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RFK’s Vaccine Disinformation is Distorting Science and Threatening Public Health

January 18, 2025 | FlaglerLive | 22 Comments

Caryn Prather, Flagler County Fire Rescue's Community Paramedic and one of the leaders of the county's 10-months-long Covid-testing program, getting her first dose of the Moderna vaccine on Tuesday at the Emergency Operations Center. She was one of about 20 people inoculated. (© FlaglerLive)

Doctors, scientists and public health researchers have expressed concerns that Kennedy would turn his views into policies that could undermine public health. As a case in point, news reports have highlighted how Kennedy’s lawyer, Aaron Siri, has in recent years petitioned the Food and Drug Administration to withdraw or suspend approval of numerous vaccines over alleged safety concerns.

The Daily Cartoon and Live Briefing: Saturday, January 18, 2025

January 18, 2025 | FlaglerLive | 1 Comment

Move to Canada? by Harley Schwadron, CagleCartoons.com

The Martin Luther King Day celebration and parade in Bunnell, Coffee With Commissioner Scott Spradley returns, ‘Every Brilliant Thing,’ at Palm Coast’s City Repertory Theatre, ‘Exit Laughing,’ at Daytona Playhouse, Woodrow Wilson’s racism.

Rule of Law Lost in Hush Money Sentencing of Trump

January 17, 2025 | FlaglerLive | 39 Comments

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Trump won’t be able to buy a gun in some states, travel to 38 countries including Canada and Japan without a waiver, or do jury duty. Yet Trump was sentenced only to an “unconditional discharge”, meaning he will face no further penalties. Nearly half of people convicted of the same crime in the state of New York would go to prison, and Trump could have faced a fine of up to US$170,000.

Exhibit Features May Pang’s Intimate Photos of John Lennon’s ‘Lost Weekend,’ at Ocean Art Gallery

January 17, 2025 | FlaglerLive | Leave a Comment

A Face in the Crowd: John Lennon at Disney (May Pang/Ocean Art Gallery)

Few people knew John Lennon as intimately as May Pang. Pang was Lennon’s lover during the infamous “Lost Weekend” which lasted 18 months during late 1973 through 1975. During this highly creative time for Lennon, Pang took candid photos of Lennon in a comfortable, relaxed environment. A collection of these private photographs including several taken at Disney World, will be on display and available for purchase at Ocean Art Gallery in Ormond Beach on Jan, 21 and 22. Admission to the exhibit is free to the public. All works are available to purchase – See John Lennon as May saw him.

‘I’ll Handle This the Florida Way’: Man Arrested in Road Rage Incident in Seminole Woods

January 17, 2025 | FlaglerLive | 10 Comments

Jordan Rivers.

Sheriff’s deputies arrested Jordan Frazier Rivers, 28, at his home at 4 Sleepy Hollow Trail on two felony charges of aggravated assault with a deadly weapon following a road-rage incident in Seminole Woods where two people say Rivers pulled a gun on them at a street intersection, and told them “I’ll handle this the Florida way.”

Marineland Suspends All Event Permits Until Town and Flagler County Comply with State’s River to Sea Park Rules

January 17, 2025 | FlaglerLive | 7 Comments

Where Ragga Surf Cafe used to be: the south end of the River to Sea Preserve's parking lot in Marineland has returned to its former look, with Ragga Surf Cafe's food truck and two campers gone, along with nearly two dozen picnic tables that had spread on the grounds and along the boardwalk. The county has covered the formerly occupied space with straw, sopping up whatever fluids may have leaked from the vehicles' four-month presence there. Marineland and Flagler County government are striving to return to compliance with state rules controlling the preserve. (© FlaglerLive)

The Marineland Town Commission Thursday evening agreed to suspend all permitting of special events, including vendor markets, 5K runs and weddings anywhere on the grounds of the River to Sea preserve–a public park–until the town and Flagler County government are in full compliance with the management terms of the preserve both had violated. The suspension is not a small matter for Marineland, whose character as a town with only a handful of residents and just one private business is defined at least in part by the events that take place in town, especially in connection with its natural amenities. 

Senator Files Bill to Scrap Later Start Times for High School Students, Putting Transportation Ahead of Student Needs

January 17, 2025 | FlaglerLive | 16 Comments

Transportation issues, not student health or best practices--which call for later start times for older students--are driving the renewed debate on school schedules. (© FlaglerLive)

With Florida school districts facing a 2026 deadline, a Senate Republican on Friday filed a proposal that would repeal requirements aimed at later start times for many high schools. The proposal would benefit Flagler County schools, where officials in 2023 devised a new start times, but in the opposite direction. Supporters of later start times have argued that the changes would help high-school students get more sleep. But the requirements have faced concerns from school districts about issues such as bus schedules.

Freytag Cancer Center at AdventHealth Palm Coast Opens

January 17, 2025 | FlaglerLive | 8 Comments

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The Freytag Cancer Center at AdventHealth Palm Coast officially opened on Jan. 16, revolutionizing cancer care in Flagler County. This facility, made possible by many donors, including Peter and Sue Freytag of Palm Coast, offers advanced medical treatments and compassionate care closer to home.

The Daily Cartoon and Live Briefing: Friday, January 17, 2025

January 17, 2025 | FlaglerLive | 8 Comments

Statue of Liberty Universal Help Hand Signal by Ed Wexler, CagleCartoons.com

The great Crystal Gayle at the Fitz, ‘Every Brilliant Thing,’ at Palm Coast’s City Repertory Theatre, ‘Crimes of the Heart’ at St. Augustine’s Limelight Theatre, Chekhov.

2024 Was Deadliest Year on Record for Reporters

January 16, 2025 | FlaglerLive | Leave a Comment

A still from a Committee to Protect Journalists safety video.

Since 7 October 2023, at least 146 journalists have been killed in Gaza, the West Bank, Israel, and Lebanon, though the actual numbers are likely much higher, as the CPJ is investigating numerous unconfirmed reports of other journalists being killed, missing or detained. Meanwhile, foreign journalists are denied access to Gaza by Israeli authorities.

Traffic-Calming Speed ‘Cushions’ Coming to Cimmaron and Florida Park Drive

January 16, 2025 | FlaglerLive | 6 Comments

A traffic-calming study’s first phase will begin on January 22, with the installation of speed cushions on Cimmaron Drive and Florida Park Drive.

Palm Coast’s Planning Board Approves $12 Million Construction Plan for New Public Works and Utility Facility Off U.S. 1

January 16, 2025 | FlaglerLive | 14 Comments

A rendering of the future Maintenance Operations Center off U.S. 1.

The Palm Coast Planning Board on Wednesday unanimously approved the construction plan for phase one of the city’s own Maintenance Operations Center on U.S. 1, a project a decade in the works that will consolidate public works, stormwater and the Utility Department’s administrative offices on the same grounds i what, over the next half century, will prove to be the new center of the city as it expands west. It’s not as if the board was in a position to object.

DeSantis Names Ashley Moody to Rubio’s Senate Seat, and James Uthmeier as Attorney General

January 16, 2025 | FlaglerLive | 5 Comments

Gov. Ron DeSantis on Thursday announced his selection of Attorney General Ashley Moody to serve in the U.S. Senate. (Tom Urban/NSF)

Ahley Moody, a Republican who was first elected attorney general in 2018, has been a close ally of DeSantis in fights against the Biden administration on issues such as immigration enforcement. DeSantis also said he will appoint his chief of staff, James Uthmeier, to succeed Moody as attorney general.

Despite Extension, City Manager Opening Draws Just 38 Applicants; Only 1 Managed a City of Palm Coast’s Size

January 16, 2025 | FlaglerLive | 25 Comments

The Palm Coast city manager's chair has been more musical than it appears here. (© FlaglerLive)

Only 38 candidates have applied to be Palm Coast’s next city manager. The general quality of applicants is not stellar: top-flight candidates are not beating down the city’s door. Less than half the applicants (17) have previous city manager experience. Only a handful of those have managed a city with more than 50,000 people. Among the three, only one has managed a city with a population close to Palm Coast’s 107,000 (the current city manager of Edison, N.J.)

In ‘Every Brilliant Thing,’ City Rep Produces the ‘Most Hilarious Show About Depression You’ve Ever Seen’

January 16, 2025 | FlaglerLive | Leave a Comment

* Brent Jordan portrays the Narrator in City Repertory Theatre’s production of “Every Brilliant Thing.” FlaglerLive photo

“Every Brilliant Thing” a one-man play, is the story of a man who as a child sought to cope with his mother’s depression and suicidal tendencies, and to find a way to cheer her up. At first glance, “Every Brilliant Thing” may seem to be a play that labors and strains under the profound, harsh realities of depression and suicide. But a critic called it “the most hilarious show about depression you’ve ever seen.”

The Daily Cartoon and Live Briefing: Thursday, January 16, 2025

January 16, 2025 | FlaglerLive | 13 Comments

Fact Checking Department by Dave Whamond, Canada, PoliticalCartoons.com

The cold-weather shelter opens again as temperatures dip into the 30s, Marineland and Flagler County workshop a new agreement over park land, ‘Exit Laughing,’ at Daytona Playhouse, Elvis’s Aloha from Hawaii.

Panama to U.S. and China: Buzz Off

January 15, 2025 | FlaglerLive | 8 Comments

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Panama is aware of the importance of its key geopolitical asset and keen to balance U.S. and Chinese interests with its own desire to run the canal without undue influence from either Washington or Beijing.

Flagler Cares Offers One-Stop Help Night on Range of Social, Medical and Legal Services

January 15, 2025 | FlaglerLive | 3 Comments

Help Night is at Flagler County Village at City Marketplace in Palm Coast Wednesday afternoon and evening. (© FlaglerLive)

Join Flagler Cares and other community partners for this one-stop Help Night offering a range of social, medical, legal and other services from 3 to 7 p.m. Jan. 29 at Flagler County Village, City Marketplace, 160 Cypress Point Parkway in Palm Coast. Help Night is on the third floor of Building B, Suite 304.

It’s Not Your Imagination: Palm Coast Homes Used as Vacation Rentals Increase by 70% in 2 Years, to Over 500

January 15, 2025 | FlaglerLive | 20 Comments

Many single-family homes in Palm Coast are being built expressly to capitalize on the short-term vacation rental market. (© FlaglerLive)

It’s not your imagination. The number of single-family homes used as short-term vacation rentals has increased by 60 percent in two years across Flagler County, while the number of vacation rentals in Palm Coast alone, where most of the growth is concentrated, has surged by 70 percent, with the overwhelming share of those in single-family homes, condos or town houses.

Revamped Proposal to Legalize Recreational Pot in Florida Emerges, With Tweaks to Blunt Opposition

January 15, 2025 | FlaglerLive | 8 Comments

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Two months after a similar measure failed to garner enough voter support to pass, a political committee bankrolled by the state’s largest medical-marijuana company has launched a new effort to allow recreational pot in Florida. The revamped proposal, filed Tuesday at the state Division of Elections by the Smart & Safe Florida committee, would go on the 2026 ballot. It seeks to address a number of issues raised by Gov. Ron DeSantis, who led a drive to defeat last year’s proposed constitutional amendment.

After Ragga Surf Cafe Exit, Flagler County and Marineland Seek to Win Back State’s Trust in Preserve Management

January 15, 2025 | FlaglerLive | Leave a Comment

The boardwalk at the River-to-Sea Preserve in marineland has regained its old look, minus the tables and parasols, which belonged to Ragga Surf Cafe. After the county evicted the cafe from the Preserve, Ragga Surf set up operations in downtown St. Augustine. (© FlaglerLive)

Flagler County government and the Town of Marineland administration have drafted a joint plan to reassure the state agency with oversight of the River to Sea Preserve that the two local governments are still capable of managing the Preserve, which had fallen out of compliance with state requirements and put both governments at risk of losing ownership. Meanwhile, Ragga Surf cafe has left Marineland and will reopen at a location in St. Augustine on Friday.

Jury in Minutes Finds Daniel Rodriguez, 27, Guilty on All Charges of Raping and Molesting Boy; Life In Prison Next

January 15, 2025 | FlaglerLive | 5 Comments

By the time he took the stand in his own defense today, the jury mostly ignored Daniel Rodriguez as he testified. (© FlaglerLive)

A jury of three men and three women found Daniel Rodriguez, 27, guilty on all charges of sexually assaulting and molesting a young boy he had groomed and befriended since he was 10, and started abusing when he was 11, until he was 13. The abuse took place in Palm Coast between 2020 and 2022. Rodriguez faces mandatory life in prison without parole when he is sentenced at a later date. The judge will have no discretion to lessen the sentence.

The Daily Cartoon and Live Briefing: Wednesday, January 15, 2025

January 15, 2025 | FlaglerLive | 1 Comment

Growing up to be Convicted Felon... AND President by Pat Byrnes, PoliticalCartoons.com

The cold-weather shelter opens tonight, the Tourist Development Council meets, the Palm Coast Planning and Land Development Board hears the site plan application for Palm Coast’s future maintenance operations center, the hottest year on record.

Beware Snowbirds: The Far Right Is Growing in Canada, Too

January 14, 2025 | FlaglerLive | 9 Comments

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A book on the far right in Canada, “The Great Right North,” shows that events like the Freedom Convoy are representative of where the far right is going, how it is recruiting, how it is communicating internally and with Canadians at large, and how it is progressing in the national political discourse, with similarities with the United State’s maga movement.

Ag Commissioner Sees No Harm to Florida Farms from Migrants’ Deportations

January 14, 2025 | FlaglerLive | 8 Comments

A potato field in West Flagler. (© FlaglerLive)

Agriculture Commissioner Wilton Simpson advocated for a more simplified agriculture working visa program Tuesday, but played down prospects that mass deportations under President-elect Donald Trump’s administration would harm Florida farms.

Rebuffing Conservationists, Fed Officials Will Keep Manatee ‘Threatened,’ Not Endangered

January 14, 2025 | FlaglerLive | 2 Comments

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The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service is expected today to publish a proposed rule that details its reasons for keeping the threatened classification. Meanwhile, the proposed rule would change the classification from threatened to endangered for what are known as Antillean manatees, which are found in Puerto Rico.

The Paints They Are A-Changin’: Palm Coast May Lift Most Restrictions on House Colors

January 14, 2025 | FlaglerLive | 37 Comments

The navy blue property in Palm Coast that kicked off the whole debate about the city's paint rules and restrictions, which may be close to ending for the most part. (Palm Coast)

The Palm Coast City Council appears on the verge of repealing most restrictions on house colors. As a consequence, homeowners would be allowed to paint houses in darker, less light-reflecting colors than allowed in the city’s 25-year history. But the move occurs in opposition to environmental trends that are encouraging lighter, whiter urban colors as a tool of fighting climate change, as darker colors absorb heat rather than reflect light and require homes to spend more energy on cooling.

On the Stand, Alleged Victim Describes Sex Assaults Since He Was 11 by ‘Father Figure’ and ‘Best Friend’

January 14, 2025 | FlaglerLive | 3 Comments

Daniel Rodriguez in court today. (© FlaglerLive)

Daniel Revay Rodriguez, now 27, is accused of sexually assaulting a young boy over several years after grooming him and his family by making himself an essential father figure and by showering the boy with expensive gifts, food and at times pot. His trial began Monday. He faces mandatory life in prison if he is convicted.

Sheriff Staly Appoints Joseph Barile His Chief Deputy, Filling Post That Stood Empty for 6 Years

January 14, 2025 | FlaglerLive | Leave a Comment

Cmdr. Joseph Barile. (© FlaglerLive)

Sheriff Rick Staly announced today that he has appointed Commander Joseph Barile as the Chief Deputy of the Flagler County Sheriff’s Office. The Chief Deputy will be responsible for law enforcement and court and detention operations.

The Daily Cartoon and Live Briefing: Tuesday, January 14, 2025

January 14, 2025 | FlaglerLive | 2 Comments

In Florida, it's the logical next step. (Bill Day)

The cold-weather shelter opens, the Palm Coast City Council meets in workshop, the Community Traffic Safety Team meets, Matt Gaetz’s name is floating around the 2026 gubernatorial race.

Global Temperatures Passed Critical 1.5°C Milestone for First Time in 2024

January 13, 2025 | FlaglerLive | 6 Comments

Sunlight refracted through empty water gallons. (© FlaglerLive)

2024 was the first year on record with a global average temperature exceeding 1.5°C above pre-industrial levels. All continents except Australasia and Antarctica experienced their hottest year on record, with 11 months of the year exceeding the 1.5°C level. Global temperatures have been at record levels – and still rising – for several years now. The previous hottest year on record was 2023.

Vincent’s Clubhouse Enrichment Center Sets Grand Opening at European Village

January 13, 2025 | FlaglerLive | 1 Comment

Vincent's Clubhouse at European Village. (Palm Coast)

The Vincent’s Clubhouse Enrichment Center will host the Grand Opening of its new location at 101 Palm Harbor Parkway, Unit B120, in European Village. The celebration will take place on Jan 21, from 4 to 7 p.m., with a special ribbon-cutting ceremony at 5:30 p.m.

DeSantis Calls Special Session on Immigration, Condo Safety, Hurricane Relief and Petition-Gathering

January 13, 2025 | FlaglerLive | 6 Comments

Gov. Ron DeSantis calls for a late-January special legislative session from the Florida Capitol on Jan. 13, 2025. (Jay Waagmeester/Florida Phoenix)

Saying he expects a “sea change” in federal immigration policies from the incoming Trump administration, Gov. Ron DeSantis on Monday called the Florida Legislature into special session to deal with illegal immigration and three other issues. The session will begin on Jan. 27 and will include deliberations on condominium safety regulations, hurricane relief, and fraudulent signature-gathering petitions for constitutional amendments.

Flagler Beach Grants Final Approval for 22-Unit Apartment Complex Made to Look Like Single Family Homes

January 13, 2025 | FlaglerLive | 10 Comments

Though Legacy Pointe Cottages consists of 22 stand-alone buildings, the complex falls under the definition of multi-family, or apartment, buildings in Flagler Beach. The project will be just south of State Road 100 and west of John Anderson Highway.

Ratifying the recommendation last month of its planning board, the Flagler Beach City Commission approved the final site plan for the 22-apartment complex called Legacy Pointe Cottages on 3 acres of currently wooded land at the end of Joyce Street, west of John Anderson Highway. The project is a scaled down version of a plan that first consisted of 39 apartments in two buildings, that the City Commission had approved last year.

Less Than a Year After Witnessing Friend’s Death By Overdose, She Causes One and Faces Manslaughter Charge

January 13, 2025 | FlaglerLive | 11 Comments

Stephanie Raimundo last November, after she testified for the state in the murder trial of Brian Pirraglia, accused of killing Brian O'Shea with a fatal dose of fentanyl. Raimundo knew then that she was facing a similar charge. It was filed last week. (© FlaglerLive)

Less than a year after she was in the house when her friend Brian O’Shea died of a fatal fentanyl overdose, Stephanie Raimundo caused the death by overdose of Calvin Stull, who was about to mark his 22nd birthday. Stull was found dead at Belle Terre Park on jan. 3, 2024. Raimundo was charged with manslaughter and may face up to 30 years in prison if found guilty.

USTA and Palm Coast Play to New Courts, New Tournament and Possible Doubles Partnership

January 13, 2025 | FlaglerLive | 1 Comment

One of the four new courts, a show court, at the Southern Recreation center this morning, moments before a ribbon-cutting. (© FlaglerLive)

Less than an hour before qualifiers were to start for the inaugural Women’s USTA Pro Circuit tournament at the Southern Recreation Center this morning, Palm Coast officials, representatives of the USTA and players gathered at the newest court-side in town to cut the ribbon on four new clay courts.

The Daily Cartoon and Live Briefing: Monday, January 13, 2025

January 13, 2025 | FlaglerLive | Leave a Comment

Banned Books by Harley Schwadron, CagleCartoons.com

The Flagler County Commission holds a pair of meetings and discusses coming budgets, a ribbon-cutting at the new tennis courts at Palm Coast’s Southern Rec Center, when the military is fetishized into an end in itself at the expense of the freedoms and the people it defends.

Police More Likely to Make Domestic Violence Arrests When Pets Are Also Abused

January 12, 2025 | FlaglerLive | Leave a Comment

People abused by intimate partners regularly cite fear for their pet’s safety as a primary reason they do not leave an abusive situation.

Animal cruelty is weaponized when an intimate partner threatens to harm, or actually harms, a pet to control their partner. This tactic is powerful. Victims of intimate partner violence regularly cite fear for the safety of their pet as a primary reason they do not leave an abusive situation.

DeSantis Signs Death Warrant for James D. Ford, 64, Killer of Greg and Kimberly Malnory in 1997

January 12, 2025 | FlaglerLive | 2 Comments

James D. Ford.

Gov. Ron DeSantis on Friday signed a death warrant for a man convicted of brutally murdering a couple at a Charlotte County sod farm in 1997. James D. Ford, 64, is scheduled to be executed Feb. 13 at Florida State Prison in the murders of Greg and Kimberly Malnory. It would be the first execution this year in Florida and would come after one inmate was executed in 2024.

When Democracy Dies in Broad Daylight

January 12, 2025 | FlaglerLive | 13 Comments

Back when the Washington Post had a sense of humor. Welcome Home From the CRow-Eaters

While Trump openly bellows whatever imperial fever dreams about Greenland, Canada, the Panama Canal and the Gulf of Mexico visit him in the dark of night, once proud institutional bulwarks rush to prostrate themselves before him in advance of any demand that they do so. Alas, the mainstream media is not immune to this siren-call of cowardice.

The Daily Cartoon and Live Briefing: Sunday, January 12, 2025

January 12, 2025 | FlaglerLive | 1 Comment

The dumbest of times by Dave Whamond, Canada, PoliticalCartoons.com

Democratic Party Congressional Candidates Meet and Greet, ‘Exit Laughing,’ at Daytona Playhouse, Palm Coast Farmers’ Market at European Village, remembering Dalida and Gigi l’amoroso.

How the U.S. Could Make Canada an American Territory

January 11, 2025 | FlaglerLive | 30 Comments

An honour guard stands with U.S. and Canadian flags in July 2024 as they wait for Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau to arrive at Andrews Air Force Base, Md., to attend the NATO summit in Washington.

Every Canadian needs to pay attention to American history: In one treaty, the U.S. annexed the present-day states of California, Nevada, Utah, New Mexico, Arizona, Colorado, Oklahoma, Kansas and Wyoming. It subsequently illegally invaded Indigenous territory in the west. Canada could be next — perhaps not immediately as the 51st state, but quite possibly as a U.S. territory that would deny Canadians any voting rights for Congress or the presidency. The constitutional architecture exists in the U.S. to make it happen.

Howard Holley Presses Legislators for Money for Florida Museum of Black History

January 11, 2025 | FlaglerLive | 2 Comments

Howard Holley. (© FlaglerLive)

Howard Holley, a board member of the Museum of Black History and member of the state task force establishing the museum, pressed the St. Johns County legislative delegation to fund the new Florida Museum of Black History.

Judge Scraps Biden’s LGBTQ Protections and Bans Requiring Teachers to Use Students’ Chosen Pronouns

January 11, 2025 | FlaglerLive | 27 Comments

Hundreds of people gathered at Washington Square Park in New Orleans on March 31, 2023, for a march to mark Transgender Day of Visibility. (Greg LaRose/Louisiana Illuminator)

A federal district court judge struck down President Joe Biden’s effort to protect transgender students and make other changes to Title IX, ruling the U.S. Department of Education violated teachers’ rights by requiring them to use transgender students’ names and pronouns. The ruling, which applies nationwide, came as a major blow to the Biden administration in its final days and to LGBTQ+ advocates. President-elect Donald Trump took aim at transgender people in a culture war-focused campaign.

The Daily Cartoon and Live Briefing: Saturday, January 11, 2025

January 11, 2025 | FlaglerLive | 1 Comment

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The cold-weather shelter opens tonight, American Association of University Women meet, Gamble Jam in the cold, The Isaacs at the Fitzgerald Performing Arts Center, Bernie Sanders gets a vote for Lebanese president.

Palm Coast Government Wins Regional Council Award for Its Imaginative Comprehensive Plan

January 10, 2025 | FlaglerLive | 3 Comments

Chief of Staff Jason DeLorenzo, Deputy Chief Development Officer Ray Tyner, Acting City Manager Lauren Johnston, JB Pro Director of Planning Kathie Ebaugh, Director of Communications and Marketing Brittany Kershaw, and Council Member Charles Gambaro, who also serves on the Board of Directors for the NEFRC.

The City of Palm Coast has been honored with a prestigious Regional Award for Excellence for Planning and Growth Management from the Northeast Florida Regional Council for its visionary work on the “Imagine 2050: City on the Rise” Comprehensive Plan Update. This recognition highlights the City’s commitment to proactive planning, innovative community engagement, and strategic initiatives to shape Palm Coast’s future.

University Board Nominee Calls Career Women ‘Medicated, Meddlesome and Quarrelsome.” DeSantis Defends Him.

January 10, 2025 | FlaglerLive | 19 Comments

Warm and fuzzy for sexism. Ron DeSantis in Jacksonville today. (Florida Channel)

Gov. Ron DeSantis defended his appointment to the University of West Florida Board of Trustees of a political scientist who claims that encouraging women to prioritize their careers has led to the decline of family life. In speeches, essays, articles, and interviews Scott Yenor details his views against same-sex relationships, including that LGBTQ+ practices bring “dreaded diseases,” and labeling career-oriented women as “medicated, meddlesome and quarrelsome.”

Bunnell Board Tells City Commission: Shrink Haw Creek Reserve Mega Development By 2,500 Homes

January 10, 2025 | FlaglerLive | 10 Comments

The Reserve at Haw Creek, seen here on screens before Bunnell city commissioners last month, would dwarf Bunnell's existing urban core and more than quintuple its population. The city's planning board is recommending a reduction of total homes from 8,000 to 5,500. (© FlaglerLive)

On its third try since November, the Bunnell Planning and Zoning Board recommended approval of the rezoning and development agreement controlling the Reserve at Haw Creek–the largest single development proposal in Flagler County since Palm Coast was conceived in the 1960s–but not before issuing nearly a dozen proposed conditions to the Bunnell City Commission, which takes on the proposal next. Among those conditions: Lower the planned 8,000 home total to 5,500.

Veranda Bay Developer Pauses Annexation into Flagler Beach to Draft Litigation Threat Workaround

January 10, 2025 | FlaglerLive | 9 Comments

With Veranda Bay annexation plans on pause, construction continues on the east side of John Anderson Highway. (© FlaglerLive)

The Flagler Beach City Commission Thursday evening agreed to pause indefinitely further annexation steps involving Veranda Bay, the large development along John Anderson Highway. The city did so at the developer’s request. The pause and its indefinite timeline look more dramatic than they are. In fact, the pause appears to be more of a strategic retreat allowing the developer to redraw annexation plans in light of the threat of a lawsuit by opponents of annexation, had the original plan gone forward.

Daytona Solisti Chamber Orchestra Opens 20th Concert Season Jan. 19 with ‘Baroque and Classical Gems’

January 10, 2025 | FlaglerLive | 1 Comment

The Daytona Solisti Chamber Orchestra includes Susan Pitard Acree, founder and music director, front row second from right. The orchestra also includes violinist Olga Kolpakova, front left; pianist Dr. Michael Rickman, front second from left; and cellist Joseph Corporon, immediately behind Acree. Photo by Anthony Scaggs

The Daytona Solisti Chamber Orchestra will open their Winter Festival – the group’s 20th concert season – with “Baroque and Classical Gems,” featuring Johann Sebastian Bach’s Brandenburg Concerto No. 3, a work by his youngest son Johann Christian Bach, and an original piece, based on a 17th-century Lutheran hymn, by Solisti principal cellist Joseph Corporon.

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