Structure fires from lightning strikes increase
Jeremy Robshaw, Public Education and Information Officer for St. Johns Fire Rescue, warned Historic City News readers that although the annual summer storm season is just beginning, his department is already seeing an increase in structure fires that stem from lightning strikes.

Kim DeLaney, who is Growth Management Coordinator for the Treasure Coast Regional Planning Council, told Historic City News reporters that the Amtrak-FEC Coalition has been working overtime to get the wrinkles worked out of their plan to restore passenger service on Florida East Coast Railway tracks that haven’t been used for that purpose in well over 40 years.
With theatrical smoke so thick you could cut it with a knife, local Historic City News reporter and editor Michael Gold was on hand to witness first-hand the training exercises for St. Augustine and St. Johns County firefighters being conducted at the campus of the Florida School for the Deaf and Blind.
The information contained in this report is taken from sources deemed reliable; the accuracy and completeness of which Historic City News does not control and cannot guarantee. The original public records are on file with the St. Johns County Clerk of Court and should be consulted before taking any action.
The original African-American burial grounds in Flagler County were destroyed by reckless development and re-established in the late 1940’s on a parcel of land that faces on Old Kings Road.
The nomination for the Fullerwood Park Residential Historic District will undergo state review on July 12th at 1:00 p.m. in Tallahassee; however, after yesterday’s announcement in Historic City News that Planning and Building officials had already completed the nomination, some Fullerwood residents are left scratching their heads.
Priscilla Proctor announced to local reporters at Historic City News that Flagler College has appointed Mark Whittaker to serve as vice president of institutional advancement; he will assume his new role on July 19th.