Category: Government

Historic City News reporters learned that a controversial statewide septic tank mandate, passed by the Florida Legislature in 2010, was eliminated when Governor Rick Scott signed HB-1263 into law Friday; over objections from the Sierra Club, who requested a veto.

The St Johns County School District updated Historic City News on the revised agenda in place for Tuesday’s School Board workshop; being held at 8:30 a.m. in the Superintendent’s Conference Room located at 40 Orange Street in St Augustine.

St Augustine commissioners want to know if Historic City News readers feel there is greater value in the miniature golf course adjacent to the Municipal Marina on the bayfront or making the area part of an open green space, which could be rented for income-producing events?

Nothing short of fireworks during the first two-hour segment of the St Augustine City Commission during their regular meeting tonight when a local pastor took the podium — not to recite a benediction, but rather to condemn the members of the commission and city staff for defamation of his Lincolnville church.

Paul Williamson, director of public affairs for the City of St Augustine, informed Historic City News local reporters that as new water mains are installed over the next two months as part of Riberia Street Phase 2 Project, residents in the area would likely see intermittent low water pressure.

A rant by current County Commissioner Joseph (Ken) Bryan, published three days after the last city commission meeting, was not enough to bully the Public Works Director and city staff into moving forward with the West Augustine sewer expansion — until after the $377k feasibility study results are known. Mayor Joseph L. Boles, Jr., and…

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Businessman Travis Hutson who, with his wife Tanya, live in Elkton, announced to Historic City News this week that State Attorney R J Larizza and St Johns County Sheriff David Shoar have endorsed him in his candidacy for the newly-drawn House district that includes parts of St Johns, Flagler, and Volusia Counties.