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Martin Luther King Jr holiday schedule City offices closed, no change in solid waste schedule Offices for the City of St. Augustine will be closed on Monday, January 15 in observance of the Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. holiday, but solid waste collections will remain on their regular schedule. St. Johns County Martin Luther King,…

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Martha Graham, Director of Public Works for the City of St. Augustine, has announced to local Historic City News reporters that she will retire from her position as Public Works Director for the City effective March 30, 2018.

Under Old Business at this morning’s meeting of the St Augustine Beach City Commission, held at City Hall on Saturday, January 6th, at 9: 00 a.m., Historic City News learned some disturbing news for those who will come before the commission in the future.

Historic City News has obtained the 39 applications submitted by volunteers who have asked to be considered for appointment to a seven-member Confederate Memorial Contextualization Advisory Committee by the City of St Augustine.

It’s not unusual for the end of one year and the start of the next to be a time for both reflection and looking ahead, and such is the case for St. Augustine’s City Manager John Regan.

Thirty-nine applicants have asked to be considered for appointment to a seven-member Confederate Memorial Contextualization Advisory Committee; but, before the St Augustine City Commission names the members, City Manager John Regan will review the applications and select his seven recommendations.

Each year, Historic City News compiles and analyzes Human Resources data on all local government employees working in St Johns County.  We prepare the following report and publish the hire date, name, position and income of all public employees who are paid $80,000 or more each year, plus benefits.

There are between 1,320 and 6,630 transgender troops currently in U.S. military uniform, according to a RAND Corp. study. However, a legal challenge was filed by the Department of Justice in July, the purpose of which was to block transgender people from openly enlisting in the armed services in the future.