Water-taxi calls it quits for now
Historic City News reported November 8, 2012, the inaugural launch of Jax Water Tours’ water taxi service based at the Vilano Beach Pier; established to provide daily shuttle service between Vilano Beach, Camachee Island, and the St Augustine Municipal Marina with stops every two hours — but, as of this weekend, the service “is on hold”.



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Historic City News has been following, with interest, the fallout from last week’s US Supreme Court decision that overturned a Florida Supreme Court ruling against an Orange County permit applicant who claimed that the water management district’s requirements were an “unconstitutional taking” of his land.
Historic City News local broadcast news partner, Newstalk WFOY, held a groundbreaking ceremony after receiving its construction permit from the Federal Communications Commission, according to an announcement from local Station Manager, Matt Kraycinovich.
Earlier today, Thursday, June 27, at the Courtyard by Marriott Hotel in St Augustine, Consumer Energy Alliance-Florida hosted an Agriculture and Energy Policy Luncheon featuring updates on agriculture and energy policy issues, in partnership with the Agriculture and Environment Council of the St Johns County Chamber of Commerce.
A 70-year-old St Augustine attorney, Charles Edward Pellicer, whose law office is located at 28 Cordova Street in Saint Augustine, is on probation for two-years and will be publicly reprimanded by The Florida Bar, according to a report received by Historic City News today.