Government

Historic City News reporters learned that the Federal Bureau of Investigation ran 202,465 criminal background checks on Black Friday alone this year, seen as a strong indicator of gun sales.  In fact, according to an […]

On December 2, 2019, the City of St Augustine Beach held a Regular Commission Meeting, discussing and presenting issues like an appointment to the Comprehensive Planning and Zoning Board, Beach Blast Off into 2020, amendments […]

St Johns County state legislator Cyndi Stevenson will try again to secure funding to preserve the tower of the iconic St Augustine Lighthouse.  Since 2017, the St Augustine Republican has unsuccessfully pushed for the St […]

Historic City News learned this week that there are two announced candidates for the office of the Supervisor of Elections; the incumbent Republican Vicky Oakes and Ed Slavin who has declared to run as a […]

St Johns County notified Historic City News under the Neighborhood Bill of Rights that there will be a discussion about temporary morning hours access and parking to beach access points on Ponte Vedra Boulevard from […]

St Johns County Director of Communications Michael Ryan reported to Historic City News that all departments of the St Johns County Board of County Commissioners, St Johns County Administrative offices, and the Pet Center will […]

Today the State of Florida took possession of the 57-acre property referred to as Fish Island.  The successful acquisition of this conservation land would not have been possible if not for the dedication and hard […]

During the regular Tuesday meeting of the Board of St Johns County Commissioners, a vote was taken to immediately terminate the remaining contract with 69-year-old Michael David Wanchick, the embattled County Administrator whose last contract […]

When Freshman City Commissioner John Valdes of St Augustine floated a proposal for a referendum to be placed on the ballot in the upcoming Presidential Preference Election that would silence the City’s 14,000 voters when […]

It was a low-speed escape, but taxpayers in the City of St Augustine witnessed almost a half-million dollars, lifted from city reserve funds March 5th, as it made its escape out of the city limits, […]