Historic City News received a communication from the Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee that reveals that five Democrats in the US Senate, including Florida’s Senator Bill Nelson, have refused to co-sponsor legislation to protect the civil rights of homosexual people.
Laurie Sanderson reported the following St Augustine and St Johns County locations to Historic City News where the Florida Department of Transportation will be conducting roadwork that is expected to have an impact on driving, beginning this morning and continuing through the coming week.
Historic City News, like most modern, technology-driven organizations, depends on social media as one significant channel of communication with our audience. But, more than that, as a newsgathering bureau, we depend on social media as a secondary source, or, sometimes primary source, of corroboration of events and identification of people and places in the news.
Historic City News was notified that St Augustine Police Department Commander, T. Michele Perry, is one of 35 criminal justice professionals who graduated today from the Florida Criminal Justice Executive Institute’s Senior Leadership Program at the Florida Department of Law Enforcement headquarters in Tallahassee.
Historic City News has learned that the St Augustine Amphitheatre recently increased services to its patrons with the release of a new, free smartphone application that allows you to stay up-to-date with events, ticketing, and other essential services.
Patti Greenough, CEO of EPIC Behavioral Healthcare, is celebrating today; it is the 40th anniversary of the organization’s founding on October 10, 1973.
Disability History and Awareness Weeks
Dr. Joseph G Joyner
St Johns County School District Superintendent
In 2008, the Florida Legislature passed a law designating the first two weeks in October as Disability History and Awareness Weeks. The purpose of this observance is to expand students’ knowledge, understanding and awareness of individuals with disabilities, the history of disability and the disability rights movement through instruction.
