25 Homes in P-Section Under Boil-Water Advisory After Water Main Break
FlaglerLive | January 27, 2012
Some 25 homes in Palm Coast's P-Section lost their water connection for a few hours and remain under a boil-water advisory for the next
No comment / Read More »Canvassing Board Certifies 1,095 Absentee Ballots, County Commission Picks Alternate
FlaglerLive | January 27, 2012
The three-member Flagler County Canvassing Board met at noon Friday to certify the first batch of primary election ballots ahead of Tuesday's vote. On
No comment / Read More »Debt, Divorce, Downsizing and Death: The Thriving State of Estate Sales in Palm Coast
FlaglerLive | January 26, 2012
Estate Sales have been the lifeblood of Diana Minotti's business in Palm Coast in the last four years, underscoring the extent--and occasional upside--of a
2 comments / Read More »Live-Blogging the GOP Jacksonville Debate, Reluctantly
FlaglerLive | January 26, 2012
Rather than on the GOP debate, everything suggests the television should be tuned to something more grabbing, whether its Nadal-Federer at the Australian Open
1 comment / Read More »Flip-Flops OK, Tuck-In Not Required: District’s Uniform Policy Will Be Relatively Permissive
FlaglerLive | January 25, 2012
The Flagler school board met this morning to iron out the wording of its new "uniform dress code" policy, which merely tightens existing standards
35 comments / Read More »When Even Hoboken Is Funny: Catholicism Optional in Flagler Playhouse’s “Nunsense”
FlaglerLive | January 25, 2012
What to do with four dead nuns in a freezer and no money for their burial? Why, throw a talent show and let the
2 comments / Read More »Flagler Beach Rotary Hosting Wing-Themed 5K Race on Feb. 11
FlaglerLive | January 25, 2012
The Flagler Beach Rotary's 5K Race at the Flagler County Airport will include helicopters, flyovers, resident planes on display as well as a peek
1 comment / Read More »Flagler 911: Graffiti Slurs in the R Section, Men Attacking Cops and Bar Brawls
FlaglerLive | January 24, 2012
A violent few days as angry men are arrested for aggravated battery, including violence on (and biting) cops, a noise complaint leads to two
8 comments / Read More »In Flagler Beach City Election, More Reruns Of Faces and Ideas Than Stark Choices
FlaglerLive | January 24, 2012
Two of the four candidates in the Flagler Beach municipal election on Jan. 31 have served on the commission before, a third has run
1 comment / Read More »JoAnne King, Who Oversaw Florida Hospital Flagler’s Hospice Expansion, Is Elevated to VP
FlaglerLive | January 24, 2012
As administrative director JoAnne King oversaw Florida Hospital Flagler's expansion into hospice care across county lines last year, a first for a Florida Hospital.
No comment / Read More »Grenade in a Tree in Woodland Home’s Yard Turns Out to be a Dummy as Bomb Squad Is Called In
FlaglerLive | January 24, 2012
Updated Tuesday with latest:A section of the Woodlands in Palm Coast was shut down to traffic and cordoned off after 7 p.m.
17 comments / Read More »Maintaining Low A, Flagler School District Is 29th in New Florida Ranking; St. Johns Is 1st
FlaglerLive | January 23, 2012
The new rankings by the state Department of Education are a first step in what will lead to school-by-school rankings in the near future.
17 comments / Read More »Gingrich Momentum in Florida Has Vanished, Romney Win Expected
FlaglerLive | January 27, 2012
4:36 p.m....Flip-flop again: the Gingrich lead in Florida was short-lived and, as it turns out, not so sweet. Romney is back ahead, comfortably, and expecting a solid win on Tuesday. In a rare
3 comments / Read More »Bloodied Candidates Stumble Toward Florida Finish as Gingrich Wilts and Romney Adjusts
FlaglerLive | January 27, 2012
Newt Gingrich was under fire from all sides at the 19th GOP primary debate in Jacksonville Thursday, looking weaker and less sure-footed than he had in South Carolina, and ceding the advantage to Mitt Romney
4 comments / Read More »Florida’s Plan to Privatize 30 Prisons Fast-Tracks to the Dismay of Guards and Others
FlaglerLive | January 26, 2012
A legislative proposal to privatize about 30 prisons in most of the southern part of Florida is headed for the Senate floor after a vote in the Budget Committee that angered prison guards who feel
12 comments / Read More »Alzheimer’s Disease Research:
Florida’s Inexcusable Indifference to Funding
FlaglerLive | January 26, 2012
Florida, the state with the largest per-capita population over age 65, invests zero dollars in Alzheimer's research, though one in 40 Floridian has the disease--and half do over age 85. Nancy Smith argues the
No comment / Read More »Gingrich Surge Wipes Out Romney Advantage in Florida While Improving Obama’s Numbers
FlaglerLive | January 26, 2012
The latest Quinnipiac polls have Gingrich tied with Romney ion Florida, but losing badly to Obama in a head-to-head race, while Romney's slight advantage over Obama two weeks ago has also vanished.
3 comments / Read More »Full Text of Proposed Uniform Policy for Flagler County Schools
FlaglerLive | January 25, 2012
The full text of the proposed "uniform dress code" policy the Flagler County School board agreed to on Jan. 25, and is scheduled to vote on adopting, at its Jan. 31 meeting.
25 comments / Read More »Roe Back: Florida Would Ban Abortions After 20 Weeks and Require 24-Hr Waiting Periods
FlaglerLive | January 25, 2012
A Republican-dominated House subcommittee approved three anti-abortion bills in party-line votes Tuesday, after testimony and debate that reflected the country's deep divide over abortion.
9 comments / Read More »Mitt Romney’s Tax Returns: A Guide
FlaglerLive | January 24, 2012
As one of the richest men ever to run for President, Romney's filings are enormously complex, and the subject of close scrutiny. News organizations are making their way through the returns. Here's
2 comments / Read More »In Another Move To Charters, Florida Would Give Parents More Say Over Failing Schools
FlaglerLive | January 24, 2012
Parents of children in chronically failing schools would get greater power to force the schools to change, including the possibility they could make the school into a charter school or contract its management out, under
11 comments / Read More »The Live Poll:
Gingrich, Paul, Romney, Santorum?
FlaglerLive | January 24, 2012
We believe in open primaries, so cast your vote, whatever your party affiliation, for the four contenders in the GOP presidential primary.
36 comments / Read More »Don’t Ban Internet Cafés. Regulate Them.
Pierre Tristam | January 23, 2012
Internet cafés may be a pest, and their proponents make laughable arguments when they claim they’re not about gambling. But it's not government's business to ban them while swinging from the lottery's levers. Regulation is
10 comments / Read More »Florida Virtual School Students’ AP Results Beat Brick and Mortar Peers’, at Less Cost
FlaglerLive | January 23, 2012
Online students at Florida Virtual School, the state's virtual extension of the public school system, outperformed their traditional-school peers on Advanced Placement tests in 2011 for $2,159 less per student.
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Bunnell’s Barbara Korn and FPC’s Sarah Poppe Win School District’s Top Honors for 2012
The 2012 Teachers and Employees of the Year at the Flagler Auditorium Thursday evening featured every school's nominees and a cheer-leading crowd with shrieking lung capacities.
Jan 12, 2012 / More »
Flagler 911: Graffiti Slurs in the R Section, Men Attacking Cops and Bar Brawls
A violent few days as angry men are arrested for aggravated battery, including violence on (and biting) cops, a noise complaint leads to two arrests over an underage drinking party on Brooklyn Lane,
Jan 24, 2012 / More »
Flagler County Jail Daily Bookings: Oct. 29-Nov. 4, 2011
Flagler County jail daily bookings for the week of Oct. 28-Nov. 4, 2011. With links to inmate search functions, visitation rules and correspondence requirements.
Nov 4, 2011 / More »
Gingrich Momentum in Florida Has Vanished, Romney Win Expected
4:36 p.m....Flip-flop again: the Gingrich lead in Florida was short-lived and, as it turns out, not so sweet. Romney is back ahead, comfortably, and expecting a solid win on Tuesday. In
Jan 27, 2012 / More »
Hollingsworth Gallery Lets Its Members Rip in New Show; Art League Does The Open
Hollingsworth Gallery in Palm Coast opens its annual members show Saturday evening with new works that range from the overtly provocative to the contemplative. The Flagler County Art League opens with a humbler
Jan 14, 2012 / More »
Philip Roth’s Everyman
In Everyman, this is the Philip Roth writing the eulogy from behind the ordinariness, the Roth who reads hearts like America’s best social cardiologist, still writing like it’s a midday office
Dec 11, 2011 / More »
For a Happy Saturnalian Christmas:
How To have A Good Time
Fulton J. Sheen was that rarity of Catholic sermonizers: he was witty, earthy and unfriendly to religion's two heels : dogma and doctrine. "How to Have a Good Time" is one of his
Dec 24, 2011 / More »
Alzheimer’s Disease Research:
Florida’s Inexcusable Indifference to Funding
Florida, the state with the largest per-capita population over age 65, invests zero dollars in Alzheimer's research, though one in 40 Floridian has the disease--and half do over age 85. Nancy Smith
Jan 26, 2012 / More »
