Category: Editorials

Michael Gold, Editor in ChiefHISTORIC CITY NEWS Every year in January, Brenda Parker returns to the community where she and her husband Ron were living in 1975.  The young couple moved to St Augustine from their home in New Jersey where Ron served as one of the youngest members of his police department.  He was…

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The St Augustine Reportby former Mayor George Gardner2002-2006 Annually, Historic City News defers to an experienced writer and editor, for his curated list of the top ten news stories in St Augustine and St Johns County.  We enjoy the opportunity to showcase former St Augustine City Commissioner and two-term mayor George Gardner’s personal favorites as…

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At Historic City News last year, we adopted a new tool for cleaning up the writing on our website.  In addition to two spellchecking applications, when a reporter submits an article to us for publication, it will be reviewed using Grammarly.  The automated program goes beyond grammar to help ensure that everything we write is…

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Bill McClure, PresidentFriends of A1A Scenic & Historic Coastal BywaySpecial to Historic City News As we wrap up 2019, I’d like to take a moment to thank each of you for your support and for being a partner with the Friends of A1A Scenic & Historic Coastal Byway.

Did you know that not one Floridian voted for Abraham Lincoln in 1860? ​​​​​ Historic City News has collected some fun, little known facts about Florida history and we’d like to share them with you.

Editorial: Three cheers for HB-7 Michael Gold, EditorHistoric City News For years I have bemoaned Florida’s “Printed Newspaper Protection Act”, sections 50.011 and 50.031, Florida Statutes, that created a monopoly for mullet wrappers across the state.

The City of St Augustine will no longer have a director of public affairs.  In fact, when Historic City News received the Press Release announcing the retirement of 65-year-old Public Affairs Director Paul Williamson, the City disclosed that it will no longer have a Public Affairs Department.  Not that the City isn’t going to have…

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The greatest consultant in the world has provided me the answers to my future.  I imagine it is the same consultant that the city manager in St Augustine has been using to get by for the last 25-years.