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Large sewer spill in St. Augustine neighborhood
The spill was caused by a blockage of items that should not have been flushed or put down the sink, the county said. Author: Jessica Clark Updated: 8:25 PM EDT July 26, 2021
ST. JOHNS COUNTY, Fla. At Holiday Lake in St. Augustine, animals dwell in and around it, homes line its banks and there is also a contraption nearby. It s a lift station which is a pumping station that moves wastewater from pipe to pipe.
This weekend, a line blockage caused wastewater – including sewage to back up and spill out onto the ground and into the lake, according to St. Johns County’s Environmental Division Manager Tony Cubbedge said.
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It’s hard to read the two-part (so far) saga of Brian Freeman’s sojourn in St. Augustine and remain unmoved.
As reported by The St. Augustine Record’s Peter Willott and Sheldon Gardner, the bare bones of Freeman’s story go like this:
Our photographer Peter Willott noticed the evolving garden, as did many other passers-by. He saw Freeman picking up trash on the side of the road. He rightly thought it was a story that needed to be told.
Because Freeman’s words revealed something that’s not often contemplated about homelessness: In the spring, I want people to drive on U.S. 1 and see the flowers and think of me.
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At the time of the article, he slept in a tent off Wildwood Drive, south of St. Augustine. He said he has been homeless since he was 12 and was crisscrossing the country before coming to St. Johns County about six months ago.
He told The Record in March that he picks up any kind of trash, debris, anything that could destroy waterways, or anything destroying the land. I do this because although I am homeless, I still love this world and God and I don t want to beg.
He decorated part of the area around the Moultrie Creek bridge with items found on the road and flowers.