Category: Editorials

Guest Column: Offender Watch David B. Shoar, Sheriff St Johns County, FL You may not realize that registered sex offenders and sexual predators move an average of four times a year, but we do. That is why your Sheriff’s Office has created an online tool to keep you better informed as to where they reside…

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Letter: Albert Lewis marker dedication Sheila Bacon Greenleaf St Augustine, FL Dear editor: Friends and neighbors in the South Dixie Highway community will soon gather to dedicate one of St Augustine’s newest historical markers.

Letter: Merchants be aware of Mumford plans Bruce A McGuire St Augustine, FL Dear Editor, Last night I attended a meeting held by the Uptown group to discuss the ramifications of the Mumford Concert. It was very enlightening. The first 30 minutes were “glowing generalities” about how great it will be and how the city…

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Guest Column: Superintendent’s Weekly Review Dr. Joseph G. Joyner St Johns County School District As we prepare for the opening of the 2013-2014 school year, I would like to take this opportunity to welcome back returning faculty and staff and extend a warm welcome to those just joining the district. I hope everyone had a…

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Letter: Funding panel procedures not followed Albert Syeles, Chairman Romanza – St Augustine, Inc. Dear Editor: On June 19, 2013, Romanza Board Members observed that TDC Funding Panel procedures were not followed during public presentations and funding panel deliberations.

Guest Column: Beach commission meeting returns to air Undine C. Pawlowski, Commissioner St Augustine Beach, FL The TV Broadcast of the City Commission Meetings has been repaired and the meetings will air live again. Monday night is the August regular monthly Commission Meeting (7pm August 5th).

The mayor of St Augustine, Joseph L. Boles, Jr., the interim commissioner, Donald Crichlow, and the freshman commissioner, Roxanne Horvath, voted to obligate $417,838 of the reserve of funds of the City of St Augustine, so that a private concert promoter, AC Entertainment, can entertain 1,515 residents who purchased tickets for the Gentlemen of the…

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