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County Buys Into $110 Million Speculative Sports Complex Palm Coast Voters Rejected in November

April 8, 2025 | FlaglerLive | 49 Comments

Jason Boudrie, owner of Synergy Sports Global, is selling Flagler County on the concept of a $110 million sports complex financed through a largely untested public-private partnership. The same proposal was at the root of Palm Coast voters' rejection of a referendum last November. (© FlaglerLive)

The Flagler County Commission signaled it was happily turning to an untested and financially risky public-private partnership with a company that would build a $110 million sports complex (in Palm Coast) in exchange for $6 million a year “lease payments” from the county. It is the same complex and concept that was behind Palm Coast voters’ rejection of a referendum last November.

Three County Commissioners Now Opposed to Sales Tax for Beach Management, Putting County Plan in Doubt

April 8, 2025 | FlaglerLive | 17 Comments

County Commissioner Pam Richardson, in a switch, now opposes raising the sales tax to fund beach management. She joined Commissioner Kim Carney, right, in opposition. Commissioner Leann Pennington has always opposed the plan. (© FlaglerLive)

Just as Palm Coast and Bunnell had been increasingly coaxed to support the county, a majority of county commissioners–Leann Pennington, Kim Carney and Pam Richardson–spoke in opposition to a sales tax increase to support a comprehensive beach-management plan. Without that increase, the plan Petito devised to rebuild and manage all 18 miles of the county’s beaches would collapse, and with it any hope of continuing the beach renourishment the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers started in Flagler Beach.

65-Year-Old Man Killed in Head-On Crash on Belle Terre Boulevard

April 8, 2025 | FlaglerLive | 4 Comments

The area of the crash on Belle Terre Boulevard. (© FlaglerLive)

A 65-year-old Palm Coast man was killed in a head-on crash caused by a 19-year-old driver crossing the yellow line early Monday morning on Belle Terre Boulevard at Kankakee Trail.

The Daily Cartoon and Live Briefing: Tuesday, April 8, 2025

April 8, 2025 | FlaglerLive | 5 Comments

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Clay Jones on Trump golfing through the crash, the Palm Coast City Council meets in workshop, Zachary Tuohey is back in court, the Flagler County School Board meets, drinking La Fin du Monde.

Israelis Are Calling for Genocide of Palestinians with Impunity

April 7, 2025 | FlaglerLive | 10 Comments

israelis call for genocide of palestinians

Thirty years ago in Israel, advocating for genocide could land you in prison. Not anymore. Israeli clerics and officials are openly calling for the systematic massacre of Palestinians–genocide–in Gaza. The Israeli legal system is ignoring the rhetoric.

U.S. Rep. Wilson Seeks to Visit Miami Immigrant Detention Center Amid Reports of Mistreatment

April 7, 2025 | FlaglerLive | Leave a Comment

Miami Ice. (Customs and Border Enforcement)

Democratic U.S. Rep. Frederica Wilson wants to examine conditions at a Miami immigrant detention center, saying she’s concerned about reports of people sleeping on concrete floors. Wilson, who represents part of Miami-Dade County, sent a letter Monday to Secretary of Homeland Security Kristi Noem requesting her help in arranging a congressional visit this month to the Krome North Service Processing Center.

Fuel Farm Off U.S. 1 Appears Dead as Palm Coast Mayor Norris Pulls His Support, Joining Council Skeptics

April 7, 2025 | FlaglerLive | 19 Comments

Palm Coast Mayor Mike Norris has pulled his support from the 12.6-million-gallon fuel farm proposed for a 78-acre site off U.S. 1 in the city, next to a water treatment plant on Peavy Grade. (© FlaglerLive)

The proposed Belvedere Terminals fuel farm off U.S. 1 in Palm Coast appears to be dead. In an email to City Manager Lauren Johnston on Friday, Palm Coast Mayor Mike Norris pulled his support without equivocation, joining three council members who are extremely skeptical of the proposal. Belvedere couldn’t afford to lose Norris’s support. Until then, the mayor had been the company’s champion in the city.

Three of Five Finalists for Palm Coast City Manager Drop Out as Council’s Instability Takes a Toll

April 7, 2025 | FlaglerLive | 7 Comments

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The shortlist of Palm Coast city manager candidates who were to interview with the City Council at the end of April is down to two, from five. The last two were among the somewhat less favored of the five when the council ranked them on March 11. Today, Sonia Alves-Viveiros, the Edison, N.J. city manager, withdrew, citing the lack of stability on the City Council as a reason. 

Proposed Fuel Farm Off U.S. 1 Draws More Fire as Public Urges County to Reject Palm Coast Location

April 7, 2025 | FlaglerLive | 9 Comments

Vicky Haley, in a shirt illustrating her opposition, was one of many residents who addressed the Flagler County Commission today against a proposed fuel farm off U.S. 1. (© FlaglerLive via county's YouTube)

Already bruised by mounting opposition since it was announced almost two weeks ago, Palm Coast and Flagler County governments’ proposal to buy 78 acres for a 12.6-million gallon fuel farm off U.S. 1 took more fire today, this time at the County Commission, even though the county last week pulled the proposal from today’s agenda. Numerous residents, all opposed to the fuel farm at the U.S. 1 location, addressed the commission, but commissioners themselves raised sharp questions about the plan, adding to its uncertain future. 

Federal Judge Halts Florida’s New Law Targeting Migrants, Citing Overreach

April 7, 2025 | FlaglerLive | 4 Comments

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Miami-based Judge Kathleen Williams issued a 14-page decision granting a request for a temporary restraining order against the law, which the Republican-controlled Legislature and Gov. Ron DeSantis approved in February. The law created state crimes for undocumented immigrants who enter or re-enter Florida.

The Daily Cartoon and Live Briefing: Monday, April 7, 2025

April 7, 2025 | FlaglerLive | 10 Comments

Trump Trade War Boom by Rick McKee, CagleCartoons.com

The Palm Coast City Council and the County Commission hold a joint workshop on the $110 million sports complex they want to bring about, 4-H and FFA Youth Livestock Show and Sale at the Fairgrounds, Andras Schiff boycotts the United States.

NIH Funding Cuts Will Hit Red States and the Poor Hardest

April 6, 2025 | FlaglerLive | 3 Comments

NIH funding cuts red states

NIH cuts will be detrimental to the entire country. But they will disproportionately hurt states that traditionally have received very low levels of NIH funding, the majority of which are red states. This is because such states lack resources to develop advanced research infrastructure necessary to compete nationally for NIH funding.

2nd Round of Palm Coast Cultural Arts Grant Funding Open Through April 30

April 6, 2025 | FlaglerLive | Leave a Comment

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The City of Palm Coast and the Flagler County Cultural Council (FC3), the official local arts agency for Flagler County, are excited to announce that a second round of grant funding is now available through the Cultural Arts Grant program. The application portal is open now through April 30, 2025.

Florida’s No-Show Republicans Are Hiding From Voters’ Anger

April 6, 2025 | FlaglerLive | 17 Comments

Republicans no-shows town halls

Something is changing. People are angry, auto-calling their representatives, making signs, demonstrating and showing up at town halls. But Republican representatives don’t show up, not any more. They don’t like getting booed. They don’t like facing outraged citizens. A few tried holding town halls. Did not go well. But hey, at least they actually held town halls. Nobody’s seen hide nor hair of Florida Republicans. 

The Daily Cartoon and Live Briefing: Sunday, April 6, 2025

April 6, 2025 | FlaglerLive | 5 Comments

The economy is a patient by Dave Whamond, Canada, PoliticalCartoons.com

‘Sense and Sensibility’ at St. Augustine’s Limelight Theatre, “Something Rotten,” at the Daytona Playhouse, Daytona State College Spring Orchestra Concert, Robert Reich on the new tax on Americans, Don DeLillo on American irrelevance.

Florida Could Target 341,000 Haitian and Venezuelan Migrants for Expulsion

April 5, 2025 | FlaglerLive | 13 Comments

An activist protests the lifting of TPS status for Venezuelans in Doral, Fla.

Florida leads the nation in the number of immigrants with Temporary Protected Status, or TPS. Of those, 59% are Venezuelan and 35% are Haitian. Homeland Security Director Kristi Noem issued a termination notice that canceled TPS for Venezuelan recipients as of April 7. Then a judge intervened. But the judge’s order doesn’t stop the expulsion of Haitians.

The Daily Cartoon and Live Briefing: Saturday, April 5, 2025

April 5, 2025 | FlaglerLive | 1 Comment

Trump Bans All Things Green by Christopher Weyant, CagleCartoons.com

Alice Munro’s “Carried Away,” the Tolpuddle Martyrs, Annual Turtle Fest in Flagler Beach, the Flagler Beach All Stars hold their monthly beach clean-up, Sunshine and Sandals Social at Cornerstone.

Cory Booker’s Challenge

April 4, 2025 | FlaglerLive | 11 Comments

Sen. Cory Booker during his filibuster. (C-Span)

The Democrats have been under intense pressure to find an effective way to challenge US President Donald Trump without control of either chamber of Congress or a de facto opposition leader. They may have just found one in New Jersey Senator Cory Booker.

In Flagler, Voters Cast Half a Million Ballots in 8 years; 5 Were Non-Citizens. Where’s the ‘Fraud’?

April 4, 2025 | FlaglerLive | 45 Comments

Florida law treats drop-boxes like hazardous materials. (© FlaglerLive)

An executive order requires that all votes be counted by the end of Election Day. It also requires proof of citizenship to vote in federal elections. The order relies on a lie: that fraud is corrupting American elections. Let’s not look far and take Flagler County’s recent elections to test the claim.

Judge Orders Return of Maryland Man Wrongly Deported to El Salvador Prison

April 4, 2025 | FlaglerLive | 8 Comments

Protestors outside the U.S. District Court of Maryland in Greenbelt rally in support of Kilmar Armando Abrego Garcia, a Maryland father who was deported to El Salvador in an “administrative error,” calling for him to be returned to the U.S. (Photo by Ariana Figueroa/States Newsroom)

A federal judge in Maryland Friday ordered the Trump administration to return a national from El Salvador by April 7 who was erroneously deported to a notorious prison in El Salvador, despite an order blocking such removal. Vice President J.D. Vance wrote on social media, without evidence, that Abrego Garcia was a convicted member of the MS-13 gang and White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt this week echoed Vance.

Team Wins $4,000 in MedNexus Challenge on ‘Becoming a Mental Health Influencer’

April 4, 2025 | FlaglerLive | Leave a Comment

The winners were Dr. Achorn’s Team: Natalie Patel-Holmes, Joy Prime, Makaylla Williams, Alessandra Caballero. (Palm Coast)

Bright minds, bold ideas, and a passion for mental health advocacy took center stage at the 2025 MedNexus Innovation Challenge, held April 3 at the Palm Coast Community Center. This year’s theme, “Becoming a Mental Health Influencer,” invited students to explore how social media can be used for positive change in adolescent mental health.

Palm Coast Approves Final Step for 489 New Houses, 147 of Them Near Proposed Fuel Depot

April 4, 2025 | FlaglerLive | 24 Comments

The Somerset subdivision is adjacent to industrial land in line for a proposed fuel depot. (Palm Coast)

The Palm Coast City Council on Tuesday approved final plats for three residential subdivisions at three of the four cardinal points of the city (north, west, south) totaling 489 single-family houses. Of these house, 147 are to be built on land adjacent to an industrial tract slated for a massive fuel depot. 

Matanzas High School Student Lands a Punch on Deputy Breaking Up a Fight

April 4, 2025 | FlaglerLive | 7 Comments

A Matanzas High School student was arrested after striking a sheriff's deputy during a fight with another student on Wednesday. (© FlaglerLive)

N.L., a 16-year-old Matanzas High School student, faces a felony charge of battery against a law enforcement officer after landing what appears to be an inadvertent punch on a school resource deputy attempting to break up a fight between N.L. and another student. 

The Daily Cartoon and Live Briefing: Friday, April 4, 2025

April 4, 2025 | FlaglerLive | 10 Comments

Two can play this game by John Darkow, Columbia Missourian

Pastor Charles Silano talks about the Trump-ordered cuts that have drastically reduced the budget of the Grace Community Food Pantry, on Free For All, First Friday in Flagler Beach, campaign diary.

County Pulls Massive US1 Fuel Depot from Consideration for Now as ‘Pause’ Gives Palm Coast Time to Study Options

April 3, 2025 | FlaglerLive | 30 Comments

The land at the end of Peavy Grade, where Palm Coast and Flagler County were preparing to locate a fuel farm. (© FlaglerLive)

The Flagler County Commission was set next Monday to approve a $10 million state grant to buy a 78-acre parcel off U.S. 1 in Palm Coast for a planned fuel depot and rail head. The county administration pulled the item from the agenda after the Palm Coast City Council opted to look for a different location in response to mounting public opposition to the plan. The pause is also a reflection of deepening skepticism among elected officials about a plan that was barely vetted before it was sprung on them just weeks ago.

How Tariffs Wreck Trust in the United States

April 3, 2025 | FlaglerLive | 28 Comments

how tariffs hurt us

What’s really at stake in the sweeping tariffs just imposed on American allies and other countries is trust – America’s long-standing reputation as a stable and predictable destination for global investment. And once that trust is lost, it’s incredibly hard to win back.

Florida House Approves Draconian Restrictions on Citizen-Led Constitutional Amendments

April 3, 2025 | FlaglerLive | 8 Comments

A petition drive at the Government Services Building today to legalize recreational marijuana. (© FlaglerLive)

The Republican controlled Florida House of Representatives has passed a measure that will make it prohibitively harder for a citizen-led constitutional amendment to get on the ballot. The vote was 76-31. Its passage comes just five months after two constitutional amendments that would have respectively enshrined abortion rights and legalized recreational cannabis for adults narrowly fell short of passage.

17 Named Storms Predicted for Hurricane Season

April 3, 2025 | FlaglerLive | 3 Comments

Hurricane Milton

Colorado State University researchers Thursday forecast 17 named storms during this year’s Atlantic hurricane season, with nine reaching hurricane status and four becoming major storms. That would make the 2025 season close to the 2024 season, which included three hurricanes making landfall in Florida.

‘Ritz Carlton Residences’ Will Add 128 Condo Units in Two Towers At Hammock Dunes (not Palm Coast)

April 3, 2025 | FlaglerLive | 7 Comments

A rendering of the two towers forming the Ritz Carlton Residences at Hammock Dunes. (BH Group)

Two condominium towers of 64 condos each will rise at Hammock Dunes, to be called the Ritz-Carlton residences, the belated culmination of a project initially approved by the Flagler County Commission in 2006 and still awaiting its final plat. The development will add to half a dozen existing and similar condominium towers at Hammock Dunes. But contrary to a report in the News-Journal, Palm Coast is not involved.

15 Years in Prison for CJ Nelson Jr. in Shooting Death of 18-Month-Old Niece Ja’Liyah Allen

April 3, 2025 | FlaglerLive | 5 Comments

CJ Nelson immediately after his sentencing this morning. (© FlaglerLive)

C.J. Nelson, the 24-year-old Palm Coast resident whose reckless gunplay caused the shooting death of his 18-month-old niece at a Ranwood Lane house in September 2023, was sentenced to 15 years in prison. Family members and friends of Ja’Liyah Allen, the victim, and of Nelson–all members of the same family–filled several pews in the gallery.

The Daily Cartoon and Live Briefing: Thursday, April 3, 2025

April 3, 2025 | FlaglerLive | 2 Comments

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CJ Nelson Jr. Sentencing, Richard Powers on Detroit, consumer confidence falls to its lowest level since 2022, Model Yacht Club Races at the Pond in Palm Coast’s Central Park.

Palm Coast’s Arbor Day Celebration Marks 20 Years on May 3

April 2, 2025 | FlaglerLive | 3 Comments

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Palm Coast’s favorite eco-friendly event is back! Get ready to dig in, branch out, and celebrate two decades of environmental stewardship at the 20th Annual Arbor Day Celebration on Saturday, May 3, from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. at Central Park in Town Center (975 Central Avenue, Palm Coast.)

A Presidential Order Manipulates U.S. History Through the Smithsonian

April 2, 2025 | FlaglerLive | 7 Comments

American histopry manipulated at the smithsonian

Of course, history is contested. There will always be a variety of views about what should be included and excluded from America’s story. But most recent debates center on how much attention should be given to the history of the nation’s accomplishments over its darker chapters. The Smithsonian, as a national institution that receives most of its funds from the federal government, has sometimes found itself in the crosshairs.

Florida House Committee Approves Sales Tax Cut to 5.25% But Eliminates Tax ‘Holidays’

April 2, 2025 | FlaglerLive | 2 Comments

House Ways & Means Chairman Wyman Duggan, R-Jacksonville, is helping lead efforts to cut the state's sales-tax rate. Colin Hackley/File

For the first time in 16 years, the state wouldn’t offer sales-tax “holidays” under a House proposal that calls for an overall cut in sales taxes. The House Ways & Means Committee on Wednesday unanimously approved a $5.43 billion package dominated by House Speaker Daniel Perez’ proposal to lower the state’s sales-tax rate from 6 percent to 5.25 percent.

Trump Targets China, U.S. Allies and Others with Sweeping and Steep New Tariffs

April 2, 2025 | FlaglerLive | 22 Comments

Not an economist. (White House)

The president unveiled a baseline 10% levy on all international imports, plus what he described as additional “kind” and “discounted” tariff rates that will increase but not match the rates other countries apply to American imports. The levies, effective at midnight, will hit U.S. industries from agriculture to manufacturing to fashion. U.S. tariffs will reach 34% on imports from China, 46% on products from Vietnam and 20% on European Union imports, including beer and wine.

Palm Coast Council Seeks Analysis to Move Proposed Fuel Farm Off U.S. 1 as Opposition Builds Fast

April 2, 2025 | FlaglerLive | 36 Comments

Residents of Sawmill Creek, the new subdivision just north of a proposed 12.6-million gallon fuel depot, are among those voicing opposition to the project at that location. (© FlaglerLive)

The proposed 12.6 million-gallon gas and diesel depot on U.S. 1 has quickly gone from an economic development triumph, as Palm Coast and county officials described it last week, to a political liability fueled by public opposition spreading at the speed of a wildfire. On Tuesday, the Palm Coast City Council agreed to seek an analysis to determine whether there’s an alternative location better suited to the depot, a planned $75 million facility to be built by a start-up, Belvedere Terminals, with no track record in the industry. 

Interviews of 10 Candidates for Appointment to Palm Coast Council Give a Choice Between Experience and Ideals

April 2, 2025 | FlaglerLive | 3 Comments

A more popular place than you'd think. (© FlaglerLive)

A defining line sharpened as the interviews progressed. It was drawn between candidates who spoke the pragmatism of public-service experience on one side, and candidates who spoke of ideals and private-sector careers they hope to translate into public service. This council has limited time to make a limited appointment with specific aims ahead, in a term limited to less than two years, and for a position whose learning curve typically takes two years fully to scale.

The Daily Cartoon and Live Briefing: Wednesday, April 2, 2025

April 2, 2025 | FlaglerLive | 1 Comment

Tariffs equal protectionism by Taylor Jones, Hoover Digest

Barring marine LePen from running in the 2027 presidential election endangers French democracy, the Palm Coast Code Enforcement Board, the Flagler Beach Parks Ad Hoc Committee meets, Voltaire on French fanaticism.

Presidential Term Limits Are There for a Reason

April 1, 2025 | FlaglerLive | 10 Comments

No president other than Franklin D. Roosevelt has held office for more than two terms.

No one is supposed to serve more than two full terms as president, according to the 22nd Amendment. The only way someone can serve more than two terms is if they served less than two years in a previous term in which they weren’t elected president. It is worth understanding why the two-term tradition was considered so important that it was turned into constitutional law the first time it was violated.

It’s Randy Fine After All as Election Day Surge Helps Trump Pick Defeat Josh Weil and Democratic Hopes

April 1, 2025 | FlaglerLive | 43 Comments

Randy Fine was explicit throughout the campaign: he was running for Trump, whose cutout, a bit blanched, stood at a Republican tent at the public library today in Palm Coast, with a sign that summarized the Fine campaign. (© FlaglerLive)

Powered by an Election Day surge that helped erase early-voting advantages the Josh Weil campaign had built up, Randy Fine, the Melbourne Republican, Florida Senate member and Donald Trump pick, won the special election for the 6th Congressional District this evening–not handily at all, but he won it all the same, to his patron’s (and his own) relief. 

Flagler Beach Quietly Signs On to Agreement with ICE, Deputizing Local Cops for Immigration Enforcement

April 1, 2025 | FlaglerLive | 25 Comments

The Flagler Beach Police Department is joining a program enabling federal immigration authorities to depuitze local police in certain immigration-enforcement duties. (© FlaglerLive)

Without discussion or mention of the agreement, the Flagler Beach City Commission last Thursday signed an agreement with U.S. Immigration Customs Enforcement, or ICE, to deputize some of its police officers to enforce federal immigration laws.

Flagler Beach Ends Debate on Annexation with Final Approval of Measure Scrapping 5% Rule

April 1, 2025 | FlaglerLive | 2 Comments

The Veranda Bay development was the trigger for Flagler Beachh to repeal its annexation rule requiring a referendum if the annexation was to be greater than 5 percent of the city's geographic size. (© FlaglerLive)

The Flagler Beach City Commission approved on a 4-1 vote and on final reading the repeal of a decades-old rule that required the city to hold a referendum any time it would annex more than 5 percent of its geographic area in a given year. The repeal was precipitated last year by the city’s interest in annexing Veranda Bay, the huge development along John Anderson Highway that would more than double the city’s population when built out.

The Daily Cartoon and Live Briefing: Tuesday, April 1, 2025

April 1, 2025 | FlaglerLive | 1 Comment

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It’s Election Day: choose your next Congressman in this special election to replace the secrets-spewing Mike Waltz, the Palm Coast City Council and the planning boards in Bunnell and Flagler Beach meet, ICE raids, Democratic sheep.

Florida Agency Wants Emergency Management to House Migrants Awaiting Deportation

March 31, 2025 | FlaglerLive | 2 Comments

Larry Keefe, director of the State Board of Immigration Enforcement, delivers remarks during a press conference at the Florida Capitol on Feb. 19, 2025. (Jackie Llanos)

The executive director of the new State Board of Immigration Enforcement is pushing for the Florida Division of Emergency Management to house and transport immigrants awaiting deportation.

Marine Le Pen’s Familiar Victim Narrative

March 31, 2025 | FlaglerLive | 4 Comments

Marine LePen (Facebook)

Marine Le Pen, figurehead of France’s Rassemblement National (RN), one of the most established far-right parties in Europe, has been found guilty of embezzling funds from the European parliament. Le Pen is highly unlikely to be able to stand as a candidate in the next presidential election in 2027.

Democrat Josh Weil Riles GOP Panic Over Special Election: ‘We Are Going to Have Our Own Surge’

March 31, 2025 | FlaglerLive | 27 Comments

Josh Weil speaking to a Flagler County resident and voter this afternoon at his headquarters at City Market Place. (© FlaglerLive)

Democrat Josh Weil, the Orlando teacher, and the GOP’s Sen. Randy Fine of Melbourne, are running so close in the special election for Waltz’s 6th Congressional District seat–which includes all of Flagler County–that even if Weil doesn’t win Tuesday, the race is sending seismic waves through a magaland.

Owners Demolish Old Dixie Hotel a Few Weeks from Deadline, Ending Years of Litigation

March 31, 2025 | FlaglerLive | 17 Comments

It's actually happening: the demolition of the Old Dixie motel today. (Jane Gentile-Youd)

The Old Dixie motel is coming down. What used to be the Country Hearth Inn, what rapidly became an eyesore after it closed in 2008, then a battleground between Flagler County government and two sets of owners, was being demolished today, making one legal case moot and all but ending the second. The attorney for the property owners says something will be built there, but it’s not yet clear what.

Three Palm Coast Council Members Return from Tallahassee With Some Hope for City’s Utility Needs

March 31, 2025 | FlaglerLive | 5 Comments

Palm Coast wants one or two more of these "equalization tanks" to help diminish stormwater surges at its Waste Water Treatment Plant 1 in the Woodlands. A recent utility rate increase and a legislative appropriation will help. (© FlaglerLive)

Three of the Palm Coast City Council’s four members–Theresa Pontieri, Charles Gambaro and Ty Miller–returned from a lobbying trip to Tallahassee last week with some potential successes to help pay for the city’s utility-infrastructure needs despite legislative appropriations far more constrained than they’d been the previous two years.

Deltona Homicide Suspect Ends Chase at Hammock Dunes Bridge with Self-Inflicted Gunshot

March 31, 2025 | FlaglerLive | 5 Comments

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What started with the report of a shooting-death of a woman in Deltona early this morning ended after a police chase before dawn at the foot of the Hammock Dunes Bridge with a man apparently shooting himself after he crashed through the toll bridge’s arm and veered off the road.

The Daily Cartoon and Live Briefing: Monday, March 31, 2025

March 31, 2025 | FlaglerLive | 3 Comments

Signal Small Group Chat by Taylor Jones, Politicalcartoons.com

Cello Studio Recital presented by the Stetson School of Music, Sara Novak and Principal Kristin Bozeman of Matanzas High School and Assistant Superintendent Dr. Angela O’Brien earn a milestone, Omar el Akkad on becoming American.

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