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Community News 5 Ponte Vedra Recorder · August 27, 2015 IN REMEMBRANCE JAMES A. BOYLAN JR. James Aloysius Boylan, Jr., 81, of Sawgrass in Ponte Vedra Beach, FL., passed away peacefully on August 17, 2015 after a long illness. Known by his family and friends as “Jim”, he was born in White Plains, NY, on March 9, BOYLAN 1934, the third child of Margaret Regina Boylan (nee O’Brien) and James Aloysius Boylan. Jim graduated from Scarsdale High School in 1951 and Lehigh University in 1956 with a Bachelor of Arts degree and a commission as a Second Lieutenant after completing the Army ROTC program. He served in the US ARMY from April 1956 until October 1956. COMMUNITY BRIEFS County plans public budget hearings In conjunction with the annual budget process, members of the community are invited to attend to public hearings to provide feedback on the Fiscal Year 2016 St. Johns County Budget. The public hearings are scheduled for 5:30 p.m. on Sept. 8 and Sept. 24 in the Board of County Commissioners Auditorium, 500 San Sebastian View in St. Augustine. The budget workbook is available online at http://www.co.st-johns.fl.us/ OMB/media/Budget2016/2016.Recommended.Budget.pdf and the calendar may be viewed online at www.co.stjohns.fl.us/OMB/media/FY16CountyBudgetCalendar.pdf. For more information, call the St. Johns County Office of Management and Budget at (904) 209-0572. Concealed weapon permit renewals accepted at County Tax Collector’s Office Following tremendous success with processing new concealed weapons permit applications, interested Floridians are now able to renew their concealed weapons permit at the Lewis Speedway office of St. Johns County Tax Collector Dennis W. Hollingsworth, CFC. The St. Augustine Main Office first started processing new CWPs in April and had 23 customers that month. The number of applications swelled to 127 taken in July, prompting the expansion of service to now include renewals. “As your St. Johns County Tax Collector, I am committed to making your transactions with State