At about 8:00 p.m. Monday night, Historic City News received word from the St Augustine Fire Department that a fire had broken out at Harry’s Seafood Bar & Grille located at 46 Avenida Menendez along the bayfront.
Ameris Bank will sponsor the next meeting of the St Augustine and St Johns County Chamber of Commerce Historic St. Augustine Area Council on Friday, March 8th, from 8:30 a.m. until 9:30 a.m. at the St. Augustine Art Association, located at 22 Marine Street.
Historic City News readers are invited to get their green on for February’s “Lightner After Hours” social event at St. Augustine’s Lightner Museum of Hobbies; located t 75 King Street on Thursday, February 28th – 6:00 p.m. to 8:00 p.m.
The Florida Department of Transportation announced to Historic City News local reporters that State Farm is the new sponsor of the “Road Rangers” service patrol in the Northeast Florida Region; including St Johns and four surrounding counties.
With Daytona Beach being dubbed the “World’s Most Famous Beach” since the 1920’s, and the business community there deciding that something had to be done to keep from losing that reputation; citizens, merchants and local government came together intent on reducing the eyesore of vagrants, the health hazards they bring with them, and criminal activity that follows transients and panhandlers.
Public Safety reporters for Historic City News periodically obtain the results of physical inspections of public food service establishments from the records of the Florida Division of Hotels and Restaurants located in Tallahassee. These items recorded 10/1/2018-12/31/2018.
Historic City News was notified by Vilano Beach Main Street, Inc. that Project Manager Farid Ashdji will hold a groundbreaking ceremony for the new Hyatt Place and Holiday Inn Express in front of the properties located at 140 Vilano Road and 125 Vilano Road at 4:00 p.m. on Wednesday, January 16, 2019.
One Historic City News reader has contacted our office with his concerns that vendors operating on St Johns County beaches, specifically on Anastasia Island and St Augustine Beach, are increasing in numbers, fast taking away from the beauty and adding to the crowding of the barrier island, with no apparent regulation by county management.
