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Andrew Mintz Turns Himself In to Jail and Is Released on $100,000 Bond in Flagler Beach Pier Crash

May 13, 2023 | FlaglerLive | 25 Comments

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Andrew Craven Mintz, the 34-year-old Palm Coast man at the center of a three vehicle crash that narrowly missed several local officials and a child near the pier in April, turned himself in at the Flagler County jail Friday evening, six weeks after he was charged.

Taylor Manjarres Pleads Out in R-Section Home Invasion Murder, and Faces Up to 20 Years Instead of Life

May 12, 2023 | FlaglerLive | 6 Comments

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Taylor Manjarres, 19 at the time, had teamed up with Kwentel Moultrie and Zaire Roberts for a drug deal with Danial Marashi at Marashi’s parent’s home on Regent Lane in Palm Coast in December 2021. Marashi shot and killed Roberts. Manjarres and Moultrie were charged for murder. Manjarres will now testify against Moultrie, who faces life in prison.

In Flagler Beach, Jane Mealy Warns Eric Cooley of ‘Consequences’ Over Conduct. He Doubles Down.

May 12, 2023 | FlaglerLive | 40 Comments

Flagler Beach City Commissioner Jane Mealy warned Commission Chairman Eric Cooley of unspecified “consequences” if he were to ever treat her the way he did at a special meeting last week. Cooley conceded that he had been “spitting fire,” doubled down, dismissing Mealy’s criticism as “armchair quarterbacking” and accusing her of not behaving like an adult.

Indian Trails Teacher JaWanda Dove Loses Her Attorney Over Refusal to Settle Discrimination Suit Against District

May 11, 2023 | FlaglerLive | 21 Comments

JaWanda Dove, now a dean at Rymfire Elementary, seen here in an image from a brochure by the African American Entrepreneurs Club, where she was a guest speaker in 2018.

Almost three years after filing an employment discrimination suit against Flagler County schools, and a few settlement offers that even her attorney implored her to accept, Indian Trails Middle School teacher JaWanda Dove may now head for trial representing herself, as her own attorney asked the court to be relieved of representing her.

FPC Removes 2 Books Under Challenge Without Review, Abruptly Cancelling 2 Committee Meetings

May 11, 2023 | FlaglerLive | 47 Comments

The April 17 joint meeting of two book review committees, from Matanzas High School and Flagler Palm Coast High School, was the last to convene. That one, for Ellen Hopkins's Crank, was attended by School Board member Will Furry. (© FlaglerLive)

Flagler County’s three book-banners are getting their way the easier way: the books they’re challenging are now getting removed without committee review, even though such a process is set out in district policy. Twice in the last three weeks, Flagler Palm Coast High School abruptly cancelled scheduled challenge-review committee meetings at the last minute, “weeding” the books instead.

Wadsworth Principal Paul Peacock Ordered on Leave Over Employee Complaints as District Hires Investigator

May 10, 2023 | FlaglerLive | 26 Comments

Paul peacock, with Chris Tincher, Wadsworth Elementary's assistant principal, at right, in a recent appearance before the school board. (© FlaglerLive via Flagler Schools TV)

Wadsworth Elementary School Principal Paul Peacock has been placed on administrative leave with pay and barred from all district campuses or from contact with any employees pending the resolution of an independent investigation stemming from several employee complaints about Peacock, internal documents show and school officials say.

DeSantis Signs Most Restrictive Bill Against Undocumented Migrants in the Country

May 10, 2023 | FlaglerLive | 22 Comments

Gov. Ron DeSantis. (© FlaglerLive)

Gov. Ron DeSantis signed what both he and his critics agree is the strongest anti-illegal immigration bill passed by any state legislature in the country on Wednesday. Speaking in Jacksonville behind a podium with a sign reading, “Biden’s Border Crisis,” the governor blasted the president for the large influx of undocumented immigrants that has occurred across the U.S.-Mexican border over the past couple of years.

Court Disputes Behind It, Community Cats of Palm Coast Set for Grand Re-Opening at City Marketplace

May 10, 2023 | Michael Lewis | 14 Comments

Volunteers getting Community Cats' thrift store ready for its grand opening Saturday at palm Coast's City Marketplace. (Community Cats)

Community Cats of Palm Coast, which operates the City Marketplace adoption shelter at 160 Cypress Point Parkway, Suite B-110, and a thrift store there at Suite C-101 (upstairs and downstairs), has been in business for 10 years, helping rescue, trap and deal with feline problems in the area.

At Charter School, DeSantis Signs Bills Against Teacher Unions and For School Board Term Limits

May 9, 2023 | FlaglerLive | 23 Comments

Union-busting with a smile. (Facebook)

The bill (SB 256) bars public sector unions, including those for teachers but not for police or firefighters that tend to support the governor, from deducting dues from members’ paychecks, requiring employees to write checks instead. Furthermore, unions’ membership would have to constitute 60% of a bargaining unit, an increase from the old threshold of 50%.

DeSantis, On a Death Run, Signs 4th Execution Warrant in Less Than 4 Months

May 9, 2023 | FlaglerLive | 10 Comments

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Duane Owen, 62, is scheduled to die by lethal injection June 15 in the murder of Georgianna Worden, who was bludgeoned with a hammer and sexually assaulted in her Boca Raton home in May 1984, according to the death warrant and court records.

On Flagler’s Ban List: Elana K. Arnold’s What Girls Are Made Of, a Review and a Recommendation

May 9, 2023 | FlaglerLive | 10 Comments

What Girls Are Made Of, a 2017 National Book Award finalist, is on Flagler County schools' list of books a trio of residents want banned. (Carolrhoda Lab)

“What Girls Are Made Of,” Elana K. Arnold’s deconstruction of a 16-year-old girl’s being and nothingness, is one of 22 titles three Flagler County residents want banned from high school libraries. A Flagler Palm Coast High School committee takes up the challenge on Thursday.

Hang 8 Dog Surfing Contest Returns to Flagler Beach in All Its Ridiculous and Timely Exuberance

May 9, 2023 | FlaglerLive | 2 Comments

One of the larger dogs catching a wave at last year's Hang 8 Dog Surfing competition in Flagler Beach. The event returns later this month. (Hang 8)

This time the Hang 8 Surfing Contest’s organizers are better prepared than they were last year, when they expected 50 people, maybe 100 at most, and got overrun with about 500. Hang 8 since its first edition last year has caught waves of attention, and gives Flagler Beach a break from seriousness, polarization and mountains of challenges.

9 Arrested on Federal Indictments in Phoenix-to-Palm Coast Drug Pipeline

May 8, 2023 | FlaglerLive | 20 Comments

A more-than-yearlong federal and local investigation into a drug pipeline from Mexico, Los Angeles, Phoenix and Palm Coast led to the indictment on federal trafficking and conspiracy charges of nine individuals, including two from Palm Coast and three from Bunnell. 

Later Start Time for Middle and High School Students in Flagler Means Earlier Start for Younger Ones

May 8, 2023 | FlaglerLive | 10 Comments

Starting school later for middle and high school students means starting earlier for elementary school students. The Flagler County school district isn't pleased with that choice. (© FlaglerLive)

A bill awaiting the governor’s signature would ban school start times before 8:30 a.m. for high schools  and 8 a.m. for middle schools, starting in the 2026-27 school year. The Flagler County School Board had been reconsidering its own start times–but in the other direction. Now, it may be faced with making tough choices regarding elementary-school start times, which would go from latest to earliest starting times in the county. 

4-Day School Week Is Gaining Popularity, But Not Among State Lawmakers

May 7, 2023 | FlaglerLive | 4 Comments

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Nationwide, the number of four-day schools has increased by 600% over the past two decades, now numbering more than 1,600 in 24 states. Many four-day schools report higher test scores, fewer discipline problems and strong support from parents.

End Language that Dehumanizes Immigrants

May 7, 2023 | FlaglerLive | 16 Comments

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Sensationalizing, stigmatizing, and misleading imagery and rhetoric surrounding immigration leads to near-constant use of the term “illegal” or “unlawful” to describe unauthorized crossings. An advocate for immigrant survivors of domestic violence, sexual violence, and trafficking is alarmed by the use of this language to describe a migrant’s attempt to survive.

Imagining life in DeSantistan

May 6, 2023 | FlaglerLive | 36 Comments

Imagining life in the DeSantis Republic

In Caseytown, Desantistan, it’s Jan. 6, 2028, a year since Ron DeSantis declared himself President for Life, making this country the freest America in America, if not the world. Let’s recap.

Flagler’s Vacation-Rental Regulations Again Survive at Last Minute as Lawmakers End Session

May 5, 2023 | FlaglerLive | 12 Comments

A crowd gathered Friday for a traditional hanky-drop ceremony marking the end of the legislative session. (Tom Urban/NSF)

For the ninth year running, local regulations of short-term vacation rentals in Flagler County and across the survived a legislative attempt at dilution and pre-emption by the state, though it came down to a last-minute escape as lawmakers finalized a $117 billion budget and ended the session.

Flagler Beach’s Next City Manager Salary May Go Up to $165,000 as Commission Pitches for Candidates

May 5, 2023 | FlaglerLive | 12 Comments

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The next Flagler Beach city manager will have a salary of between $125,000 to $165,000, an upper range that would have been unthinkable only a few years ago for the small city of 5,000 people. The city commission in an often-snippy special meeting Thursday also rewrote the profile that accompanies the job announcement for a new manager, which will be issued this weekend.

Council Set to Approve 76% Stormwater Fee Increase Over 5 Years, With Annual Review to Possibly Lessen Impact

May 3, 2023 | FlaglerLive | 34 Comments

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At the tail end of a five-year stretch doubled stormwater fees for Palm Coast residents, the City Council is set to yet again increase monthly fees by another 76 percent over the next five years. Council members pledge to review the stormwater budget annually and see if there’s room to lessen the impact of coming increases. But October’s 27 percent increase is all but certain.

YMCA, 3 Fire Stations, Road Projects: Palm Coast and Flagler Stand to Gain Nearly $100 Million From State

May 3, 2023 | FlaglerLive | 19 Comments

The Flagler Beach pier stands to get a $4.5 million state appropriation for its demolition and reconstruction, in addition to some $10 million in Federal Emergency Management Administration dollars. (© FlaglerLive)

Flagler, Palm Coast, Flagler Beach and Bunnell may be at the receiving end of the largest appropriations of state dollars for local special projects, by far, in the county’s history–nearly $100 million for roads, fire stations, pier reconstruction, water projects, a substance abuse facility and other, smaller projects, according to the $116 billion budget the Florida House and Senate published Tuesday.

Flagler School Board Plans to Appoint LaShakia Moore Interim Superintendent at Least Until January

May 2, 2023 | FlaglerLive | 13 Comments

Lashakia Moore is almost certain to be Flagler County Schools' interim superintendent from July 1 until next January. (© FlaglerLive)

The Flagler County School Board is planning to appoint LaShakia Moore its interim superintendent from July 1 to at least the beginning of January. The approach has the support of the board and relieves pressure on the board to find a superintendent at a time when nearly a dozen districts are looking to make similar appointments.

How the Belle Terre Walkway Project Near Buddy Taylor Middle Doubled in Cost and Tripled in Completion Time

May 2, 2023 | FlaglerLive | 33 Comments

The end is not in sight, but the city says the Belle Terre culvert rehabilitation and Pathway reconstruction will be done by the end of summer. (© FlaglerLive via Palm Coast video)

The reconstruction of the Belle Terre Parkway pathway near Buddy Taylor Middle School, and the rehabilitation of culverts beneath, was to have been a $1.89 million project, completed by last November. It is now a $3.4 million project and may not be completed until the end of summer.

Army Corps Project in Flagler Beach Doubles to $33 Million as Dune Repair Costs Pile Up Faster Than Sand

May 1, 2023 | FlaglerLive | 14 Comments

Rehearsals for a far bigger project that will start at the south end of the county next year. (© FlaglerLive via Flagler County video)

The U.S. Army Corps of Engineer’s project to rebuild 2.6 miles of dunes along the south shore of Flagler Beach was to cost $17 million when it was first approved by Congress in 2017. It is now a $33 million project, with Flagler County responsible for $11.3 million of that. The project is set to start, while the county is on an ambitious plan to cover the remaining miles of shoreline either with emergency sand dunes or with more durable dunes the size of the Corps’.

From Gun Truck to Healthcare: Ret. Gen. Mark Hertling, Former Commander of 90,000, Talks Leadership in Workplace

May 1, 2023 | FlaglerLive | 3 Comments

Retired Army General Mark Hertling, a Palm Coast resident and a regular analyst on CNN, likes to speak in parables. (© FlaglerLive)

These days Mark Hertling lives in Palm Coast, teaches physicians and healthcare administrators how to lead, and talks geopolitics on CNN. When he has a moment, he appears before civic groups for a talk, as he did on a Saturday last month when he addressed the University Women of Flagler at the Hilton Garden Inn, as he will again on May 17 as the keynote speaker at Flagler Tiger Bay’s monthly lunch.

Gun Deaths Drive Biggest Spike in Child Mortality in 50 Years

May 1, 2023 | FlaglerLive | 7 Comments

After decades of steady improvement, the death rate of America’s children and teens shot up between 2019 and 2021 — and Covid-19 wasn’t the reason. Gun-related deaths represented the largest share of the increase — by far.

How ‘Decorum’ Masks Discrimination

April 29, 2023 | FlaglerLive | 14 Comments

Justin Pearson, surrounded by supporters, prepares to enter the Tennessee House of Representatives Chambers.

Republicans from Tennessee to Tallahassee to Tacoma struggle manfully to stop those rule-breakers who would keep disrupting white men’s God-ordained exercise of unchecked power. You know the kind: gays; transgender types; students; immigrants; women; Blacks. They’re getting uppity. They’re breaking the rules.

My Date With Jerry Springer

April 29, 2023 | Pierre Tristam | 5 Comments

Jerry Springer in his office during our interview in November 1998. (© FlaglerLive)

In November 1998 I was traveling the country on a year-long assignment and at that point working on a piece on American discourse. I’d chosen Illinois as a prism: the various grounds of the Lincoln Douglas debates at one end and the Chicago-based Jerry Springer Show at the other. Springer agreed to let me hang out with him half a day, interview him and attend his show, thankfully not as a guest.

Flagler Beach, With Unusually Limited Transparency, Is on a Schedule to Hire Next City Manager By Mid-July

April 28, 2023 | FlaglerLive | 3 Comments

Interim Flagler Beach City Manager Mike Abels. (© FlaglerLive)

The Flagler Beach City Commission is on course to hire its next city manager by mid-July, but through an accelerated timeline that involves the least public input or transparency of any recent executive searches for local governments. That’s unusual in Flagler Beach, whose commission over the past decade and a half–regardless of make-up–has prized transparency and deliberation, at times to painful extremes. It’s also about to change, the commission chairman says.

Top of the World: FPC’s Per Berg Takes IB Students to Uruguay and Argentina in Pre-Exam Immersion

April 28, 2023 | FlaglerLive | 3 Comments

The group at the base of the 115-foot concrete cross atop Pan de Azucar. (Per Berg)

The IB is highly prized by college admission panels. It is also the most rigorous, demanding program of study in high school. Going on what looks like a vacation right before the exam might seem counterintuitive. But it is right in line with the IB’s philosophy–and it prepares the students for their exams better than sitting behind a desk, as Spanish teacher and coach Per Berg’s experience through a dozen trips with FPC students has shown.

Beach Front Grill Owner Buying High Jackers Restaurant at County Airport Just As He Tees Off at Palm Harbor

April 27, 2023 | FlaglerLive | 23 Comments

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Jamie Bourdeau, owner of Beach Front Grille in Flagler Beach and Loopers at Palm Harbor Golf Club in Palm Coast, is buying High Jackers Restaurant at the Flagler County airport from Gail Holt for $700,000 and assuming the lease at the county-owned property for the next eight years, with an option to renew for another 10. He is partnering with Joseph Wright, owner of Quantum Electrical Contractors and Anthony’s Pizza.

Sacrifice for the American Dream: Palm Coast’s City Repertory Theatre Stages Arthur Miller’s ‘All My Sons’

April 27, 2023 | FlaglerLive | Leave a Comment

Julia Davidson Truilo as Kate Keller in 'All My Sons' (Mike Kitaif)

“All My Sons,” opening for a two-weekend run at Palm Coast’s City Repertory Theatre Friday, embodies Miller’s critique of the “American dream,” that credo which asserts that every U.S. citizen, regardless of their station or societal factors, can bootstrap him/herself to success and prosperity through initiative, hard work and determination.

Florida Legislature Is About to Repeal All Local Tenant Bill of Rights Ordinances

April 27, 2023 | FlaglerLive | 6 Comments

A share of new homes in Palm Coast is going into the rental market. (© FlaglerLive)

As rent costs rise dramatically in Florida, dozens of cities and counties have been passing ordinances — often called tenant “bill of rights” — to give some protections to renters. But the Legislature is now looking to eliminate those ordinances.

County Plan to Move Whispering Meadows Equine Therapy Ranch to Fairgrounds Collapses as State Says No

April 26, 2023 | FlaglerLive | 38 Comments

Mary Helene, seen here at Whispering meadows Ranch in 2021, has been contending with a series of challenges since neighbors of the property on John Anderson Highway raised objections to the non-profit's operations in their midst. The ranch had high hopes of moving tonthe county fairgrounds, only to see those plans collapse through no fault of the ranch's. (© FlaglerLive)

The state has rejected Flagler County government’s plan to move the Whispering Meadows Ranch–the equine therapy non-profit–to the county fairgrounds, saying it would privatize public land. The rejection is the latest setback in the ranch’s two-year effort to leave its John Anderson Highway property, where it has operated for 16 years, until neighbors started objecting to its presence.

Dreaded Franchise Fee and Public Service Tax Back on Table as Palm Coast Faces $52 Million Street Fix

April 26, 2023 | FlaglerLive | 60 Comments

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Facing a $52 million backlog to resurface a deteriorating road system, the Palm Coast City Council is discussing adopting utility franchise fees and public service taxes that have previously drawn angry opposition from residents, as well as exploring raising a local sales surtax through the county.

Erica Bergeron Confirmed to Have Died in Car Pulled Out of Pond Off Matanzas Woods Parkway

April 25, 2023 | FlaglerLive | 21 Comments

A collage of self-portraits Erica Bergeron had posted on her Facebook page in 2019.

The medical examiner today confirmed that the body found in a car that had sunk in a pond off Matanzas Woods Parkway is that of Erica Bergeron, a Palm Coast resident who had gone missing on April 20.

From Sleepy Cart Barn to 13,000 Calls a Year: Palm Coast Fire Department Celebrates 50th Year

April 25, 2023 | FlaglerLive | 9 Comments

Fifty years and counting. (Palm Coast)

The Palm Coast Fire Department was founded on April 3, 1973, with 36 volunteers, from the cart barn at the Palm Harbor Golf Club, responding to two calls for service the first year. The county population was 4,454. Today the department is a combination department that responded to over 13,444 calls for service in 2022 from five fire stations.

On Paul Renner’s Request, House Will Subpoena Trans Treatment Information

April 24, 2023 | FlaglerLive | 20 Comments

The decision to issue the subpoenas is among a series of moves by lawmakers and Gov. Ron DeSantis’ administration targeting transgender people and the LGBTQ community. A lawmaker criticized the move as reminiscent of the Johns Committee, a Florida legislative investigative panel that sought to expose communists and gay people at state universities in the 1950s and 1960s.

FPC Graduate Christian Romero, 23, Is Killed in Crash By 15-Year-Old Red-Light Runner

April 24, 2023 | FlaglerLive | 28 Comments

Christian Romero, 23, a Flagler Palm Coast High School graduate and the son of Dawn and Miguel Romero, owners of Romero’s Tuscany By the Sea restaurant in Flagler Beach, died in a two-vehicle crash caused by a 15-year-old driver’s inattention in Orlando early Sunday morning, according to the Florida Highway Patrol.

In Florida, We Are All Child Abusers Now

April 23, 2023 | FlaglerLive | 60 Comments

Illegal, even in the shadow of a courthouse. (© FlaglerLive)

The Florida Legislature is legalizing a Jim Crow-like system of punishing, demonizing and denying the existence of LGBTQ children. Few sessions of the Florida Legislature provided the legal framework for as much state-sponsored and citizen-empowered terrorism against children as this one.

It’s The Guns

April 22, 2023 | FlaglerLive | 33 Comments

Freedom & Weapons by Osama Hajjaj, Jordan

They’re the constituents our elected officials value the most. To most of our lawmakers, guns need careful handling. Not because they’re instruments of death, but because they’re holy and blameless chalices of liberty.

4-Vehicle Crash and Fire Shuts Down I-95 in Both Directions Near Flagler-St. Johns Line

April 22, 2023 | FlaglerLive | 12 Comments

One of the four vehicles involved in this morning's crash on I-95. The crash was triggered by a motorcyclist striking an abandoned SUV in the emergency lane. (Palm Coast Fire Department)

A four-vehicle crash triggered by the recklessness of a driver shut down I-95 in both directions early this morning and sent two people to area hospitals, according to the Florida Highway Patrol.

180 Palm Coast-Area Muslims and Mayor Alfin Celebrate End of Ramadan on 2nd Anniversary of Bunnell Islamic Center

April 21, 2023 | FlaglerLive | 2 Comments

Acting Imam Mohamed, front, leads members of the Islamic Center of Palm Coast in salah (prayer) this morning at the Palm Coast Community Center, by reciting passages from the Quran and bowing towards Mecca. (© FlaglerLive)

Palm Coast and Flagler County’s fast-growing Muslim community marked Eid-el-Fitr, the celebratory end of Ramadan, with Mayor David Alfin today at the Palm Coast Community Center and the anniversary of the emergence of an Islamic Center from a founding meeting at Holland Park.

Vote to End Diversity Programs in Florida Colleges and Universities Set Before Senate

April 21, 2023 | FlaglerLive | 5 Comments

Sen. Erin Grall, R-Vero Beach, is sponsoring a bill that would make controversial changes in the higher-education system. (Colin Hackley/NSF)

A measure that seeks to prevent colleges and universities from spending money on diversity, equity and inclusion initiatives is ready to go before the full Senate amid strong objections from Democrats, with one Black senator calling the proposal “racist at its core.”

Challenged in Flagler Schools: Elana K. Arnold’s Damsel, a Review and a Recommendation

April 21, 2023 | FlaglerLive | 1 Comment

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Elana K. Arnold’s “Damsel” is among the 22 books that a trio of individuals have sought to ban from high school library shelves in Flagler County. Here’s an unexpected recommendation by FlaglerLive’s reviewers to ban the book.

Lawyer Defending Woman in Palm Coast Rape and Deceit Claim Is Arrested on Child Porn Charges

April 21, 2023 | FlaglerLive | 9 Comments

Michael Dolce in a Florida Bar portrait.

Michael Dolce, the 53-year-old lawyer representing a woman who claims she was raped by a physician in his Palm Coast condominium in 2017, was arrested at the end of March on charges of possessing child sexual abuse imagery, according to court papers and the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Southern District of Florida.

Planning Board Approves Adding 750 More Homes to Palm Coast Park Along U.S. 1, for Total of 6,454 Units

April 20, 2023 | FlaglerLive | 49 Comments

Palm Coast Park straddles U.S. 1, from Palm Coast Parkway all the way to Old Kings Road.

The Palm Coast Planning Board Wednesday evening approved the addition of 750 more homes to Palm Coast Park, already one of the city’s largest planned developments, which now will total 6,454 homes. The development would grow to a size equivalent to Bunnell, times two.

Before Fox News, There Was Barnum’s ‘Sucker Born Every Minute’: Flagler Playhouse Stages Timely Musical

April 20, 2023 | FlaglerLive | 4 Comments

Marybeth Leifer portrays Joice Heth in the Flagler Playhouse production of the musical “Barnum.” (John Kearney)

The Flagler Playhouse’s production of the musical “Barnum” is a kind retelling of the circus huckster who turned profiting from deception into a cynical art, coincidentally, much like an entertainment network posing as news that found itself caught in its lies.

Where DeSantis Goes and Who He Sees Is None of Your Business: Lawmakers Approve Secrecy

April 20, 2023 | FlaglerLive | 33 Comments

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The Florida Senate on Wednesday approved a controversial measure that would shield travel records of the governor and other state leaders. The proposal also would withhold from the public names of certain guests at the governor’s mansion.

Bob Snyder, Guardian of Public Health in Flagler for a Decade, Is Boy Scouts Council’s Golden Eagle Award Winner

April 19, 2023 | FlaglerLive | 1 Comment

Poughkeepsie Journal, 13 years old. " when myself and two other two other boys got their Eagle awards. And when I when mom passed away a year ago I was going through her stuff and I said Oh mom, I am so happy you did this."

Bob Snyder, the Flagler County Health Department administrator since 2015 and the county’s leader in public health, is the 2023 Golden Eagle honoree. He’s receiving the honor this evening at the annual Flagler County Boy Scout Golden Eagle Dinner at Hammock Dunes Resort.

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