Castillo one of first national parks to reopen post-Matthew
The Castillo de San Marcos National Monument is one of three national parks on the Atlantic Coast to reopen today following the devastation visited on Historic City News’ reading area by Hurricane Matthew.





In accordance with the Florida Department of Environmental Protection’s Public Notice of Pollution Rule (62ER16-1), the City of St. Augustine is providing notice of a raw sewage spill that occurred today, October 12, 2016, at the intersection of Old Quarry Road and Coquina Avenue in St. Augustine.
When Historic City News discovered that Hurricane Matthew had left us with uninhabitable work space in our hundred-year-old Riberia Street office building on Monday, God answered a prayer through an announcement from our local public library.
The City of St. Augustine advised local Historic City News reporters that parking fees at all city metered areas, including on-street spaces, parking lots, and the Historic Downtown Parking Facility, have been temporarily suspended.
St Johns County spokesman Michael Ryan reported to Historic City News that, as of one hour ago, all boil water advisories are retracted for Ponte Vedra Beach, Anastasia Island, and areas east of the Intracoastal Waterway.


Historic City News learned that at about 8:17 a.m. Tuesday, the body of a teenager was discovered on the north side of the roadway along SR-312, west of Plantation Island Drive; the apparent victim of a hit-and-run crash.