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Flagler Reads Together: Huckleberry Finn, Chapter 7

March 7, 2011 | FlaglerLive | Leave a Comment

In celebration of the 10th anniversary of Flagler Reads Together, FlaglerLive is serializing Huckleberry Finn, this year’s book. Here’s Chapter 7: Laying for Him; Locked in the Cabin; Sinking the Body; Resting; With E.W. Kemble’s original illustrations.

Flagler Schools Prepare to ‘Awake the State’ As Night of Long Budget Knives Falls on Florida

March 7, 2011 | FlaglerLive | 17 Comments

As school employees prepared to demonstrate against massive state budget cuts on Tuesday, the Flagler School Board got closer to proposing cuts of its own that would eliminate classes and up to four dozen teachers.

FPC’s Mockingbird Director Quits Abruptly, Walking Out on 6 Classes and 2 More Shows

March 7, 2011 | FlaglerLive | 56 Comments

Ed Koczergo, a drama teacher at FPC for the past three years, said he wasn’t going to let the administration “suck a couple more months out of me and then not hire me back.” He leaves 150 students in six classes and two scheduled plays in a lurch.

Flagler Reinstates Burn Ban Indefinitely as Rain Proves Too Scarce to Dampen Kindling

March 7, 2011 | FlaglerLive | Leave a Comment

The restoration of the ban, lifted just a few weeks ago, is prompted by last week’s wildfires, a return of drought conditions, and no rain in the forecast for almost two weeks.

St. Johns Raises Impact Fees on Residential Construction, Decreases Them on Commercial

March 7, 2011 | FlaglerLive | 6 Comments

St. John’s decision to raise impact fees on residential construction contrasts sharply with discussions in Flagler, where developers and some elected officials want a moratorium on fees. Flagler’s fees are considerably lower than St. John’s.

Led Zeppelin Revival, Minus Groupies and Sharks: Zoso Plays Flagler Auditorium

March 6, 2011 | FlaglerLive | 7 Comments

Part tribute part imitation part improvisation, Zoso is Led Zeppelin all over again, the 1970s heavy rock band. In performance at the Flagler Auditorium at 7:30.

Florida Constitution, Article IX: Education

March 6, 2011 | FlaglerLive | Leave a Comment

The Florida Constitution, Article IX: Education.

Flagler Reads Together: Huckleberry Finn, Chapter 6

March 6, 2011 | FlaglerLive | 3 Comments

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In celebration of the 10th anniversary of Flagler Reads Together, FlaglerLive is serializing Huckleberry Finn, this year’s book. Here’s Chapter 6: He Went for Judge Thatcher; Huck Decided to Leave; Political Economy; Thrashing Around; With E.W. Kemble’s original illustrations.

Familiar Slogans and More Familiar Questions as 2-Day Economic Development Summit Ends

March 5, 2011 | FlaglerLive | 14 Comments

It was left up to Palm Coast City Manager Jim Landon to remind the assembled that slogans don’t make economic development policy, and unity of message is still far from a given in a county with diverse interests and constituencies.

Flagler Reads Together: Huckleberry Finn, Chapter 5

March 5, 2011 | FlaglerLive | Leave a Comment

In celebration of the 10th anniversary of Flagler Reads Together, FlaglerLive is serializing Huckleberry Finn, this year’s book. Here’s Chapter 5: Pap starts on a new life; With E.W. Kemble’s original illustrations.

Marriage Encounters: Can This Man Bring Flagler Together for $1,100 an Hour?

March 5, 2011 | FlaglerLive | 22 Comments

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The consultant Flagler County hired to shepherd local governments through their political and financial obstacles related to economic development has a long record of bracing cheerleading. Dividends are less clear.

Economic Development Summit: Diagnostic Kumbayas Drown Out Harder Questions

March 4, 2011 | FlaglerLive | 10 Comments

Day one of the summit produced generous and optimistic self-evaluations from some 60 elected and had-picked representatives of local governments, but no breakthrough on fundamental differences on economic development financing or leadership.

High-Speed Chase Ends in Serial Wreckage Near Town Center Publix (Updated)

March 4, 2011 | FlaglerLive | 26 Comments

The suspect crashed into three police cruisers. He is believed to have robbed three pharmacies, two in Volusia one in Flagler. He was taken to Florida Hospital Flagler with injuries.

End of the Line for Rail Brawl As Supreme Court Ruling Sends $2.4 Billion Elsewhere

March 4, 2011 | FlaglerLive | 9 Comments

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The Florida Supreme Court ruled unanimously that Gov. Scott could not be bound to spend $2.4 billion in federal high-speed rail money. That money will now go to New York or California.

Obama’s Facebook Feed, Glenn Beck’s Decline, Teens Down on Sex, Subversive Seuss: The Live Wire

March 4, 2011 | FlaglerLive | Leave a Comment

The Nebraska sand hills, a secret corner of American beauty.

Murder of a repo man in St. Augustine, the Walk for Tibet-Florida ends, matutiry and military deployments, condom fumblings, the United States of Gore Vidal, Dr. Seuss as subversive, and more.

Economy Adds 192,000 Jobs, Unemployment Dips to 8.9%, Best in 2 Years

March 4, 2011 | FlaglerLive | 8 Comments

The U.S. economy added 192,000 jobs in February, the strongest private-sector job gain in two years, and the unemployment rate fell below 9 percent for the first time since April 2009, when it was at 8.9 percent and rising.

Flagler Reads Together: Huckleberry Finn, Chapter 4

March 4, 2011 | FlaglerLive | Leave a Comment

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In celebration of the 10th anniversary of Flagler Reads Together, FlaglerLive is serializing Huckleberry Finn, this year’s book. Here’s Chapter 4: the Hair-Ball Oracle; With E.W. Kemble’s original illustrations.

Obstacles Cleared: Flagler Beach’s Iconic Pier Restaurant Will Have a New Owner

March 3, 2011 | FlaglerLive | 7 Comments

This way to a new lease on life for Flagler Beach's iconic restaurant. Restaurateur Raymond Barshay is set to take over. (FlaglerLive)

Every previous deal-breaker dissolved as prospective owner Raymond Barshay and city commissioners relented in turn on various issues. Neither side was an outright victor. But the city’s iconic restaurant will have new life.

Governor and Senators’ High-Speed Rail Brawl Crashes a Skeptical Florida Supreme Court

March 3, 2011 | FlaglerLive | 4 Comments

René Magritte's 'Time Transfixed' ('La Durée poignardée'), 1938.

Judging from Justices’ questions, the legislators’ case to force the governor to accept $2.4 billion in federal funding for the bullet train looked slim after Thursday’s arguments before the high court.

Flagler Reads Together: Huckleberry Finn, Chapter 3

March 3, 2011 | FlaglerLive | Leave a Comment

In celebration of the 10th anniversary of Flagler Reads Together, FlaglerLive is serializing Huckleberry Finn, this year’s book. Here’s Chapter 3: A good going over, grace triumphant and one of Tom Sawyer’s lies; With E.W. Kemble’s original illustrations.

Benefit Concert for Nate Truelove, the Young Boy Massively Injured in Old Kings Wreck

March 3, 2011 | FlaglerLive | 2 Comments

Nate is back in school, but his physical struggles continue, as do his family’s financial struggles. The benefit concert will feature several musical acts, including his great-grandmother’s a cappella group, The Firecrackers.

Flagler Beach Commission To Noisy Restaurants and Irritable Residents: Cooperate

March 3, 2011 | FlaglerLive | 6 Comments

Flagler Beach city commissioners turned up the volume on the status quo Wednesday as they analyzed noise levels first-hand and agreed to document and analyze noise complaints for a while before changing the noise ordinance.

Senators Against “King” Scott Face Off at Florida Supreme Court Over High-Speed Rail

March 3, 2011 | FlaglerLive | 17 Comments

Set for 3 p.m. Thursday, the Florida Supreme Court showdown over $2.4 billion in federal money underscores the divide between Gov. Rick Scott and the Republican-dominated Legislature ahead of next week’s legislative session.

Win Jones, Watercolorist of the Elusive and The Impish, at the Flagler County Art League

March 2, 2011 | FlaglerLive | 6 Comments

'The American Scarecrow\' series by Win Jones, at the Flagler County Art League Gallery. Click on the image for larger view. (© FlaglerLive)

The retrospective of Win Jones’s watercolors trace his evolution from the social commentator of the 1960s to the time-traveling experimenter of the 1990s and the present. At the Flagler County Art League gallery.

Florida Department of Health Would Cut 1,600 Jobs and Move Out of Primary Care

March 2, 2011 | FlaglerLive | 2 Comments

The plan doubles the original estimate of job losses at the department. Of those jobs, almost 1,050 would be outsourced or privatized, for budget reductions of $185 million.

13- and 8-Year-Old Injured in Single-Vehicle Wreck on Rymfire in Palm Coast

March 2, 2011 | FlaglerLive | Leave a Comment

Danaizha Walker, 13, of Palm Coast, was transported to Florida Hospital Flagler in serious condition this morning after a single-vehicle wreck on Rymfire Drive in Palm Coast.

In 8-1 Ruling, Supreme Court Upholds Rights Of Bigoted Protesters at Military Funerals

March 2, 2011 | FlaglerLive | 7 Comments

Westboro Baptist Church's road show. (© Jordan Jez)

Justice John Roberts’ majority opinion is his court’s strongest endorsement of First Amendment rights to date. “Such speech cannot be restricted simply because it is upsetting or arouses contempt,” Roberts wrote.

Flagler Reads Together: Huckleberry Finn, Chapter 2

March 2, 2011 | FlaglerLive | 1 Comment

In celebration of the 10th anniversary of Flagler Reads Together, FlaglerLive is serializing Huckleberry Finn, this year’s book. Here’s Chapter 2. With E.W. Kemble’s original illustrations.

Angering Grand Haven, Palm Coast
Stops Short of Full Stormwater Fee Refunds

March 1, 2011 | FlaglerLive | 23 Comments

Palm Coast concedes that it improperly charged Grand Haven and other residents a stormwater fee going back to 2004. But the city is prepared to pay back money owed only since 2008. Grand Haven voters promise consequences.

Dog Park Renovations, Florida Laziness, Love’s Cynics and Romantics: The Live Wire

March 1, 2011 | FlaglerLive | Leave a Comment

Renovations for dogs at Holland Park, the William Gregory trial, JFK and the Peace Corps 50 years ago, Mickey’s possibilities for Orlando transit, the case for Israel, and more.

Senators File Supreme Court Challenge To Gov. Scott’s $2.4 Billion Rail Spurn

March 1, 2011 | FlaglerLive | 9 Comments

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The central Florida senators–one Republican, one Democrat–say Scott had no authority to cancel an act of the Legislature and cash appropriations former Gov. Crist had already approved for the $2.4 billion Orlando-Tampa high-speed rail link.

Flagler Reads Together, Year 10: March Is the Month of Huckleberry Finn

March 1, 2011 | FlaglerLive | 4 Comments

It’s the 10th anniversary of Flagler Reads Together, and this year’s choice is Twain’s Huckleberry Finn. Join the Friends of the Library for a series of events–Twain reenactments, movies, book chats and even a river tour. And read the book.

Flagler Reads Together: Huckleberry Finn, Chapter 1

March 1, 2011 | FlaglerLive | Leave a Comment

In celebration of the 10th anniversary of Flagler Reads Together, FlaglerLive is serializing Huckleberry Finn, this year’s book. Here’s Chapter 1. With E.W. Kemble’s original illustrations.

School Board Reminds County and Cities of Its Own 1/2 Penny Sales Tax Renewal Ahead

March 1, 2011 | FlaglerLive | 12 Comments

The county is angling for a new half-penny sales tax for economic development. That tax could hurt the school district’s renewal of its own half-penny tax, in effect since 2002.

Mississippi’s F. Gray Swoope Jr. Is Scott’s Pick for Enterprise Florida

February 28, 2011 | FlaglerLive | 8 Comments

Gray Swoope has been the head of the Mississippi Development Authority under Gov. Haley Barbour. He replaces John Adams, whom Gov. Rick Scott fired last month as Enterprise Florida president.

Epcot’s Flowers, Chocolate Science, Shaffer’s Equus: Culture Worth the Miles

February 28, 2011 | FlaglerLive | Leave a Comment

From truffles to crepes at the Orlando Science Center’s Chocolate festival, the Orlando Shakespeare Theater’s one-man Beowulf, the Orlando Ballet’s ¡Bailamos! and Peter Shaffer’s Equus at the The POINTE Performing Arts Center.

Unresolved: Who’s To Arbitrate Daring Artistic Expression–Principals or the School Board?

February 28, 2011 | FlaglerLive | 3 Comments

The triumph of “Mockingbird” is past. The Flagler County School Board’s confusion over how to prevent another controversy without chilling artistic expression isn’t, as a pair of proposed policy changes indicate.

I-95 and U.S. 1 Both Re-Open, Traffic Crawls as Firefighters Battle 1,000-Acre Fire in St. Johns

February 28, 2011 | FlaglerLive | 1 Comment

All northbound lanes of I-95 have been closed since 2 p.m. at U.S. 1 near the Flagler-St. Johns County line because of thick plumes of smoke wafting over the highway in St. Johns, where firefighters are battling a large brush fire.

Flagler Beach City Commission Election: 3 Candidates Mostly of 1 Mind for 2 Open Seats

February 28, 2011 | FlaglerLive | 18 Comments

A congenial bunch: From left, Phil Busch, Marshall Shupe and Kim Carney, the three candidates for mFlagler Beach City Commission, before their forum at the Flagler Women's Club earlier this month. (© FlaglerLive)

Phil Busch, Kim Carney and Marshall Shupe, candidates for the Flagler Beach City Commission election on March 8, more or less agree on most issues, making the race mostly a matter of personalities.

Un-American Activities: US Rep. Peter King’s Coming Demonization of American Muslims

February 27, 2011 | FlaglerLive | 24 Comments

The Islamic Center of Jacksonville has had its share of detractors--and was itself firebombed by an unknown attacker.

Ina column, Michael Keegan warns against U.S. Rep. Peter King’s misusing congressional hearings on preventing domestic terrorism to stoke fears about the alleged radicalization of U.S. Muslims.

Gerald D. Tucker, 58, Killed As He Walked In Silver Springs Shores

February 27, 2011 | FlaglerLive | Leave a Comment

Gerald Dwain Tucker, 58, of Ocala, was walking north on County Road 464 in Silver Spring Shores when he was killed by a pick-up truck the morning of Feb. 26.

Labrent T. Douglas, 21, Killed in Single-Car Wreck on U.S. 441 Near Reddick

February 27, 2011 | FlaglerLive | Leave a Comment

Labrent Trevor Douglas, 21, of Reddick in Marion County, was killed just after 2 a.m. Sunday, Feb. 27, in a single-car wreck on U.S. 441 in Marion County.

Memory for Cause: Flagler Youth Orchestra In Concert For Founder and The Sheltering Tree

February 26, 2011 | FlaglerLive | 2 Comments

Members of the Flagler Youth Orchestra and Caren and Paul Umbarger’s Island Duet will perform Sunday, Feb. 27, at 3 p.m. at Bunnell’s Methodist Church in memory of Jobnathan May and to benefit the Sheltering Tree, Flagler County’s cold-weather shelter.

Florida’s Drug Database Targeted for Destruction as Lawmakers Swallow Pill Mills

February 26, 2011 | FlaglerLive | 3 Comments

Florida’s drug database, even if caopable of fighting pill mills, is “Big Brother” to Rob Schenck, Republican House Health and Human Services Chairman. Others are joining him to do away with the drug database.

Corey Nichols, 34, Found Dead Near Walmart in Palm Coast from Likely Drug Overdose

February 26, 2011 | FlaglerLive | 5 Comments

Deputies are investigating the suspicious death of a 34-year-old man found this morning in a wooded area on the westside of Walmart on Cypress Point Parkway in Palm Coast.

Lifeguard Tower Rises Again in Flagler Beach, Pier Restaurant Lease Falters

February 26, 2011 | FlaglerLive | 8 Comments

The commission reversed itself and voted to build the tower. The decision displeased the prospective owner of the Pier Restaurant. Several other deal-breakers hardened in those negotiations, leaving the restaurant deal in doubt.

Last Mile for Tibet, Army Propaganda, Avarice, Bach and Al-Qaeda’s Piglets: The Live Wire

February 26, 2011 | FlaglerLive | Leave a Comment

The late Jigme Norbu’s walk for Tibet reaches Palm Beach, the military goes psy-ops on Senators, conservative and liberal America, Rostropovich plays Shostakovich, and more.

Florida Pension Redo: Rank and File Would Contribute 2%, Management and Elected 4%

February 25, 2011 | FlaglerLive | 1 Comment

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Gov. Rick Scott is backing a proposal that would have all county, school and state workers contributed 5 Percent of their pay to the state pension system. A new proposal would bump that down to a maximum of 4 percent.

More Turmoil at the Top in Flagler Beach: CRA Director Caryn Miller Resigns

February 25, 2011 | FlaglerLive | 3 Comments

Caryn Miller had been Flagler Beach’s community redevelopment agency director since 2006, and the city’s acting manager briefly last year. She was passed over for the permanent job.

Defense of Marriage Act: A Crack in the Crock

February 25, 2011 | FlaglerLive | 71 Comments

Robert Mapplethorpe, 'Ken Moody and Robert Sherman,' 1984 (Gelatin silver print, Whitney Museum of American Art)

The Obama administration came to its senses and called the Defense of Marriage Act (DOMA) unconstitutional. The homophobic law passed in 1996. We’re still a long way from equal rights for gays and lesbians. Pierre’s radio commentary.

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