Category: Government

Local psychologist Sue Adine Middleton-Bates, Ph.D., donated her Davis Shores home to the City as a center for its Archaeology Division in 2007; subject to a stipulation reserving the life estate of her husband, Dr. Henry Bates.

Monday night, Historic City News local government reporters will watch as First America Foundation, Inc. Chairman Donald W. Wallis faces members of the St. Augustine City Commission – and the public – and may give some idea of how he is using the $275,000 in “seed money” he was given.

The St. Johns County Republican Executive Committee invited Historic City News reporters to attend this evening’s grand opening of a permanent office for the Republican Party locally in St. Augustine.

Historic City News has learned that Dr. Terrence R. Steiner, the medical examiner who performed forensic autopsies in criminal investigation for twenty-one years in St. Johns, Flagler and Putnam counties, resigned last week at the age of 65.

St. Johns County Public Information Officer Rob Weber provided Historic City News the schedule for various St. Johns County facilities that will observe Martin Luther King Jr. Day.

Historic City News readers looking for a bargain on a used airplane may have found their golden opportunity as Florida Governor Rick Scott moves to fulfill a campaign promise to sell two state-owned airplanes.

Thank you! Governor Crist, thank you for your graciousness. Mr.President, Mr. Speaker, Members of the Cabinet, Mr. Chief Justice and members of the Supreme Court. Distinguished guests and my fellow Floridians.

The St. Augustine City Commission wrapped up 2010 with two important tasks that were reported to Historic City News – assignment of commissioners to local area boards and review of commission-appointed committees.