Editorials

Randy Fine (R) 53 is trying to break the monopoly newspapers have on the lucrative legal notice market.  This is a pet peeve of Historic City News who is not allowed to compete with print […]

Letter: SABCA We need MORE parking – Not PAID parking Bill Jones, PresidentSt Augustine Beach Civic Association Special to Historic City News Dear Mayor George, After watching your Commissioner Comments at the end of the […]

Lee GeanuleasSt. Augustine, FL Special to Historic City News On March 9, 2019 The St Augustine Record published an editorial titled “Tracy is the right person at the right time,” extolling the selection of former […]

It goes without saying that when The St Augustine Record was owned by Florida Publishing Company, they never got the concept of citizen journalism. But neither did their successor, Morris Communications — well, at least […]

Letter: Up-zoning threatens the stability of residential neighborhoods Melinda RakoncaySt Augustine, FL Dear Historic City News: “Up-zoning” is something that should concern all property owners living in residential neighborhoods. Up-zoning is the practice of rezoning […]

Letter: PZB to hear requests to Up-Zone the Mission Grounds William FerrignoSt Augustine, FL Dear Historic City News readers: Our Historic Uptown District on San Marco Avenue is under siege again! The Bishop and the […]

Historic City News will have published for 19-years next month (March 18, 2000) and we’d like to have some fun testing our knowledge of local facts.  We invite you to play along and see just […]

Susan W RathboneDavis Shores Dear Historic City News Editor: Our City and its politics are starting to seem like an episode out of Boss (a gangster TV show on Netflix). All we need is Kelsey […]

Editorial: Mr Regan, have you earned the public’s trust? Michael Gold, EditorHISTORIC CITY NEWSSt Augustine, FL I learned early on that you can buy a lot of things, but trust must be earned. In the […]

Peggy HattonSt Augustine, FL Dear Historic City News editor: Attached you will find two pictures of a vagrant that is well known to the St Augustine Police Department. She’s frequently warned and arrested, she’s been […]