Future of Castillo Center may be clearer soon
City Manager John Regan, negotiating memorandums of understanding with the University of Florida and the National Park Service, told city commissioners Monday night “by August 13 we will know our fate” on state lands necessary for a Castillo Visitor Information Center in the Colonial Spanish Quarter.

Jeremy Robshaw, Public Information Officer with St. Johns County Fire Rescue, informed Historic City News local reporters that in total, seven pieces of firefighting apparatus and 15 emergency personnel responded to a residential structure fire on Porpoise Road at approximately 9:45pm last night.
St. Johns River Community College criminal justice academy announced to Historic City News local reporters that cadets representing St. Johns, Clay, Putnam, Duval, Flagler, Broward and Miami-Dade counties received their certificates of completion for the law enforcement basic recruit program.
Historic City News received word that Jacksonville physician Dr. Harelle Duncan will present her firsthand account of the devastation witnessed last month on her Mission Trip to Haiti with colleagues from Charlotte, North Carolina.
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 readers are encouraged to attend two upcoming public works sessions to learn more about construction and the associated road closures and resulting detours necessary over the next few months.