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Tennis Tourney, Hispanic Festival and Maya Conference Cleared for Tax Subsidies

July 21, 2010 | FlaglerLive | Leave a Comment

The $20,500 in bed-tax dollars will help the three organizations publicize their events in coming months.

Florida Leads States’ Failures in Reporting Problem Caregivers

July 20, 2010 | FlaglerLive | Leave a Comment

Florida leads the nation in ignoring federal database reporting of health professionals who have been disciplined on the job, undermining background and safety checks on frontline caregivers.

Beat Shuffle at the News-Journal

July 20, 2010 | FlaglerLive | Leave a Comment

The paper is making fewer changes than meet the eye while continuing to attempt to do a little more with far less.

School Tax Rising for Second Year, Compensating for Crashing Property Values

July 20, 2010 | FlaglerLive | 4 Comments

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The tax rate remains a third below where it stood in the mid-1990s, even though property values have fallen by a third just in the past three years.

Take the Tour of Your Newest School: Buddy Taylor Middle Is Reborn Yet Again

July 18, 2010 | FlaglerLive | 2 Comments

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The $13.2 million renovation is complete, and the county’s second-oldest school looks and feels new again. A photo gallery.

Photo Gallery: The Renovated Buddy Taylor Middle School

July 18, 2010 | FlaglerLive | 2 Comments

A photo gallery featuring some 30 images of the renovated school and its surrounding grounds.

Food Safety Inspections End At Florida Hospitals, Child Cares and Nursing Homes

July 18, 2010 | FlaglerLive | 4 Comments

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A new law designed to diminish duplication of services ends them instead, as food-preparation for children, the sick and the elderly will go mostly uninspected from now on.

Botox for Historic Holden House, Age 92

July 17, 2010 | FlaglerLive | Leave a Comment

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The $23,400 renovation will restore one of the county’s oldest buildings’ original color and windows and lend the Flagler historical society’s headquarters even more of a museum feel.

Sunshine Fusion: Florida Art, Music & History Merge in Landmark Symphonic Performance

July 17, 2010 | FlaglerLive | 2 Comments

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Mark your calendars for this one: A uniquely Florida, uniquely artistic performance of “A Historic Portrait in Sound” combing painting, music and words Sept. 18-19 in DeLand.

Flagler and Volusia Unemployment Rising Again, Florida’s Dipping for 3rd Month

July 16, 2010 | FlaglerLive | 7 Comments

Flagler’s 15.4 percent unemployment rate makes it the second-worst in the state after Hendry County’s 16.1 percent.

Compact Shuffles Bad Nurses Like Parishes Shuffling Bad Priests

July 15, 2010 | FlaglerLive | 4 Comments

A 24-state nursing compact, which does not include Florida, enables nurses to evade their shady pasts merely by moving to a new job.

Flagler Manatee Committee Report Concludes: Against Speed Zones. Just “Education.”

July 15, 2010 | FlaglerLive | 2 Comments

No surprise: a local committee stacked with boating advocates is recommending against most manatee-protecting speed-zone recommendations on the Intracoastal by a state conservation agency.

Sheriff’s Budget: Few New Deputies, No Raises, More Bottled Water and Drug Money

July 14, 2010 | FlaglerLive | 8 Comments

The 2011 budget, reflecting the enduring recession, is almost the same as it was this year, leaving the number of deputies on patrol virtually static.

Mandatory Mediation on Home Mortgage Foreclosures To Start in Flagler July 19

July 14, 2010 | FlaglerLive | 3 Comments

Mediation is designed to reduce the caseload on the court system and help people stay in their homes. Whether it actually works is open to question.

Your Water Management District Tax Next Year: $42 (On Average, Anyway)

July 13, 2010 | FlaglerLive | Leave a Comment

The tentative $247.4 million budget is 21 percent, or $65.8 million, less than the current fiscal year’s amended budget. Half the budget is made up of your property taxes.

Classic Landon: County on Notice that Palm Coast Will Annex Airport. County Begs to Differ.

July 13, 2010 | FlaglerLive | 7 Comments

Palm Coast made it seem as if bringing the National Guard to Flagler was mostly its doing. That would be news to the county government. But more is at stake between the two.

National Guard Targets Flagler, But Reserve Center Depends on Congressional Funding

July 13, 2010 | FlaglerLive | Leave a Comment

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The $21 million, 80,000-square-foot facility near the county airport isn’t likely to be built until 2014. It’ll house 21 soldiers.

Spy-and-Snap Red-Light Cameras Will Enrich Private Company At Palm Coast’s Expense

July 12, 2010 | FlaglerLive | 8 Comments

The traffic cameras generated $1.7 million for Palm Coast since 2008. Most of that money will now go to a private company and to Tallahassee, while the cameras keep snapping.

Florida Beaches Stay Open Despite Tar Balls and Sicknesses

July 12, 2010 | FlaglerLive | Leave a Comment

Despite EPA warnings that some Florida beaches may be unsafe, people are taking to them–and getting sick.

Conservation in Contempt: How Palm Coast Opened the Way to Urbanizing Bulow Creek

July 11, 2010 | FlaglerLive | 9 Comments

Under the guise of having to rezone land it recently annexed, the Palm Coast City Council enabled the highest-density zoning possible in the sensitive Bulow Creek watershed.

Portrait of a Transcending Mind: J.J. Graham’s Hollingsworth Gallery Genesis

July 10, 2010 | Pierre Tristam | 27 Comments

J.J. Graham is remaking Palm Coast’s art world through his Hollingsworth Gallery, which he opened at City Walk in January 2009. He’s remaking more than the art world.

Flagler Beach Manager’s Job List at 83 Names; School District’s Mike Judd Withdraws His

July 9, 2010 | FlaglerLive | 3 Comments

Flagler Beach commissioners will begin paring down the list in August but are unlikely to have a new manager in place by Oct. 1.

Small Businesses Mobilizing Against Broad Restrictions on Commercial Vehicles

July 8, 2010 | FlaglerLive | 30 Comments

The same residents who want those services as imemdiately as they make an emergency call don't want to see those vehicles parked in residential driveways. Small business owners are tiring of the hypocrisy in a slow economy. (© FlaglerLive)

As code enforcement responds to anonymous complaints over trucks in driveways, small business owners are tiring of the harassment in a hurting economy.

How Marineland Got Public Dollars To Build a (Mostly) Private Marina

July 8, 2010 | FlaglerLive | 5 Comments

Marineland will spend $500,000 in public dollars to build a marina that will mostly benefit a private developer, though it will also help redevelop the town.

Palm Coast’s Two Best Arguments
For a New City Hall: Take the Tour

July 6, 2010 | FlaglerLive | 10 Comments

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This much isn’t too controversial about a new Palm Coast city hall: the current digs are ugly, cramped and unbecoming. And government spending is needed to create jobs.

For a Few Dollars More: How the News-Journal Is Hounding Its Retirees

July 6, 2010 | FlaglerLive | 6 Comments

Retirees’ pension and health plans are in jeopardy as battle continues over who’s owed what first.

Raging Skies Redux: The Fireworks in Palm Coast’s Town Center

July 4, 2010 | FlaglerLive | 2 Comments

Palm Coast’s July 4th celebration starts in Town Center at 7 p.m. and culminates with a fireworks show at 9 p.m.

The Gods Must Be Crazy: Rain Slams But Doesn’t Stop Flagler Beach Parade

July 3, 2010 | FlaglerLive | 12 Comments

Clouds thicker than menace mobilized offshore, then struck, but the Flagler Beach Independence Day parade held on anyway.

Flagler Beach’s Independence Day Fireworks No Longer a Solo Act

July 3, 2010 | FlaglerLive | 18 Comments

Flagler Beach’s traditional Independence Day fireworks display will be held on July 3rd, and will be followed by another celebration in Palm Coast’s Town Center on July 4.

Miss Flagler County 2010 Essay Winner: Recession or Not, Blessings Point to Rebound

July 3, 2010 | FlaglerLive | 1 Comment

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As a nation and a culture, whether in recession or not, we are incredibly blessed and should be thankful, says Mia Parliaricci in an essay that won her this year’s Miss Flagler County essay competition.

Double-Dip: US Economy Loses 125,000 Jobs Even as Unemployment Rate Drops to 9.5%

July 2, 2010 | FlaglerLive | Leave a Comment

With census jobs vanishing, so is job creation as the US economy in June appeared headed for a double-dip recession.

Prescription Pill-Popping By Far a Leading Killer as Florida’s Drug Deaths Spike 20%

July 1, 2010 | FlaglerLive | 36 Comments

Oxycodone, the addictive prescription pain-killer also known as OxyContin, directly caused more deaths in Florida in 2009 than cocaine, heroin and morphine combined.

Tourism Panel Clears Half-Step Toward Palm Coast Arts Foundation Center, But Questions Persist

June 30, 2010 | FlaglerLive | Leave a Comment

A $50,000 study is recommended for the smaller scale of a grand plan for the Palm Coast Arts Foundation’s arts, culture and conference center in Town Center.

Pressing for Raises, Teachers’ Union Holding District Hostage Over Class-Size Compromise

June 28, 2010 | FlaglerLive | 12 Comments

The union would approve a district plan to comply with class-size requirements in exchange for $2.4 million in raises.

Palm Coast Roller Derby Scrimmage Against Ocala in a First–and Set Sights on Carver Gym

June 26, 2010 | FlaglerLive | 1 Comment

Palm Coast’s first roller derby team falls to Ocala–and talks about moving to embattled Carver Gym in Bunnell.

Drill This: Hundreds in Flagler, Thousands Across Globe’s Sands Link Against Oil

June 26, 2010 | FlaglerLive | 1 Comment

The moment was as symbolic as it was literal: a human chain in Flagler Beach against off-shore oil drilling and for alternatives to fossil fuels.

Flagler Beach Again on Collision Course With Boating and RV Parking Regulations

June 25, 2010 | FlaglerLive | 6 Comments

It’s one of three issues–dogs on the beach and surfing near the pier are the others–that get Flagler Beach residents really, really ticked at whatever the commission decides.

Poverty Signs: Steep Rise in Children Needing Free or Reduced Meals in Flagler Schools

June 25, 2010 | FlaglerLive | Leave a Comment

The rising numbers of children on free and reduced meals is a reflection of rising poverty and a rising toll on local families with fewer means.

Citing Contractual Failures and Unwarranted Favors, Flagler Kills Hunter’s Ridge Expansion

June 24, 2010 | FlaglerLive | Leave a Comment

The 3-2 vote was an unusual split over the difference between growth management and helping a developer be as economically viable as possible.

The Epic Is Here: Bigwigs Sneak Preview Town Center Theater Tonight Before Friday Opening

June 23, 2010 | FlaglerLive | 5 Comments

The 14-screen theater in Town Center is opening to great anticipation for action on screen and, economically, beyond its walls.

Flagler Has 30 Days Left to respond to 5 Proposed Manatee-Protection Speed Zones

June 23, 2010 | FlaglerLive | 5 Comments

Flagler’s committee is at the half-way point of responding the state’s proposed speed zones in the Intracoastal.

Meet the 2010 Miss Flagler County Contestants

June 20, 2010 | FlaglerLive | Leave a Comment

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Your starting point to brief profiles of Miss Flagler County contestants in all age categories.

Census Jobs Help Lower Unemployment; Flagler at 15.1%, Florida at 11.7%

June 18, 2010 | FlaglerLive | 1 Comment

As in the rest of the nation, census employment is lowering the unemployment rate. But will it last?

Engaging the Next Generation By Shutting It Up

June 13, 2010 | FlaglerLive | 7 Comments

An exception among metro newspapers, the News-Journal silenced all online comments under the guise of maintaining standards.

How the Oil Slick Is Fouling Florida’s Government Budgets–And What To Do About It

June 12, 2010 | FlaglerLive | 5 Comments

The oil spill is Florida’s 9/11. People won’t die. A way of life will. The Florida Legislature should be in crisis mode, not in recess, anticipating what to do next.

Catch FlaglerLive on CNN

June 12, 2010 | Pierre Tristam | 6 Comments

I’ll be on CNN Newsroom with Fredricka Whitfield during the 3 p.m. hour discussing the oil spill’s impact on local governments, and particular local school districts.

Fury and Fallacies Hook Red Snapper Fishing Ban

June 10, 2010 | FlaglerLive | 1 Comment

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The indefinite extension of the ban on commercial or recreational fishing for red snapper off Florida’s coast will hurt boaters. But so would overfishing and crashing fish populations.

Flagler Beach Police Get 3-Year Contract, No Raises

June 10, 2010 | FlaglerLive | 4 Comments

The 10 percent-a-year raises of the police rank and file’s previous contract give way to realities of shrinking government budgets and stingy taxpayers.

Mica: Bunnell Still Has “Fighting Chance” for a Train Station; Data and State’s Will Are Key

June 9, 2010 | FlaglerLive | Leave a Comment

In an interview with FlaglerLive, John Mica outlines what Bunnell has going for and against it as it angles for a train station.

Palm Coast Muscles Closer to $10 Million City Hall Through Financial Ploys

June 8, 2010 | FlaglerLive | 15 Comments

City administrator Jim Landon corralled the council to his vision of a new city hall, with a 2012 move-in date.

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