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Flagler Film Festival Broadens Palm Coast’s Cultural Frame–and Seeks Local Filmmakers

June 14, 2013 | FlaglerLive | 4 Comments

The first annual Flagler Film Festival will be held Jan. 10-12 at Palm Coast’s Hilton Garden Inn, and will include shorts and feature films, totaling about 24 hours worth of reels, from filmmakers around the world and the States, but organizers are pressing for Flagler County entrants.

Biker Evacuated by Air in Critical Condition After Wrecking on U.S. 1

June 13, 2013 | FlaglerLive | 6 Comments

A 42-year-old biker from Palatka was evacuated by air with severe injuries Thursday afternoon after he lost control of his motorcycle, sending it tumbling through the median on U.S. 1.

ACLU to School Board: Sending 8th Grade Boy Home for Wearing Make-Up Is Not Lawful

June 13, 2013 | FlaglerLive | 13 Comments

Chris Martin, a 14-year-old 8th grader in Pinellas County, was sent home last week for wearing eyeliner, eyeshadow and lipstick even though girls at his school wear make-up, and the student code of conduct does not prohibit boys from doing so. Nor could it, the ACLU wrote the superintendent, saying the principal’s action was illegal. The case triggered a petition and is garnering international attention.

Gov. Scott Leads 80-Member Delegation to Paris Air Show in Latest Large-Scale Junket

June 13, 2013 | FlaglerLive | 12 Comments

The weeklong mission, the ninth international trade delegation fronted by Scott, is expected to focus on Florida’s aviation and aerospace industries, with some lawmakers questioning such trade missions, saying they lacked “empirical data” to directly link the economic benefits of the trips with any moves to Florida by a private foreign firm.

Van Poyck, Third Florida Inmate Executed This Year, Leaves Stark Word Trail Behind

June 13, 2013 | FlaglerLive | 7 Comments

William van Poyck had spent nearly 26 years on death row after his conviction in 1987 in the murder of a prison guard. He spent many of those years writing books and maintaining a public blog, which chronicled in the last weeks his last days on death row. Excerpts are included.

Sniping Over for Now, County and Palm Coast Appear to Move on Matanzas Woods Exchange

June 12, 2013 | FlaglerLive | 21 Comments

Palm Coast has the money to acquire properties affected by the Palm Harbor extension, but the city doesn’t yet have the money to build the extension toward the planned Matanzas Woods Parkway interchange at I-95. That hinges on the county making good on a series of promises.

Lawmakers Object As Florida Fish and Wildlife Prepares to Ban All Deer and Elk Imports

June 12, 2013 | FlaglerLive | 3 Comments

But lawmakers are joining some of Florida’s deer farmers in expressing concern that a growing industry will be harmed if a measure goes in effect imposing a blanket prohibition on the importation of live deer and elk to reduce the chance that potentially fatal Chronic Wasting Disease.

Flagler County Schools’ Problem Solvers Collect 5 Trophies at International Tourney

June 11, 2013 | FlaglerLive | 4 Comments

Flagler Palm Coast High School’s and Bunnell Elementary’s students combined for one first place award, two second place, and two third place awards at the annual international problem solvers’ competition, just concluded at Indiana University. Flagler County’s awards represented fully one third of all the awards collected by Florida schools.

Palm Coast Pledges to Stick to $158 Red-Light Camera Fines and Tackle Vanished Payments

June 11, 2013 | FlaglerLive | 18 Comments

The Palm Coast City Council will forego adopting steeper fines, of up to $408, for red-light camera tickets, but it has yet to find a solution to a problem particular to the city: the large number of people who pay their tickets but whose payments appear never to register with ATS, the company managing–and profiting from–the system, causing drivers headaches and additional costs.

NSA Black Holes: 5 Things We Still Don’t Know About Spy Agency’s Snooping

June 11, 2013 | FlaglerLive | 9 Comments

The FBI and the National Security Agency have been collecting Americans’ phone records en masse and the agencies have access to data from nine tech companies. But secrecy around the programs has meant even basic questions are still unanswered. Here’s what we still don’t know:

Bunnell Manager Armando Martinez Loses His Job, But Not Severance, in 3-2 Midnight Vote

June 11, 2013 | FlaglerLive | 18 Comments

Bunnell City Manager Armando Martinez ran out of lives late Monday night as the City Commission voted 3-2 not to renew his contract–essentially firing him–despite impassioned appeals by the mayor to retain him.

Bunnell Manager Martinez’s Fate Again Hangs By a Thread as Vote May End Tenure Tonight

June 10, 2013 | FlaglerLive | 8 Comments

Bunnell Commissioner Elbert Tucker will trigger another discussion against renewing Armando Martinez’s contract, with Commissioner Bill Baxley having already pledged during his campaign not to renew it as written, and Commissioner John Rogers long opposed to the manager, which suggests that tonight’s vote may end Martinez’s five-year tenure.

Evolving from OMG to GED: Flagler’s Adult Education Innovates With a Class for the Deaf

June 10, 2013 | FlaglerLive | 1 Comment

Flagler Technical Institute’s Adult Education program (FTI) is offering a graduation-equivalency diploma GED preparation class to the deaf community, the first of its kind in the area. The curriculum will focus on math, English, science, and social studies.

NRA Bragging Rights: Arrogant, Mercenary, Irresponsible

June 9, 2013 | FlaglerLive | 15 Comments

The NRA used to be a gun-safety group. Now it tells us we need to be armed in order to fight our own government, writes Steve Robinson, obscuring the responsibilities of gun ownership while legitimizing fringe fanatics. Paul Miller’s murder of Dana Mulhall in Flagler Beach is our own Exhibit A of this dangerous trend.

Pressure Building on Scott to Sign–Or Veto–Bill Forbidding Local Sick-Leave Standards

June 9, 2013 | FlaglerLive | 1 Comment

Florida’s business lobby supports a bill that would forbid local governments from letting voters decide whether to require more generous sick-leave policies from employers than state or federal law requires.

Flagler School Tax Fails; “We Will Do Everything Possible to Meet Challenges,” Superintendent Says

June 7, 2013 | FlaglerLive | 126 Comments

The first batch of result, based on early-voting and absentee ballots, show the school tax referendum failing by a wide margin, with 60 percent of voters opposed and 40 percent in favor. The numbers: 4,663 against, 3,105 for, so far.

Gun Zealots Attack Scott For Replacing Sheriff Arrested in Concealed Weapon Misconduct

June 7, 2013 | FlaglerLive | 18 Comments

The governor is face criticism from Second Amendment advocates for his suspension of Liberty County Sheriff Nicholas Lee Finch, who allegedly destroyed documents tied to the arrest of a man charged with carrying a concealed firearm.

Horse Killed, 2 People Injured, One Gravely, in Massive Wreck on SR100 and CR305

June 6, 2013 | FlaglerLive | 36 Comments

An older woman driving a pick-up truck was severely injured, the horse she was trailing was killed, and a man driving an armored truck that collided with the pick-up was hurt in a massive, rain-soaked collision at the intersection of State Road 100 and County Road 305 at 3:30 Thursday afternoon.

Tropical Storm Andrea: Flagler Under Storm Warning as Gov. Scott Takes Shots at Obama

June 6, 2013 | FlaglerLive | 7 Comments

Tropical Storm Andrea is here to stay for a few hours. Meanwhile, Florida Gov. Rick Scott, who seldom misses an opportunity to attack the Obama administration, on Thursday named–and blamed–President Obama as the reason why a potential response to storm emergencies needing National Guard personnel would be delayed.

Argument and Death Threat Preceded Store Clerk’s Murder By a Week, Lawsuit Alleges

June 6, 2013 | FlaglerLive | 3 Comments

A lawsuit filed Wednesday on behalf of Zuheili Roman Rosado, the store clerk murdered at the Palm Coast Mobil convenience store in February, alleges that the gas station owner had witnessed an argument at the store between Rosado and a man who threatened to kill her, a week before the murder. The suit seeks compensatory damages from the gas station owner over claims of negligence and fraud.

Brett Cunningham, a Star On and Off Stage, Is Imagine Schools’ National Teacher of the Year

June 5, 2013 | FlaglerLive | 5 Comments

Brett Cunningham, a fifth-grade teacher at Palm Coast’s Imagine School at Town Center, was chosen from more than 2,000 teachers in 72 schools across 12 states, a yet unparalleled distinction for any teacher in any type of school system—traditional, charter or private—in Flagler County.

A Pastor Reflects on Two Church Community Friends: Leonard Lynn and His Murderer

June 5, 2013 | FlaglerLive | 4 Comments

Rev. Beth Gardner, the pastor at Bunnell’s First United Methodist Church, heard the news of Leonard Lynn’s murder 10 minutes before services Sunday. He had been a member of her church community–as was his murderer, Erick Niemi.

District Throws In Towel on School Uniforms, Largely Relaxing Policy For Simplicity’s Sake

June 4, 2013 | FlaglerLive | 48 Comments

For high school students in Flagler schools, specific color restrictions will be gone, as long as students wear solid colors and sweatshirts and other “outerwear,” including all sorts of logos, will be allowed, making the policy look more like the pre-uniform dress code than not. Restrictions would still be in place for younger students.

FHP Director Julie Jones Is Shocked, Shocked to Hear of Troopers Issuing Fake Tickets

June 4, 2013 | FlaglerLive | 9 Comments

Department of Highway Safety and Motor Vehicles Executive Director Julie Jones said she expects the agency will look into allegations of bogus tickets, described last week by a handful of former and current troopers during an administrative hearing on the firing of former FHP Trooper Charles Swindle.

Flagler Emergency Director Warns: Forget Hurricane Predictions. Just Be Prepared.

June 4, 2013 | FlaglerLive | 4 Comments

As forecasters predict a busy hurricane season–18 named storms, nine hurricanes, four major ones–Flagler’s Emergency Operations Director Troy Harper warned against basing preparedness on predictions and actively developing a disaster plan instead, whether at home or in one’s business.

Flagler Middle & High School Principals Plead With Voters: Give Us Back Those 45 Minutes

June 3, 2013 | FlaglerLive | 40 Comments

Flagler County’s four secondary-school principals say restoring 45 minutes to the school day, or the equivalent of a month’s worth education, is indispensable if the district’s students are to excel consistently.

Flagler County Will Buy 11 Billboards on A1A and I-95 and Eliminate Most of Them By 2016

June 3, 2013 | FlaglerLive | 37 Comments

The Flagler County Commission agreed to buy 10 billboards on A1A and one on I-95 for $140,000, and eliminate all but three by 2016, retaining the one on I-95 and two on A1A to promote the county’s tourism and economic development efforts.

Leonard Lynn Murdered In Savage Beating Three Days Before Authorities Found Him

June 3, 2013 | FlaglerLive | 5 Comments

According to his confession, Erick Niemi knocked Leonard Lynn’s head against the floor and choked him for 1 to 2 minutes Wednesday, killing him then–and, until his arrest Saturday night, remaining in the house for three days after Niemi had locked the lifeless body in a bedroom.

Flagler Scrapes Up a Few Acres of Preservation Despite Demise of Florida Protection Program

June 3, 2013 | FlaglerLive | 3 Comments

Even though it’s not been a good few years for land preservation in Florida, two areas tagged by environmentalists as Jewels of Flagler County were expanded with recent purchases as those who work to set aside land for the future struggle with diminishing budgets amid great opportunity.

Man Is Killed at 26 Ryken Lane in Palm Coast, Suspect Charged With 2nd Degree Murder

June 2, 2013 | FlaglerLive | 14 Comments

Leonard Lynn, 76, was killed at 26 Ryken Lane in Palm Coast. Erick Niemi, a roommate, has been charged with second-degree murder. The murder was discovered Saturday evening. Niemi was picked up not far in the van he’d allegedly stolen from Lynn.

Between Fleeting Time and Family Feel at Matanzas High’s 2013 Commencement

June 1, 2013 | FlaglerLive | 4 Comments

Some 340 students graduated from Matanzas High School Friday evening in a ceremony that emphasized the school’s successes and the connections of the student body with its extended families.

Gas Station Murder Victim’s Employer Is Jailed on Workers Compensation Fraud Charge

June 1, 2013 | FlaglerLive | 4 Comments

Zuheily Roman Rosado’s assassin remains at large. But on Friday, her employer, Mohammed Ansari, was arrested on a third-degree felony charge of workers compensation fraud. His lapsed policy may have cost Roman’s family up to $157,000 in lost death benefits.

Planning for Flagler’s Future, County Talks Library Repairs, New Fire Station and Jail

May 31, 2013 | FlaglerLive | 14 Comments

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Expanding an overcrowded county jail, building a modern new sheriff’s operations center, upgrading an inadequate drainage system as urbanization changes the rural character of Flagler and improving fire and emergency medical response west of U.S. 1 were featured in the first of four strategic-planning sessions by the county commission Thursday.

FPC Graduates Are Urged: Don’t Just Show Up. Know the Why of Your Life’s Purpose.

May 30, 2013 | FlaglerLive | 5 Comments

For Flagler Palm Coast High School, a day that began with a bomb scare ended with the graduation of some 450 seniors at the Ocean Center in Daytona Beach Thursday evening, with Katie Young delivering the Commencement Address and Lynettt Shott watching her first graduating class as FPC’s new principal.

George Zimmerman’s Murder Trial of Trayvon Martin: About Race, Pure and Simple

May 30, 2013 | FlaglerLive | 44 Comments

The George Zimmerman trial starting June 10 isn’t about self-defense or vigilantism or gun rights. It’s about race, pure and simple, argues Steve Robinson. For proof, we need look no further than at the strategy being pursued by Zimmerman’s defense.

Hasty Citizens Property Insurance Deal Draws Howls as Scott Signs Bills by the Bushel

May 30, 2013 | FlaglerLive | 1 Comment

The announcement of the bill-signing came as a Citizens committee discussed efforts to try to steer policies into the private insurance market — and a controversial deal approved last week that could funnel up to $52 million to St. Petersburg-based Heritage Property and Casualty Insurance, which would take out as many as 60,000 policies from Citizens.

11th Grader Admits to Bomb Threat at Flagler Palm Coast High School

May 30, 2013 | FlaglerLive | 10 Comments

An employee who’d been off Tuesday and Wednesday heard a phone message Thursday that referred to a bomb threat on the FPC campus, but the threat was for last Tuesday. The sheriff’s office recommended against evacuating the school and treated the matter as a “suspicious incident,” through the school was to be searched and a bomb squad called in.

Palm Coast’s Jim Landon Gets Top Career Award from Statewide Association

May 30, 2013 | FlaglerLive | 13 Comments

It is indicative of the persistent pettiness of the rivalry between Flagler County and Palm Coast that when the county sent out the announcement of  its own deputy administrator receiving a state award earlier this week, it left silent the—somewhat more significant—award that went to Jim Landon, the Palm Coast City Manager.

Property Appraiser Gardner: Correcting the Record on School Taxes and the Referendum

May 29, 2013 | FlaglerLive | 48 Comments

In an endorsement of the half-mill school tax levy, Flagler County Property Appraiser James Gardner responds to claims that the school district has “continually increased our taxes. Based upon factual information, this is simply not true.” He shows why.

A “Nasty” Government Building Highlights County’s Priorities as Budget Spells Higher Taxes

May 29, 2013 | FlaglerLive | 23 Comments

An unclear Government Services Building and what it costs to maintain it properly was emblematic of the Flagler County Commission’s budget discussion this morning, as the government faces at least a $3.3 million gap, or more, if it hires an extra custodian, no new revenue, and the likelihood of higher taxes.

Rediscovering Color, Palm Coast May Relax Restrictions on Homeowners’ Paint Schemes

May 28, 2013 | FlaglerLive | 19 Comments

Palm Coast isn’t about to go Miami Beach, but the City Council approved going ahead with a plan by the Flagler Homebuilders Association and its own administration to broaden allowable colors homeowners may use to paint their own houses, a restriction that has often vexed newcomers unused to a city government controlling private property to that extent.

2 Children and 2 Teens Escape Injuries in 2-Car Wreck at Intersection of US1 and SR100

May 28, 2013 | FlaglerLive | 2 Comments

Kaenin Brinkley, 18, and Jasmine Lampley, 19, were driving their respective vehicles, Lampley with a 13-year-old girl and an 11-year-old boy on board, when the two vehicles collided and one overturned, though no one was injured. Segments of U.S.1 and SR100 were briefly closed in mid-afternoon Tuesday.

81-Year-Old Stabs His Caretaker in a Clash Across the Street from Mayor’s House

May 28, 2013 | FlaglerLive | 4 Comments

August T. Lindquist, 81, was jailed on an aggravated assault with a deadly weapon charge Monday night after stabbing his caretaker outside his home on Flintstone Court, across the street from Palm Coast Mayor Jon Netts’s home. Linsquist is in the early stages of dementia, when violent outbursts are not uncommon.

Palm Coast Mayor Netts Would “Violently Protest” Raising Red-Light Fines From $158

May 28, 2013 | FlaglerLive | 22 Comments

New legislation gives local governments like Palm Coast authority to raise red-light camera ticket fines to $408 if a drivers contests the ticket and loses. Netts’s opposition signals a slight but discernible shift in the mayor’s thinking about red-light cameras.

Wanted: Flagler and Florida Foster Parents

May 28, 2013 | FlaglerLive | 3 Comments

With new legislation reforming Florida foster care, good foster parents will be more in demand than ever. And current foster parents say new ones will have a better experience than the old image of foster care might have led them to expect.

Feared Flagler Beach Bomb in Ammo Container Turns Out to Be Tackle Box; A1A Reopens

May 26, 2013 | FlaglerLive | 21 Comments

A military-style ammunition box left at the foot of the Barracuda Bay Motel sign in Flagler Beach triggered a bomb scare and closed A1A between South 10th and South 13th Streets Sunday afternoon. It turned out to be a fishing tackle box.

Tax Subsidy May Trigger Free for All as Florida Cities Grab for Spring Training Teams

May 25, 2013 | FlaglerLive | 2 Comments

New rules for spring training funding offer up to $666,660 a year in sales tax revenue for stadium upgrades or construction if a community seeks to retain or entice a single team to move. The funding can jump to $1.33 million if a community can cobble together a two-team package.

24-Year-Old Evacuated By Air After His Car Goes Airborne on I-95, Smashing Into Woods

May 25, 2013 | FlaglerLive | 14 Comments

Timothy Rudolph of Ormond Beach was evacuated by air late Friday night and I-95 northbound was closed for 20 minutes as a rescue helicopter made a landing on the highway three miles north of Palm Coast Parkway, where the single-car wreck took place.

Paul Miller Is Found Guilty of Murdering Dana Mulhall; He Faces Life in Prison

May 24, 2013 | FlaglerLive | 36 Comments

Paul Miller was found guilty of second degree murder in a quick verdict by a jury Friday afternoon. He faces a minimum of 25 years in prison, essentially meaning that the 66-year-old Miller will never walk free again.

Jury Deciding Whether Miller Killed Mulhall Out of Vengeance and Hate or Self-Defense

May 24, 2013 | FlaglerLive | 3 Comments

Jury deliberations began this morning after prosecution and defense made closing arguments in Paul Miller’s murder trial, portraying Miller either as a vengeful, angry and hateful man or an unsophisticated old man fearing for his life, and acting in self-defense.

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