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City Rep Theatre’s 11th Season of Leviathans: Martin Luther King, Billie Holiday, Godot and that Reign of Terror

September 13, 2021 | FlaglerLive | Leave a Comment

City Repertory’s John Sbordone, a man for all seasons and stages. (Mike Kitaif)

Covid permitting, the 11th season of Palm Coast’s City Repertory Theatre proposes its most ambitious line-up yet, with Martin Luther King Jr., Billie Holiday, a vengeful dead wife, a blind woman battling murderous intruders in her home, and a rebel fighting the tyranny of pay toilets in a dystopian world all gracing City Rep’s stage.

After A Fraud: A Tax Accountant Explains What To Do If You’re a Victim of an Unscrupulous Tax Preparer

September 13, 2021 | FlaglerLive | 6 Comments

The sign in the window may not be the whole story. (© FlaglerLive)

Chris Kocher, a licensed CPA since 2003 and a long-time tax accountant in Bunnell, explains how to handle the fallout from revelations that numerous clients of Robert “Bob” Newsholme’s Flagler Tax Services may have been defrauded.

Florida Is Among World Leaders in Mass Incarceration

September 11, 2021 | FlaglerLive | 7 Comments

Florida prisons are, of course, hiring. A notice on the Department of Corrections' Facebook page.

Florida and a dozen other states imprison people at the highest rates in the world, without demonstrating that incarceration reduces crime, says the Prison Policy Initiative, a non-partisan research and policy advocacy organization.

Number of Potential Victims Up to 57 in Bob Newsholme Tax Fraud Case as Slew of Schemes Involving Big Sums Emerge

September 10, 2021 | FlaglerLive | 15 Comments

Flagler Tax Services' storefront office at the Bunnell Business Center near the Chicken Pantry. Robert Newsholme owns the whole center. (© FlaglerLive)

Innumerable reports by his clients pointing to hundreds of thousands of dollars in fraud paint a picture of Bob Newsholme, the long-time owner of Flagler Tax Services, as a versatile but clumsy schemer. Newsholme seemed to have boxed himself in in a Ponzi scheme of his own making, hoping to stay ahead of the inevitable reckoning by enlarging his circle of fraud. But as it began to unravel, it unraveled very quickly. But his clients are now left to pick up the pieces–and pay what they owe to the IRS.

Set in Tallahassee, Flagler School Tax Rate Declines for 7th Year in a Row, and to Another Historic Low

September 10, 2021 | FlaglerLive | 3 Comments

The local school district's tax rate is set by lawmakers in Tallahassee. It has declined almost every year for two and a half decades. (© FlaglerLive)

The Flagler County School Board on Sept. 7 adopted its property tax rate and $212 million budget for 2021-22. The tax rate, set by lawmakers in Tallahassee, continues a two-and-a-half decade downward trend, to $5.865 per $1,000 in taxable value, down from $6 last year.

Sharp Drop in Covid Cases at Schools, Hospital and Community, But Flagler Deaths Have Nearly Doubled to 201 in 4th Wave

September 10, 2021 | FlaglerLive | 12 Comments

Vaccinations are still lagging in Flagler. (© FlaglerLive)

The fourth and gravest wave of the Covid pandemic has crested in Flagler County, with case loads in schools, at the hospital and in the community falling sharply, but at a heavy price: deaths from Covid-19 in Flagler have reached 201, according to the Centers for Disease Control. The county has coordinated a video PSA to push vaccinations, with the cooperation of every local government.

Realtors Abandon Ballot Initiative that Would Have Ensured Funding for Affordable Housing

September 9, 2021 | FlaglerLive | 5 Comments

Booming. But not affordable. (© FlaglerLive)

Realtors are halting an effort to pass a constitutional amendment to ensure funding for affordable housing, saying they will work with legislative leaders to create a program to help people such as nurses, police officers and firefighters buy homes.

Rezoning Near Integra Woods and U.S. 1 Clears the Way for Up to 650-Unit Apartment Complex, or ‘Attached’ Homes

September 8, 2021 | FlaglerLive | 19 Comments

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The Palm Coast City Council approved the rezoning of 72 acres between U.S. 1 and Seminole Woods Boulevard, clearing the way for a multi-phased development of up to 650 apartments, what the developer’s attorney describes as “attached single-family home-like” apartments rather than traditional, multi-story apartment buildings.

Palm Coast Council All in for 10 More Cops, But the Votes for a Budget and Tax Rate Aren’t Lining Up, Setting Up Showdown

September 7, 2021 | FlaglerLive | 17 Comments

Mayor David Alfin's honeymoon may have ended this evening. (© FlaglerLive)

The Palm Coast City Council in a disorderly special workshop meeting this evening agreed to fully fund  the Flagler County Sheriff’s request for 10 additional deputies for city policing, four more than it had originally budgeted. But that’s as far as it got in agreeing to a new budget. The rest remains a churn of conflicts, setting up a potential showdown between council members at a public hearing on Thursday.

Can There Ever Be Common Ground in Communities Torn by Polarization? A New WNZF Show Attempts an Answer.

September 7, 2021 | FlaglerLive | 6 Comments

Rabbi Merrill Shapiro, left, and "Common Ground" host Shelly Ragsdale, who heads the Flagler branch of the NAACP, in the radio show's first episode, which aired Sunday. (WNZF)

Flagler NAACP Branch President Shelley Ragsdale is hosting a new weekly show on Flagler Broadcasting’s WNZF called “Common Ground,” an exploration of bridge-like themes that may narrow the deep divisions cutting through communities.

Bob Newsholme, In Apparent Attempted Suicide 2 Weeks Ago, Investigated for Fraud in Tax Business

September 7, 2021 | FlaglerLive | 12 Comments

Bob Newsholme as the Mad Hatter in an image he posted on his Facebook page a few years ago.

Flagler Sheriff’s and IRS agents served a search warrant on Robert “Bob” Newsholme’s Flagler Tax Services business in Bunnell two weeks after Newsholme shot himself at his home in an apparent but failed suicide attempt. He faces at least a dozen investigations for fraud.

People Don’t Want to Work? Wrong. They Just Don’t Want to Work for Your Kind of Substandard Workplace.

September 5, 2021 | FlaglerLive | 42 Comments

First hint: the workplace was never a playground. (© Pierre Tristam/FlaglerLive)

After an earth-shattering 16 months that have seen hundreds of thousands of our family members, friends, and neighbors die at the hands of an implacable and indiscriminate foe, there’s just a genuine question of whether grinding it out for 40 hours a week at a job with substandard pay, low benefits, and little work-home balance is really worth it.

Millions of Unemployed Are About to Hurt a Lot More as Benefits Run Out

September 4, 2021 | FlaglerLive | 6 Comments

Out of business. (© FlaglerLive)

An estimated 8.8 million people will stop receiving unemployment insurance beginning on Sept. 6, 2021. Millions more will no longer get the extra US$300 a week the federal government has been providing to supplement state benefits.

Buried Power Lines Aren’t Fail-Safe

September 3, 2021 | FlaglerLive | 2 Comments

Underground lines are susceptible to damage from water incursion driven by storm surges or flooding. So, choosing the location of power lines means choosing which threat is more manageable. And the public ultimately pays for maintaining the power grid, either via their electric bills or through taxes.

Leaders Gather to Film Groundbreaking at AdventHealth Palm Coast’s New Hospital, Now a Larger, $145 Million Project

September 2, 2021 | FlaglerLive | 9 Comments

AdventHealth's top executives after filming today at the 11-acre site oif the new, $145 million hospital and medical office building on Palm Coast Parkway. From right, AdventHealth Palm Coast COO Wally de Aquino, Central Region CEO David Ottati, AdventHealth Palm Coast CEO Ron Jimenez, Chief Nursing Officer Kathy Gover, and Chief Financial Officer Mark Rathburn. (© FlaglerLive)

AdventHealth executives, Palm Coast Mayor David Alfin and County Administrator Heidi Petito gathered this morning at the construction site of the new hospital, now a $145 million project on Palm Coast Parkway, to film what will be a virtual groundbreaking ceremony airing on Sept. 14. Here’s a sneak preview.

Just Call Him David: Palm Coast Mayor Alfin Settles In With Exuberant Focus on Growth, Town Center and the Next Manager

August 31, 2021 | FlaglerLive | 7 Comments

Palm Coast Mayor David Alfin in his office at City Hall. (© FlaglerLive)

In a wide-ranging interview in his new office at City Hall, Palm Coast Mayor David Alfin talked about getting a budget done, getting a permanent city manager hired, and fostering the reemergence of Town Center as an economic, educational, cultural and health care hub.

LPR ‘Hit’ Leads to Felony Traffic Stop in WNZF’s Parking Lot, But Fugitive Is Not on Board

August 31, 2021 | FlaglerLive | 1 Comment

A video screen capture of the felony stop a little after 1 p.m. in the parking lot of Flagler Broadcasting's WNZF radio station. (WNZF video)

A minor bit of news unfolded in WNZF Newsradio’s parking lot Tuesday afternoon as Flagler County Sheriff’s deputies, guns drawn, pulled over the occupants of a vehicle registered to a person with a felony warrant. The incident was resolved with one arrest, but not of the person sought.

Flagler Lands 25 projects on State Transportation’s 5-Year Project Priority List, Many in Western Flagler

August 28, 2021 | FlaglerLive | 2 Comments

The projects include paving, resurfacing, and reconstruction of roadways, as well as traditional bridge replacement among other projects – many of which are in the western reaches of Flagler County. county.

The Supreme Court Ended the Eviction Ban. Now What? 4 Questions Answered.

August 27, 2021 | FlaglerLive | 7 Comments

Rent due. (© FlaglerLive)

The Supreme Court on Aug. 26, 2021, ended the Biden administration’s ban on evictions, putting millions at risk of losing their homes. Legal scholar Katy Ramsey Mason explains what the ruling means, who will be affected and what happens next.

Carla Cline’s New Project: Raise 1,000 Local Restaurant Gift Cards of $20 for Hospital’s Overworked Health Care Staff

August 26, 2021 | FlaglerLive | 5 Comments

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Carla Cline, the Flagler Beach philanthropist, is raising a thousand $20 restaurant gift-cards to distribute to health care workers at every level at AdventHealth Palm Coast (and beyond) in an effort to counter the indifference and “nonsense” that has overwhelmed the public debate about the pandemic.

Gunnar Galambos, 27, Faces Felony Charges After Violent Weekend Incident Involving 3 Victims at Johnny D’s

August 24, 2021 | FlaglerLive | 37 Comments

Gunnar Joseph Galambos.

Gunnar Joseph Galambos, 27, is accused of violently assaulting Johnny D’s manager and pulling a gun on two patrons, and was seen striking his girlfriend, who did not want to pursue charges as the other alleged victims are. The Saturday incident drew a large police response including a helicopter and a K-9 unit as cops searched for Galambos, eventually finding him in Palm Coast.

Two Healthcare Heroes Appreciation Drive-bys Friday at AdventHealth Palm Coast

August 24, 2021 | FlaglerLive | 1 Comment

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The thank you procession parade will be held at two separate times on Friday, August 27, 2021: Noon and 8:00 p.m. The community is encouraged to attend and bring and wave signs of support from their vehicles.

Flagler Beach Appoints Committee to Rethink July 4 Fireworks While Aiming for a Show on New Year’s Eve Too

August 23, 2021 | FlaglerLive | 10 Comments

Picture it reading 2022 on New Year's Eve. (© FlaglerLive)

Five residents and the mayor make up the committee that will study the continued feasibility of July 4 fireworks, while the city will ask the county’s tourism bureau for twin allocations of $25,000 next year, to pay for both July 4 and New Year’s Eve fireworks.

In a Victory for Public Beach Access, Federal Court Rules in Favor of ‘Customary Use’ of Sands on Private Portions

August 20, 2021 | FlaglerLive | 12 Comments

Flagler County's customarily public beaches. (© FlaglerLive)

Flagler County in 2018 passed an ordinance similar to the town ordinance the 11th Circuit Court of Appeals upheld today. The court’s decision backed the county over property owners who argued a 2018 Florida law gave them the right to exclude beach-goers from the dry portions of privately owned beach.

Flagler Beach Again Delays First Friday Resumption, Possibly to December Unless Covid Pall Lifts Sooner

August 20, 2021 | FlaglerLive | 1 Comment

First Friday in Flagler Beach will have to wait yet again, and the sponsorship logo will be different when it resumes. (© FlaglerLive)

The Flagler Beach City Commission signed a new agreement with Laverne McNeil Shank, Jr. of Surf 97.3 FM to run First Friday events but a September re-start will be delayed, possibly to December, pending a better covid climate.

Family Life Center’s Trish Giaccone Sternly Rejects Flagler Beach Mayor’s ‘Rogue’ Attack, But Fences Aren’t Mended

August 20, 2021 | FlaglerLive | 16 Comments

Trish Giaccone, the executive director of the Family Life Center, Flagler County's only shelter for abused persons, during her remarks to the Flagler Beach City Commission Thursday. (© FlaglerLive via Flagler Beach YouTUbe)

Family Life Center Executive Director Trish Giaccone responded bluntly Thursday to criticism from Flagler Beach mayor Suzie Johnston that Giaccone had gone “rogue” by appearing on a radio commercial hosted by an incendiary county commissioner. But it does not appear as if relations between the city and the Life Center will improve.

Palm Coast Increases Fees at Parks, Community Center, Pool, Palm Harbor Golf Course and Tennis Center

August 20, 2021 | FlaglerLive | 5 Comments

parks fees palm coast

The City of Palm Coast is raising its fees for Parks and Recreation services and rentals across the city following City Council approval on Aug. 17, after the proposal was presented to the council at a workshop. The new fees are now in effect. 

White House Orders Nursing Home Workers in Florida Vaccinated, Whatever DeSantis Says

August 18, 2021 | FlaglerLive | 14 Comments

Present arms: Grand Oaks Health and Rehab in Palm Coast. (© FlaglerLive)

As Covid-19 cases continue to surge in Florida, the White House announced Wednesday that nursing homes that rely on Medicaid and Medicare funding must require their staff members to get vaccinated against the novel coronavirus.

In ‘Huge Deal,’ Flagler School Board Votes to Double Impact Fees on New Construction, 1st Increase in 16 Years

August 18, 2021 | FlaglerLive | 9 Comments

A few of those new homes will actually house students. (© FlaglerLive)

The school board in a series of unanimous votes Tuesday approved a doubling in school impact fees, the one-time levy imposed on new construction and designed to defray the cost of new schools required by a growing population. The “huge deal,” in the words of Board Attorney Kristy Gavin, will increase the single-family home impact fee from $3,600 to $7,175.

Food Stamps Benefits Will Increase 25%, First Increase in 15 Years, Helping 15,000 in Flagler

August 16, 2021 | FlaglerLive | 18 Comments

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In Flagler County, 14,809 people in 7,546 households were receiving food stamps, and 3.3 million Floridians in 1.9 million households were. Average monthly benefits will increase to $157, or $36 more than pre-pandemic levels.

Flagler Mosquito District Will Expand in Plantation Bay and Palm Coast But Scraps Plans to Cover the Whole County

August 16, 2021 | FlaglerLive | 2 Comments

Flagler Emergency Management Director Jonathan Lord speaking to the East Flagler Mosquito Control District board this morning. (© FlaglerLive)

The East Flagler Mosquito Control District voted this morning to expand its spraying boundaries slightly west and south to include an area of U.S. 1 and all of Plantation Bay. But the district abandoned further plans to phase-in spraying of the entire county, opting instead to revert to a 2003 agreement with the county to continue spraying West only on an as-needed basis.

Driven Out by Mold, Bunnell Again Vacates City Hall; Will Squat 2 Years While $7 Million Building Is Built on Commerce Blvd.

August 13, 2021 | FlaglerLive | 6 Comments

That didn't last: Bunnell is vacating its City Hall less than seven years after buying the property. (© FlaglerLive)

Bunnell City Hall and its police department will again be squatting for two years as water intrusion forces it to vacate its premises. The city plans a new $7 million building on Commerce Parkway and will hold its meetings at the Government Services Building meanwhile, with offices at the Bunnell Commerce Business Center, behind the Chicken Pantry.

The Immense Tax Sums Religious Organizations Don’t Pay

August 12, 2021 | FlaglerLive | 4 Comments

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If religious organizations in Manatee County paid property taxes, they would add $8.5 million to the tax revenue of the county annually, or 1.1% of the total, enough to cover, in just one year, the building of three newly proposed emergency medical services stations in the county, along with upgrades of EMS equipment and its 911 service.

Opponents Call Approval of ‘Marinas’ Along Scenic A1A an Orwellian Ploy to Let Massive Boat-Storage Facility Rise

August 11, 2021 | FlaglerLive | 33 Comments

Not exactly marina-like: a forklift at a boat storage facility. (HCA)

The Flagler County Planning Board on Tuesday determined that marinas are an allowable use in the Scenic A1A corridor. But Hammock residents say it’s an Orwellian word game intended to clear the way for a 240-dry-boat storage facility called Hammock Harbour, whose development was twice rebuffed by courts.

First in Florida, Embry-Riddle Now Offers Robotic Food Deliveries

August 11, 2021 | FlaglerLive | Leave a Comment

Not great at employing people, but it's the way of the future. (Embry-Riddle)

Starship Technologies rolled out its robot food delivery service Tuesday on Embry Riddle’s Daytona Beach Campus, making it the first university in Florida to offer automated delivery robot service to its students. On-demand, zero-emission deliveries will now be part of the dining options offered by food service provider Sodexo, providing a greener way for Eagles to score quick meals.

Understanding the IPCC Climate Report’s Dire Warnings

August 9, 2021 | FlaglerLive | 5 Comments

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Humans are unequivocally warming the planet, and that’s triggering rapid changes in the atmosphere, oceans and polar regions, and increasing extreme weather around the world, the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change warns in a new report issued today.

Flagler Commissioners Want to Cut Tax Rate, Give Sheriff 15 Deputies And Force Staff to Cut $2 Million in County Services

August 9, 2021 | FlaglerLive | 25 Comments

County Administrator Heidi Petito tried to defend her budget today. Some of the commissioners want it to subsidize the budgets of the sheriff, of the clerk of court and other constitutional officers.

A majority of Flagler county commissioners ignored their administrator’s and finance director’s numbers and proposals today and told their staff to find ways to cut $2 million from the county’s own budget while ensuring that the sheriff and other constitutional officers, such as the clerk of court and supervisor of elections, get all the budget increases they’re asking for.

Now That It’s Cleared, a Massive Gambling Compact Is About to Change the Florida Landscape

August 8, 2021 | FlaglerLive | 9 Comments

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It’s official.  Federal authorities green-lighted Florida’s gambling compact with the Seminole Tribe of Florida on Friday, marking the start of a new cultural era by allowing digital gambling statewide for the first time in Florida history. The 30-year compact is worth $2.5 billion to the state of Florida in just the first five years.

How Unemployment Insurance Fraud Exploded During the Pandemic

August 8, 2021 | FlaglerLive | 3 Comments

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Bots filing bogus applications in bulk, teams of fraudsters in foreign countries making phony claims, online forums peddling how-to advice on identity theft: Inside the infrastructure of perhaps the largest fraud wave in history.

U.S. Economy Adds Nearly 1 Million Jobs for 2nd Month in a Row, Lowering Unemployment to 5.4%

August 6, 2021 | FlaglerLive | 8 Comments

To reduce the distortive effect, the graph begins in the month immediately after April 2020, when the economy lost 20.6 million jobs. (© FlaglerLive)

The national economy added 943,000 jobs in July, building on the 938,000 jobs in June and lowering the unemployment rate by 0.5 percentage points, to 5.4 percent, reducing the number of officially unemployed people to 8.7 million.

Ramping Up Campaign Against Covid Safety, DeSantis Now Opposes Hospitals Requiring Vaccines of Staff

August 5, 2021 | FlaglerLive | 29 Comments

Not a fan of social distancing, either. (© FlaglerLive)

Florida reported an additional 20,133 new COVID-19 infections on Wednesday, making the state responsible for about 22 percent of the new cases reported nationwide for the day, according to data posted Thursday by the federal Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

In a Boost for Its Palm Coast Hub, UNF President David Szymanski Stepping Down to Become CEO of MedNexus

August 5, 2021 | FlaglerLive | 6 Comments

University of North Florida President David Szymanski in January 2020, when he attended a segment of Palm Coast's Hackathon. (© FlaglerLive)

Szymanski’s decision signals the breadth and weigh of UNF’s investment in MedNexus and now places the person most responsible for it behind its development, in Jacksonville and in Palm Coast, where it came about through the lobbying of former Mayor Milissa Holland.

Palm Coast Council Clears Way for a 240-Apartment Complex Just North of RaceTrac on Old Kings Road

August 5, 2021 | FlaglerLive | 18 Comments

The developer of Tuscan Reserve in palm Coast, aboive, is proposing to develop a 240-unit apartment complex on Old Kings Road, just north of State Road 100. The Palm Coast City Council on Tuesday approved the rezoning that clears the way for the development. (Roger Kennedy Construction)

The developer of Tuscan Reserve apartments in Palm Coast is proposing to develop a 240-unit apartment complex on Old Kings Road, just north of State Road 100, called the Tribute. The Palm Coast City Council on Tuesday approved the rezoning that clears the way for the development.

Expansion of Mosquito Spraying in Plantation Bay and Sawmill Creek Draws Mixed Reactions

August 4, 2021 | FlaglerLive | 5 Comments

The workshop drew only 10 people, some of whom complained that it had not been announced broadly enough. (© FlaglerLive)

A workshop intended to gauge public sentiment about modestly expanding the East Flagler Mosquito Control District to Plantation Bay and to a small area west of U.S. 1 drew just 10 people Wednesday evening, some fiercely opposed, some wager for the spraying.

Back from Boys’ Camp, Palm Coast Council Adopts Tentative Tax Rate, But Policing Budget Is Contested

August 4, 2021 | FlaglerLive | 6 Comments

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The Palm Coast City Council on Tuesday broke its impasse over a tentative tax rate, approving what for now is the same rate that’s been in effect since 2019, with council members’ pledge to look for ways to reduce it. But that may be difficult with a slew of competing demands in services, including additional sheriff’s deputies, street paving, and other administrative requests.

David Alfin, Making a Point of Facing the Public on a Level Plane, Is Sworn-In as Palm Coast’s 4th Mayor

August 3, 2021 | FlaglerLive | 8 Comments

Palm Coast Mayor David Alfin immediately after his swearing in, acknowledging City Clerk Virginia Smith, with his daughter Melanie and his wife Tammy at his side, and the council he was about to join behind him--with some on the dais more enthusiastic than others about his accession. (© FlaglerLive)

David Alfin was sworn-in as Palm Coast’s fourth mayor this evening in a simple ceremony and a well-attended meeting in which he made a point of defining his tenure as a service to residents, but also as a mission to bring civility and consensus to a sharply divided council. There was pointed symbolism and a few pointed remarks during the meeting.

Florida Covid Hospital Rate Tops the Nation, Taking Up 22% of All In-Patient Beds; ICU Occupancy at 86%

August 3, 2021 | FlaglerLive | 10 Comments

The number of in-patients at AdventHealth Palm Coast on a primary diagnosis of Covid-19 reached 80 on Monday, and was 71 on Tuesday, not counting seven in the emergency department. (© FlaglerLive)

As of Monday, 11,863 inpatient beds in Florida were being used by Covid-19 patients, about 22 percent of all inpatient beds in the state, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services data show. No other state had as high of a utilization rate. The number of in-patients at AdventHealth Palm Coast on Monday was 80, more than double the January peak.

Ahead of Its Planned Hospital on U.S. 1, Flagler Health+ Joins Palm Coast United Methodist in Health Village and Church Campus

August 2, 2021 | FlaglerLive | 4 Comments

United Methodist Church's ceremonial land, right next to Flagler Health+'s. (© FlaglerLive)

Flagler Health+ and Palm Coast United Methodist Church celebrated the groundbreaking expansion of each institution on July 27 in North Palm Coast as Flagler Health+ openly competes with AdventHealth and the church will build a “North Campus” to reach more youth.

Changing Crime Reporting Practices to Do Less Harm

July 31, 2021 | FlaglerLive | 4 Comments

The reporting of crime stories can be unnecessarily harmful when highlighting a passing arrest that has few ramifications or follow-ups. (© FlaglerLive)

Acknowledging that journalism can inflict wounds unnecessarily, AP will no longer name those arrested for minor crimes when the news service is unlikely to cover the story’s subsequent developments. Often, such stories’ publication hinges on an odd or entertaining quirk, and the names are irrelevant. Yet, the ramifications can loom large and be long-lasting for the persons named.

Construction Begins on $9.5 Million Pedestrian Bridge over State Road 100, Linking Trail Network

July 29, 2021 | FlaglerLive | 5 Comments

SR 100 bridge

Construction work for a long-anticipated pedestrian bridge crossing over State Road 100 began July 26. When completed, the bridge will link the Lehigh Trail, Old Kings Road sidewalk, conservation lands, and the Flagler County’s Bulow “Parcel D” property.

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