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How Palm Coast Got Tagged in the Jessi Slaughter Cyberbullying Affair

July 31, 2010 | FlaglerLive | 5 Comments

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A Florida girls tries out for fame and becomes a poster-child of cyberbullying instead. If her story were a flag on Iwo Jima, it’d be all red.

What You Always Wanted to Know About Mills & Millage Rates

July 31, 2010 | FlaglerLive | 3 Comments

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Even John Quincy Adams complained almost 200 years ago that few people could figure out the meaning of “mills,” and he wasn’t even talking about millage rates. Here’s an explanation and some history of the most commonly incomprehensible word at tax time.

The Judge Behind the Decision Striking Down Parts of Arizona’s Anti-Immigration Law

July 31, 2010 | FlaglerLive | 5 Comments

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Judge Susan Bolton, responsible for seven suits filed against Arizona’s immigration law, was recommended for the federal bench by a Republican senator, nominated by Bill Clinton and confirmed unanimously in 2000.

Florida 1 of 3 States With Top-Rated Medicare Advantage Plan. But You Can’t Enroll in Flagler.

July 30, 2010 | FlaglerLive | 3 Comments

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Top-rated Capital Health Plan, a non-profit, is available only in the four-county Tallahassee area, so local Medicare members are denied enrollment.

Medicare Advantage: How Florida Rates

July 30, 2010 | FlaglerLive | Leave a Comment

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Florida doesn’t rate so high in a state-by-state chart showing the percentage of Medicare Advantage beneficiaries enrolled in quality plans.

County Tax Rate Going Up 15.4% Even as Revenue and Government Services Stall

July 29, 2010 | FlaglerLive | 2 Comments

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The proposed 2011 property tax rate would be the highest in at least 10 years, yet collapsing property values mean government revenue will not rise at all compared with this year.

Mia Bella’s Dancers: From Non-Existent to National Champions in Seven Months

July 29, 2010 | FlaglerLive | 21 Comments

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Brie Valenti opened her Mia Bella dance studio last January at City Walk, and returned from a competition in Tennessee with two national trophies this week for her students and her choreography.

Dull and Duller: County Commission Candidates Out-Trivial Each Other at Forum

July 28, 2010 | FlaglerLive | 2 Comments

Bob Abbott and Nate McLaughlin were not convincing candidates in an hour-long chance to shine before a large audience. And one of them is supposed to be the incumbent.

After 11 Years and Feeling “Unwelcome,” Boys & Girls Club Is Quitting Carver Gym

July 28, 2010 | FlaglerLive | 9 Comments

A day after securing a least to run its program at Rymfire Elementary, the Boys & Girls Club voted to leave Carver Gym, where it says it’s unwanted and unappreciated.

Andy Dance’s Two Masters: Voting for a Tax at the Chamber, Against One at the School Board

July 28, 2010 | FlaglerLive | 28 Comments

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Dance says a perceived conflict between his positions on two tax proposals is unfortunate, but he’s still exploring the school option.

School Board Candidates Tread Gulf Between Ideal and Reality in Chamber Forum

July 27, 2010 | FlaglerLive | 13 Comments

The five candidates fielded relatively straight-forward questions but with key exceptions answered in generalities that revealed more of what they didn’t know than what they did.

News-Journal Dealer and 71-Year-Old Who “Had 2 Beers, Maybe 3,” in US1 Smash-Up

July 27, 2010 | FlaglerLive | 5 Comments

The News-Journal dealer was driving north when an elderly man who’d just been at the White Eagle Lounge pulled out of the driveway, causing the wreck. Neither was seriously injured.

In Shifty Budget, Palm Coast Projects Peter Pots Paying Paul Pots and 12-15 Lay-Offs

July 27, 2010 | FlaglerLive | 4 Comments

Next year’s city budget is heavy on shifts, cuts and one pot of money subsidizing another while keeping the tax rate where it’s been.

Speaking of Sex In (and Out of) Flagler Schools: Butterfly Project Shows Adults How It’s Done

July 26, 2010 | FlaglerLive | 9 Comments

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Teens educating teens about sex, the pitfalls of young romance, and the eternity of sexually transmitted diseases, while the school district explores how to go beyond abstinence only.

Arrested for Trying to Take a Child While Impersonating Police

July 26, 2010 | FlaglerLive | 9 Comments

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One of the two men is the father of a child barely a few months old, whom the two men tried to take away from her grandmother.

This Week in Orlando: Godot and Culture Worth the Miles

July 26, 2010 | FlaglerLive | Leave a Comment

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Mark Twain and Henry James works are still happily haunting Orlando stages, while “Waiting for Godot” is coming to the Lowndes Shakespeare Center. Plus something about a boat show? Really? Plus Haydn, Dvorak and more.

Party On: District Opens Schools to
Political Events, With Some Limits

July 26, 2010 | FlaglerLive | 1 Comment

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The school board’s revised policy on school-building uses means almost any political group is welcome in off hours, as long as the superintendent approves.

More Incitement to Violence Against Florida’s Alan Grayson

July 26, 2010 | FlaglerLive | 49 Comments

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A $100 reward is put out to punch Florida Congressman Alan Grayson. A death threat follows, not for the first time.

Tax-Free Days: Aug. 13-15, But Applicable Items Are Limited

July 26, 2010 | FlaglerLive | Leave a Comment

Everything you need to know about the back-to-school tax-free days this year. But don’t expect to get the tax break at Disney.

Florida Tax-Free Days: The Fine Print

July 26, 2010 | FlaglerLive | 1 Comment

The tax-free holiday in all its details: what’s tax-free, what’s not, according to Florida’s tax revenue department.

Under Threat of Lawsuit from Universal®, City Walk in Palm Coast Will Change Its Name

July 24, 2010 | FlaglerLive | 17 Comments

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City Walk, the beleaguered strip mall and home to Palm Coast city offices, will change its name to get away from Universal’s trademark strips in Orlando and Hollywood.

Don’t Fall For It: The “Obama Mom” College Grant Scam

July 24, 2010 | FlaglerLive | 4 Comments

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Obama mom ads are everywhere. But there’s no such thing as an Obama grant for moms, who are eligible for Pell Grants, student loans and other aid like anybody else.

Coming Soon: A Rickshaw Service for Flagler Beach

July 23, 2010 | FlaglerLive | 3 Comments

It’s zero emission. It’s available in many big cities. And it’ll be offered in Flagler Beach in August.

Palm Coast Goals: No Tax Hike, 8-10% Cuts, 10-15 Jobs Gone; City Hall Plans Unscathed

July 23, 2010 | FlaglerLive | 9 Comments

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The Palm Coast City Council wants to keep property taxes the same, compensating for revenue with fees, fines, loans and reserves, and still build a new city hall.

Ormond’s River Grille Owner Closer to Taking Over Flagler Beach’s Pier Restaurant

July 23, 2010 | FlaglerLive | 23 Comments

Katalin Meyer's Pier Restaurant in Flagler Beach

The iconic Pier Restaurant’s lease is up in two years. The city owns it. The city will negotiate with a new owner immediately, to the displeasure of locally owned Flagler Fish Company.

Battling Referendums: School Tax Will Compete With Building Tax in November

July 22, 2010 | FlaglerLive | 18 Comments

In the wost of times, voters will be asked to approve a tax levy to continue existing funding on top of a new tax favored by the chamber of commerce for building commercial properties.

Move Over, Delbrugge: How Janet Valentine Shifted the School Board on a Tax Levy

July 22, 2010 | FlaglerLive | 1 Comment

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New School Superintendent Janet Valentine quietly showed her political and parliamentary skills when she turned the board from opposing to approving a school tax referendum.

About That Shooting at Sheriff’s Capt. Mark Carman’s Palm Coast House

July 22, 2010 | FlaglerLive | 39 Comments

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In an incident never publicly reported, Jane Carman, the Palm Coast Sheriff’s Captain’s wife, fired two shots at their home while intoxicated and turned on a patrol car’s sirens.

Palm Coast Arts Foundation’s Methods Assailed Again–Unjustly, Its President Says

July 22, 2010 | FlaglerLive | 4 Comments

“They didn’t come up with any substantial numbers, or at least verifiable numbers,” a tourist council member said of the Palm Coast Arts Foundation’s plans for a banquet center.

This Week in Orlando: Culture Worth The Miles

July 21, 2010 | FlaglerLive | 1 Comment

The British Invasion’s Peter Blair Denis Bernard Noone, Henry James’ “Washington Square” on stage, Ntozake Shange, play, “For Colored Girls Who Have Considered Suicide,” violinists Olga Feroni, and Julia Gessinger in “Strings of Passion,” and much more.

Palm Coast Data Parent Revenue Drops 21% in 2010, Accelerating to 24% in Last 3 Months

July 21, 2010 | FlaglerLive | 7 Comments

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Palm Coast Data, largest of its parent companies’ operations, lost close to $24 million in revenue this year.

Tennis Tourney, Hispanic Festival and Maya Conference Cleared for Tax Subsidies

July 21, 2010 | FlaglerLive | Leave a Comment

The $20,500 in bed-tax dollars will help the three organizations publicize their events in coming months.

A Suspicious Death in Bunnell, A Suicide at European Village

July 21, 2010 | FlaglerLive | 17 Comments

The father of three young boy is found dead in his bed after two days, and a 31-year-old woman hangs herself at European Village.

“It Stinks That Flagler County Is Losing You”: School Board Bids Delbrugge Farewell

July 20, 2010 | FlaglerLive | 1 Comment

In an emotional half hour that mixed bawdy humor with Hallmark-quality sorrow, the School Board said goodbye to Superintendent Bill Delbrugge Tuesday evening.

This Week’s Crime Reports

July 20, 2010 | FlaglerLive | 1 Comment

A flat-screen TV robbery that mostly ended on the cutting room floor, several stolen items from unlocked cars, and more.

Florida Leads States’ Failures in Reporting Problem Caregivers

July 20, 2010 | FlaglerLive | Leave a Comment

Florida leads the nation in ignoring federal database reporting of health professionals who have been disciplined on the job, undermining background and safety checks on frontline caregivers.

Beat Shuffle at the News-Journal

July 20, 2010 | FlaglerLive | Leave a Comment

The paper is making fewer changes than meet the eye while continuing to attempt to do a little more with far less.

School Tax Rising for Second Year, Compensating for Crashing Property Values

July 20, 2010 | FlaglerLive | 4 Comments

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The tax rate remains a third below where it stood in the mid-1990s, even though property values have fallen by a third just in the past three years.

Dirt-Bikes Crashing Around Bunnell Send 3 to Hospitals, Including an 11 Year Old

July 20, 2010 | FlaglerLive | 21 Comments

An 11 year old, a 16 year old and a 19 year old ended a late night of speeding around Bunnell on two dirt-bikes with broken limbs.

Black Community Will Protest Against Ceding Carver Gym Either to Bunnell or to Other Clubs

July 19, 2010 | FlaglerLive | 27 Comments

It’s no longer merely about keeping Carver Gym open, but about keeping it in the hands of the community it serves, and out of the hands of Bunnell and the Boys and Girls Club.

On Again: Sheriff Agrees to Terms for Moving to Old Courthouse; $6 Million, Anyone?

July 19, 2010 | FlaglerLive | 7 Comments

The county readies to spend $143,00 for design work that would ease the sheriff’s way to the old courthouse, but the move is still short $6 million.

Flagler Beach Wrangle: Commissioner Settle Demands Apology. Mealy’s Reply: Hell No.

July 19, 2010 | FlaglerLive | 9 Comments

Flagler Beach commissioners Steve Settle and Jane Mealy

The “fragmented” city commission Jane Mealy referred to last week is becoming more so as a fellow-commissioner calls out Mealy through a letter to the mayor.

Take the Tour of Your Newest School: Buddy Taylor Middle Is Reborn Yet Again

July 18, 2010 | FlaglerLive | 2 Comments

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The $13.2 million renovation is complete, and the county’s second-oldest school looks and feels new again. A photo gallery.

Photo Gallery: The Renovated Buddy Taylor Middle School

July 18, 2010 | FlaglerLive | 2 Comments

A photo gallery featuring some 30 images of the renovated school and its surrounding grounds.

Food Safety Inspections End At Florida Hospitals, Child Cares and Nursing Homes

July 18, 2010 | FlaglerLive | 4 Comments

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A new law designed to diminish duplication of services ends them instead, as food-preparation for children, the sick and the elderly will go mostly uninspected from now on.

Chalking Up Crime-Fighting to Sidewalk Art

July 18, 2010 | FlaglerLive | Leave a Comment

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Sidewalk chalk artists are summoned to the campus of Flagler Palm Coast High School the evening of Aug. 3 for a contest and much more.

Botox for Historic Holden House, Age 92

July 17, 2010 | FlaglerLive | Leave a Comment

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The $23,400 renovation will restore one of the county’s oldest buildings’ original color and windows and lend the Flagler historical society’s headquarters even more of a museum feel.

Sunshine Fusion: Florida Art, Music & History Merge in Landmark Symphonic Performance

July 17, 2010 | FlaglerLive | 2 Comments

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Mark your calendars for this one: A uniquely Florida, uniquely artistic performance of “A Historic Portrait in Sound” combing painting, music and words Sept. 18-19 in DeLand.

Flagler and Volusia Unemployment Rising Again, Florida’s Dipping for 3rd Month

July 16, 2010 | FlaglerLive | 7 Comments

Flagler’s 15.4 percent unemployment rate makes it the second-worst in the state after Hendry County’s 16.1 percent.

Dan Warren, Conqueror of St. Augustine at Its Bleakest, Still Heroic After All These Years

July 15, 2010 | FlaglerLive | 4 Comments

Dan Warren, who took on and broke the KKK’s grip on St. Augustine in the pivotal summer of 1964, was in Flagler Beach for an evening of conscience-rousing Thursday.

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