St. Augustine Beach Local News

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Thu, Aug 27, 2026

  1. Final vote may restrict e-bikes, scooters, and other electric rides
  2. City would take $163,924 more to fund 3% raises
  3. Commissioners will vet City Hall copy on the homestead tax cut
  4. Manager finalists may get investigator screening
  5. Tree-cutting shops may lose a city license to match new state law

Sun, Aug 23, 2026

  1. Residents challenge the SUN Trail route along A1A Beach Boulevard

Tue, Aug 18, 2026

  1. St. Augustine's free STAR circulator route expands onto Anastasia Island and the Beach

Wed, Aug 12, 2026

  1. 1013 A1A Beach Boulevard owners cited over an interior wall built without a permit
  2. Dead private-yard trees at 715 16th Street put the owner back on the code docket

Sun, Aug 9, 2026

  1. What you plant between the sidewalk and the street may need a city permit

Sat, Aug 8, 2026

  1. Beach police set National Night Out for October 6, 5 to 8 p.m.

Wed, Aug 5, 2026

  1. Beach commissioners balk at proposed $230K salary for next city manager
  2. City copied the county smoking and vaping ban onto beaches, the pier, and every parkette

Mon, Aug 3, 2026

  1. Even more meeting time went into copying the county smoking and vaping ban onto parks people already use
  2. Yet another night of e-bike rules ended with a first yes
  3. Next manager's pay range opens at $180,000–$230,000 — the old ceiling is the new floor
  4. City raised garbage bills for homes, rentals, and shops after the trash fund ran the wrong way
  5. Stormwater charge stayed on tax bills — the vote never named the amount

Wed, Jul 29, 2026

  1. Only one Beach commission seat is on the November ballot; two incumbents ran unopposed

Mon, Jul 27, 2026

  1. Household garbage headed from $335 toward $375 a year, plus recycling already at $50
  2. Tax notices go out at a 2.67 property tax rate after a 3–1 vote, above today's 2.50 and the no-raise rate
  3. Spend $40,000 to rebuild a public-works truck, a commissioner said, instead of $120,000 on a new one
  4. Draft budget holds headcount flat and still writes in 3% raises for every employee
  5. Tourist-tax cash should pay for Beach bathrooms, commissioners said; the city bill still does

Tue, Jul 21, 2026

  1. 7th Street house on commercial land came up with a 2.5-foot backyard cut to spare an oak
  2. Land-use plan the state had already voided as too tight on property came back anyway
  3. Mayday needed a city permit for ice cream tables at Anastasia Plaza

Tue, Jul 14, 2026

  1. Rumrell missed the first Beach commission meeting after voter-guide charges; the board did not take it up

Mon, Jul 13, 2026

  1. Vice mayor recast a homestead tax cut as $1.2 million city hall would rather keep
  2. Smoking and vaping in parks and on the pier got another night of tighter-rule talk
  3. Where adults may ride e-bikes went back after another night
  4. New state rules make a tax rate above the no-raise line need a supermajority — the city is still aiming above it
  5. Building permit fees slid through in a bundle with no separate debate

Thu, Jul 9, 2026

  1. Neighbors already said no to a tiny forest; the green committee still wrote $475 twice for a manager

Mon, Jul 6, 2026

  1. Beach commissioner Rumrell charged with two county commissioners in fake GOP voter-guide case

Fri, Jun 12, 2026

  1. Amici, a landmark St. Augustine Beach restaurant, will close by the end of June

Wed, Jun 10, 2026

  1. St. Augustine Beach cancelled the July Night Market, citing parking and summer crowds

Tue, Jun 9, 2026

  1. Staff priced a homestead tax cut at $1.1 million and listed new assessments as the backup
  2. Staff health coverage baked in a 10.4 percent hike on the city’s payroll bill
  3. Work to rein in electric bikes and mobility devices kept going
  4. Commission did an LLC a favor by allowing a house in a commercial zone
  5. Mayor: Beach generates a third of county tourism dollars; wants more tourist tax back

Wed, Jun 3, 2026

  1. St. Augustine Beach police called off an unpermitted teen takeover planned at the pier Thursday

Wed, May 27, 2026

  1. Air is back on at 1 Clipper Court; the city still started a $100-a-day permit clock
  2. Dumpster screens at Seaside Villas got a June 12 permit deadline

Tue, May 19, 2026

  1. First Watch got a permanent outdoor-dining OK for 34 plaza seats

Wed, May 13, 2026

  1. The St. Augustine Beach pier is closed for repairs until November after decayed pillars were found
  2. A suspect pulled a knife at the St. Augustine Beach Publix; an off-duty officer drew a gun

Mon, May 4, 2026

  1. Linda Mar pump upgrade of $150,000 passed in a bundle with no separate debate
  2. Tighter electric-bike rules kept burning meeting time
  3. Finance director said city worker medical insurance had climbed about 48 percent
  4. A $40,000 Nights of Lights shuttle pitch was heard; year-round service was left open
  5. 2–2 tie put off the 610 A1A house — still a special OK on commercial land

Thu, Apr 23, 2026

  1. St. Augustine Beach police are looking for the owner who left after unleashed dogs bit a cyclist

Wed, Apr 22, 2026

  1. Six months after a stop-work order, 47 Jabil Drive got 14 days then $250 a day
  2. Four windows at 2 Clipper Court now draw $250 a day each

Tue, Apr 21, 2026

  1. House on commercial 7th Street was put off after the oak that bought five homes came back
  2. Planners recommended a house at 610 A1A where the map still says business
  3. A lawn-care owner cleared towering brush for a St. Augustine Beach widow after her yard became a hazard

Thu, Apr 16, 2026

  1. Twenty new parking spots added on 4th Street

Thu, Apr 9, 2026

  1. Environmental committee voted to write more tree rules into Beach construction law

Wed, Apr 8, 2026

  1. St. Augustine Beach voters will decide on a three-term limit for city commissioners

Mon, Apr 6, 2026

  1. Sexual Assault Awareness Month was proclaimed in language that singled out LGBTQ and transgender victims
  2. Helmets, sidewalks, and tickets were ordered into a draft e-bike rule
  3. 4th Street paving held after one-third owner support on a $641,000 assessment job
  4. Audit tied about $820,000 more in service charges to the new stormwater fund
  5. $750,000 grant aimed at the old hotel rode with a three-year lease

Sat, Mar 14, 2026

  1. Joe Powell, 81, of St. Augustine Beach, died at home on March 14

Mon, Mar 2, 2026

  1. Gender-neutral language went into the city charter
  2. $32,344 in development fees paid for a police drone with no separate debate
  3. Manager’s contract was extended through December as the search lined up
  4. Neighbors pushed back as the county advanced a 12-foot trail on A1A Beach Boulevard
  5. Three-year lease path for the arts hotel got backing as tourist-tax money entered the talk
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