Category: Government

By the close of business Friday, Historic City News learned that elections officials around the state were scratching their heads as they read a directive distributed by Secretary of State Ken Detzner which has a direct impact on how St Johns County voters cast their absentee ballots in the upcoming 2014 elections.

Offices of the City of St. Augustine will be closed on Thursday and Friday, November 28 and 29 in observance of the Thanksgiving holiday.

All departments of the St. Johns County Board of County Commissioners, St. Johns County Administrative offices, branches of the Public Library, and the Pet Center will be closed Thursday, November 28, and Friday, November 29, in observance of Thanksgiving.

Historic City News was notified that city staff will survey and devise a management plan for future use of the public beach property at Lighthouse Park; including the posting of public areas, connecting beach areas with public streets, and designing an area to be used for regulated boat storage.

After two prior workshops reported by Historic City News, the St Augustine city commission took an additional step during its regular meeting last week towards getting the city’s visioning initiative off the ground.

The regular meeting of the St Johns County Board of Commissioners was held Tuesday November 19, 2013, in the County Auditorium in the St Johns County Administration Palace located at 500 San Sebastian View in St Augustine.

In what some are calling a “surprise”, and others are calling “expected”, the last junior member of the St Johns County Board of Commissioners has been tapped to serve as Vice Chairman. Rachael Bennett, who defeated the sitting chairman, Ken Bryan, in the last Republican Primary Election, was nominated by Ron Sanchez, seconded by Jay…

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