Flagler Beach commissioners at their meetings today will consider approving the site plan for the hotel planned in place of the Farmers’ Market, where a hotel used to rise until the 1970s,and they’ll discuss impact fees.
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Is Another Covid Wave on the Way? Explaining the BA.2 Variant
BA.2 is considered to be more transmissible but not more virulant than BA.1. This means that while BA.2 can spread faster than BA.1, it might not make people sicker. Some scientists have called BA.2 a “stealth” variant because, unlike the BA.1 variant, it lacks a particular genetic signature that distinguishes it from the delta variant.
If Spared DeSantis’s Veto, Flagler Would Receive $19.3 Million for 2 Major Public Works Projects and the Ag Museum
If the governor signs without line-item vetoes the following items will be funded for a total of $19.3 million: the Septic to Sewer Conversion Project for the barrier island will receive $8 million ($1.6 million more than requested, which will allow the county to expand the original scope of work); the Florida Agricultural Museum Expansion Project will receive $4.5 million; and, Flagler Central Commerce Parkway will receive $6.8 million.
Stetson University Announces Across-the-Board Raises, Including $15/hr Minimum
The university is providing a dollar-per-hour increase for all eligible bi-weekly, non-exempt, full- and part-time employees, and an across-the-board, annual pay increase of $1,800 for eligible full-time, monthly, exempt employees.
Senior Planner Bill Hoover Retires After Seven and a Half Years in Palm Coast Government
Bill Hoover has been a planner in the State of Florida for over 33 years. He worked for Hillsborough and Collier Counties and for Butler Engineering, Inc. in Ft. Meyers prior to opening his own business in Naples, FL. He and his wife, Charlene, discovered Palm Coast in 2014.
Mother Faces Felony Charge Over Repeated Beatings of Her Son, Captured on Video at Babysitter’s
Nikki Alicia Warner, 29, of Spruce Street in Bunnell, was charged with a count of felony child abuse after allegedly repeatedly striking her son inside and outside the P-Section house where he was being babysat with his sister.
County Commission Declares ‘Dangerous’ 2 Dogs Who’d Been Terrorizing Hammock Neighborhood Since 2017
The Flagler County Commission Monday unanimously voted to approve an order declaring a pair of German shepherds in the Hammock “dangerous,” and requiring the dogs’ owner to abide by rules severely restricting the dogs’ freedom. The dogs had been terrorizing the neighborhood, injuring other dogs and their owners since 2017.
Scorning Transgender Swim-Race Victor, DeSantis Declares 2nd Place Finisher ‘Rightful Winner’
Gov. Ron DeSantis waded further into gender politics Tuesday, issuing a proclamation that said swimmer Emma Weyant from Sarasota is the nation’s best “female” in the 500-meter freestyle after she finished second last week to Lia Thomas, a transgender athlete at the NCAA championship.
The Daily Cartoon and Live Briefing: Wednesday, March 23, 2022
Paul Renner is at Hammock Dunes in the monthly Tiger Bay lunch, but the event is sold out, Flagler Reads Together has its discussion on “The Personal Librarian,” on the extraordinary life of Belle da Costa Greene, Remembering Akira Kurosawa and his “Dersu Uzala.”
On Gun Sales and Gun Violence in Pandemic America
For several years, the demographic profile of gun owners in the United States has been broadening as women and members of underrepresented groups started purchasing firearms. People buy guns more for protection than for all other reasons put together.