Drug Court commended and recognized
The scientific community has put Drug Courts under a microscope and concluded that Drug Courts work; today, commissioners “made it official” in a proclamation recognizing local drug court successes and naming May as Drug Court Month in St Johns County.



US Representative John L. Mica notified Historic City News local reporters that just thirteen days after calling an emergency meeting with VA officials at St. Augustine City Hall, final accreditation for the Clyde E. Lassen State VA Nursing Home in St. Augustine has been granted.
Becky Reichenberg, Republican State Committee Woman for St. Johns County, alerted Historic City News that tomorrow, Monday May 2, 2011, the Duval County Republican Party will hold an important press conference concerning the imminent Jacksonville elections.
Karen Y. Kirksey reported to Historic City News that in recent court orders through April 12, 2011, the Florida Supreme Court disciplined 16 attorneys — disbarring three, suspending ten and issuing public reprimands to three.
“We will be temporarily closing the Ponte Vedra Beach Branch of the Tax Collector’s Office located at 5430 Palm Valley Road, for remodeling designed to better serve our taxpayers,” St Johns County Tax Collector Dennis W. Hollingsworth, C.F.C., told Historic City News.
St. Johns County spokesman, Rob Weber, has announced to local reporters at Historic City News that applications are currently being accepted for the following Board and Committee vacancies.
Project Manager Greg Caldwell reported to Historic City News that the St. Johns County Engineering Division will hold a public meeting to present improvements planned for the US-1 and SR-312 intersection.
St. Augustine Public Information Coordinator Cathy DuPont informed local Historic City News reporters today that the Planning and Building Department has scheduled a public meeting for Thursday evening to discuss the real estate development at the Florida School for the Deaf and the Blind.