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Florida Hospital Flagler’s Medical Staff Awards $3,000 in Scholarships to 4 Students

June 6, 2016 | FlaglerLive | 1 Comment

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Meredith Wills, Amanda Hok, Summer Wilcox and Vincent Launh each got $750. The John M. Canakaris, MD award, which honors a high school student that has volunteered within the community to help the underprivileged and less fortunate, was awarded to Matanzas’s Launh.

Scaling Some Opposition, Captain’s BBQ at Bing’s Will Expand Seating Areas, But Not Capacity

June 6, 2016 | FlaglerLive | 15 Comments

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Captain’s Bait, Tackle and BBQ at Bing’s Landing, the county park, scaled some opposition by Hammock residents to win county approval for an 800 square foot expansion that will not, however, add to the restaurant’s 200-seat capacity.

Lawsuit Against Palm Coast’s Golden Corral Alleges Sexual Harassment of 17-Year-Old Girl

June 2, 2016 | FlaglerLive | 17 Comments

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The lawsuit and the company’s response raise questions about the extent of a company’s responsibility in protecting its employees from undue hostility and differentiates, in the company’s view, between issues involving peer-employees as opposed to employees and their supervisors or superiors.

Florida Hospital Flagler Donates $5,000 to School District’s Flagship Programs

June 1, 2016 | FlaglerLive | 2 Comments

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The $5,000 donation went to the Flagler County Education Foundation to support a variety of Flagship programs in the district, especially Rymfire Elementary’s health sciences program.

In Feud’s Latest Distortion, Palm Coast Blames County for “Killing” $600,000 City Road Grant

May 31, 2016 | FlaglerLive | 7 Comments

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Palm Coast and the county are at it again, but in this case the city appears to have misrepresented the county’s intention not to violate the law in the latest flare-up of an ongoing feud between City Manager Jim Landon and County Administrator Craig Coffey.

Intersection at Old Kings Road and Town Center Blvd. Will Finally Get a Traffic Light

May 31, 2016 | FlaglerLive | 13 Comments

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The $154,000 project will include some new landscaping and will also result in the closure of the makeshift parking area for people who use the Lehigh Trail. The zone must be closed to make the new arrangement safer.

Florida Insurers Requesting an Average 17.7% Rate Increase in Obamacare Plans for 2017

May 31, 2016 | FlaglerLive | 21 Comments

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While the requested increases for Florida vary from zero to 40 percent, all requested increases for silver plans are under 14 percent, and half are under 3 percent.

Art Walk Renaissance as Calypso and ZinkZank Galleries Open Within Brush Stroke of Salvo

May 27, 2016 | FlaglerLive | 3 Comments

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Weldon and Richlin Ryan’s new Calypso Fine Art Gallery at Marvin garden, along with Sheila Skipp Zinkerman’s ZinkZank gallery and Salvo Art Project, are burgeoning an art walk similar to what existed at City Marketplace before an exodus two years ago.

Golden Lion’s Key Lime Tartar Sauce Yields $2,800 in Latest Donations to Needy

May 26, 2016 | FlaglerLive | Leave a Comment

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The Bunnell Food Pantry, Second Harvest Food Bank of Central Florida and Halifax Urban Ministries of Daytona Beach were the beneficiaries of the third distribution of proceeds from Golden Lion’s sauce.

Palm Coast City Employees Get Free Screenings From Florida Hospital Flagler

May 24, 2016 | FlaglerLive | 1 Comment

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Florida Hospital Flagler provided free health screenings to 80 City of Palm Coast employees. The screenings included blood pressure, pulse oxygen, carbon monoxide, body mass index (BMI), diabetes testing and musculoskeletal assessment.

Florida Supreme Court Rules That City Utility’s Service Area Trumps Some County Authority

May 23, 2016 | FlaglerLive | Leave a Comment

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While the case involved a local dispute on the Treasure Coast, it drew attention from counties and utilities across the state, which is carved into territories and includes myriad local franchise agreements.

Are We Finally Ready For Smart Guns? Daytona’s iGuns Technologies Aims For Yes

May 21, 2016 | FlaglerLive | 10 Comments

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The iGun’s chip technology only works within centimeters and makes it impossible for anyone other than the person wearing the ring to fire it. Some gun advocates are resistant for various reasons.

Flagler’s 5.1% Unemployment Nearly Matches U.S. Rate Even as Jobs and Labor Force Dip

May 20, 2016 | FlaglerLive | 4 Comments

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Flagler’s unemployment rate has fallen a full percentage point in a year, and is down from 8.3 percent two years ago. The rate went down even though 179 fewer people held jobs in April, because the labor force shrank by a larger number.

At Salvo Art Saturday, “Transparency” as an Artist’s Conceptual Journey Beyond the Visible

May 20, 2016 | FlaglerLive | Leave a Comment

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Krystyna Spisak-Madejczyk, the featured artists at Salvo Art’s new show, is highly acclaimed in her native Poland as a sculptor and multimedia conceptual artist. She’s become well known in Flagler County’s expanding artistic circles since taking up residency in one of Salvo’s studios.

Carmen Bourdeau Is Florida Hospital Flagler’s New ICU Nurse Manager

May 19, 2016 | FlaglerLive | 1 Comment

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Bourdeau has been a nurse for nearly 25 years and began her career at Newark Beth Israel Medical Center in New Jersey, as a nurse in the ICU.

In Victory for Flagler Beach, Dreaded and Un-Scenic A1A Signs Will Not Spear the City

May 18, 2016 | FlaglerLive | 20 Comments

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The state transportation department finally barred the signs from Flagler Beach and Beverly Beach after an intense campaign by city officials that reflected almost unanimous public outrage against the signs.

TDC Favors Beverly Beach’s $32,000 Walkover Renovations, But Not Before Unusual Grilling

May 18, 2016 | FlaglerLive | 2 Comments

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The questioning was another example of of the TDC’s more inquisitorial attitude toward local projects as opposed to a less rigorous or accountable approach when the applicant is an out-of-town organization, including for-profits.

FPL Bills Customers for Unbuilt Nuclear Plants But Wants Out of Justifying Need

May 18, 2016 | FlaglerLive | 1 Comment

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Attorneys for consumers and business and environmental groups are fighting FPL’s request for a waiver from filing an annual analysis about the feasibility of adding two nuclear reactors in South Florida.

Hundreds Of Thousands Lose Food Stamps In Florida as Work Requirements Kick In

May 17, 2016 | FlaglerLive |

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In Florida if you can’t show that you’re working or meet the work requirements some other way, you get penalized and lose your food stamps for the following month. If you fail to meet the requirements again, it’s a three-month sanction and then six months.

Critical Care Physician Muneeruddin Q. Mohammed Joins Florida Hospital Flagler

May 11, 2016 | FlaglerLive | Leave a Comment

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As an intensivist, Mohammed will work with the hospital’s critical care team in the intensive care unit (ICU).

Construction on Florida Hospital Flagler’s $15 Million Expansion Advances

May 10, 2016 | FlaglerLive | 1 Comment

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Construction continues to progress on Florida Hospital Flagler’s $15 million expansion project to add 32 new beds on the second and third floors over the hospital’s emergency department.

For Flagler’s Gun Shops, New Residents Spur Brisk Business But Laws Conceal Debate

May 9, 2016 | FlaglerLive | 40 Comments

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Flagler County’s gun shop owners say fear and a need for protection rather than hunting still drives much of their business, but they have differing views on gun regulations and the need for additional laws.

Behind Palm Coast’s Inspired Mic, A King With Nine Lives Defies Dreads, Death and Taboos

May 6, 2016 | FlaglerLive | 8 Comments

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After a hiatus The Inspired Mic, Palm Coast’s most daring and unpredictable open mic event, returned to the New Europa under the direction of Michael Ray King, who organizes the monthly event with a light touch, himself inspired by a personal history of harrowing survival.

Bogosian’s “Sex, Drugs, Rock & Roll” at CRT: The Frightening Drift of American Life, Updated

May 5, 2016 | FlaglerLive | 1 Comment

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Those who see the show at Palm Coast’s City Repertory Theatre will find themselves in very recognizably angry American territory even though the play was written in 1990.

Flagler Auditorium Sees $500,000 Grant As 1st Step to $5 Million Capital Makeover

May 4, 2016 | FlaglerLive | 1 Comment

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The Flagler Auditorium is in line to get five successive $500,000 grants that the auditorium board and the district would match, enabling the transformation of the 25-year-old facility, including a lobby three times bigger than its current size.

Citing Disrespect, Flagler Beach Emphatically Tells A1A Group To Stick Its Signs Elsewhere

April 29, 2016 | FlaglerLive | 18 Comments

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The city commission, following up on overwhelming public opposition to the signs, voted 5-0 to refuse all Scenic A1A signs in the city after the scenic group neither involved the city nor respected its wishes to limit the signs to four.

For Triumphant Palm Coast Arts Foundation, A Symphonic Homecoming in the Key of Bold

April 28, 2016 | FlaglerLive | 1 Comment

Picture a symphony orchestra and 1,200 people: that's what it'll look like Sunday night at the new home of the Palm Coast Arts Foundation in Town Center.

It’ll be the end of a triumphal journey for the Palm Coast Arts Foundation when the Jacksonville Symphony performs its pops concert Sunday before a record crowd of 1,200 in Town Center.

In Palm Coast’s Expensive Hunt for New Retailers, a Few Leads, But Only Low Wages

April 26, 2016 | FlaglerLive | 16 Comments

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Last July Palm Coast government signed a $135,000, contract with marketing company to recruit retailers. Nine months later, a couple of low-wage retailers are possible, and a half dozen more are long-term possibilities, but nothing more firm than that.

Court Deals Blow to FPL’s Already Leaky Nuclear Power Plans at Turkey Point

April 20, 2016 | FlaglerLive | 5 Comments

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An appeals court Wednesday overturned a decision by Gov. Rick Scott and the state Cabinet that could have helped clear the way for Florida Power & Light to add two nuclear reactors in Miami-Dade County.

Median Price of Homes in Flagler Cross Back Over $200,000 For 1st Time Since Housing Boom

April 20, 2016 | FlaglerLive | Leave a Comment

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The average number of home sales in the past seven months is still slower than the previous six months, but inventory is diminishing and prices continue to rise, once again raising questions of affordability.

Gate Gas and Aldi Grocery Will Rise at Corner of SR100 and Belle Terre, Ending Political Signs

April 19, 2016 | FlaglerLive | 38 Comments

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The Palm Coast City Council approved a redrawing of the property into six lots, three of which are under contract, with two projected for non-fast-food restaurants in the future.

County Approves Big Spending on Tourism Office Staff and Rigs and Hints at Raising Tax

April 19, 2016 | FlaglerLive | 17 Comments

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County government absorbed the tourism office last fall and is spending big on it, raising staff pay, expanding staff, buying $300,000 worth of equipment and talking about raising the 4 percent sales tax supplement on short-term rentals to 5 percent.

“Go Forward!” Flagler Beach Tells County, Clearing Way for $900,000 Design of Beach-Erosion Project

April 18, 2016 | FlaglerLive | 4 Comments

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The Flagler Beach City Commission endorsed the county’s decision to give up on federal dollars and instead spend county and state dollars on the first phase of what will amount to a hugely expensive, $44 million beach-protection project over the next 50 years.

Give Tax and Spend a Chance

April 15, 2016 | FlaglerLive | 10 Comments

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The astonishing momentum of Bernie Sanders’s presidential candidacy reveals that millions of taxpayers are willing to entertain the idea that some of us aren’t taxed enough, and that it’s hurting the rest of us, argues Isaiah J. Poole.

Flagler’s Unemployment Ticks Down to New Post-Recession Low of 5.3% as Employment Surges

April 15, 2016 | FlaglerLive | 5 Comments

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In March, strong job growth continued in Flagler County with a gain of 396 for a two-month gain of 868 jobs–numbers not seen since before the Great Recession. Florida’s unemployment rate fell to 4.9 percent.

Nurse Assistants at Grand Oaks Rehab Strike for $15/hr Wage in Echo of National Movement

April 14, 2016 | FlaglerLive | 32 Comments

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Workers at Grand Oaks Rehab Center in Palm Coast, most on poverty wages, walked out for 24 hours, though they’d given the facility almost two weeks’ notice and replacements ensured no residents lacked care.

New Partnership Will Expand Grand Haven Realty Beyond the Gates

April 12, 2016 | FlaglerLive | Leave a Comment

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Grand Haven Realty announced today a new partnership between company president Jim Cullis and Lindsay Dolamore, the 2016 President of the Flagler County Association of Realtors.

IRS Could Easily Signal to 10 Million Uninsured Working Poor Eligibility for Coverage. But It Doesn’t.

April 11, 2016 | FlaglerLive | 8 Comments

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About half of the uninsured people in families receiving the earned income tax credit are eligible for significant financial assistance — 4.1 million are eligible for Medicaid, and another 1.1 million are eligible for large subsidies.

Cycle Flagler, Flagler Beach Rotary’s Annual Tour, Returns May 1 With Circuits of 16 to 100 Miles

April 11, 2016 | FlaglerLive | 4 Comments

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The Rotary Club of Flagler Beach’s Cycle Flagler is back. The 2016 edition is scheduled for May 1, starting with 6 a.m. registration at the Flagler County Airport, one of the event’s hosts.

Rookies Hutson and Renner Sum Up Legislative Session as Veterans of Policy and Reforms

April 7, 2016 | FlaglerLive | 4 Comments

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First-year Sen. Travis Hutson and Rep. Paul Renner, whose districts include all of Flagler, spoke at a Chamber of Commerce breakfast this morning in a celebration of of the session they just completed, and promises to keep cutting taxes and reducing government regulation.

Florida Hospital Flagler CEO Ken Mattison Leaving For Volusia; Ron Jimenez, a Physician, Takes Over

April 7, 2016 | FlaglerLive | 8 Comments

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FHF CEO Ken Mattison was reassigned to head the transition of Bert Fish Medical Center’s 112-bed hospital in New Smyrna Beach into the Adventist system. Dr. Ron Jimenez will have his first posting as a hospital CEO.

In Brief: Broker Sheehan Jones Brokers a $450,000 Transaction, Palm Coast Data Lands New Account

April 6, 2016 | FlaglerLive | 1 Comment

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Parkside Realty Group’s Margaret Sheehan Jones brokered a $450,000 transaction for Bunnell’s D & K Automotive and Tire Repair and Palm Coast Data added Fort Worth, Texas Magazine to its fulfillment stable.

In Major Shift, County Proposes Rebuilding Beach Without Federal Dollars For Now

April 5, 2016 | FlaglerLive | 11 Comments

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With federal dollars unlikely to share in the $44 million project, Administrator Craig Coffey wants the county commission to share costs with state transportation and environmental agencies instead, though the plan is rife with uncertainties.

Has Business Biased Florida’s Workers Comp Law Too Far Against Labor? Court Will Decide

April 4, 2016 | FlaglerLive | Leave a Comment

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Plaintiffs argue that lawmakers have taken too many rights and benefits from people who get injured on the job, while business groups say a 2003 law kept costs from “spiraling.”

Man Arrested Over Cocking AK-47 Outside Metro Diner After Words With Manager

April 1, 2016 | FlaglerLive | 34 Comments

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Joseph Eberhardinger, 24, had gone to Metro Diner with his girlfriend so she could retrieve her last paycheck when the incident unfolded. The same evening, Anthony Catoggio, 19, was arrested on an identical charge in a separate incident.

Economy Adds 215,000 Jobs But Unemployment Rises to 5% As Workers Flood Back

April 1, 2016 | FlaglerLive | 4 Comments

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The more accurate, so-called U-6 unemployment rate, which includes part-time and discouraged workers, places unemployment and underemployment at 9.8 percent, and 11.5 percent in Florida.

Behind Florida’s Deceptively Low Unemployment Rate

March 29, 2016 | FlaglerLive | 10 Comments

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The labor force participation rate should always be taken into account when determining the overall state of the job market and the economy, and that rate has fallen significantly since the Great Recession, argues Dominic Calabro.

Council Will Approve “Kind of Dumb Looking” 150-ft Cell Tower on Palm Coast Parkway

March 29, 2016 | FlaglerLive | 20 Comments

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The tower, camouflaged as a tree, will go up on city land near the public library and will accommodate four cell carriers, among them AT&T, whose service in many parts of Palm Coast has been dismal.

“It Is Done!” Flagler Celebrates Opening of Exit 293 Interchange With North Palm Coast’s Future

March 28, 2016 | FlaglerLive | 16 Comments

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Eighteen years in the making, the Matanzas interchange with I-95 is expected to alleviate traffic in palm Coast and spur development in the north of the city while giving residents of the L, B and F Sections faster, safer access to I-95.

Florida’s 4.9% Unemployment Rate Matches Nation’s, Flagler’s Nearly There, at 5.4%

March 25, 2016 | FlaglerLive | 5 Comments

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The number of Flagler County residents holding jobs surged by 472, one of the best single-month increases since the recession, lowering the county’s unemployment rate to its lowest level since 2007.

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