St. Johns County Labor Day Holiday Hours
All departments of the St. Johns County Board of County Commissioners, St. Johns County Administrative offices, library branches, the Supervisor of Elections’ Office, the Property Appraiser’s Office, the Tax Collector’s Office, and the Clerk of Court’s Office will be closed Monday, September 7 in observance of Labor Day. All offices and branches will resume standard business hours on Tuesday, September 8.
Garbage, recycling, and yard debris collection schedules will not be delayed. The Tillman Ridge and Stratton Road solid waste scale houses will remain open on the holiday during standard business hours.
Flagler Hospital COVID-19 Testing Site Closed September 7
Due to the Labor Day holiday, the COVID-19 testing site at Flagler Hospital will be closed Monday, September 7. The site will reopen on Tuesday, September 8. The free COVID-19 testing site is available from 7 to 11 a.m. each weekday in Parking Lot B at Flagler Hospital, 400 Health Park Blvd. For more information, please visit www.sjcfl.us or call 904.824.5550.
Driving on the Beach
Do most people enjoy the presence of vehicles churning up sand, emitting noise and gas, and endangering pedestrians on a beach? Do most people not care about the natural beauty of a beach and its desecration by unnatural, inappropriate machines? Do people enjoy the beach-length trenches gouged out by wheels, which are not only ugly, but dangerous? (Careful—don’t step in one and twist an ankle!) Do people find it not a little absurd to have their property taxes pay for other vehicles to come and smooth out the trenches before they’re gouged out again the next day? Before moving to St. Augustine I never saw people driving vehicles across a beach. Am I an oversensitive idiot who enjoys the natural beauty of a beach, or are there others who feel as I do? If there are others who would like the driving of vehicles restricted to roads made for that purpose, what can we do about it?