Raymond C. Jakubielski, a 66-year-old resident of Woodfern Place in Palm Coast, was charged with DUI after crashing his car into Robert Hunt’s on Pine Lakes Parkway Thursday evening. Both men escaped serious injury.
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Children in Nursing Homes: Florida Rejects Court Oversight in Dispute With U.S. Justice
The Department of Justice in September threatened legal action over Florida’s violating the Americans with Disabilities Act by improperly placing disabled children in nursing homes and threatened legal action. Florida wants to resolve the dispute but opposes federal court oversight.
Taxes Lower Than in the Reagan Era, Baldwin on Malcom X, Bach’s Purity: Five Reads Friday
Your taxes are lower today than during Reagan’s 80s, Israel’s cynical retaliations in Jerusalem, James Baldwin on Malcolm X, women in Congress, America’s Cold War plans to nuke the Moon, cancer in every food, and Johan Sebastian Bach, pure and impure, plus Flagler jail bookings.
Almost 6 Years in the Making, Facelift of Pine Lakes Parkway North Begins on Dec. 4
On Dec. 4, Palm Coast will begin repaving Pine Lakes Parkway North, widening its shoulders, adding a 10 foot-wide bike and exercise path and street lights, and burying utility lines. The project will take some 9 months.
In Juvenile Detention for Girls, Health Care Is Shoddy, Absent or Geared Only to Boys
Incarcerated girls are “one of the most vulnerable and unfortunately invisible populations in the country,” and up to 90 percent have experienced physical, sexual, or emotional abuse, yet the health care provided to children, and girls in particular, in juvenile detention is often ill-equipped to deal with their complex health needs.
After Latest Florida Ballot Debacle, Democrats File Bills to Extend Early Voting
Bills filed this week would require early voting to begin 15 days before Election Day, up from 10 days before under current law, and early voting wouldn’t end until the Sunday night before the election under the new measures.
Young Couple Robbed at Gunpoint By 3 Ski-Masked Men In Seminole Woods Home
Timothy and Rishanda Ivey were in the kitchen of their Slowdrift Turn house in Seminole Woods Wednesday morning when they were invaded and assaulted by three men in ski masks who proceeded to rob Timothy, search upstairs, and steal his handgun from his car.
Robert Gill’s Mark Twain Takes Palm Coast at City Repertory Theatre
Robert Gill has taken Mark Twain all over Florida, performing in Jacksonville, Orlando, Avon Park, and St. Augustine, but this will be the Palm Coast debut, and it flows with whiskey and irreverence.
Obama’s Third Term, Britain’s War on the Press, Atheist Muslims: Five Reads Thursday
The Obama third-term conspiracy theory, Islam’s atheists coming out of the closet, Britain’s Leveson report on the press, boorish parents, and whether women want to be objectified, plus those lost Powerballs.
Threatening Palm Coast Data, Threatening a Horse, and an Odd Car Chase: Flagler 911
A caller threatens Palm Coast Data with violence when he claims the company released his personal information, a homeless woman leads cops on a car chase, a man learns that threatening to shoot horses is a crime, a woman loses her job–and is then arrested for domestic battery, and a long list of property crimes and drunk driving charges.