Before an audience of about 600 people that included local Historic City News reporters, Chef Brett Smith from the Sawgrass Marriott Golf Resort and Spa, was named “Top Chef” during the second annual “Flavors Top Chef Cook-Off”.

Historic City News received a communication from the Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee that reveals that five Democrats in the US Senate, including Florida’s Senator Bill Nelson, have refused to co-sponsor legislation to protect the civil rights of homosexual people.

Historic City News, like most modern, technology-driven organizations, depends on social media as one significant channel of communication with our audience. But, more than that, as a newsgathering bureau, we depend on social media as a secondary source, or, sometimes primary source, of corroboration of events and identification of people and places in the news.

Historic City News was notified that St Augustine Police Department Commander, T. Michele Perry, is one of 35 criminal justice professionals who graduated today from the Florida Criminal Justice Executive Institute’s Senior Leadership Program at the Florida Department of Law Enforcement headquarters in Tallahassee.

Historic City News has learned that the St Augustine Amphitheatre recently increased services to its patrons with the release of a new, free smartphone application that allows you to stay up-to-date with events, ticketing, and other essential services.