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Mindful of Orlando Massacre, FDLE Seeks to Extend Federal Terrorism Crimes to State Laws

September 21, 2016 | FlaglerLive | Leave a Comment

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Intent on preventing another mass nightclub shooting or a repeat of incidents this past weekend in New York and New Jersey, Florida’s top cop wants to bulk up the state’s anti-terrorism efforts.

Divided Over Car Sale at FPC that “Violated” Pact and Precedent, School Board Mulls Next Step

September 21, 2016 | FlaglerLive | 6 Comments

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Two school board members charge that an agreement signed with the district on the use of FPC was violated when a car “show” turned into a major car sale, but the board is unclear over what to do next.

Pam Bondi Is Shocked, Shocked Over Claim That Trump Donation Influenced Her Decisions

September 20, 2016 | FlaglerLive | 12 Comments

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In a contentious session with reporters, Bondi said she had no regret about Trump’s $25,000 donation and refuted claims that it had influenced her decisions to dismiss allegations that Floridians had been bilked by Trump University.

Mercy Lives: 24-Year-Old Horse Pulled Out of Septic Tank in 2 1/2-Hour Rescue in Mondex

September 20, 2016 | FlaglerLive | 21 Comments

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A dozen agencies and veterinarians were mobilized to rescue Mercy, a 24-year-old horse that fell in a septic tank Tuesday morning, managing the rescue after two and a half hours of efforts.

Local Authorities Converge on Areas of Concern as Travel-Related Zika Cases Are Declared in Palm Coast

September 20, 2016 | FlaglerLive | 3 Comments

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Mosquito Control officials have been focusing on mosquito hot spots in Palm Coast’s P Section and visited other properties of concern as county officials prepare a county-wide meeting next week to address the local response.

Florida Universities Seeking $14.5 Million Extra To Meet Spiking Demand for Mental Health

September 19, 2016 | FlaglerLive | 2 Comments

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Universities saw a 48 percent increase in demands for counseling and other mental health services, and an increase in emergency or crisis visits, involving issues like severe depression, acute anxiety and suicidal thoughts.

Mother Arrested at Bus Stop in Violent Confrontation With Deputies as Children Watch

September 19, 2016 | FlaglerLive | 36 Comments

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Deputies resorted to force, taking down Tyisha Davis, 36, as she allegedly refused to let a school bus continue its route after she was told her son had been in a fight.

Sally’s Safe Haven at Year 2: Where Children Traumatized by a Violent Parent Can Still Visit

September 19, 2016 | FlaglerLive | Leave a Comment

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Sally’s Safe Haven in Bunnell, which has served almost 100 families so far, allows supervised visits for parents otherwise restricted from seeing their child. The haven is underwritten by a federal grant and run by the county and the the Children’s Home Society.

Everyone Else Ready for Trial, Man Accused of Child Rape Asks, and Gets, Delay and New Lawyer

September 19, 2016 | FlaglerLive | 1 Comment

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John J. Schenone, 33, of Palm Coast, accused of raping the 11-year-old daughter of his then-girlfriend, claimed his court-appointed lawyer had a conflict of interest with another molester she is defending, and was granted a new lawyer and court date.

Another Unrealistic Trump Policy Proposal: Billions of Dollars for Homeschool Vouchers

September 18, 2016 | FlaglerLive | 14 Comments

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Trump recently proposed billions in spending to allow the nation’s poorest students to leave public schools and enroll elsewhere, including by using homeschooling. Except the plan won’t work for the poorest students.

Peter Cerreta, Mischievous Artist Whose Gifts Never Cease to Unwrap: At Salvo

September 17, 2016 | FlaglerLive | 2 Comments

At 84, Peter Ceretta continues to create works of art that are fresh, whimsical, poignant, mischievous, daring, slightly cubist in execution, youthful in their exploration of color and form, ageless in their immediacy.

Flagler Youth Center Director Cheryl Massaro Appointed to Federal Juvenile Justice Board That Advises Congress and the President

September 16, 2016 | FlaglerLive | 5 Comments

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Cheryl Massaro, for 11 years the director of the Flagler Youth Center, has served on the local and state juvenile justice advisory boards, and will now be responsible for representing Florida and other states for two years on the Federal Advisory Committee on Juvenile Justice.

Florida’s GOP Sen. Keith Perry Defends Himself After Hitting Another Man Over Campaign Sign

September 16, 2016 | FlaglerLive | 2 Comments

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Perry, a contractor first elected to the House in 2010, is going up against former state Sen. Rod Smith, D-Gainesville, for the open Senate District 8 seat. Smith is also a former Florida Democratic Party chairman and a former state attorney in the Gainesville area.

Flagler’s Unemployment Back Down to 5.4% After Brief Rise, Florida’s at 4.7% for 4th Month

September 16, 2016 | FlaglerLive | 2 Comments

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When Florida’s under-employed and discouraged workers are included, the state’s unemployment rate zooms up to 10.6 percent, higher than the national rate of 9.6 percent.

Giving Charm a Chance, City Rep’s 6th Season Opens With “You’re a Good Man, Charlie Brown”

September 16, 2016 | FlaglerLive | 3 Comments

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“You’re a Good Man, Charlie Brown,” the musical opening at Palm Coast’s City Repertory Theatre Friday, was written not by Schulz but by Clark Gesner, who of course based his “average day in the life of Charlie Brown” on the beloved comic strip characters.

10-Year-Old Girl Made Up Story of Man Suspiciously Photographing Children at F-Section Bus Stop

September 15, 2016 | FlaglerLive | 18 Comments

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The 10-year-old girl’s report that a man was following her in an SUV and taking pictures and video of her at her bus stop touched off alerts, fears and an investigation, which concluded with the girl’s story being held to be false.

Flagler Residents Get 2-Week Amnesty From 40% Collection Fee on Traffic and Court Fines

September 15, 2016 | FlaglerLive | 4 Comments

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Residents can save–for example– $82.40 on a $206 speeding ticket that’s gone to collection with the two-week amnesty, starting Sept. 19 and running through Sept. 30. There are no plans to renew the amnesty in the future.

Gov. Scott’s Office of Open Government Barricades Itself

September 15, 2016 | FlaglerLive | 6 Comments

Florida once had one of the toughest sunshine laws in the country, and people were proud of that. But it’s no longer the case. Transparency has given way to talk–and barricades.

Eliminating Florida’s No-Fault Auto Insurance System Could Save $81 a Year Per Car

September 14, 2016 | FlaglerLive | 7 Comments

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The findings in a $125,000 study come as critics contend the 2012 reform attempt has failed to meet expectations and that bodily-injury coverage, which most motorists in Florida already have, should be a replacement for no-fault coverage.

In Latest Delay, Flagler’s Civil Citation Proposal for Pot Users Will Wait Until Late November

September 14, 2016 | FlaglerLive | 9 Comments

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Though recommended for approval in Flagler County by a key law enforcement, judicial and government panel, the de-criminalization proposal and judicial panel, the proposal will wait until after the election because of expected changes at the county commission and on the Palm Coast City Council.

Palm Coast and Flagler County Compete on Soccer Fields Over Frank Meeker’s Memory

September 13, 2016 | FlaglerLive | 4 Comments

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The late County Commissioner Frank Meeker, who died in July, had also served on the Palm Coast City Council, so both governments will have separate memorials to his memory on soccer fields at opposite ends of town.

In Florida, Citrus Nears Oblivion as Disease and Development Squeeze it to Economy’s Margins

September 13, 2016 | FlaglerLive | 2 Comments

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The citrus industry lost 4 percent of its grove land, 21,275 acres, over the past year. Citrus greening disease, which is deadly to the crop, has infected nearly all of Florida’s commercial citrus groves.

Suspect in Greg Lynn Jewelers Heist Found Hanging in Florida Hospital Flagler Bathroom

September 13, 2016 | FlaglerLive | 14 Comments

The sun is setting on Florida HospitalFlagler, but in name only. Expect to see AdventHealth by Jan. 2. (© FlaglerLive)

Two days after checking into Floria Hospital Flagler, Craig Anthony Chavez, the 52-year-old Palm Coast resident arrested in late June for the alleged robbery of a jewelry store, was found dead in his hospital room’s bathroom of an apparent suicide.

Heavier Rains Than Hermine Expected In Next 24 Hours Over Flagler-Palm Coast

September 13, 2016 | FlaglerLive | Leave a Comment

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The unnamed tropical wave churning off the coast of Central Florida is expected to bring more rain and heavy thunderstorms over Flagler County in the next 24 hours than did Hurricane Hermine.

In 3-1 Vote, County Enacts Special Taxing Districts for Two Hammock Subdivisions to Drain Flooding

September 12, 2016 | FlaglerLive | 4 Comments

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Flagler County government is rolling out a long-awaited plan to contain drainage problems in Marineland Acres and the Malacompra Basin, with a new annual tax on property owners to help pay for the improvements. Some residents welcome the plan, others see it as costly and as jeopardizing the beachfront atmosphere.

Facing Prison for Threatening to Skin an In-Law, Bunnell Man Gets 6 Months’ Probation

September 12, 2016 | FlaglerLive | 3 Comments

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Daniel Nickonovitz, a 38-year-old Bunnell resident and felon with a violent past, had threatened to skin his father-in-law and kill him over child-support payments he owed. He had made death threats in a previous arrest and conviction, but has never been sentenced to prison.

Monitoring the Vote in Real-Time With Electionland

September 12, 2016 | FlaglerLive | 4 Comments

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Which voters are getting turned away (and why)? Where are lines so long that people are giving up? Is there actually any evidence of people casting fraudulent votes? Whether you’re a journalist or not, here’s your chance to be an effective monitor.

Why I Stand For The National Anthem

September 10, 2016 | FlaglerLive | 33 Comments

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There is outrage on the anniversary of 9/11: the outrage should be directed at those who have taken for granted the liberty and privilege of being a professional athlete by showing disrespect to our National Anthem by way of protest.

The National Anthem’s False Notes

September 9, 2016 | Pierre Tristam | 56 Comments

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Blasphemous as it seems, Colin Kaepernick’s freedom to sit out the Star Spangled Banner is written in the anthem’s very words, though his tormentors are more disturbed by his message, which they would rather not hear.

Tourism Industry Puts On Happy Face Despite Massacre, Algae, Zika and Alligator Kill

September 9, 2016 | FlaglerLive | 3 Comments

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In the past three months, there has been a mass shooting in an Orlando nightclub, a 2-year-old child killed by an alligator at Walt Disney World, toxic algae blooms choking East and West Coast waterways, and the continued spread of the mosquito-borne Zika virus.

Man Wounded By Gunshot Limps Into Hospital, But Cops Skeptical of Shooting Account

September 9, 2016 | FlaglerLive | 15 Comments

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Alfred Wright arrived at Florida Hospital Flagler with a gunshot to the thigh and claimed he’d been shot by an assailant either in Palm Coast or Flagler Beach. His story unraveled from there, with his girlfriend providing a different account.

School Board Members Blister “Subleasing” of FPC Campus to Out-of-Town Car Dealer, Exposing Problems

September 8, 2016 | FlaglerLive | 74 Comments

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This weekend, without the school board’s knowledge, the entire parking lot of Flagler Palm Coast High School will be turned over to Ritchey Auto of Daytona Beach in a giant car and boat sale that has angered local car dealers and school board members, exposing flaws in the district’s use-of-facilities policy.

6 Students Implicated in “Detailed Plan to Attack” Flagler Palm Coast High School, No Arrests

September 8, 2016 | FlaglerLive | 57 Comments

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Six students were at Flagler Palm Coast High School were tied Wednesday to what a district spokesperson described as “a detailed plan to conduct a coordinated plot against Flagler Palm Coast High School.” The alleged plot was to have involved guns.

A Rape in Palm Coast, a Shooting in Flagler Beach, Yet Sheriff’s Office Suppresses All But Trickle of Information

September 7, 2016 | FlaglerLive | 8 Comments

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In a 24-hour span on Sept. 6, a woman reported twice being raped and a man reported being shot in separate incidents, both ending up at Florida Hospital Flagler, yet the sheriff’s office is suppressing all but a trickle of information on either case.

At Rymfire Elementary, Response to a Child’s Scar Comes Unglued and Leads to a Lawsuit

September 7, 2016 | FlaglerLive | 20 Comments

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A 1st-grader at Rymfire Elementary came home with a bleeding head from a scar that her mother claims was treated improperly by an unqualified staffer, while the school never called the parent to let her know her child was being treated.

Fitful Recovery in Florida, Lingering Power Cuts in Panhandle After Hurricane Hermine

September 6, 2016 | FlaglerLive | Leave a Comment

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More than 18,000 people in Florida were still without power Tuesday, including fewer than 10,000 in the state’s capital city, after the Category 1 storm made landfall Friday morning near St. Marks in Wakulla County.

Heralding Brief Majority of Beards, Robert Cuff Is Sworn In as Palm Coast’s Newest Councilman

September 6, 2016 | FlaglerLive | 1 Comment

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Robert Cuff–the cerebral, witty and long-time Palm Coast resident and ITT man–took his seat at the city council this evening after winning his election last week. He takes up where Bill McGuire resigned.

Federal Appeals Court Rules Against ATS, Palm Coast and Cities in Red-Light Camera Case

September 6, 2016 | FlaglerLive | 6 Comments

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The decision by the 11th Circuit Court of Appeals is a reminder that Palm Coast is still not clear of the legal shambles that have surrounded the cameras. That class-action suit can now go forward, with drivers claiming they’d been wrongly fined.

Flagler’s Combustible Reagan Republicans Disband as GOP Realigns Back to “Sensible”

September 6, 2016 | FlaglerLive | 13 Comments

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The Ronald Reagan Republican Assemblies of Flagler County, the firebrand group whose members spent the last five years shaking up local governments—complaining, criticizing, suing and in several cases, winning elections—has disbanded.

That Dramatic Drop in Teen Births? Credit Easier Access to Contraceptives, Not Less Sex

September 6, 2016 | FlaglerLive | 5 Comments

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The drop was especially steep for younger girls: in births to girls 17 or younger in Flagler, the drop went from 12 such births per 1,000 in the early 90s to 3.8 in 2013-15, and four in Florida.

Obama Should Tell the Truth About the American Economy

September 4, 2016 | FlaglerLive | 23 Comments

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The president and everybody in his administration really must stop talking about how much better off we are today than we were eight years ago. Here is the disastrous truth.

America’s Other Doping Problem: Drugging Up the Elderly in Hospitals

September 2, 2016 | FlaglerLive | 12 Comments

Harriet Diamond at the UCLA Medical Center in Santa Monica, Calif., in May. (Heidi de Marco/KHN)

An increasing number of elderly patients are on multiple medications, raising chances of dangerous drug interactions. Often the drugs are prescribed by different specialists who don’t communicate, and hospital doctors add to the list of drugs, sometimes unnecessarily or unsuitably.

1st Hurricane Hits Florida in 11 Years; Flagler Spared, Tropical Storm Warning Cancelled

September 2, 2016 | FlaglerLive | Leave a Comment

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Hurricane Hermine was mostly a non-event in Flagler County, with limited rain and a bit of wind. Most government offices remained open Friday. The story was uglier in Florida’s Big Bend, where the hurricane made landfall.

Embittered Palm Coast Fires Holland Park Contractor and Takes Over Project Months Behind Schedule

September 1, 2016 | FlaglerLive | 17 Comments

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City officials, sensitive to the criticism directed at them over the delays, recast the problem as entirely the fault of the contractor, and themselves as heroes looking out for the city’s budget and local contractors, thus effectively changing the subject: it’s no longer a project behind schedule as much as a city wronged and aggrieved.

Tropical Storm Hermine: Flagler Included in State of Emergency, But No Major Threat Expected

September 1, 2016 | FlaglerLive | 4 Comments

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Tropical Storm Hermine has moved north, Flagler is not in a tropical storm watch, school’s open Thursday, but some wind and rain are expected and authorities are taking a few precautions.

One Solar Amendment Passed, Backers and Opponents of November Measure Square Off

September 1, 2016 | FlaglerLive | 5 Comments

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The November proposal is more controversial than the one voters approved Tuesday, drawing opposition from groups such as the Southern Alliance for Clean Energy that argue the measure is intended to benefit utilities.

Flagler’s Primary Results: Shocks, Coronations and Probabilities

August 31, 2016 | FlaglerLive | 30 Comments

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There were one or two shocks in the Flagler primary election results, not least of them another dismal turnout, but for the most part the numebrs produced expected winners and losers. Here’s a full analysis.

Holland Is Palm Coast’s New Mayor, Lenhart Wins Supervisor, Conklin Wins School Board, Manfre Is Out, Staly Beats Lamb

August 30, 2016 | FlaglerLive | 36 Comments

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Primary election results for Flagler County races including school board, sheriff, county commission, Palm Coast City Council, supervisor of elections, judges, and state congressional races.

Capping 2 Weeks of Record-Breaking Early Voting, Final Day of Primary Ends at 7pm

August 30, 2016 | FlaglerLive | Leave a Comment

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Some 18 percent of registered voters had already cast a ballot in early voting or by mail by the time polls opened at 7 this morning. But that means 82 percent of registered voters had not cast a ballot. Go vote.

Retired Palm Coast Nurse Accused of Suffocating Husband, a Cop, in Hospital Bed

August 29, 2016 | FlaglerLive | 3 Comments

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Henry Soschalski, 64, and his wife Jan Sochalski, 61, had lived in their Palm Coast home 13 years. She faces a second-degree murder charge over his death in a hospital bed. He had been in a coma for weeks.

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