Category: Government

Chief Park Ranger Kimberly Mayo informed local Historic City News reporters that on Friday, the National Park Service has voided the citation issued to Saint Augustine tea Party member David Heimbold; and, no further charges relating to the incident that occurred on July 4, 2013 will be pursued.

Historic City News readers are invited to attend Monday afternoon when the St Johns County Tourist Development Council hears the recommendations its funding panel on how to spend $550,000 in bed tax money for funding requests in the Arts, Culture and Heritage category — good news for twenty-two program operators, for others, not so much.

The City of St Augustine reported to Historic City News this morning that City Manager John Regan will be a panelist at a four-day conference in Marco Island, Florida, next week where the topic will be participatory approaches to natural resource dispute resolution.

Communications Specialist Danielle Berke invited Historic City News readers to apply for two open positions on the St Johns County Housing Finance Authority; open now through the application submission deadline, Monday, August 5.

A Lee Bentley, III became the Acting United States Attorney for the Middle District of Florida today, following yesterday’s departure of US Attorney Robert E. O’Neill, according to an announcement from the Justice Department received by Historic City News this morning.

Historic City News readers will be able to participate in a public hearing Monday evening where the St Augustine City Commission will decide the fate of buskers and street performers on Hypolita Street; already prohibited between St George and Cordova Streets, now proposed to be prohibited between St George and Avenida Menendez, as well.

Historic City News has learned of two new resolutions being heard, on first reading, by the St Augustine City Commission at their next regular meeting on Monday evening, July 8, dealing with residential parking permit areas.