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Florida’s Minimum Wage Goes to $12 on Sept. 30

September 23, 2023 | FlaglerLive | Leave a Comment

Clearly, not yet. (Joe Brusky)

Chambers of commerce and Republican lawmakers have routinely claimed that higher minimum wages would hurt workers, cut back their hours, increase unemployment, or shutter small businesses. Those fears have not materialized in Florida.

Felony Charge for Mom Who Left Child Alone With Dead Man After Night of Sex and Drugs at Hammock Resort

September 17, 2023 | FlaglerLive | 30 Comments

Amy Kemper.

The State Attorney’s Office filed a third-degree felony child neglect charge against Amy M. Kemper, 32, of Richland Place in Palm Coast on Thursday. The charge is in connection with an incident at the Hammock Beach Resort on Sept. 9 involving drugs and group sex in the proximity of Kemper’s 11-year-old child, and that ended with the death of a 60-year-old man, according to her arrest report and the Flagler County Sheriff’s Office.

Flagler County Joins St. Johns in Banning ‘Floating Structures’ Used as Unregulated Party Stores on Waterways

September 11, 2023 | FlaglerLive | 13 Comments

The floating structure County Commissioner Andy Dance spotted on the Intracoastal, toward the north end of the county, last Saturday--a few days after he and his colleagues on the commission voted to ban such structures from county waters. (Andy Dance)

A month after St. Johns County did so, the Flagler County Commission last week banned all floating structures used on county rivers, lakes or inlets “like a neighborhood convenience store on the water,” as a county memo describes them, and that the county considers unregulated nuisances that at times damage the surrounding ecology.

Workers Want Talk About Diversity and Inclusion

September 3, 2023 | FlaglerLive | 1 Comment

ow companies communicate their diversity initiatives matters. (Morsa Images/DigitalVision via Getty Images)

Companies’ commitments toward diversity, equity and inclusion initiatives have stalled or reversed at the same time as a growing conservative backlash is threatening to further undermine such initiatives. But research shows that diversity, equity and inclusion initiatives improve creativity, innovation, productivity and organizational performance.

Stop Blaming Line Workers for Poor Service. It’s CEOs’ Fault.

September 2, 2023 | FlaglerLive | 8 Comments

Ever get mad at a delivery driver for bringing your pizza late? Stop, and consider: It’s late because an overpaid boss is probably making two employees do the job of 10 as chronic but unnecessary and often intentional understaffing plagues many of America’s largest retailers and fast food corporations.

Great News: Brian and Hailey McMillan Buy the Palm Coast and Ormond Beach Observer

August 30, 2023 | FlaglerLive | 17 Comments

Hailey and Brian McMillan are the new co-owners of the Palm Coast and Ormond Beach Observer. Matt and John Walsh founded the Observer in late 2009 and hired McMillan as their first editor. He'd led the paper until 2022. (© Marina's Photography)

Hailey and Brian McMillan are the new co-owners of the Palm Coast and Ormond Beach Observer, an acquisition roundly applauded by the paper’s staff, community leaders and competitors. Matt and John Walsh founded the Observer in late 2009 and hired McMillan as their first editor. He’d led the paper until his reluctant departure 2022.

In Time for Idalia, Sales Tax ‘Holiday’ on Disaster Supplies in Effect Until Sept. 8

August 28, 2023 | FlaglerLive | Leave a Comment

Now's your chance to avoid those old days: you can buy up to $30 worth of toilet paper without paying sales tax. (© FlaglerLive)

Retailers hope Floridians will stock up on storm supplies during the sales-tax “holiday” that started Saturday, particularly as the increasingly active hurricane season is bringing Hurricane Idalia through a vast portion of the state later this week. The state’s second “disaster preparedness” tax holiday of the year continues through Sept. 8.

Flagler Tiger Bay Roars Farewell to Founding President Greg Davis After Five Years

August 22, 2023 | FlaglerLive | 1 Comment

One of the club's gifts to Greg Davis, right, is a drawing of Davis with a tiger. Jay Scherr is at left. (© FlaglerLive)

Greg Davis stepped down as Flagler Tiger Bay’s first president after five years in a farewell at the Palm Coast Community Center. Davis, Don Madden and others established the club over five years ago as a non-partisan forum that champions discourse and civility over polemic.

Palm Coast Approves Doubling Housing Units to 845 at Lighthouse Harbor on Colbert Lane, Part of Future ‘Village’

August 21, 2023 | FlaglerLive | 35 Comments

Lighthouse Harbor in marina Village, off Colbert Lane, would literally be a small village of some 850 houses, town homes and apartment units built around a marina, with public-space components that would welcome visitors.

The council approved several deviations from the Land Development Code to accommodate the developer, which is part of the Marina Village collection of developments. Between Marina del Palma’s 615 units to its immediate north and a 240-unit apartment complex immediately to the west of Colbert Lane, the cluster of new developments will add 1,400 housing units.

Intracoastal Bank Announces Jacqueline Yantis as Business Relationship Manager

August 17, 2023 | FlaglerLive | Leave a Comment

Jacqueline Yantis. (Intracoastal Bank)

Bruce Page, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, this week announced the addition of Jacqueline Yantis to the Intracoastal Bank team as Senior Vice President/Business Relationship Manager for the Bank. In this capacity she will be responsible for developing and servicing business banking relationships.

Challenged by Staffer, Palm Coast Council Awards $8.2 Million to Same Firm Dragging Belle Terre Bridge Project

August 15, 2023 | FlaglerLive | 16 Comments

Palm Coast loves its canals. A $9.2 million project is intended to improve flood protection in the L and B Section. (Palm Coast)

Carmelo Morales, a rank-and-file city engineer, charged city council members with “micromanaging” an  $8.2 million stormwater contract with the same firm building the Belle Terre Parkway/Buddy Taylor walkway and storm pipe, and risking leaving the city begging for contractors. But in the end, the council approved the contract and conceded Morales’s point, with caveats.

Security First Insurance Accountant Samantha Rae Link Arrested in $1.5 Million Embezzlement Scheme

August 15, 2023 | FlaglerLive | 13 Comments

Samantha Link.

An investigation by the State Attorney’s Office and Ormond Beach police led to the arrest last week of Samantha Rae Link, a 31-year-old Daytona Beach resident and former accountant at Security First Insurance, on two first-degree felony counts of fraud and grand theft. The investigation revealed that Link allegedly stole $1.5 million from the Ormond Beach insurance company.

Daniel Ernst RN Wins DAISY Award at Flagler Hospital for End-of-Life Care

August 13, 2023 | FlaglerLive | Leave a Comment

Daniel Ernst with Linda Smoyer (Flagler Hospital)

Daniel Ernst, RN, a nurse in the Medical Intensive Care Unit (MICU) at Flagler Hospital, has been honored as the hospital’s DAISY Award recipient for the second quarter of 2023. Ernst was honored for his compassionate care toward an 87-year-old woman as she came to the end of her life.

As Heat Peaks, FPL’s House of Savings Returns With More Savings

August 10, 2023 | FlaglerLive | Leave a Comment

FPL's House of Savings (FPL)

As the summer heat reaches its peak, Florida Power & Light Company (FPL) debuts a revamped version of its interactive, augmented reality (AR) tool, the House of Savings. New this year, each time a customer completes the House of Savings mobile experience, $2 will be donated on their behalf, up to a total of $100,000, toward FPL’s Care To Share.

Minor Electrical Fire Outside Next Door Bistro Briefly Shuts Down Popular Restaurant in Flagler Beach

August 10, 2023 | FlaglerLive | 2 Comments

A fire in an electrical; box outside the Next Door Beach Bistro was reported around 4 p.m. today. (Flagler Beach Police)

A small electrical fire outside the Next Door Beach Bistro in Flagler Beach late this afternoon sent smoke inside the restaurant and caused it to close for the rest of the evening. But crews quickly put out the fire. There were no injuries and damage was limited to the electrical equipment outside

Flagler Beach’s Margaritaville Hotel Begins 18-Month Construction in September

August 2, 2023 | FlaglerLive | 51 Comments

Some 80 people turned up, including most of the city commission and its new manager, Todd Martin, to hear the developer and contractor of the coming Margaritaville Hotel describe how construction will mesh with downtown over the next 18 months. (© FlaglerLive)

Some 80 people turned up, including most of the city commission and its new manager, Dale Martin, to hear the developer and contractor of the coming Margaritaville Hotel describe how construction will mesh with downtown over the next 18 months.

Without Authority, a County Commissioner Asks Flagler Beach to Table Sales Tax Increase Discussion

August 1, 2023 | FlaglerLive | 13 Comments

County Commissioner Dave Sullivan is mulling over different ways to push for an increase in the sales surtax Flagler County residents pay. He faces a very uphill climb made steeper by inaccurate county information. (© FlaglerLive)

The Flagler Beach City Commission pulled from consideration for now a county proposal to raise the local sales tax, after Flagler County Commissioner Dave Sullivan requested that the item be tabled–even though he had not secured the County Commission’s authority to do that. It was the latest example of factual, political and procedural messiness surrounding the county’s sales tax proposal.

Whispering Meadows Ranch Will Leave Flagler Over Next 2 Years For 9-Acre Tract in Ormond Beach

July 31, 2023 | FlaglerLive | 13 Comments

Whispering Meadows Ranch operated off of John Anderson Highway for a decade and a half to great acclaim until neighbors began objecting a little over two years ago. (© FlaglerLive)

Whispering Meadows Ranch, the equine therapy non-profit that’s been looking for a new home for over two years, closed on a 9-acre tract in Ormond Beach, along State Road 40 just south of the Flagler County line, and will leave its John Anderson Highway location over the next two years. 

AdventHealth Prepares to Open Palm Coast Parkway Hospital, Doubling ER and Patient Capacity

July 25, 2023 | FlaglerLive | 15 Comments

The main entrance of AdventHealth Palm Coast Parkway. The facility, with 100 in-patient beds, opens Aug. 2. An open house for the community will be held 1-4 p.m. Wednesday July 26. (© FlaglerLive)

The 158,000-sqaure-foot facility, which cost $167 million, includes 100 inpatient beds, which will double the inpatient capacity for Flagler County when added to AdventHealth Palm Coast, the hospital that recently marked its 20th anniversary at its campus on S.R. 100 just west of I-95.

Waste Pro and Palm Coast Drop All Claims Against Each Other in Bingate Settlement

July 25, 2023 | FlaglerLive | 30 Comments

Waste Pro and Palm Coast signed an agreement that will have Palm Coast release $153,150 owed Waste Pro. The city will also void the $66,350 fines the company had accrued. Neither side admits wrong-doing. Neither side will sue.

$15,000 in Go Girl Grants Now Available Through Professional Women of Flagler County

July 15, 2023 | FlaglerLive | 1 Comment

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The Go Girl Grant is an initiative by The Professional Women of Flagler County to foster the growth and success of professional women in Flagler County. By providing financial aid, the grant money can be used to remove some of the barriers that may hinder the advancement of these women in their respective fields.

Mayor David Alfin and Dr. Steven Bickel’s Arm-Wrestling Match Will Launch $1 Million Food-A-Thon

July 14, 2023 | FlaglerLive | 5 Comments

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Dr. Stephen Bickel, the medical director at the Flagler Health Department and the county’s leading philanthropist, will arm-wrestle in a best-of-three match with Palm Coast Mayor David Alfin to launch this year’s $1 million Food-a-Thon, an effort to raise $200,000 that will e leveraged into $1 million worth of food for needy families, through Grace Tabernacle Food Pantry.

Flagler Beach in 4-1 Vote Approves a 39-Unit Apartment Complex Off Leslie Street, Near SR100

July 13, 2023 | FlaglerLive | 15 Comments

A rendering of one of the two Legacy Pointe apartment buildings.

The Flagler Beach City Commission Wednesday evening cleared the way for a 39-unit, two-building apartment complex on 3.2 acres between Leslie and Joyce streets, off of John Anderson Highway and just south of State Road 100. The 4-1 vote followed insistance from commissioners that the development’s recreational amenities be more enhanced as such.

District ‘Playing Games’ With Belle Terre Swim Club Books, Hurting Revenue Picture

July 12, 2023 | FlaglerLive | 9 Comments

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Flagler County School Board member Colleen Conklin is objecting to the way the district is accounting for the Belle Terre Swim and Racquet Club’s revenue numbers and pointing to a shell game that has made the club’s balance sheet look much worse than it is.

Cancer Will Have New Foe in Town as AdventHealth Palm Coast Announces $30 Million Center on SR 100

July 11, 2023 | FlaglerLive | 10 Comments

As AdventHealth Palm Coast Foundation Executive Director John Subers looked on, AdventHealth Palm Coast CEO Denyse Bales-Chubb this morning unveiled plans for a 30,000 square foot medical building on the front parcel of the hospital on State Road 100, named for Peter and Sue Freytag, (third and fourth from left), who marked the unveiling with Foundation Chairman Papanderou. (© FlaglerLive)

AdventHealth Palm Coast officials and benefactors unveiled the latest expansion of the State Road 100 campus: the Freytag Health Plaza, a $30 million, 30,000 square foot, two-level cancer and rehab center that will open with the newest technology at the beginning of 2025.

Court Revives One-Handed Man’s Disability Case Against Universal’s Volcano Bay

July 8, 2023 | FlaglerLive | Leave a Comment

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A federal appeals court Friday cleared the way for a lawsuit filed by a man who was barred from a ride at an Orlando water park because he has only one hand.

Palm Coast Issues Certificate of Occupancy to AdventHealth Palm Coast Parkway

June 29, 2023 | FlaglerLive | 4 Comments

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The City of Palm Coast is excited to announce that the Certificate of Occupancy was signed on Thursday, June 29, for AdventHealth Palm Coast Parkway, a 100-bed, four-story state-of-the-art hospital.

On EVs, Palm Coast and Flagler County Choose Backwardness

June 24, 2023 | FlaglerLive | 100 Comments

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Flagler County, this self-deluded mecca of economic development, is not only an electric vehicle charging station desert. It is actually hostile to electric vehicles. It is sending a loud and shrill message to tourists and forward-looking businesses and the residents they’d bring along: we like to fossilize. Progress is elsewhere.

Florida Law Banning Kids at Drag Shows Blocked and Termed Unconstitutionally Vague

June 24, 2023 | FlaglerLive | 13 Comments

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Operators of Orlando restaurant Hamburger Mary’s, which has run “family friendly” drag shows for 15 years, filed a legal challenge shortly after Gov. Ron DeSantis signed the law restricting children from attending “adult live performances.”

Day Fees Waived All Weekend at Belle Terre Swim Club in Push For New Members

June 23, 2023 | FlaglerLive | 2 Comments

A free weekend at Belle Terre Swim and Racquet Club. (© FlaglerLive)

The Belle Terre Swim and Racquet Club is hosting its summer open house weekend Saturday and Sunday, June 24-25, waiving its daily admission fees to all pool users and offering free food as the School Board continues to wrangle over how to make the club a viable operation, at least through next year.

Settling Lawsuit with Flagler Beach, Ocean Palms Golf Company Has 9 Months to Find A Buyer

June 22, 2023 | FlaglerLive | 4 Comments

It's been stormy, but Ocean Palms golf course has continued to operate through its legal disputes with Flagler Beach government. A settlement was signed today. (© FlaglerLive)

The Flagler Beach City Commission this evening voted 4-1 to approve a settlement with Flagler Golf Management, the company that took over management of the nine-hole Ocean Palms golf club at the south end of town in 2015 after years of disuse. The city filed suit to evict the company last year, and the company also sued the city.

Crumbl Cookies Set to Open in Palm Coast With Its Giant Repertoire of Sweet-Spot Marketing

June 15, 2023 | FlaglerLive | 16 Comments

Crumbl's brownie sundae cookie. (Crumbl)

As Crumbl Cookies opens its first store in Palm Coast Friday, and the first in the Flagler-Putnam-St. Johns market, the marketing machine that has made the dessert chain the fastest-growing in the nation–800 stores and growing–will be on full display, along with its rotating cast of 250 cookie flavors.

Marketing 2 Go’s Cindy Dalecki Leads Series on AI and Content Creation for Businesses

June 11, 2023 | FlaglerLive | Leave a Comment

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VMA is excited to announce the launch of an upcoming two-part social media series designed to help not only manufacturers, but any business learn the fundamentals of content creation, analyzing your efforts, and how AI can help increase efficiency, effectiveness and ROI.

Palm Coast’s Ed Danko Publicly Undercuts City’s Legal Row With Waste Pro Over Recycling Bins

June 9, 2023 | FlaglerLive | 19 Comments

The last time that bin was seen on its property in Palm Coast's P Section, on May 31, before Waste Pro took it. (© FlaglerLive)

The Palm Coast City Council’s Ed Danko and a subsequent council discussion on Tuesday seemed to have briefly jackknifed its own administration’s and legal team’s negotiations in the ongoing dispute with Waste Pro, the garbage hauler.

Palm Coast and County Snub Role in EV Charging Stations In Shocking Rebuff to a Green Energy Grant

June 9, 2023 | FlaglerLive | 44 Comments

The free electric vehicle charging station at Palm Coast City Hall is seldom without a user. (© FlaglerLive)

Partisanship, misinformation, false assumptions and free-market ideology all played a role in Palm Coast and county government rejecting a partnership in what would have been a potential $15 million federal grant to build electric vehicle charging stations at various public locations in cities and the county.

Resident of Palm Coast Assisted Living Facility Stabs Roommate

June 8, 2023 | FlaglerLive | 6 Comments

Gentle Care Assisted Living in Palm Coast, in an image from its website. The facility is licensed for six residents.

Wilbert Vreen, a 67-year-old resident of Gentle Care Assisted Living in Palm Coast, was arrested early Tuesday morning on allegations that he stabbed his roommate there. The roommate was treated and released from AdventHealth Palm Coast with non-life-threatening injuries, and returned to the facility.

AdventHealth Dedicates New Medical Office Building on Palm Coast Parkway, Ahead of Hospital

June 2, 2023 | FlaglerLive | 5 Comments

The gathering this afternoon just before the blessing and dedication of the new, 30,000-square-foot AdventHealth medical office building on Palm Coast Parkway, next to the new hospital. The hospital will be dedicated on Aug. 2. (© FlaglerLive)

AdventHealth Palm Coast hosted a prelude-like opening this afternoon as the medical office building next to the hospital was blessed and dedicated in a ribbon-cutting ceremony attended by physicians, hospital executives and others. 

Behind the Divorce, a Bitter, Threat-Ridden Clash Between Waste Pro and Palm Coast Over Recycling Bins

June 1, 2023 | FlaglerLive | 47 Comments

Waste Pro employees taking ownership of residents' recycling bins this week in Palm Coast. They did not pick up bins that did not have Waste pro's markings on them. (© FlaglerLive)

An examination of the communications between Waste Pro and Palm Coast illustrates the scope and depth of the two sides’ dispute over recycling bins, with Palm Coast essentially considering their removal a form of theft, and Waste Pro standing by its decision to take back thousands of them. The two sides may be heading to court.

Flagler’s Property Values Still Rose Robustly, Continuing Potential Windfall For Local Governments

May 31, 2023 | FlaglerLive | 5 Comments

Taxable values in Flagler County did not rise as sharply as in 2022, but were still up a robust 12.7 percent. (© FlaglerLive)

Property values didn’t rise as sharply this year as they did in 2022. But the increase is still the second-highest in 16 years, generating substantial new revenue for local government budgets.

Palm Coast’s Belk Converted Into One of 16 Outlet Stores as Company Struggles

May 30, 2023 | FlaglerLive | 13 Comments

An illustration of an old Belk department store in Greensboro, North Carolina, the state where the company was founded. (Phillip Pessar)

Belk has converted its Palm Coast location on Cypress Edge Drive into an off-price outlet store and will host a grand opening on June 3. The outlet has been opened as such since May 16. The retailer itself has been struggling.

Captain’s BBQ Trial Delayed to February as Both Sides Ask for More Time

May 22, 2023 | FlaglerLive | 13 Comments

Captain's BBQ, to the left, at Bing's Landing. The lawsuit it filed against the county is four years old. (© FlaglerLive)

The two sides asked for the delay jointly, but not necessarily because a resolution is pending. Rather, each side still has adversarial motions that have yet to be heard in court. Captain’s is also attempting to bring the county back to the mediation table. The county had been resisting. A trial would have been premature, the two sides agreed. The judge granted the delay two weeks ago. 

A Tattoo Studio Is Approved Off Old Kings Road in Palm Coast, But Outdated Stigmas Endure

May 19, 2023 | FlaglerLive | 4 Comments

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The fact that Supreme Custom Tattoo on Old Kings Road required a special exception and planning board approval reflects enduring stigmas and stereotypes that still attach to tattoo and body piercing studios, though in studios’ cases, the city is far more accommodating than landlords, who often arbitrarily discriminate against them.

Palm Coast’s Population at 98,411 in Latest Census Estimate, 18th-Fastest Growing in U.S.

May 18, 2023 | FlaglerLive | 23 Comments

Palm Coast's official municipal flower. (© FlaglerLive)

Palm Coast grew 10.3 percent between 2020 and 2022, to 98,411 people, according to the Census Bureau’s latest estimate, released today. The city is on pace to cross well past the 100,000 threshold this year, and based on the last two years’ trend, likely did so in February or March. 

Court Disputes Behind It, Community Cats of Palm Coast Set for Grand Re-Opening at City Marketplace

May 10, 2023 | Michael Lewis | 14 Comments

Volunteers getting Community Cats' thrift store ready for its grand opening Saturday at palm Coast's City Marketplace. (Community Cats)

Community Cats of Palm Coast, which operates the City Marketplace adoption shelter at 160 Cypress Point Parkway, Suite B-110, and a thrift store there at Suite C-101 (upstairs and downstairs), has been in business for 10 years, helping rescue, trap and deal with feline problems in the area.

Beach Front Grill Owner Buying High Jackers Restaurant at County Airport Just As He Tees Off at Palm Harbor

April 27, 2023 | FlaglerLive | 23 Comments

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Jamie Bourdeau, owner of Beach Front Grille in Flagler Beach and Loopers at Palm Harbor Golf Club in Palm Coast, is buying High Jackers Restaurant at the Flagler County airport from Gail Holt for $700,000 and assuming the lease at the county-owned property for the next eight years, with an option to renew for another 10. He is partnering with Joseph Wright, owner of Quantum Electrical Contractors and Anthony’s Pizza.

County Plan to Move Whispering Meadows Equine Therapy Ranch to Fairgrounds Collapses as State Says No

April 26, 2023 | FlaglerLive | 38 Comments

Mary Helene, seen here at Whispering meadows Ranch in 2021, has been contending with a series of challenges since neighbors of the property on John Anderson Highway raised objections to the non-profit's operations in their midst. The ranch had high hopes of moving tonthe county fairgrounds, only to see those plans collapse through no fault of the ranch's. (© FlaglerLive)

The state has rejected Flagler County government’s plan to move the Whispering Meadows Ranch–the equine therapy non-profit–to the county fairgrounds, saying it would privatize public land. The rejection is the latest setback in the ranch’s two-year effort to leave its John Anderson Highway property, where it has operated for 16 years, until neighbors started objecting to its presence.

With Travis Hutson Cheering, Bill Upending Flagler’s Vacation-Rental Controls Clears Last Hurdle Before Vote

April 25, 2023 | FlaglerLive | 46 Comments

Sen. Travis Hutson, who represents Flagler County, speaking with County Commission Chair Greg Hansen in late December, at the county's legislative delegation meeting, when Hansen reasserted the county's priority of preserving local control over vacation rentals. A bill Hutson is championing appears set for enactment into law. The bill will do away with much local control. (© FlaglerLive)

The success of the vacation-rental bill sharply scaling back local regulation this year is a blow to Flagler County government, which was a leader in pushing for the 2014 regulations providing for local control, and has pushed back against attempts to weaken them since. The Flagler County Commission made preserving the 2014 law a legislative priority every year since.

Flagler Beach Re-Launching Limited Plastic Recycling Starting May 15

April 25, 2023 | FlaglerLive | 1 Comment

Sanitation Director, Rob Smith with a Trex receptacle. (Flagler Beach)

Beginning on May 15, Flagler Beach residents and businesses may recycle plastic bags and plastic film into several receptacles that will be placed around Flagler Beach. It’s not curbside recycling just yet. But it is City Sanitation Director Rob Smith’s latest effort gradually to bring back recycling of most materials the city had suspended in 2021.

Josef Ghosn Named AdventHealth University’s New President

April 24, 2023 | FlaglerLive | Leave a Comment

Josef Ghosn, Ed.D., MBA will become AdventHealth University’s third president and CEO on May 1, 2023. (AdventHealth)

Josef Ghosn, Ed.D., MBA will become AdventHealth University’s third president and CEO on May 1, 2023. The university’s Board of Trustees selected Ghosn after a months-long, national search.

FPC Graduate Christian Romero, 23, Is Killed in Crash By 15-Year-Old Red-Light Runner

April 24, 2023 | FlaglerLive | 28 Comments

Christian Romero, 23, a Flagler Palm Coast High School graduate and the son of Dawn and Miguel Romero, owners of Romero’s Tuscany By the Sea restaurant in Flagler Beach, died in a two-vehicle crash caused by a 15-year-old driver’s inattention in Orlando early Sunday morning, according to the Florida Highway Patrol.

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