Guest: Is it time to do away with hyphenated hate?
Peter W. LabereeMedford, New JerseySpecial to HISTORIC CITY NEWS We would all like to live in a world without hate. Indeed, most of us would like to live in a life without hate.
Category: Editorials
Editorial: Remembering Ron Parker
Michael Gold, Editor in ChiefHISTORIC CITY NEWS Every year in January, Brenda Parker returns to the community where she and her husband Ron were living in 1975. The young couple moved to St Augustine from their home in New Jersey where Ron served as one of the youngest members of his police department. He was…
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Guest: News and Views of 2019
The St Augustine Reportby former Mayor George Gardner2002-2006 Annually, Historic City News defers to an experienced writer and editor, for his curated list of the top ten news stories in St Augustine and St Johns County. We enjoy the opportunity to showcase former St Augustine City Commissioner and two-term mayor George Gardner’s personal favorites as…
Editorial: Happy New Year, New Year’s, or New Years?
At Historic City News last year, we adopted a new tool for cleaning up the writing on our website. In addition to two spellchecking applications, when a reporter submits an article to us for publication, it will be reviewed using Grammarly. The automated program goes beyond grammar to help ensure that everything we write is…
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Letter: Protecting and preserving historic coastal corridor
Bill McClure, PresidentFriends of A1A Scenic & Historic Coastal BywaySpecial to Historic City News As we wrap up 2019, I’d like to take a moment to thank each of you for your support and for being a partner with the Friends of A1A Scenic & Historic Coastal Byway.
Editorial: Little known facts about Florida history
Did you know that not one Floridian voted for Abraham Lincoln in 1860? Historic City News has collected some fun, little known facts about Florida history and we’d like to share them with you.
Editorial: Three cheers for HB-7
Editorial: Three cheers for HB-7 Michael Gold, EditorHistoric City News For years I have bemoaned Florida’s “Printed Newspaper Protection Act”, sections 50.011 and 50.031, Florida Statutes, that created a monopoly for mullet wrappers across the state.
City communications: The names have been changed to protect the innocent
The City of St Augustine will no longer have a director of public affairs. In fact, when Historic City News received the Press Release announcing the retirement of 65-year-old Public Affairs Director Paul Williamson, the City disclosed that it will no longer have a Public Affairs Department. Not that the City isn’t going to have…
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