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Unemployment Drops Sharply in Flagler, to 11.3%, as State and U.S. Trends Also Improve

November 16, 2012 | FlaglerLive | 13 Comments

Flagler County’s unemployment rate in September dropped sharply to 11.3 percent, from a revised 12 percent in August, as improving economies statewide and in the country continue to to trickle down. Flagler’s 11.3 percent rate is the lowest in four years: it was last at 11.3 in November 2008.

Daytona State Launches Social Media Course This Spring, Available Online (Naturally)

November 8, 2012 | FlaglerLive | 1 Comment

Daytona State College is offering Social Media Marketing, a college-credit, stand-alone course launching this spring semester, along with a parallel course, Advertising. Both courses will be offered online.

In Startling Confrontations, DeLorenzo Takes On Palm Coast’s Jim Landon–and Impact Fees

October 30, 2012 | FlaglerLive | 25 Comments

Palm Coast City Council member Jason DeLorenzo on Tuesday questioned the veracity of City Manager Jim Landon’s numbers and his “backroom” style while making the case for a two-year moratorium for impact fees on new construction in the city in a rare, direct and sustained public challenge to the assuming city manager.

Another Feather in Bird’s Cap as Fire Flight Rescues 2 Mud Muckers Lost Overnight

October 29, 2012 | FlaglerLive | 2 Comments

Wayne Oley, 30, and Brigett Madorma, 24, lost their ATV in the wilds of Mud Muckers’s 19,000 acres Sunday night, and were lost after that, until Fire Flight spotted them Monday morning, shivering from a cold night but otherwise fine.

Flagler’s Unemployment Rate Falls to 11.9%, Its Lowest Level Since December 2008

October 19, 2012 | FlaglerLive | 13 Comments

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Flagler County may have a little something to cheer about: its unemployment rate in September fell to 11.9 percent, from 12.3 percent the month before. That’s the lowest unemployment rate in the county since December 2008, when it was 11.8 percent.

Another Major Blow to Palm Coast Data as Newsweek, a Major Account, Ends Print

October 18, 2012 | FlaglerLive | 17 Comments

Newsweek, with 1.5 million subscribers, is one of Palm Coast Data’s largest accounts. The company landed it less than two years ago, helping it stanch the loss of other titles. Newsweek will end its print publication in December, a move that will again hurt Palm Coast Data’s bottom line.

Save Your Teeth: Flagler Dentists Drill Halloween With $1-a-Pound Candy Buy-Back

October 15, 2012 | FlaglerLive | 1 Comment

Like the sheriff’s office’s gun buy-back and the DEA’s drug give-back, Flagler Dental, a group of dentists, is offering a $1-a-pound candy buy-back from Nov. 1 to Nov. 10 at its two locations, with the candy–or sugary drugs, if you prefer–being shipped off to troops overseas.

Live, “Loud” Music Again Riles Flagler Beach Residents, Who Demand a Rule Rewrite

October 11, 2012 | FlaglerLive | 26 Comments

Two years ago it was Hurricane Patty’s. This time it’s Johnny D’s whose live music is that’s drawing the ire of residents. One Johnny D’s neighbor is asking the Flagler Beach City Commission to more strictly rewrite its noise ordinance. A workshop is scheduled for November to consider the request.

Should You Keep Paying FPL and PEF For Nukes Plants that May Never Be Built?

October 8, 2012 | FlaglerLive | 2 Comments

The up-front nuclear costs for plant construction have become highly controversial, at least in part because there is no guarantee that FPL and Progress will build the planned reactors and because projected costs have risen to over $40 billion for four reactors. The Supreme Court will decide the matter.

Flagler Dental Expands South From North as 45-Year-Old Practice Taps Growth

October 4, 2012 | FlaglerLive | 6 Comments

Flagler Dental’s North and South locations–at Flagler Plaza and Office Park Drive–take a page out of Florida Hospital Flagler’s strategy of tracking demographic growth in the city. The South location just opened.

News-Journal Puts Up $120 Barrier to Online Access in Hopes of Improving Bottom Line

October 2, 2012 | FlaglerLive | 15 Comments

The News-Journal’s $120-a-year paywall for online readers follows the lead of more than 160 newspapers that have ended unlimited free access to websites to stop hemorrhaging print readers, where, most of the advertising revenue remains.

As Expected, Flagler County Suspends $1,707-a-Home Building Tax for 2 Years

October 1, 2012 | FlaglerLive | 24 Comments

The county’s moratorium is relatively small, but Flagler’s chamber of commerce and its home builders association hope to get the school board to approve a moratorium next, then move to Palm Coast, where impact fees add up to $15,270.

How Two Council Members, Out of View, Got WNZF to Back-Pedal on Synthetic Marijuana

September 27, 2012 | FlaglerLive | 14 Comments

What was behind what sounded like a retraction on synthetic marijuana by WNZF’s David Ayres on his Free For All Friday show last week? Private discussions between Palm Coast Council member Bill McGuire with Mayor Jon Netts, and a letter Netts wrote Ayres, that the council never discussed openly–even as the council has yet to vote finally on the matter.

FPL Begins Installing Smart Meters in Flagler as PSC Takes on Devices’ Emitted Controversies

September 19, 2012 | FlaglerLive | 29 Comments

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FPL will begin installing 50,000 smart meters in Flagler County this month and continue installing them through the fall, while the Florida Public Service Commission on Thursday devotes a daylong workshop to questions about smart meters and health effects, privacy, data security and alternatives.

In Flagler and Across Florida, More Perky Housing Sales Point to Encouraging Trends

September 19, 2012 | FlaglerLive | 6 Comments

Sales of single family homes in Flagler were up 9.5 percent in August over a year ago, 10.8 percent across Florida, while pending sales have skyrocketed in further signs of health for the battered housing sector, even as prices still stagnate.

Palm Coast Data’s Latest Revenue Down 18.6% Over the Year But Ticks Up in 2012

September 17, 2012 | FlaglerLive | 3 Comments

Palm Coast Data's revenue has been on a downward spiral since its peak in 2009. Click on the graph for larger view. (© FlaglerLive)

Palm Coast Data revenue fell to $13.6 million in the quarter ending July 31, compared to $16.5 million a year ago, and $32 million in 2008. Parent-company Amrep Corp. posted its 12th loss of the last 16 quarters.

Russian Roulette With MSG

September 15, 2012 | FlaglerLive | 4 Comments

In today’s American restaurants, MSG has become so prevalent that it is in practically every kind of food. It’s no longer isolated to Chinese cuisine. And it can be very dangerous to eat, making eating out a gamble.

Follow the Lead of Flagler Beach’s Restaurants: Trash the Styrofoam

September 8, 2012 | FlaglerLive | 16 Comments

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Restaurants in Flagler Beach, among them the Turtle Shack and the Flagler Fish Company, decided to drop the use of Styrofoam and adopt all-recyclable containers, taking a lead other local businesses should follow, Frank Gromling writes, given Styrofoam’s polluting and carcinogenic properties.

On Garage Sales, Palm Coast Rejects $5 Fee But Preserves Registration Requirement

September 5, 2012 | FlaglerLive | 24 Comments

Facing almost unanimous public opposition, the Palm Coast City Council reversed plans to impose a $5 fee for garage sales but will still require a computerized permit and registration system to enforce a 2-sale limit per year.

Greg Rawls, Long-Time Face of Economic Development in Flagler, Opts For a New Tribe

September 4, 2012 | FlaglerLive | 2 Comments

Greg Rawls had been Enterprise Flagler’s executive director since 2007 before Palm Coast and Flagler County killed that economic development partnership, and Flagler formed its own, where Rawls worked as a manager. He’ll be working for Creek Indian Enterprises in Alabama.

Women of the Year: Cindy Dalecki And Rebecca DeLorenzo Take Flagler

September 3, 2012 | FlaglerLive | 8 Comments

They're among Flagler County's more recognizable and influential women: Rebecca DeLorenzo, left, and Cindy Dalecki. (© FlaglerLive)

Marketing 2 Go’s Cindy Dalecki got the United Way’s Women’s Initiative of Flagler County’s Outstanding Woman of the Year Award and the president’s Volunteer Service Award, while the Flagler Business Women named Flagler Chamber VP Rebecca DeLorenzo its 2012 Woman of the Year.

After Two Incidents, Secret Service Warns Of Counterfeit Money Circulating in Flagler

August 31, 2012 | FlaglerLive | 13 Comments

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At least two incidents involving large cash withdrawals from Bank of America and Prosperity Bank in the past two weeks, each including some fake $100 bills, led the Secret Service to issue the warning for Flagler County.

Farm to Flag: One Commissioner’s Idea to Cultivate Flagler’s Agricultural Powers

August 27, 2012 | FlaglerLive | 8 Comments

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Ideally, Farm to Flag would provide fresh foods to public nutrition programs while revitalizing the area’s major agricultural industries, creating more jobs and boosting the local economy through one of its traditional mainstays. But the program is rife with obstacles.

Skirting Landon’s Flogging of Cline Construction, Palm Coast Awards New Contract

August 21, 2012 | FlaglerLive | 23 Comments

The paths along Belle Terre Parkway have been a flashpoint between S.E. Cline Construction and Palm Coast. (© FlaglerLive)

The Palm Coast City Council awarded S.E. Cline Construction a $208,000 contract to build a water-control structure a week after City Manager Jim Landon argued to the council, harshly and publicly, that Cline was falling down on the job.

Thelma Wagenhoffer, Who Drove Her Car Into Belle Terre Publix, Loses Her License

August 17, 2012 | FlaglerLive | 8 Comments

Thelma Wagenhoffer, the 76-year-old woman who drove her Toyota Camry through the glass entrance of the Publix Supermarket on Belle Terre Parkway on April 14, was found guilty of careless driving Thursday in Flagler County traffic court.

Unemployment Rises Again, to 8.8% in Florida And 12.7% in Flagler, Clouding Recovery

August 17, 2012 | FlaglerLive | 14 Comments

After falling steadily by 2.1 percentage points over the past year and holding steady at 8.6 percent in June, Florida’s unemployment rate ticked back up to 8.8 percent in July, and there was a net job loss of 3,300 in the state.

Flagler Beach’s Allen Whetsell Is Kiwanis’s Florida Governor, a First for Flagler and Volusia

August 16, 2012 | FlaglerLive | 5 Comments

Allen Whetsell, the general manager at Craig-Flagler Palms Funeral Home, a Kiwanian for 30 years and a recent candidate for supervisor of elections, was installed as Governor of the Florida District, giving the service organization its first Flagler governor in 95 years.

Florida Hospital Flagler Spared Sister Hospitals’ Fraud Lawsuit and Medicare Penalties

August 13, 2012 | FlaglerLive | 8 Comments

Florida Hospital Flagler came out unscathed by readmission penalties Medicare is levying on 2,000 hospitals, including most hospitals in Florida. FAF was also not among seven sister-Adventist hospitals named in a whistleblower lawsuit alleging fraudulent billing that a federal judge said last week may now go forward.

Palm Coast Warns of Unlicensed Contractors Soliciting Local Work

August 7, 2012 | FlaglerLive | 8 Comments

The Palm Coast and Flagler County administrations are warning of an increase of unlicensed business activity across the region. Working most trades without a license is against the law. Here’s how to be prepared against unlicensed contractors.

Small Business Saturday: Community Building One Mom and Pop Store at a Time

August 4, 2012 | FlaglerLive | 5 Comments

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Small Business Saturday is about changing mindsets, supporting community businesses and keeping dollars local, writes Carol Fisher, owner of the Beachhouse Beanery in Flagler Beach.

Palm Coast Takes a Deeper Drag
At Synthetic Marijuana Regulation

July 24, 2012 | FlaglerLive | 5 Comments

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Palm Coast Mayor Jon Netts and council member Frank Meeker want Palm Coast and other local governments to jointly tackle the legality of synthetic marijuana even as states are gradually adopting bans on fake-pot sales across the country.

When Even Sheriff Fleming Is a Bystander to Rumors’ Wreckage

July 23, 2012 | FlaglerLive | 33 Comments

Sheriff Don Fleming was with his wife and daughter and another couple at Farley's, the Irish pub to the left, at European Village, when the verbal altercation with an off-the-clock waitress at Mezzaluna, the establishment to the right, took place in June. (© FlaglerLive)

A verbal altercation involving Sheriff Don Fleming’s step-daughter and another woman at European Village began a series of events that caused the firing of the woman and her boyfriend, both waiters at Mazzaluna. Charges that Fleming had retaliated are unsubstantiated.

GOP Attempt to Slash Food Stamps Eligibility Would Hurt Flagler and Florida Families

July 23, 2012 | FlaglerLive | 44 Comments

If Republicans get their way, the food stamps program as it is now now could become as much a relic as these old food stamp books. (NCReedplayer)

Republican efforts in Congress would end the food stamps program as it is now known, hugely reducing funding and eligibility, and significantly affecting Florida and Flagler families–and local economies. Some 9 percent of Flagler’s population, and 23 percent of children, are on food stamps.

Flagler Chamber and County’s Jobs Council Hosting $25-a-Plate “Unity” Lunch Aug. 17

July 21, 2012 | FlaglerLive | 9 Comments

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Dale Brill, president of the Florida Chamber Foundation, is the guest speaker for what the local chamber and the county are calling a “unity in the community” lunch at Palm Coast’s Hilton Garden Inn.

In Country: With Kix 98.7, WNZF Launches Flagler’s Fourth Radio Station in Four Years

July 13, 2012 | FlaglerLive | 20 Comments

Kix 98.7 FM, a traditional country station officially launching Aug. 1, joins WNZF’s all-news station. Beach-FM and Easy Oldies as Flagler County Broadcasting’s empire continues to grow. General Manager David Ayres says that may be it for now.

Florida Hospital Flagler’s Parkway Medical Plaza Will See You Now

July 11, 2012 | FlaglerLive | 1 Comment

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The $15 million facility on Cypress Edge Drive opened ceremoniously Tuesday. It has several physicians’ offices, a walk-in clinic, a rehab and a woman’s center. Some of the services were shifted from the main hospital campus.

Divided Palm Coast Council Buries
Home-Based Baking Start-Ups For Good

July 5, 2012 | FlaglerLive | 40 Comments

For a Palm Coast City Council that has been preaching the virtues of entrepreneurship and small business, the 3-2 vote reasserted council members’ priority for residential neighborhoods and freedom from the risks of new business.

Neurologist David Karaffa Joins Florida Hospital Flagler as Staff Physician

June 22, 2012 | FlaglerLive | Leave a Comment

Dr. David Karaffa can treat a variety of conditions including seizure disorders, Parkinson’s disease, Alzheimer’s, strokes, migraine, back pain, neuropathy and more.

Florida and Flagler Back to Anemic Job Growth as Unemployment Stalls, Reflecting U.S. Trend

June 15, 2012 | FlaglerLive | 4 Comments

Florida added just 5,300 jobs in April, and the state unemployment rate would have risen back sharply had the labor department not revised its April figures to show a much higher unemployment rate than it announced last month.

From Food Lion to Charter School: Deal Close To Convert Long-Vacant Flagler Beach Store

June 14, 2012 | FlaglerLive | 13 Comments

Jacksonville-based Florida International Language Academy has been on the hunt for a location in Flagler for its 364-student K-8, language-oriented school, opening in August. Talks in Bunnell and Palm Coast fell through, returning the company to the Food Lion location in Flagler Beach.

Despite Warnings of Corruption, Palm Coast Council Approves Meeker’s Job “Posse” Scheme

May 30, 2012 | FlaglerLive | 17 Comments

In a victory for Frank Meeker, the city will pay job “recruiters” $1,000 for being instrumental in expanding or relocating out-of-county business to Palm Coast, but many of the defining criteria remain vague and fraught with what the city terms unintended consequences.

Cup Cakes Get Their Day in Court as Palm Coast Agrees to a Hearing on Home Bakeries

May 29, 2012 | FlaglerLive | 20 Comments

Where van Gogh's starry night and small-business frosting meet. (photolaugher)

A split Palm Coast City Council has been wrestling with a proposal to allow small home-based commercial bakery operations, as long as the bakeries don’t sell products from the home. Food safety has been a hang-up.

As FPL’s Smart Meters Convert 50,000 Flagler Homes, County Takes Dim View of Opponents

May 22, 2012 | FlaglerLive | 40 Comments

Florida Power & Light will roll out 50,000 smart meters in Flagler homes and small businesses over six months beginning this summer. The Flagler County Commission supports an opt-out measure for customers, some of whom thing the smart meters are invasive and dangerous, but FPL already provides a temporary opt-out.

Bob Tibbs, 70-Year-Old Flagler Moonshine Man, Is Arrested for His Whiskey Trade

April 27, 2012 | FlaglerLive | 20 Comments

They call him Mr. Tibbs: Bob Tibbs, 70, of west Flagler, moonshine producer and shrimp peddler. He faces a third-degree felony for his illegal alcohol operation, which he says also helps him fuel his lawnmower.

In a Reversal, Flagler Beach Will Consider New Regulations for Roving Street Vendors

April 26, 2012 | FlaglerLive | 7 Comments

Commissioners agreed unanimously Thursday evening to draft a new ordinance or licensing rules that would define where, how and how often roving vendors would be allowed to in the city.

Signing For 3 More Years at City Market Place, Palm Coast Explores New City Hall Options

April 24, 2012 | FlaglerLive | 14 Comments

Palm Coast city government’s new lease at City Market Place is considerably cheaper than the $20,000 a month it’s been paying since 2008, but council members are now talking about a lease-purchase deal for a new city hall at Town Center.

At Nature Scapes, Palm Coast Garden Club Grows Its Annual Show Into a Special Event

April 22, 2012 | FlaglerLive | 6 Comments

The Palm Coast Garden Club found a new home for its annual garden show at Nature Scapes, the stately nursery on Old Brick Road, where, on Saturday, some 50 vendors drew a few thousand visitors and plant lovers.

Flagler and Florida Unemployment Rates Drop Sharply, Confirming Uptick in Economic Activity

April 20, 2012 | FlaglerLive | 17 Comments

Flagler County’s and Florida’s unemployment rates dropped significantly in March, solidifying an economic recovery and confirming what many local business owners have been saying for the last several months: the last quarter’s economic activity is the best they’ve seen since the beginning of the Great Recession.

Citing Health Concerns and Competition, Palm Coast Kills Home-Based Bakeries

April 17, 2012 | FlaglerLive | 46 Comments

Palm Coast Mayor Jon Netts proved to be the swing vote against an initiative that would have allowed small bakeries to operate out of homes. The rejection adds to the city’s pattern of conflicted reactions to start-ups–supporting them with one hand while scuttling them with the other.

Panera Bread’s Covelli Secret: From Ohio to Palm Coast, By Way of a Social Conscience

April 13, 2012 | FlaglerLive | 6 Comments

Panera Bread’s odyssey from seed to giant, and its remarkable expansion during the country’s toughest years is a rarely told story of fortune and resilience, with that rare additive for American businesses: a social conscience.

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