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Coming YMCA Could Give Belle Terre Club a Few Years’ Reprieve. 2 School Board Members Won’t Hear of It.

April 19, 2023 | FlaglerLive | 17 Comments

The pool at Belle Terre Swim and Racquet Club. (© FlaglerLive)

After yet another round of hardened, inconclusive debate over the fate of the Belle Terre Swim and Racquet Club during the school board’s workshop on Tuesday, the board agreed to vote on the matter one way or the other at its May 16 meeting. But this time a new element is in play, with the very strong possibility of a YMCA coming to town in a few years.

Marketing Lab Opens at Matanzas High School, Giving Classroom a Real-World Vibe of Office Energy

April 13, 2023 | FlaglerLive | 9 Comments

A segment of the Marketing Lab at Matanzas High School, moments before today's ribbon-cutting. (© FlaglerLive)

Matanzas High School’s Marketing Lab is the newest addition to its marketing and finance program, a hands-on immersive experience for students to get the full workplace experience from conceiving products to pitching their marketability to developing advertising campaigns to selling. Superintendent Cathy Mittelstadt and Matanzas Principal Kristin Bozeman inaugurated the lab today.

Splitting from Palm Coast, Flagler County Stays With Waste Pro, at Rates 65% Higher Than 2017 Contract

April 11, 2023 | FlaglerLive | 32 Comments

Waste Pro will remain unincorporated Flagler County's trash hauler, but not Palm Coast's, where FCC Environmental will be the trash hauler starting May 1. (© FlaglerLive)

After the County Commission signed on to a five-year contract valued at around $3 million annually, Waste Pro will remain unincorporated Flagler County’s trash hauler, but not Palm Coast’s, where FCC Environmental will be the trash hauler starting June 1. Waste Pro had picked up Palm Coast’s trash for the previous 16 years.

Volusia-Flagler YMCA and Mayor Alfin in Big Push to Open Y in Palm Coast in About 2 Years

April 7, 2023 | FlaglerLive | 14 Comments

The YMCA in ormond Beach has been "busting at the seems," Volusia Flagler YMCA CEO and President Chris Seilkop says, with the opening of a new YYMCA in Palm Cost now a priority for the organization. (YMCA)

The Volusia Flagler Family YMCA is working with Palm Coast Mayor David Alfin and a corps of local community members to bring a YMCA to Palm Coast, with a rough goal of having a local facility under construction or near completion in about two years.

Crumbl Cookies Opening Soon at Palm Coast’s Island Walk

April 7, 2023 | FlaglerLive | 16 Comments

Crumbl Cookies is preparing to open at Palm Coast's Island Walk shopping center. (© FlaglerLive)

Crumbl Cookies, the barely six-year-old company that started with one store in Utah and has since grown to over 600 bakeries in 49 states, is preparing to open its first store in Palm Coast, in the Island Walk shopping center.

Palm Coast Chamber’s Disinformation on Student Performance and Superintendent Draws Sharp Rebukes

April 6, 2023 | FlaglerLive | 36 Comments

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Superintendent Cathy Mittelstadt and School Board Vice Chair Colleen Conklin both issued sharply worded rebukes to rankly misinforming statements by the Flagler Palm Coast Chamber of Commerce regarding Mittelstadt’s performance in the last three years. A 3-2 majority of the school board fired Mittelstadt Tuesday, as of June 30.

AdventHealth Palm Coast COO Wally De Aquino Named President and CEO of New Hospital on Parkway

April 5, 2023 | FlaglerLive | 4 Comments

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AdventHealth today named Wally De Aquino president and CEO for AdventHealth Palm Coast Parkway. The 100-bed, four-story hospital on Palm Coast Parkway set to open in August, alongside a new medical office building. It will be a 158,000-square foot, $167 million facility.

Focusing on Student Use, Flagler School Board Nears Closer to Ending Belle Terre Swim Club’s Memberships

April 4, 2023 | FlaglerLive | 6 Comments

The Flagler County School Board's Will Furry is proposing to end the use of the Belle Terre Swim and Racquet Club as a public-oriented club, and close its gym, while refocusing it toward student use and leasing it to some public use. (© FlaglerLive via Flagler Schools TV)

After a decade of hesitancy and inaction, the Flagler County School Board is wading closer to turning the Belle Terre Swim and Racquet Club into a student-focused facility, removing its use as a membership driven club, while still leaving the door open to public use on a leasing basis.

316-Unit Apartment Complex Off Whiteview Parkway Clears Hurdle, with Eyes on New Hospital

March 22, 2023 | FlaglerLive | 48 Comments

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The Palm Coast Planning Board last week recommended approval of a 316-unit gated apartment complex on nearly 19 vacant acres on the West side of White Mill Drive and the north side of Whiteview Parkway, in the W-Section’s last remaining vast expanse of fallow land.

Tara Gugliara and John Aguiar Named Vice Presidents at Intracoastal Bank

March 21, 2023 | FlaglerLive | Leave a Comment

Tara Gugliara and John Aguiar. (Intracoastal Bank)

Bruce Page, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, today announced the promotion of Tara Gugliara to Assistant Vice President/Assistant Manager, Volusia Banking Center for the Bank. Last week, Page announced the appointment of John Aguiar as Vice President/Business Relationship Manager for the Bank.

NASCAR’s Hailie Deegan and AdventHealth Partner to Mark Women’s History Month

March 19, 2023 | FlaglerLive | Leave a Comment

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AdventHealth is launching a platform in March during Women’s History Month to celebrate the women working in NASCAR, including women drivers and the business professionals who serve as the backbone of race teams, tracks, agencies and media organizations.

Belle Terre Swim Club’s Finances Are Not as Dire as Projected, Club Advocate Says

March 17, 2023 | FlaglerLive | 10 Comments

The Belle Terre Swim and Racquet Club's fate has been uncertain for years, as it is again this year, and with it the ability of organizations like the Synchro Belles to use the facility's pool for training. (© FlaglerLive)

Doug Courtney, a member of the Belle Terre Swim and Racquet Club’s advisory committee, questions the school district’s claims that closing the club to public use would be a financial benefit.

Fashion Show Fundraiser Raises $1,260 for Women United Flagler

March 16, 2023 | FlaglerLive | Leave a Comment

Women United Flagler Board Members: From left, Joanne Tavzel, Diane Wasney, Mary Jo Elwood, United Way of Volusia Flagler Director Sheila Pillath and Women United Flagler Board member Sherry Morganstein.

Chez Jacqueline Boutique in Palm Coast hosted a charity fashion show on March 10 to benefit women and children in Flagler County via the Women United Flagler group. The sold-out event raised $1,260 for Women United Flagler.

Ky Ekinci, Champion of Small Businesses and Office Divvy Co-Owner, Dies at 53

March 14, 2023 | FlaglerLive | 17 Comments

Doing what he loved with one of his closest friends: Ky Ekincy, right, with Mark Woods, outside the Humidor at European Village in 2015. (© FlaglerLive)

Kayhan Ekinci, the co-owner of Office Divvy and former co-owner of the Humidor, who was known to most as Ky, died on Sunday afternoon after he collapsed while jogging near Water Tower Road in the Cypress Edge area of Palm Coast. He was 53.

How Cupcake Café’s TikTok of Mr Keith’s Surgical Cake Order Went Viral in Whirls of Good Wishes

March 12, 2023 | FlaglerLive | 2 Comments

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TikTok clips by Theresa Tazewell, owner of Cupcake Cafe in Palm Coast, went viral as she documented customer Keith’s wish to pay for his wife’s birthday cake in advance for fear that he might die during surgery. He survived, and was lavished with millions of good wishes from a round the globe through Tazewell’s TikToks.

Palm Coast’s Curley Tail Design Celebrates 25 Years in Business

March 8, 2023 | FlaglerLive | 5 Comments

Kim Fitzgerald, in a sea of designs of her own creation.

Since 1998 Curleytail Design’s Kim Fizgeraldand has created branding, logo design, business cards, brochures, direct mail campaigns and more for thousands of local businesses. The company is pleased to be celebrating 25 years in business this month.

Battle Over Vacation Rentals Resumes as Flagler Resists Lesser Regulation for 9th Year

March 7, 2023 | FlaglerLive | 18 Comments

A vacation rental company entered the Flagler Beach Independence Day parade in 2018. (© FlaglerLive)

For nine years, vacation-rental regulations in Flagler County have survived unscathed even as the short-term rental industry continues to grow in popularity and clout. Each year, local officials fear that era of local control may be over, as lawmakers attempt to pass de-regulation bills. This year is no different.

City Approves Two Developments Totaling 382 Homes, in Town Center and Off U.S. 1

February 21, 2023 | FlaglerLive | 43 Comments

Much of the infrastructure is in for Reverie, the development previously called (© FlaglerLive)

As home sales in Flagler hit a four-year low in January, Spring Lake at Palm Coast, now Reverie, got the go-ahead for 272 homes off U.S. 1 north of Palm Coast Parkway, and Palm Coast Seascape in Town Center was cleared for 110 luxury homes.

Palm Coast Council Embraces Idea of $73 Million Events Venue in Town Center’s Arts District

February 16, 2023 | FlaglerLive | 59 Comments

The Palm Coast Arts Foundation's stage and big tent at its Town Center venue after the autumn storms of 2020. (© FlaglerLive)

The consultant Palm Coast government hired to map out how best to develop the city’s Arts District in Town Center is recommending building a $73 million (not including debt interest), 76,000 square foot multipurpose entertainment and conference center not focused exclusively on arts and culture. The venue would by far be the most expensive city facility ever built.

‘Now Is the Time’: Palm Coast Mayor David Alfin Looks West in State of the City Address

February 9, 2023 | FlaglerLive | 25 Comments

Palm Coast Mayor David Alfin. (© FlaglerLive)

This evening’s State of the City Address by Palm Coast Mayor David Alfin highlights the challenges the city experienced in 2022, such as the hurricanes, celebrates various accomplishments and looks to 2023 with eyes on a westward expansion. as provided by the city. Here’s the full prepared text.

Palm Coast Council Surrenders Key Demands in 3-2 Approval of Controversial Harborside Development

February 8, 2023 | FlaglerLive | 32 Comments

The boat ramp at Harborside, locked, became a matter of contention in the Palm Coast City Council's approval of a redevelopment proposal there. (Palm Coast)

Ending a six-month wrangle over the proposed Harborside redevelopment around the Palm Coast marina, the City Council Tuesday in a 3-2 vote surrendered on key demands, overriding some staff recommendations, and approved the addition of 300 apartments and town houses, a project that will remake the character of one of Palm Coast’s original neighborhoods.

Future BJ’s Wholesale Club Raises Traffic Concerns as Palm Coast Mulls Annexation

February 8, 2023 | FlaglerLive | 53 Comments

Palm Coast is moving toward annexing 30 acres that will be home to a new BJ's Wholesale Club on State Road 100, but council members are concerned about the traffic impact on a road already thronged with drivers. (© FlaglerLive)

As it considers annexing the land where a BJ’s Wholesale Club will rise on State Road 100, the Palm Coast City Council is concerned about the amount of additional cars thronging an already busy road, and may condition annexation on the a analysis.

‘Absolutely No Excuse’: County Blasts Old Dixie Motel Owners and Will Again Seek Demolition

February 6, 2023 | FlaglerLive | 26 Comments

Flagler County officials have been seeking to have the old Country Hearth Inn. property rehabilitated for six years, wiothout success. They are again moving toward condemning and demolishing the property. (© FlaglerLive)

After trying for six years to have the derelict motel on Old Dixie Highway rehabilitated, Flagler County officials today again said they will seek to demolish the property as the latest owners have failed to live up to an agreement with the local government.

After Demise of Bull Creek Camp’s Restaurant, Commission’s Pennington Calls for Replacement Amenity

February 6, 2023 | FlaglerLive | 18 Comments

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Saying Flagler County’s west side is losing its amenities, Flagler County Commissioner Leann Pennington implored her colleagues and the administration to focus on getting some form of replacement, even if not a restaurant, at Bull Creek Fishcamp, where the county will demolish the existing restaurant.

Ending Speculation, Flagler Health+ and UF Health Announce Plans to Merge

February 2, 2023 | FlaglerLive | 4 Comments

UF Health in Gainesville may feel a little closer. (© FlaglerLive)

Ending months of speculation, Flagler Health+ and UF Health, the University of Florida’s academic health center, announced plans to merge, potentially changing the health care landscape in Flagler and surrounding counties.

AdventHealth Daytona Beach Breaks Ground on Medical Office Building and Surgery Center

February 1, 2023 | FlaglerLive | 6 Comments

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The 3-floor, 60,000-square-foot AdventHealth medical building will contain four operating rooms and two catheterization labs, and will be the medical office home to the Cardiology Physicians Group and North Florida Surgeons specialty group. It is slated to open in January 2024.

‘We Have a Deal’: Dune Hold-Out in Flagler Beach Concedes, Clearing Path to Renourishment

January 31, 2023 | FlaglerLive | 12 Comments

One of the two dune remnants in front of Cynthia d'Angiolini's property in Flagler Beach. It's only 1,800 square feet. D'Angiolini has agreed to sign easements for two such remnants, ending a three-year wait for Flagler County. (© FlaglerLive)

A property owner’s three-year stand-off with Flagler County that has delayed a long-promised beach renourishment in Flagler Beach is over. Cynthia d’Angiolini through her lawyer today agreed to sign a pair of easements, clearing the way for the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers’ dune-rebuilding project–and ensuring that the south side of the city will finally get a major new protective buffer against rising seas.

Visitor Center Location Shifting from A1A to SR100; Flagler Tourism Posts Strong Year

January 31, 2023 | FlaglerLive | 11 Comments

Flagler County Tourism Director Amy LUkasik during her annual presentation of the State of Tourism in at the Palm Coast Community Center Monday. (© FlaglerLive)

After two and a half years of hunting for a visitor center location on State Road A1A in Flagler Beach, Flagler County’s tourism bureau is shifting its focus for an eventual visitor center to State Road 100, on county land near the new pedestrian bridge.

Renner Proposal Would Allow Floridians to Carry Guns Without a Permit or Safety Class

January 30, 2023 | FlaglerLive | 48 Comments

Kirk Chong of Larry's Guns and Ammo in Bunnell teaches gun-safety classes several times a month. He says an individual must be confident about his or her ability to own a gun. If not, the individual should seek less-lethal alternatives. (© FlaglerLive)

Calling the proposal an effort to “remove the government permission slip,” House Speaker Paul Renner on Monday announced legislation that would allow people to carry concealed weapons without licenses or currently-required gun-safety classes.

Bull Creek Fish Camp Will Be Torn Down Against Lease-Holder’s Wishes, With No Plans for Rebuild

January 26, 2023 | FlaglerLive | 12 Comments

Bull Creek Fish Camp in 2014, when it was poised for a revival, with the waters of Dead Lake lapping at its banks. The waters flooded during the last two hurricanes, making the building uninhabitable, according to the county. The building will be torn down. (© FlaglerLive)

To the dismay of the current lease holder, County Administrator Heidi Petito said the 2,500 square foot restaurant building at Bull Creek Fish Camp will be torn down next month, after suffering what the county describes as irreparable damage from hurricane-related floods.

Palm Coast Approves New Self-Storage Facility Across from Sawmill Creek on US1

January 23, 2023 | FlaglerLive | 23 Comments

A rendering of the Horizon self-storage facility to be built across from the Saw Mill Creek subdivision on U.S. 1 in Palm Coast.

The Palm Coast Planning Board approved Horizon Self-Storage, a 98,400 square foot facility on 7 acres off U.S. 1, immediately across from the rapidly sprawling Sawmill Creek development.

Flagler Beach Rejects Realtor’s Odd Bid to Run City Information Website Only He Would Own

January 20, 2023 | FlaglerLive | 6 Comments

Realtor John Horan, left, and Matt Morton, pitching the idea of a privately-owned website that would be a portal of public, city information. The Flagler Beach City Commission, hearing the proposal at a workshop Thursday, rejected it in favor of in-house products. (© FlaglerLive via Flagler Beach video)

Increasingly troubled by a perceived if amorphous failure of communication between the city and residents, the Flagler Beach City Commission considered then rejected the possibility of contracting with a local Realtor to run a city-related website, then opted to develop a new Facebook page and launch a new app on Monday.

Palm Coast Council Very Conditionally Approves Controversial Harborside Development

January 17, 2023 | FlaglerLive | 16 Comments

There are no push-overs in Palm Coast's planning department. From left, Jose Papa, Ray Tyner and Bill Hoover. (© FlaglerLive via Palm Coast video)

The Palm Coast City Council is looking for a compromise on the controversial 17-acre Harborside proposal that would total 432 apartments and housing units, mostly in a massive, U-shaped tower by the Palm Coast Marina. The number includes 72 units in an existing tower.

Florida Press Club Names FlaglerLive State’s Best Independent News Site, Among 3 Awards

January 16, 2023 | FlaglerLive | 62 Comments

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FlaglerLive won the Florida Press Club’s top award as Florida’s best online independent news site in all divisions. FlaglerLive also won first place in education reporting, and FlaglerLive Editor Pierre Tristam won second place in commentary.

Jersey Mike’s Opens at Palm Coast’s Island Walk, Near Brass Tap, on Wednesday

January 15, 2023 | FlaglerLive | 19 Comments

Jersey Mike's at Island Walk in palm Coast is opening on Wednesday. (© FlaglerLive)

Jersey Mike’s Subs will open its first location in Palm Coast or Flagler County on Wednesday at Island Walk, where it’ll be sandwiched between Brass Tap and Tropical Cafe on one side and Metro Diner on the other.

As Green Lion Closes and Loopers Winds Up, Food Trucks Will Fill Cravings’ Gap

January 11, 2023 | FlaglerLive | 8 Comments

Ramon's Kitchen is one of two food trucks that will rotate servioce at Palm Harbor Golf Club while Loopers, the new restaurant, gets up to speed. (© FlaglerLive)

Two food trucks will rotate service over the next few weeks at Palm Harbor Golf Club as the Green Lion Cafe ends operations on Sunday and Loopers, the new restaurant and bar taking its place, ramps up operations, first with a significant amount of renovations.

Bunnell’s Sizemore Welding Will Buy Former Sheriff’s Operations Building Ahead of Expansion

December 20, 2022 | FlaglerLive | 13 Comments

Duane Sizemore has been growing his company since he started it when he was 24, four decades ago. He will be moving Sizemore Welding into the former Sheriff's Operations Center on Old Moody Boulevard. (© FlaglerLive)

Duane Sizemore of Sizemore Welding–Bunnell’s largest manufacturer–confirmed that his company will be buying the former Sheriff’s Operation Center off State Road 100, for just over $3 million. The 36,000 square foot facility will be expanded by 15,000 square feet, and will receive a $96,000 incentive from the city.

Planned Hospital on US 1 All But Dead, Mayor Says, as Advent, Baptist and Halifax Vie to Buy Flagler Health

December 20, 2022 | FlaglerLive | 22 Comments

The interiors of AdventHealth Palm Coast's new hospital on Palm Coast Parkway during an earlier phase of construction. AdventHealth used that hospital successfully to block a planned development of a Flagler Health Plus hospital at the edge of Palm Coast Parkway, off U.S. 1. (© FlaglerLive)

Flagler Health+’s plans to build a hospital on a 70-acre parcel west of U.S. 1 and Palm Coast Parkway appear to have died. And the St. Augustine-based company is on the market, with AdventHealth, Halifax Health and Jacksonville-based Baptist Health competing to buy it, according to Palm Coast Mayor David Alfin.

April Groundbreaking for 100-Room Margaritaville Hotel in Flagler Beach, With Opening in Fall of 2024

December 12, 2022 | FlaglerLive | 92 Comments

The 100-room hotel ion the heart of Flagler Beach should open in the fall of 2024.

Large-scale construction for Flagler Beach’s 100-room Margaritaville Hotel in place of the former grounds of the farmer’s market will take place at the same time as the construction of a new pier and the dune-rebuilding project on 2.6 miles of beach.

2,000 Articles, 2 Million Words, Countless Revelations in ’22: Help FlaglerLive Keep You Richly Informed in ’23

December 11, 2022 | FlaglerLive | 7 Comments

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If you are reading these words right now, consider yourself very fortunate: You are NOT a resident of one of the hundreds of U.S. cities, towns and counties that have no local, reliable print or online source of news. But it takes your help to keep your community from becoming a news desert.

Ending Green Lion Era, Palm Coast Readies to Sign 5-Year Lease With Loopers at Palm Harbor Golf Course

December 9, 2022 | FlaglerLive | 5 Comments

The Green Lion at Palm Harbor Golf Club is soon to become Loopers. (Palm Coast)

The Palm Coast City Council at a meeting Tuesday is set to approve a five-year lease with Loopers at Palm Harbor Golf Club, replacing the Green Lion after five years. Loopers is owned by Jamie Bourdeau, who has owned Beach Front Grille in Flagler Beach since 2014.

Wawa Will Rise in Place of Paul Katz Building on Palm Coast Parkway and Florida Park Drive

December 8, 2022 | FlaglerLive | 60 Comments

A second Wawa in Palm Coast will take the place of the Katz Office Building at 1 Florida Park Drive, one of the oldest and architecturally more eye-catching structures in the original part of the city. (© FlaglerLive)

A second Wawa is coming to Palm Coast. It’ll be built in place of the Paul Katz Professional Building at 1 Florida Park Drive South, on Palm Coast Parkway, next year. The three-level, 35,000-square-foot Katz office building, one of the oldest and more architecturally eye-catching structures in the city will be demolished.

Be Local Buy Local with the Holiday Gift Guide and Small Business Saturday

November 23, 2022 | FlaglerLive | 1 Comment

Palm Coast's Art Among the Flowers is among the businesses featured in the city's Holiday Gift Guide. (Facebook)

Just like last year, the City of Palm Coast has partnered with several local businesses to offer special promotions in the Holiday Gift Guide and on the City’s social media channels valid from November 25 through December 31. Residents may view the Holiday Gift Guide by  clicking here.

Local Scout Troops Open Inaugural Christmas Tree Lot in Palm Coast

November 22, 2022 | FlaglerLive | 1 Comment

Parents and scouts from Boy Scout Troop 281 and Scouts BSA Troop 4281 have set up a massive Christmas tree operation at Trinity Presbyterian Church, 156 Florida Park Drive North in Palm Coast. Trees start at $80.

Some Circle K Stores Will Pair Up With Medical Pot Dispensaries, But Don’t Celebrate Just Yet

October 21, 2022 | FlaglerLive | 5 Comments

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Green Thumb Industries announced today it will begin selling medical marijuana at certain Circle K gas stations and convenience stores in Florida starting next year. But the pilot program is limited to just 10 of the 600 Circle K locations in the state. The locations of what the company calls a “test and learn” approach have not yet been announced. 

Palm Coast’s First Fall Arts Festival in Central Park Saturday, With Spotlight on Local Artists

October 20, 2022 | FlaglerLive | 1 Comment

Fall flames. (© T. Paige Dalporto for FlaglerLive)

Palm Coast government and the Palm Coast Arts Foundation are hosting the first Fall Arts Festival in Central Park in Town center Saturday, from 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. It’s free. And the focus will be on local artists.

Beach Front Grille of Flagler Beach, as ‘Loopers,’ Wins Former Green Lion Lease at Palm Harbor Golf

October 10, 2022 | FlaglerLive | 16 Comments

If all goes as planned, Jamie Bourdeau, co-owner of Beachfront Grille in Flagler Beach, will be among the new faces running the restaurant at Palm Harbor Gofl Club in Palm Coast, until now the domain known as the Green Lion Cafe. (© FlaglerLive)

A proposal by Jamie Bourdeau and Dudley Shaw, co-owners of Beach Front Grille in Flagler Beach, is the Palm Coast city administration’s top choice to replace the Green Lion Cafe at Palm Harbor Golf Club. The city today announced its intent to award the new lease for the concession at the club to Loopers, the name Bourdeau is giving to the new enterprise.

Karen Barchowski Sells Storied Sally’s Ice Cream in Flagler Beach as She Plots Her Next Revolution

October 7, 2022 | FlaglerLive | 45 Comments

Karen Barchowski has owned Sally's Ice Cream for the past 10 years. She is passing the torch to new owners on Nov. 1. She'd been painting this afternoon when she took a break for a picture. (© FlaglerLive)

Karen Barchowski has owned Sally’s Ice Cream on A1A in Flagler Beach for 10 years. She is selling the business and moving to Vermont, after her embracing outlook fostered through Sally’s a powerful hub of acceptance and diversity. “We found invincible love,” Barchowski says of her years in Flagler Beach.

2 Men Syphoning Off Cooking Oil at Woody’s BBQ Charged with Felony Burglary

October 6, 2022 | FlaglerLive | 7 Comments

A 1,000-gallon oil drum behind a pump inside the box truck that was used to syphon off used cooking oil in back of Woody's BBQ this morning in Palm Coast. (FCSO)

Two men face felony burglary charges after being caught allegedly syphoning gallons of used oil from Woody’s BBQ’s supplies in back on the business early Thursday morning. Used cooking oil theft is frequent, feeding a $6 billion global business that recycles the product into diesel fuel.

After Extension, Just 2 Bidders Apply to Take Over Green Lion Restaurant Lease at Palm Harbor Golf

October 5, 2022 | FlaglerLive | 18 Comments

The double-trailer at Palm Harbor Golf Club shelters the restaurant, the club's pro shop and shared bathrooms. (Palm Coast)

The low response was likely disappointing to the city. At least two local restaurant owners have shown interest by downloading the bid packages: Thai and I in Bunnell, and the Turtle Shack in Flagler Beach. That doesn’t mean they are among the bidders–only that they downloaded all bidding documents. 

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