If you didn’t already have enough reasons to re-elect St Augustine’s mayor, Nancy Shaver, or to oust the other commissioners, you just got one more. Historic City News editor Michael Gold watched in disgust as the four commissioners stood in opposition to every citizen speaker at tonight’s final budget hearing.
Tonight at 5:05 p.m., Historic City News readers will have the opportunity to stand before the St Augustine City Commission and tell them how they feel about City Manager John Regan’s budget for Fiscal Year 2017 — including controversial spending to maintain the city’s mostly below standard streets with many elements approaching the end of their service life.
The Lightner Museum moves from spotlighting the Gilded Age to highlighting contemporary times with the museum’s new and exciting monthly cocktail hour aptly named “Lightner After Hours”, Thursday September 29th from 5:00 p.m. to 7:00 p.m.
Historic City News thanks St Augustine North Davis Shores neighborhood council president, Susan Rathbone, for bringing to our attention that a woman jogging on Avista Circle last night was attacked by an unknown assailant. City police have not identified the person responsible.
St Johns County Media Relations Officer Kevin Kelshaw reported to Historic City News that a man and woman were arrested early yesterday morning following a two county high-speed automobile pursuit.
The Guana Tolomato Matanzas National Estuarine Research invites Historic City News families to celebrate National Estuaries Day and to explore the thriving estuarine habitat on Saturday, September 24th, with two Family Seining events at Guana Dam, and a Family Fishing Clinic at the Environmental Education Center.
At their final public hearing last evening, the St. Augustine – St. Johns County Airport Authority again voted not to assess ad valorem taxes.
A 52-year-old white female who resides on Poinciana Avenue in St Augustine was threatened with a loaded shotgun pointed under her chin by her landlord at about 7:00 p.m. last night, after she questioned him about prescription medication missing from her home.
