Archive for April, 2008

Florida Capital to close US 1 location

Florida Capital to close US 1 location

According to an announcement from Senior Vice President Suzanne Brown received by Historic City Media this morning, Florida Capital Bank will be closing its location at 1700 US 1 South on Friday, July 18th. This announcement surprised some customers since the bank location was only established in 2005 on the site of the former Long [...]

April 23, 2008 | 3 Comments More
St. Augustine Archaeological Association

St. Augustine Archaeological Association

The May meeting of St. Augustine Archaeological Association (SAAA) will feature a lecture including a review of work done in 2007 by four Contract Archaeologists. According to an announcement received by Historic City Media, Mike Arbuthnot: Laser documentation of the A. L. Lewis Arch, Bryan Marks: Historic Roads – Old Dixie & Kings Highway, Greg [...]

April 23, 2008 | 0 Comments More
Precautionary Boil Water Notice

Precautionary Boil Water Notice

The Public Works Department of the City of St. Augustine will be making improvements to the water system in and around the Lewis Speedway area. This will require a water outage and a possible drop in pressure from 9:00 A.M. to 2:00 P.M. tomorrow, Wednesday, April 23, 2008.

April 22, 2008 | 0 Comments More
Costeira Promoted to Captain

Costeira Promoted to Captain

A firefighter for the City of St. Augustine for more than 21 years, James (J. C.) Costeira was promoted to the rank of Captain in a ceremony held at the St. Augustine Fire Department on Monday, April 14, 2008. Costeira, who achieved the rank of lieutenant in July 2000, is shown being pinned for his [...]

April 22, 2008 | 2 Comments More
Quarterly Special Operations Training

Quarterly Special Operations Training

St. Johns County Fire Rescue coordinated with the City of Palatka for their quarterly Special Operations Training, according to a report filed by St. Johns County Administrator, Michael D. Wanchick.

April 22, 2008 | 0 Comments More
New Businesses through 04/20/2008

New Businesses through 04/20/2008

Begin Business Date: 04/14/2008 End Business Date: 04/20/2008 From the records of DENNIS W. HOLLINGSWORTH

April 22, 2008 | 0 Comments More
Smokin’ D’s

Smokin’ D’s

According to Smokin’ Daryl, it takes 6 – 15 hours to make authentic, fresh smoked BBQ. “That means you either get up real early to start your smokin’ or you serve yesterday’s meat”. At Smokin’ D’s, they choose to get up early — in the case of brisket, they start the night before!

April 22, 2008 | 2 Comments More
County Administrator’s Bi-Weekly Letter

County Administrator’s Bi-Weekly Letter

The St. Johns County Administrator’s Bi-Weekly Letter filed Friday, April 18, 2008, provided announcements regarding the following members of the Board: Commissioner Jim Bryant attended the 2nd Annual Chase-Rescorla Scholarship Fundraiser on Friday, April 5, at the Renaissance Resort at World Golf Village.

April 22, 2008 | 0 Comments More
15 year old charged with string of thefts

15 year old charged with string of thefts

A fifteen year old white male wearing a baseball cap and a gray sweatshirt with the number “4” on the back was seen riding a bicycle through a quiet neighborhood in the area of Abbey and Varella Avenue Saturday morning. That juvenile is now suspected in the commission of several thefts according to an incident [...]

April 21, 2008 | 0 Comments More
City PZB Meeting to Rerun

City PZB Meeting to Rerun

The Wednesday, April 16 meeting of the City of St. Augustine Planning and Zoning Board will be rebroadcast in its entirety on Wednesday, April 23 at 9:00am on GTV, Comcast Channel 3, according to an announcement received by Historic City Media this afternoon.

April 21, 2008 | 0 Comments More
Tour Wars

Tour Wars

When it was announced that Bozard Ford was moving to SR 16 and I-95 and that their landmark location had been purchased for nearly $2.8 Million dollars by local hotelier Kanti Patel, rumors were flying about what was in store.

April 20, 2008 | 5 Comments More
“Chamber of Commerce” weather

“Chamber of Commerce” weather

Within a week, we go from chilly, windy and raining weather to bikinis and barbecue! The last of the spring break crowd was treated to some beautiful summer like weather today and nobody wasted any time getting to the beach. Today’s high temperatures were in the 80′s and that means perfect conditions for fishing, skim [...]

April 20, 2008 | 0 Comments More