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Unless the claim is simple enough to be managed by either the City Attorney or Assistant City Attorney, an outside law firm or lawyer, usually from out of town, is hired to provide a defense when the City gets sued.

Health and Human Services Advisory Council FY 2014/2015 Executive Committee Meeting Schedule All meetings are held at the Health and Human Services Kingfisher Conference Room, 200 San Sebastian View, St. Augustine. Any changes in dates, times, or meeting rooms will be posted. Meetings held on first Thursday of the month at 3:30 p.m. FY 2014/2015 October…

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Some in St Augustine who are watching with interest the transformation of the Dow Museum of Historic Homes into the Cordova Inn, say that the rhetoric used to pressure neighbors and influence members of the city’s two governing boards, city management, and city commission, limiting acceptable options for the subject real estate to either an…

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Four hundred and fifty years ago, on September 8, 1565, Captain-General Don Pedro Menéndez de Avilés stepped ashore at Matanzas Bay and founded St. Augustine, Florida, the oldest, continuously occupied European city, port, and parish in the continental United States.

Letter: Citizen challenges approach to decision making Lee Geanuleas St Augustine Open letter to St Augustine’s City Commission and residents: Thank you for your amazing patience in listening to hours of public testimony regarding the Dow PUD this past Monday evening and into Tuesday morning.  It speaks well of our government that citizens are afforded such an opportunity…

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Due to the anticipated challenges of traffic and congestion during the 450th Celebration, St. Johns County’s Main Library, located at 1960 North Ponce De Leon Boulevard, will be closed from Friday, September 4 through Tuesday, September 8. The library will resume standard business hours on Wednesday, September 9. Remaining library branches will be opened during…

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The third and fourth generation of stewards of America’s First Colony came together to unveil a statue of St Augustine’s founder, Pedro Menendez de Aviles; on the grounds of the Fountain of Youth property where, 450-years earlier, the Spanish conquistador actually stood.