John J. Schenone, 21, of Palm Coast, goes on trial for an alleged sex assault of an 11-year-old girl, the county commission moves forward on building a $12 million runway extension at the county airport, why the new iPhone risks being Apple’s New Coke.
The Live Wire
Weekend Briefing: Peter Cerreta’s New Show at Salvo, “Mutable” at ZinkZank, Charlie Brown at CRT, Bergen’s Profanities
The great Peter Cerreta shows new work at Salvo Art Project, City Repertory Theatre presents another weekend of “Charlie Brown,” the musical, “Mutable: Temporality and the Fickle Nature of Art Making,” at ZinkZank Gallery, a fundraiser at the Flagler Auditorium, Benjamin Bergen on the scientific purposes of profanity.
Thursday Briefing: County Property Taxes, School Open Houses, Trump’s Hissy Fits, Filming Private Ryan
The Flagler County Commission holds the first of two public hearings on next year’s taxes, Trump’s hissy fits get less attention than Hillary’s caughing fits, how Saving Private Ryan’s battle scenes were filmed.
Wednesday Briefing: Cultural Arts Grants, Joe Arpaio’s Posse, Elizabeth Ann Seton Canonization, Incomes Zoom, Finally
Ever wonder who on earth was Elizabeth Ann Seton? Today is the anniversary of her canonization, Americans’ incomes zoom up finally, Joe Arpaio’s posse may be in trouble, Ford’s self-driving car.
Tuesday Briefing: Crashing Players Club, Grading on a Curve, Renner Kick-Off, Cost of Incarceration
Three buildings at the old Players Club are demolished, ending the nuttiness of grading on a curve, Flagler Palm Coast High School meets Pine Ridge, Matanzas High School meets DeLand in Bowling, the staggering costs of incarceration.
Monday Briefing: A Taxing District for Malacompra Basin, A Tax Hearing for Bunnell, Live Bombing, Salamander Update
The Malacompra and Marineland basin area residents get a new annual tax to pay for drainage problems, Bunnell sets its tax rate for next year, Jules Verne, garden club talks bees, and how to read sheet music in two minutes flat.
Weekend Briefing: 9/11, African Art, Senior Games, Beer Arising, Chess Jax, Women of Jazz, Intracoastal Clean-Up
A busy weekend with a new musical (Charlie Brown) opening at CRT, women of jazz at the African-American Center, lectures on African art by the Palm Coast Arts Foundation, the Senior Games all week, and quite a bit more.
Thursday Briefing: Flagler Restaurant Week Kick-Off, Flagler Beach’s Taxi Update, Journalism’s Lost Generation
The third annual Restaurant Week kicks off at Marineland Dolphin Adventure, the Flagler Beach City Commission updates its taxi ordinance, what a journalism professor learned of the craft’s lost generation.
Wednesday Briefing: Youth Orchestra Open House, Budget Hearings in Palm Coast and Flagler Beach, Manfre’s Whereabouts
The Flagler Youth Orchestra’s open house at Indian Trails Middle School welcomes new enrollments and lays out the season ahead, at 5:30 p.m., Palm Coast and Flagler Beach governments hold the first of their budget hearings, setting next year’s tax rates.
Tuesday Briefing: Councilman Robert Cuff, School Taxes, FPC Sports, Trump’s Immigrants, Su Meng’s Guitar
Robert Cuff, who won election to the Palm Coast Council last week, is appointed to the seat early to fill the spot vacated by Bill McGuire, the school board adopts next year’s taxes and talks bathrooms at Indian Trails Sports Complex.