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15 Years in Prison for Joseph Carroll in Fentanyl Overdose Death of Michael Burnett Jr.

January 24, 2023 | FlaglerLive | 5 Comments

Carroll himself did not make a statement. He stood next to his attorney, looking much healthier and fuller, after a year and a half in jail, than the emaciated, carcass-like body he was t the time of his arrest in July 2021. He only mumbled a few answers today, keeping his gaze down-turned.

Joseph Carroll, a 44-year-old former resident of Shady Lane in Palm Coast, was sentenced to 15 years in prison this morning for causing the death by fentanyl overdose of 31-year-old Michael Burnett Jr. in June 2018. Carroll and Allyson Bennett, 40, had sold the drug to Burnett shortly before his overdose.

Leading Palm Coast Family of Philanthropists Mourning Loss of Eric Garvin, 38, to a Murder in Chile

January 24, 2023 | FlaglerLive | 10 Comments

Eric Eugene Garvin in a family photo.

Eric and Anna Garvin, long-time residents and philanthropists in Palm Coast, learned of the murder of their son, Eric Eugene Garvin, earlier this month in Santiago, Chile, during a robbery. The news has reverberated through the community.

Palm Coast Approves New Self-Storage Facility Across from Sawmill Creek on US1

January 23, 2023 | FlaglerLive | 23 Comments

A rendering of the Horizon self-storage facility to be built across from the Saw Mill Creek subdivision on U.S. 1 in Palm Coast.

The Palm Coast Planning Board approved Horizon Self-Storage, a 98,400 square foot facility on 7 acres off U.S. 1, immediately across from the rapidly sprawling Sawmill Creek development.

Leaders Pledge to Fight DeSantis Administration Suppression of African-American Studies Course

January 23, 2023 | FlaglerLive | 20 Comments

The Rev. R.B. Holmes announces a rally to protest the rejection of an African American studies course. (Ryan Dailey/NSF)

Saying that an African-American studies course “lacks educational value,” Gov. Ron DeSantis’ administration is defending its rejection of the curriculum, while Black religious leaders and elected officials are pledging to “fight like hell” against the decision.

After 18 Months of Silence on Allegation of Sex Assault, Ex-Palm Coast Doctor Will Answer Charges

January 23, 2023 | FlaglerLive | 1 Comment

To prove he'd never been served the civil lawsuit, Dr. Gerard Abate included several pictures of himself and his girlfriend in St. Croix at the time when a process server was alleged to have served him in new Jersey. (© FlaglerLive)

The civil case against physician Gerard Abate, accused in a suit of deceiving and raping a woman at his Palm Coast condo in 2017, has been redirected to a more ordinary trial track after taking a bizarre turn for the 18 months Abate did not contest the charges against him.

‘D.O.A.’ and Its Local Cast Come Alive as Top Winners at Resurrected Flagler Film Festival

January 23, 2023 | FlaglerLive | Leave a Comment

* “D.O.A.” director Kurt St. Thomas, left, and cast member Annie Gaybis pose with Flagler Film Festival director Tim Baker following the screening of the film noir drama. (© FlaglerLive)

The Flagler Film Festival returned to Palm Coast after a five-year hiatus, with 44 independent, mostly short and mostly small-budget films, with the top honor going to “D.O.A.,” directed by Kurt St. Thomas, with Flagler County’s own Annie Gaybis and John Byner.

Kamala Harris in Tallahassee Mocks DeSantis’s Version of ‘Freedom’ Over Abortion and Women’s Rights

January 22, 2023 | FlaglerLive | 29 Comments

Vice President Kamala Harris speaks on abortion access in Tallahassee today. (Danielle J. Brown)

During a roughly 20-minute address in Tallahassee marking what would have been the 50th anniversary of Roe v. Wade, Harris mocked DeSantis’ self-described “freedom” agenda as anathema to the struggles of generations of Americans to expand upon the basic rights guaranteed by the U.S. Constitution.

Covid Vaccines and Sudden Death: Separating Fact from Fiction

January 21, 2023 | FlaglerLive | 8 Comments

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Vaccine rumors continue to swirl, and distrust in vaccines remains. The latest onslaught comes from blogs and social media around heart problems and sudden deaths following COVID-19 vaccination, particularly among young adults. Here are the facts.

Paul Renner Proposes Making All Private and Home School Students Eligible for Public Dollars

January 21, 2023 | FlaglerLive | 43 Comments

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Calling it a move toward “universal choice,” House Speaker Paul Renner announced an education savings account proposal that would make every student in Florida eligible for school vouchers — a move that Democrats blasted as a Republican attack on public education.

Flagler Beach Rejects Realtor’s Odd Bid to Run City Information Website Only He Would Own

January 20, 2023 | FlaglerLive | 6 Comments

Realtor John Horan, left, and Matt Morton, pitching the idea of a privately-owned website that would be a portal of public, city information. The Flagler Beach City Commission, hearing the proposal at a workshop Thursday, rejected it in favor of in-house products. (© FlaglerLive via Flagler Beach video)

Increasingly troubled by a perceived if amorphous failure of communication between the city and residents, the Flagler Beach City Commission considered then rejected the possibility of contracting with a local Realtor to run a city-related website, then opted to develop a new Facebook page and launch a new app on Monday.

Dad’s Alert Over His Son’s Gun Thefts Leads to Arrest of Boys, 15 and 16, Before Confrontation

January 20, 2023 | FlaglerLive | 20 Comments

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A 15-year-old and a 16-year-old resident of Palm Coast were arrested on grand theft and other charges after allegedly stealing two firearms in a plan to intimidate or fight other juveniles at Holland Park in Palm Coast. The posturing preceding the boys’ arrests was similar to incidents that led to the shooting deaths of five teens in Palm Coast and Bunnell since 2019.

Mysterious Boom Reported Thursday Night Across Flagler Attributed to a Possible Meteorite

January 20, 2023 | FlaglerLive | 18 Comments

SpaceX rockets, like the space shuttle previously, can trigger sonic booms on re-entry, but the SpaceX rocket launched on Thursday was from a pad in California. The last one launched from Kennedy Space Center was the day before, and on Jan. 15, above. The launches are typically visible from the Flagler shore. (© FlaglerLive)

Palm Coast and Flagler County residents were abuzz with reports of a mysterious boom heard across parts of the county at 11:15 p.m. Thursday night. There were also unconfirmed reports of a fireball spotted in St. Johns County around the same time.

‘You’re Killing My Husband,’ Flagler Beach City Manager Whitson’s Wife Tells Commission

January 19, 2023 | FlaglerLive | 26 Comments

Becky Whitson, Flagler Beach City Manager William Whitson's wife, addressed Commissioner Eric Cooley during a recess, shortly after she addressed the commission, accusing it of "killing" and tormenting her husband. (© FlaglerLive)

Becky Whitson, Flagler Beach City Manager William Whitson’s wife, publicly accused the city commission of tormenting and killing her husband. She spoke late this evening during a workshop on the city administration’s communications with the public, and on meeting the commission’s priorities.

Brother and Sister Face Several Felony Charges in Beating and Hit-and-Run at Wickline Park

January 19, 2023 | FlaglerLive | 14 Comments

Gabriella Alo, left, and Nicholas Alo.

Gabriella Hope Alo, 18, and her brother Nicholas Dean Alo, 21, face several felony charges stemming from an alleged beating of a teen-age boy, running over a 29-year-old woman and leaving the scene at Wickline Park in Flagler Beach last week.

‘Unbossed’ Spirit of Shirley Chisholm, Former Palm Coast Resident, Takes the Stage at AACS

January 19, 2023 | FlaglerLive | 2 Comments

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“Unbought & Unbowed” is a one-woman show starring New York actor Ingrid Griffith in the role of Shirley Chisholm, who made history as the first woman to run for president from a major party, and who lived some of her last years in Palm Coast. The play is staged at the African American Cultural Society Saturday and Sunday.

In a First in Flagler, Sheriff Goes Civil Route to Evict Repeat Drug Offenders in Mondex

January 18, 2023 | FlaglerLive | 29 Comments

Flagler County Sheriff Rick Staly, second from left, outlining the agency's novel approach to evicting a homeowner and residents who'd drained sheriff's resources with their criminal activity. (© FlaglerLive via Sheriff's Office video)

For the first time in the county, the Flagler County Sheriff’s Office invoked a civil nuisance abatement law to evict a homeowner from a homesteaded property that had been used “to facilitate criminal activity,” including drug use and sales, according to the judge’s order granting the eviction.

Cramped and Neglected Flagler Health Department Tells County Commission: ‘We Need Your Help’

January 18, 2023 | FlaglerLive | 5 Comments

The Flagler Health Department needs help, especially to shore up its facility on Dr. Carter Boulevard. (© FlaglerLive)

The Flagler County Health Department is pleading with county commissioners for more money to improve an ageing facility and expand services that touch the lives of a third of the county’s population. The department hopes to open a facility in Palm Coast. While commissioners are not indifferent, finding a source of money will be a challenge.

In Bunnell, Rogers and Gordon and, Finally, Pete Young All Elected Without Opposition

January 18, 2023 | FlaglerLive | Leave a Comment

Uncontested: from left, Bunnell City Commissioners John Rogers and Tonya Gordon, and Commissioner-Elect Pete Young. (© FlaglerLive)

Commissioner John Rogers was re-elected for his fifth term, uncontested for the first time. Incumbent Commissioner Tonya Gordon ran in the special election to fill the seat Bob Barnes vacated last year, what will be a two-year term.

Flagler School District Will Ask Its Employees: Do You Want to Be Armed on Campus?

January 17, 2023 | FlaglerLive | 16 Comments

One corridor among a few hundred on Flagler Flagler school campuses. (© FlaglerLive)

The Flagler County school district will survey its 1,600 employees to gauge whether there’s interest among them to be armed in the district’s nine campuses. The survey will not ask whether employees support or oppose such a program–only whether the individual taking the survey is himself or herself interested in being armed on campus, and providing security in case of an emergency.

Palm Coast Council Very Conditionally Approves Controversial Harborside Development

January 17, 2023 | FlaglerLive | 16 Comments

There are no push-overs in Palm Coast's planning department. From left, Jose Papa, Ray Tyner and Bill Hoover. (© FlaglerLive via Palm Coast video)

The Palm Coast City Council is looking for a compromise on the controversial 17-acre Harborside proposal that would total 432 apartments and housing units, mostly in a massive, U-shaped tower by the Palm Coast Marina. The number includes 72 units in an existing tower.

The Divisive Distortions of Martin Luther King Jr.’s Words

January 16, 2023 | FlaglerLive | 6 Comments

The Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. addresses a cheering crowd in Cleveland, Ohio, on July 27, 1965. (Bettmann/Getty Images)

The consequences of the misuse of Martin Luther King Jr.’s words are playing out everywhere from the halls of Congress to corporate diversity training sessions to local school board meetings.

Florida Press Club Names FlaglerLive State’s Best Independent News Site, Among 3 Awards

January 16, 2023 | FlaglerLive | 62 Comments

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FlaglerLive won the Florida Press Club’s top award as Florida’s best online independent news site in all divisions. FlaglerLive also won first place in education reporting, and FlaglerLive Editor Pierre Tristam won second place in commentary.

DeSantis’ Attack on New College Is Latest Poisoning of Public Education

January 15, 2023 | FlaglerLive | 64 Comments

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The governor has just appointed six new ultra-conservative trustees to the board of New College of Florida in Sarasota. They want to trash its tradition of intellectual freedom and transform it into an institution DeSantis’ base would love, a Bob Jones-style religious school funded with taxpayer money.

Jersey Mike’s Opens at Palm Coast’s Island Walk, Near Brass Tap, on Wednesday

January 15, 2023 | FlaglerLive | 19 Comments

Jersey Mike's at Island Walk in palm Coast is opening on Wednesday. (© FlaglerLive)

Jersey Mike’s Subs will open its first location in Palm Coast or Flagler County on Wednesday at Island Walk, where it’ll be sandwiched between Brass Tap and Tropical Cafe on one side and Metro Diner on the other.

Trump Is No Longer the Villain at the Border. Now It’s Biden.

January 14, 2023 | FlaglerLive | 11 Comments

At the the U.S. - Mexico border near Nogales, Arizona. (Robert Bushell/US Customs and Border Protection)

Title 42 mixed with new White House immigration policy creates potentially illegal asylum restrictions. It’s time to treat this president, Joe Biden, as the same level of threat that Trump was to the rights of migrants.

Child Vaccination Rates, Already Down Because of Pandemic, Fall Again

January 14, 2023 | FlaglerLive | 7 Comments

They have not helped. (© FlaglerLive)

Instead of recovering after schools reopened in 2021, historically low rates of child vaccination worsened, according to new data from the CDC. Experts fear that the skepticism of science and distrust of government that flared up during the pandemic are contributing to the decrease.

Emerging Romantics: The Rickman-Acree-Corporon Piano Trio Takes on 3 Giants Jan. 29

January 14, 2023 | FlaglerLive | 1 Comment

The Rickman-Acree-Corporon Piano Trio will perform Sunday, Jan. 29, at Lighthouse Christ Presbyterian Church in Ormond Beach. The trio includes, from left: cellist Joseph Corporon, pianist Michael Rickman and violinist Susan Pitard Acree. (Daytona Solisti)

The Rickman-Acree-Corporon Piano Trio will play the music of Clara Schumann, Franz Schubert and Johann N. Hummel during its concert at 3:30 p.m. Sunday, Jan. 29, at Lighthouse Christ Presbyterian Church, 1035 W. Granada Blvd., Ormond Beach. The trio includes pianist Michael Rickman, violinist Susan Pitard Acree and cellist Joseph Corporon.

Divided Flagler Beach Commission Will Require Inspections of Street Golf Carts Every 2 Years

January 13, 2023 | FlaglerLive | 24 Comments

A divided Flagler Beach City Commission agreed Thursday evening to change the frequency of required inspections of golf carts used as street vehicles from every year to every two years. Some commissioners and the mayor wanted only one inspection, and none after that. The city has a few hundred residents using golf carts as street vehicles.

Storied Ukrainian Orchestra Picks Flagler Auditorium as Rehearsal Venue Ahead of 37-City Tour, to FYO Thrills

January 13, 2023 | FlaglerLive | 5 Comments

Conductor Theodore Kuchar, center, with members of the Lvivi National Philharmonic Orchestra of Ukraine, posing with a Ukrainian flag after a two-hour rehearsal at the Flagler Auditorium Thursday evening. The audience was largely made up of students and families of the Flagler Youth Orchestra community. (© FlaglerLive)

The Lviv National Philharmonic Orchestra of Ukraine and its conductor, Theodore Kuchar, a frequent visitor to Palm Coast, chose the Flagler Auditorium to rehearse Thursday ahead of a 37-concert, 20-state tour that begins this evening, and opened their doors to Flagler Youth Orchestra students for the unique experience of watching a professional orchestra at work.

Army Corps Must Redesign Entire Flagler Beach Dunes Project, ‘Substantially’ Delaying It Again

January 13, 2023 | FlaglerLive | 18 Comments

Hurricane Nicole carved out more segments of State Road A1A in the segment of shore that has been awaiting a dune-rebuilding project for years. That project has now yet again been delayed. (© FlaglerLive)

Because of years of delays and further erosion, the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers must redesign the entire project to rebuild 2.6 miles of dunes on the critically eroded shoreline south of the Flagler Beach pier, now that the current design is out of date. That will further delay for at least a year or more a project 20 years in the works. Meanwhile, the coast continues to erode, threatening or damaging A1A.

Jacob Perry, Who Shot Up His Grandfather’s House, Invokes Scriptures and Being ‘Chosen’

January 12, 2023 | FlaglerLive | 3 Comments

Jacob Perry. (© FlaglerLive via Axon bodycam footage)

Jacob Perry, 24, faces five felony charges following his admitted shooting at his grandfather’s car and house on Tuesday in Palm Coast. He cited a chapter from Isaiah in the Old Testament, telling deputies they could understand a lot about him from it. That may raising questions about his competency.

Palm Coast Traffic Still a Long Way from Calming Its Discontents as Council Bumps Against Limitations

January 12, 2023 | FlaglerLive | 47 Comments

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The Palm Coast City Council has been well aware of its traffic problem for years, and discussed it again at a workshop this week, but it faces the same limitations previous council have: traffic calming devices are unloved, data on speeding exists but isn’t made public, and the city’s layout presents its own challenges.

Florida Is Accused of Violating Federal Court Order and Restricting Race Education Anyway

January 11, 2023 | FlaglerLive | 8 Comments

FAMU student Benjamin Cowins tries to get service at a McCrory's lunch counter on February 21, 1961. He looks toward the waitress, who is ignoring him. Two weeks later he was arrested at a Neisners lunch counter, which led to his spending thirty days in jail. The photograph, by Patricia Stephens Due, is part of the Patricia Stephens Due Collection, Florida Memory.

Plaintiffs challenging a state law restricting how race-related concepts can be taught in higher education accused Gov. Ron DeSantis’ administration Wednesday of violating a federal judge’s order that blocked parts of the law from being enforced.

Moms for Liberty Want ‘Don’t Say LGBTQ’ Law Expanded to Cover K-8

January 11, 2023 | FlaglerLive | 29 Comments

The Florida chapter of Moms for Liberty, the conservative nonprofit that advocates for parental rights in schools, would like state lawmakers to expand the state law that restricts classroom instruction about gender identity and sexual orientation for children from kindergarten through the third grade.

Taking the Edge Off, ‘Honky Tonk Angels’ Countrify City Repertory Theatre

January 11, 2023 | FlaglerLive | Leave a Comment

Three women pursue their dreams of country music stardom in City Repertory Theatre’s production of the jukebox musical “Honky Tonk Angels.” The play features, from left: Chelsea Jo Conard, Michele O’Neil and Robin Neill-Kitaif. (© Mike Kitaif)

In a bit of a departure for Palm Coast’s City Repertory Theatre, this musical features three women with Southern roots, who are variously bored or frustrated or antsy about their lives, and who decide to pursue their country music dreams in Nashville, and they meet and take up singing at a bar appropriately named Honky Tonk Heaven.

In ‘Extremely Rare’ Event, Killer Whale Beaches and Dies in Surf Near Hammock Dunes Club

January 11, 2023 | FlaglerLive | 15 Comments

The killer whale this morning as authorities were preparing to transfer it to a trailer, then to Seaworld in Orlando for a necropsy. (© FlaglerLive)

A killer whale was found beached at dawn this morning in the surf opposite Hammock Dunes Club. The female orca was dead. It was being transferred to SeaWorld in Orlando for a necropsy.

Palm Coast Surveys Cost of Dredging Saltwater Canals, But Who Will Pay Is Big Question

January 10, 2023 | FlaglerLive | 53 Comments

The saltwater canals in Palm Coast's C-Section and a sliver of the F-Section have been an attractive amenity since the city's origins in the 1960s and 70s, when ITT Levitt dug them out. But they've never been dredged since, and the silt is accumulating. The question is: how much will it cost to dredge, and who should pay? (© FlaglerLive)

The saltwater canals in Palm Coast’s C-Section and a sliver of the F-Section have been an attractive amenity since the city’s origins in the 1960s and 70s, when ITT Levitt dug them out. But they’ve never been dredged since. Who should pay for the job–residents of the C Section, or all of Palm Coast’s residents?

One Term In, Flagler Beach Commissioner Ken Bryan Decides to Pull Out of Re-Election Run After All

January 10, 2023 | FlaglerLive | 5 Comments

Flagler Beach City Commissioner Ken Bryan is opting out. (© FlaglerLive)

Ken Bryan, a one term Flagler Beach city commissioner and currently the chairman of the panel, has decided not to seek re-election after all. His decision still leaves five candidates, including incumbent Deborah Phillips, running for the two seats in the March 7 election.

Flagler County Approves Latest ‘Band-Aid’ in $14 Million-Worth of Emergency Dune Repairs

January 9, 2023 | FlaglerLive | 11 Comments

There are no dunes left along most of the county's beaches. Flagler County government is preparing for another "band-aid," in its chief engineer's description. (© FlaglerLive)

The county will rebuild only six miles of Flagler County’s dune-less 18-mile shoreline. The millions of dollars will rebuild the same kind of narrow, emergency dunes that the county rebuilt in the aftermath of Hurricanes Matthew and Irma, in 2018–sands that, by last year, had entirely washed away. The county engineer says it’s still all just a “band aid” approach.

Arkansas Takes Stock of Jacob Oliva, Its New Education Chief: Goal-Driven, Ambitious, Puzzling

January 9, 2023 | FlaglerLive | 1 Comment

Jacob Oliva: counting down to Arkansas time. (© FlaglerLive)

The Arkansas Advocate reports on the varied reactions and impressions of former Flagler Superintendent and Florida Education Chancellor Jacob Oliva, who is Arkansas Gov. Sarah Huckabee Sanders’s nominee to head the state’s Department of Education.

Bunnell Man Faces Felony Charge Over Stoning a Puppy With a Paver

January 9, 2023 | FlaglerLive | 14 Comments

John Benning.

John Benning, a 56-year-old resident of Tangerine Avenue in Daytona North, was booked at the Flagler County jail for the second time in a month over the weekend, this time on a felony animal abuse charge after allegedly throwing a paver at a puppy out of anger, injuring the dog.

In 1st Visit to Mexico Border, Joe Biden Tours a City Overrun By Record Surge of Migrants

January 8, 2023 | FlaglerLive | 6 Comments

In El Paso. (U.S. Customs and Border Patrol)

The visit to the border for the president is politically fraught — as Republicans have accused Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris of neglecting border security and immigration issues as the number of migrant arrests this past year reached never before seen heights.

Maga Insurrection 2.0

January 7, 2023 | FlaglerLive | 72 Comments

Destroying democracy and calling it freedom: Maga's shadow showed its colors again this week.

Florida’s Matt Gaetz and his maga-hatted contras reenacted the Jan. 6 insurrection by other means this week. This insurrection is from within. It’s just starting. They’re about destruction, not achieving the country, their mentality comparable only to the psyche of the suicide bomber.

What White People Get Wrong About Black Dads

January 6, 2023 | FlaglerLive | 14 Comments

My dad in our neighborhood on our moped. (Dana James)

Society rarely shows good examples of Black fathers. Social media commenters often label Blacks as fatherless and cling to stereotypes that if Black dads are present, they’re somehow unloving, uninvolved or even abusive. Here’s a corrective.

DOT Will Seek Public Input on More Permanent Protection for A1A, But Options Are Limited

January 6, 2023 | FlaglerLive | 5 Comments

Hurricanes Ian and Nicole left only a sliver of sand between the high-tide waterline and State Road A1A at the south end of Flagler County. many other parts of A1A suffered the same fate. The state Department of Transportation has been rebuilding protections with rock revetments and sand. (© FlaglerLive)

After two months of closed-door sessions involving state, federal and local officials on how to more permanently secure State Road A1A in Flagler and Volusia counties from storm damage and rising seas, the Florida Department of Transportation will seek public input in two sessions later this month–one in Flagler Beach, one in Volusia County, and present a half dozen options or so.

Florida Democrats Seek Prison Release for Non-Violent Offenders After 65% of Time Served Instead of 85%

January 6, 2023 | FlaglerLive | 31 Comments

A Flagler County inmate getting processed, after his sentencing, for entry into the Department of Corrections system last May. (© FlaglerLive)

Calling the state’s criminal justice system “outdated,” Tampa Democratic state Rep. Dianne Hart filed a proposal this week (HB 115) that would allow non-violent offenders to reduce their mandatory time served from 85 percent to 65 percent through their successful completion of academic and other learning courses while incarcerated.

U.S. Economy Adds 223,000 Jobs in December, Easing Fears of Recession for Now

January 6, 2023 | FlaglerLive | 4 Comments

The trend is down: job creation by month, in thousands. (© FlaglerLive)

The national economy is steadily losing power even as it continues to generate enough new jobs to lower the unemployment rate: 223,000 new jobs in December. That’s the lowest total in two years, but still nowhere near recession territory.

Brenan Hill Now Faces Murder Charge as Savannah Gonzalez, Victim in Microtel Shooting, Dies

January 5, 2023 | FlaglerLive | 6 Comments

Brenan Robert Hill.

Brenan Hill now faces a second-degree murder charge in the shooting of Savannah Gonzalez near the Microtel in Palm Coast in March 2021. The State Attorney’s Office today filed the new charge. Hill is scheduled for an August trial.

Ex-Palm Coast Doctor Facing Rape and Deceit Allegations Says He Was Never Served

January 5, 2023 | FlaglerLive | 12 Comments

Gerard Abate and Margaret Curro in an image Abate included among exhibits intended to show he was in St. Croix, the Virgini Islands, not in new Jersey, when a process server says he served Abate the lawsuit he faces in Flagler County Circuit Court.

A year and a half after a civil lawsuit was filed against him, claiming he deceived, drugged and raped a woman at a condo in Palm Coast, Dr. Gerard Abate says he was never served. A judge will decide whether Abate or a process server are telling the truth at a hearing next week.

Flagler Jail Eliminates All Hard-Copy Mail to Inmates as Scanning and Tablets Replace Paper

January 4, 2023 | FlaglerLive | 3 Comments

The sort of tablets that have replaced almost all hard-copy communications materials at the Flagler County jail, from Smart Communications, streams movies, music, games and educational materials in addition to communications to and from home. (© FlaglerLive)

All hard-copy mail delivery to the Flagler County jail’s 225-some inmates has been replaced by scans of mail. It is part of a sweeping change in the handling of inmate mail across the state at least 14 other states as prisons and jails cut down on incoming materials. The switch has drawn sharp criticism from prisoner advocates and strong support by those implementing it, as in Flagler. 

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