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Supervisor of Elections Kimberle Weeks Resigns

January 5, 2015 | FlaglerLive | 42 Comments

Six years into her tenure, Flagler County Supervisor of Elections Kimberle Weeks has resigned. Weeks announced her resignation in a letter to her poll workers this morning, citing family and health concerns.

The Gifted Chemistry of Mentorship: Remembering FPC’s Sylvia Brady

January 5, 2015 | FlaglerLive | 9 Comments

Sylvia Brady, the long-time and popular chemistry teacher at Flagler Palm Coast High School and 1984 Teacher of the Year, died on Friday, age 73. Inna Hardison, former editor of Palm Coast Lifestyles Magazine and current co-owner of Ha Media in Palm Coast, wrote the following profile of Brady in 2009, when Brady was on the verge of retirement. 

Education or Exploitation? When a Patient’s Death is Broadcast Without Permission

January 4, 2015 | FlaglerLive | 3 Comments

Ethicists say medical reality shows exploit patients’ pain for public consumption, but their makers argue that they educate viewers and inspire people to choose careers in medicine.

Slashing Taxes, Fighting Vouchers, Expanding Medicaid (or Not): What’s Ahead in 2015

January 4, 2015 | FlaglerLive | Leave a Comment

With Gov. Rick Scott set to be sworn in for his second term and legislative committee meetings beginning this week, the topics that will dominate discussion in the Capitol in the coming year are shaping up. Here’s a rundown.

Bunnell’s Faith Foust, 22, Killed, Boy Critical, Infant Saved in Head-On Crash on South Old Dixie

January 2, 2015 | FlaglerLive | 63 Comments

Faith Foust, 22, of Bunnell, was killed and her two children injured, in a head-on collision with a raised pick-up truck driven by Roberto C. Mcleskey, 22, of Gainesville.

In a Reversal, Florida Court Clerks’ Lawyers Say Same-Sex Marriage Licenses Must Be Issued

January 2, 2015 | FlaglerLive | Leave a Comment

The reversal from the association’s lawyers should remove the last roadblock to gay marriage starting in Florida, though some clerks say they’ll refuse to perform ceremonies.

After Confrontation, Police Taser and Arrest Bunnell Man Seeking Suicide By Cop

January 2, 2015 | FlaglerLive | 9 Comments

Henry Brock, 25, was arrested in several counts of police assault after cops stopped a fight between Brock and another man, at which point Brock threatened the cops and himself until he was incapacitated by two Taser shots.

Federal Judge Orders Florida Clerks to Issue Gay-Marriage Licenses Across Florida Starting Tuesday

January 1, 2015 | FlaglerLive | 8 Comments

U.S. District Judge Robert Hinkle warned that clerks of court who refuse to comply with the ruling expose themselves to be a party to the suit, allowing successful plaintiffs to recover costs and attorneys’ fees.

6 Cars Broken Into or Tampered With at Outback and Nearby Lot Tuesday Evening

December 31, 2014 | FlaglerLive | 11 Comments

Four of the six cars had a window smashed out and items of varying value stolen in a crime spree that took place during dinner hours Tuesday evening.

Lawsuit Opposing School Voucher Expansion Is Thrown Out Again, Likely Ending Challenge

December 31, 2014 | FlaglerLive | 15 Comments

A judge rebuffed claims by a teacher and two parents who joined the new lawsuit that the expansion of the Tax Credit Scholarship Program hurt them because it could lead to reduced funding for their schools.

Craig Coffey’s $15,000 Raise Request: An Insult to Public Employees at Taxpayers’ Expense

December 30, 2014 | FlaglerLive | 32 Comments

The deal-maker: Flagler County Administrator Craig Coffey. (© FlaglerLive)

The insult wasn’t just Flagler County Administrator Craig Coffey’s Christmas tithing to himself. It was the way he and his administration went about it, and the way three county commissioners played along.

As Lawyers Duel, Meet the Interracial Gay Cowboys at Heart of Florida’s Gay-Marriage Quest

December 30, 2014 | FlaglerLive | 6 Comments

Stephen Schlairet and Ozzie Russ are a typical couple in many ways. They finish each other’s sentences, and reminisce over a photo album of their commitment ceremony nearly 15 years ago.

Marco Rubio’s Cuban Embargo Delusion And a Half Century of Spectacular Insanity

December 29, 2014 | FlaglerLive | 12 Comments

What Rubio needs now to consider and accept is that Florida, situated where it is, has more to gain from trade with Cuba than any other state.

An 18-Year-Old Woman Is Charged With Rape After Sex With Boy, 15, in Public Library Lot

December 29, 2014 | FlaglerLive | 17 Comments

A Flagler Sheriff’s deputy noticed a van rocking back and forth in the public library parking lot on Palm Coast Parkway. The boy’s mother was summoned and asked for charges against 18-year-old Gabriella Martinez.

Medicare Penalties Hit 31 Florida Hospitals Over High Infection Rates; FHF Spared

December 29, 2014 | FlaglerLive | Leave a Comment

In its toughest crackdown yet on medical errors, the federal government is cutting payments to 721 hospitals – including 31 in Florida — for having high rates of infections and other patient injuries.

2014 In Review: For Florida, A Year of Same-Olds More Than Change

December 27, 2014 | FlaglerLive | 8 Comments

State government from the governor on down is virtually unchanged, with all major figures and almost all incumbent senators winning reelection, but gay marriage and some legalized marijuana suggest some change for the state.

Deadly Force, In Black and White: Analysis of Killings by Police Shows Outsize Risk for Young Blacks

December 26, 2014 | FlaglerLive | 49 Comments

Young black males in recent years were at a far greater risk of being shot dead by police than their white counterparts – 21 times greater, according to an analysis of federally collected data on fatal police shootings.

Stars of Palm Coast: Tiffany’s Fantasy Lights

December 24, 2014 | FlaglerLive | 15 Comments

Holiday Fantasy Lights in Palm Coast Town Center

From Evansville’s Fantasy of Lights at Garvin Park to Palm Coast’s Town Center: Tiffany Butler’s Christmas and how it became ours.

Woman In “Catholic Warrior” Shirt Vandalizes Satanic Temple Display at Florida Capitol

December 24, 2014 | FlaglerLive | 47 Comments

Susan Hemeryck, 54, of Tallahassee, entered the Capitol at 11:23 a.m. and told an on-duty police officer that “she was sorry and had to take the Satanic display,” according to a Florida Department of Law Enforcement charging affidavit.

Ebony Wilkerson, Who Drove Her 3 Children Into the Sea, Is Committed to State Hospital

December 23, 2014 | FlaglerLive | 5 Comments

Ebony Wilkerson, who invoked God as she drove herself and three children into the surf off the sands in Daytona Beach in early March, was committed to a state psychiatric hospital for an indeterminate amount of time on Tuesday even as Circuit Judge Leah Case described the 33-year-old woman as “dangerous.”

Flagler Court Clerk Gail Wadsworth on Gay Marriage: “People Should Have Freedom to Be.”

December 22, 2014 | FlaglerLive | 41 Comments

Flagler County Clerk of Court Gail Wadsworth, whose office will be responsible for issuing same-sex marriage licenses starting Jan. 6, assuming legalities are worked out, speaks of her support for the sweeping change and hopes that it does not apply in one part of Florida but not others.

Not Wanting Jail Again, Palm Coast Ex-Con Is Arrested Twice in 2 Days on 9 Charges

December 22, 2014 | FlaglerLive | 10 Comments

Ryan Giovine had been to jail twice already this year, on a drug charge and a probation violation charge. He didn’t want to go back a third time this weekend. Instead, he ended up being jailed twice on a total of nine charges, including domestic violence battery, assault, burglary and probation violation.

Florida Legislature Tells Supreme Court That Fair District Amendment Is “Unenforceable”

December 21, 2014 | FlaglerLive | 7 Comments

Lawyers for the Legislature told the Florida Supreme Court in a brief filed late Friday that part of a state ban on political gerrymandering violates the U.S. Constitution.

Gay Marriage Begins in Florida Jan. 6 as U.S. Supreme Court Rejects Bondi’s Plea For Stay

December 20, 2014 | FlaglerLive | 16 Comments

It’s no longer a maybe, an if or a pending: clerks of court in Florida must begin issuing gay-marriage licenses on Jan. 6 as the U.S. Supreme Court Friday evening denied Florida Attorney General Pam Bondi’s request that a stay on the matter be extended.

Flagler Film Festival, the Sequel: Zombies and Star Power Flick In Jan. 9-11

December 19, 2014 | FlaglerLive | Leave a Comment

The second edition of the Flagler Film Festival, at Palm Coast’s Hilton Garden Inn Jan. 9-11, features Florida-themed and Palm Coast based productions among numerous entries from around the world.

Four Palm Coast Employees Pull Off Poetic Doe Rescue Trapped in Grand Haven Pond

December 19, 2014 | FlaglerLive | 9 Comments

In Palm Coast City Manager Jim Landon’s words (happy-face emoticon not included), “Santa will have all his reindeer this year,” thanks to four city employees who saved a doe from drowning in a coldish pond at Grand Haven Wednesday morning.

Unemployment in Flagler Falls to 8.1%, But Labor Force and Employment Rolls Shrink

December 19, 2014 | FlaglerLive | 4 Comments

Flagler County’s unemployment rate continued to improve in November, falling to 8.2 percent, the fourth successive monthly improvement and the lowest rate since the Great Recession as Florida’s rate, too, fell in November, matching the national rate of 5.8 percent.

Common Sore:
Jeb Bush’s Education Problem

December 18, 2014 | FlaglerLive | 2 Comments

The Republican Party’s tea bag wing is unforgiving – so far – over his embrace of the Common Core standards even though the federal government has had almost nothing to do with them.

Mulling Nuisances, Palm Coast Putters Closer to Trap, Neuter and Release of Feral Cats

December 18, 2014 | FlaglerLive | 23 Comments

With two new supporters of TNR on the council, Palm Coast is slowly moving toward adoption of a trap and release system that still preserves the city’s authority to declare some cats nuisances, and have them removed from public spaces or exterminated.

As Compliance Replaces Controversy, Sheriff Cautions of 2 DUI Checkpoints in Palm Coast

December 18, 2014 | FlaglerLive | 37 Comments

The checkpoints, which must follow strict guidelines, will be located at Palm Coast Pkwy NW and Frontage Road as well as State Road 100, East of Old Kings Road.

What White People Don’t See

December 17, 2014 | FlaglerLive | 45 Comments

Whether it’s police dealing with suspects or Sony executives referring to President Obama, what they see first isn’t the human being, but the color, and usually in the basest terms, argues Steve Robinson.

Florida Clerks Told To Deny Licenses Even When Federal Court Order Granting Gay Marriage Kicks in

December 17, 2014 | FlaglerLive | 4 Comments

Lawyers for the Florida Court Clerks & Comptrollers have advised county officials statewide not to issue marriage licenses “until a binding order is issued by a court of proper jurisdiction” and warned the clerks that they could be subject to criminal prosecution if they allow gay couples to wed.

Firing a “Sponge Grenade,” Flagler Deputies Defuse a Would-Be Suicide-By-Gun After Hours of Negotiations

December 17, 2014 | FlaglerLive | 9 Comments

Flagler deputies after hours of negotiations near the Palm Harbor overpass in Palm Coast Wednesday morning stopped a man from killing himself with a .38 by firing so-called “less-lethal” munition.

Shirley Nethery, 77, Dies After Mistakenly Driving Her Car Down a Hammock Boat Ramp

December 17, 2014 | FlaglerLive | 32 Comments

Shirley Nethery, a 77-year-old resident and former president of Surfside Estates in Beverley Beach, died Tuesday evening after driving her car down a boat ramp and into the the Intracoastal Waterway.

White Elephant No More: County Approves 5-Year Lease of Costly Ginn Hangar in Deal With New Company

December 16, 2014 | FlaglerLive | 7 Comments

Delta Engineering of New Catle, Del., expanding in Flagler with 10 to 30 high-paying jobs, will fill the old Ginn building that had left the county with a $2 million liability when Ginn went bankrupt.

In Unusual Vote, Flagler Commission Acknowledges Ethics and Elections Complaints Against All Its Members

December 16, 2014 | FlaglerLive | 4 Comments

County and Canvassing Board Attorney Al Hadeed, who was also served with complaints, asked for the vote to assert three points that framed the complaints within the official duties commissioners were performing at the time the issues arose.

Ethics Commission Rejects Settlement With Sheriff Manfre, Reopening Case on All Charges

December 16, 2014 | FlaglerLive | 23 Comments

Manfre’s practices and claims of innocence until cautioned otherwise came under withering criticism by several members of the commission, who voted 7-2 to further investigate all charges originally brought against him.

Divided Flagler Commission Awards Administrator Coffey 5% Raise This Year, With More All But Promised

December 15, 2014 | FlaglerLive | 16 Comments

The Flagler County Commission didn’t go for the 10 percent raise Coffey (or, it is claimed, his staff) was asking for, but he still got a nearly $6,000 raise in a 3-2 vote by the commission Monday evening.

In 4-1 Vote, County Seals Agreement to Build Tourist-Ready Cottages at Princess Preserve

December 15, 2014 | FlaglerLive | 18 Comments

An initial plan to build three cottages in partnership with a state conservation agency would expand to an additional 10 cottages at the River-to-Sea Preserve in the near future.

Weekend Domestic Violence: A Woman’s Teeth Knocked Out; Baseball Bat vs. Lexus

December 15, 2014 | FlaglerLive | 9 Comments

Michael J. Ditaranto and Ralph Moreno, both Palm Coast residents, were jailed following separate incidents that resulted in one woman being hospitalized and a car being smashed up.

With 800,000 Floridians in Health Insurance Limbo, Hopes Return for Medicaid Expansion

December 15, 2014 | FlaglerLive | 8 Comments

A coalition of businesses groups, local officials and healthcare industry representatives has rolled out a plan to insure nearly one million low-income Floridians who fall in the so-called Medicaid coverage gap.

Special Election for House: Renner Hauls In $76,500. His Three Opponents Combined: $355

December 14, 2014 | FlaglerLive | 3 Comments

Renner’s $76,500 dwarfed amounts not exceeding $180 raised by three other candidates in the District 24 race — Republicans Sheamus McNeeley and Ron Sanchez and Democrat Adam Morley. Republican Danielle Anderson filed a waiver, as she had not posted a report on the state Division of Elections website by week’s end.

Woman’s Report of Armed Robbery Leads to SWAT’s Raid of 2 Homes Before Suspect Is Caught Elsewhere

December 13, 2014 | FlaglerLive | 16 Comments

The alleged armed robbery of 23-year-old Nicole Rizzo on Bunnell’s South Chapel Street in early evening Friday led to the arrest of Charles Lenard “CJ” Phillips.

Yes, We’re Cops. And We’re Human Beings. But We Won’t Be Your Victims.

December 12, 2014 | FlaglerLive | 99 Comments

In an impassioned response to acute criticism leveled at police after events in Ferguson and Staten Island, Jonathan Dopp, a sheriff’s deputy in Flagler County, presents law enforcement’s unapologetic perspective.

Supervisor of Elections Weeks and Ex-Candidate File Load of Ethics and Elections Complaints on 4 Commissioners

December 12, 2014 | FlaglerLive | 22 Comments

Calling it a “witch hunt,” the four commissioners say the complaints rehash minor issues that were almost all resolved during the election season, and that the ploy mostly is an attempt to tarnish.

County Administrator Craig Coffey Seeking 10% Raise, to $161,000, Amid Other Personnel Costs

December 12, 2014 | FlaglerLive | 45 Comments

The county administrator’s salary would increase from $146,383 and would add an automatic 3 percent merit pay increase a year absent an affirmative decision by the county commission.

Palm Coast Inaugurates 3-Day Birds of a Feather Fest With “The Big Year”‘s Greg Miller Headlining

December 11, 2014 | FlaglerLive | Leave a Comment

palm coast bird fest

The inaugural and broad-spanned three-day Birds of a Feather Fest is scheduled for Feb. 6-8, 2015, offering a weekend of birding, workshops, presentations, kayak trips and family activities.

Wadsworth Dog Park Remains Open After Abandoned Puppy Found in Area Is Euthanized for Parvo Virus

December 11, 2014 | FlaglerLive | 3 Comments

A stray puppy that hung around Wadsworth Park in Flagler Beach was diagnosed with the virulent parvovirus virus and euthanized, but unlike last year, the county administration has no intention of closing the dog park at Wadsworth, in part because it’s not clear exactly where the stray dog was found.

Ferguson Events and FSU Shooting Trigger Florida’s Third-Busiest Gun Shopping Day Ever

December 11, 2014 | FlaglerLive | 8 Comments

The Nov. 28 purchases trailed only the sales for two days in December 2012, which came after the mass shooting at Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown, Conn.

Cash, Crack, Pot and Pills: Drug Sweep in Palm Coast and Bunnell Yields 16 Arrests

December 10, 2014 | FlaglerLive | 26 Comments

Most of the arrests were the result of under-cover drug buys conducted in November, leading to search and arrest warrants that SWAT teams and other cops served today. There were no arrests in Flagler Beach.

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