieve lost and abandoned blue crab traps from the water.
The information contained in this report is taken from sources deemed reliable; the accuracy and completeness of which Historic City News does not control and cannot guarantee.
The original public records are on file with the St. Johns County Clerk of Court and should be consulted before taking any action.
After several years of vacancy, Historic City News was happy to report the Grand Opening of Firestone Complete Auto Care in the former Helmly Firestone independent dealership building located on San Marco Avenue.