• Skip to primary navigation
  • Skip to main content
  • Skip to primary sidebar
MENUMENU
MENUMENU
  • Home
  • About
    • Contact Us
    • FlaglerLive Board of Directors
    • Comment Policy
    • Mission Statement
    • Our Values
    • Privacy Policy
  • Live Calendar
  • Submit Obituary
  • Submit an Event
  • Support FlaglerLive
  • Advertise on FlaglerLive (386) 503-3808
  • Search Results

FlaglerLive

No Bull, no Fluff, No Smudges

MENUMENU
  • Flagler
    • Flagler County Commission
    • Beverly Beach
    • Economic Development Council
    • Flagler History
    • Mondex/Daytona North
    • The Hammock
    • Tourist Development Council
  • Palm Coast
    • Palm Coast City Council
    • Palm Coast Crime
  • Bunnell
    • Bunnell City Commission
    • Bunnell Crime
  • Flagler Beach
    • Flagler Beach City Commission
    • Flagler Beach Crime
  • Cops/Courts
    • Circuit & County Court
    • Florida Supreme Court
    • Federal Courts
    • Flagler 911
    • Fire House
    • Flagler County Sheriff
    • Flagler Jail Bookings
    • Traffic Accidents
  • Rights & Liberties
    • Fourth Amendment
    • First Amendment
    • Privacy
    • Second Amendment
    • Seventh Amendment
    • Sixth Amendment
    • Sunshine Law
    • Third Amendment
    • Religion & Beliefs
    • Human Rights
    • Immigration
    • Labor Rights
    • 14th Amendment
    • Civil Rights
  • Schools
    • Adult Education
    • Belle Terre Elementary
    • Buddy Taylor Middle
    • Bunnell Elementary
    • Charter Schools
    • Daytona State College
    • Flagler County School Board
    • Flagler Palm Coast High School
    • Higher Education
    • Imagine School
    • Indian Trails Middle
    • Matanzas High School
    • Old Kings Elementary
    • Rymfire Elementary
    • Stetson University
    • Wadsworth Elementary
    • University of Florida/Florida State
  • Economy
    • Jobs & Unemployment
    • Business & Economy
    • Development & Sprawl
    • Leisure & Tourism
    • Local Business
    • Local Media
    • Real Estate & Development
    • Taxes
  • Commentary
    • The Conversation
    • Pierre Tristam
    • Diane Roberts
    • Guest Columns
    • Byblos
    • Editor's Blog
  • Culture
    • African American Cultural Society
    • Arts in Palm Coast & Flagler
    • Books
    • City Repertory Theatre
    • Flagler Auditorium
    • Flagler Playhouse
    • Flagler Youth Orchestra
    • Jacksonville Symphony Orchestra
    • Palm Coast Arts Foundation
    • Special Events
  • Elections 2024
    • Amendments and Referendums
    • Presidential Election
    • Campaign Finance
    • City Elections
    • Congressional
    • Constitutionals
    • Courts
    • Governor
    • Polls
    • Voting Rights
  • Florida
    • Federal Politics
    • Florida History
    • Florida Legislature
    • Florida Legislature
    • Ron DeSantis
  • Health & Society
    • Flagler County Health Department
    • Ask the Doctor Column
    • Health Care
    • Health Care Business
    • Covid-19
    • Children and Families
    • Medicaid and Medicare
    • Mental Health
    • Poverty
    • Violence
  • All Else
    • Daily Briefing
    • Americana
    • Obituaries
    • News Briefs
    • Weather and Climate
    • Wildlife

Featured

Flagler Beach Raises Water, Sewer, Garbage and Stormwater Costs $12 a Month for Average Household

November 21, 2022 | FlaglerLive | 12 Comments

Flagler Beach's sewer infrastructure needs a lot of tender loving care. (© FlaglerLive)

A divided Flagler Beach City Commission voted 3-2 to raise the cost of all city-provided utilities–water, sewer and garbage–by 8.5 percent, to match inflation, and the stormwater fee by 42 percent.

Connor Anderson, 30, Fires 6 Rounds at Patrons at Smiles Bar Before Running Out. No One Hurt.

November 21, 2022 | FlaglerLive | 25 Comments

Smiles bar on Palm Harbor Way in Palm Coast, the scene of a shooting in the first minutes of Sunday morning. (FCSO)

Connor Patrick Anderson, 30, of Palm Coast, faces a dozen charges after allegedly firing off a dozen shots inside Smiles bar after an earlier fight at the bowling alley and getting angry with his girlfriend over not having his truck’s keys.

Flagler County Democrats’ Only Way Forward: Become Republican

November 20, 2022 | FlaglerLive | 71 Comments

flagler democrats survival

Contrary to media interpretations, Democrats underperformed woefully nationally, and in Flagler County they were again all but wiped out. To survive locally they have two choices: either run their candidates as Republicans (and support other moderate Republicans), or keep dying at the polls.

Sea Turtles Hatching on Florida Beaches Are Feeling the Heat from Warming Climate

November 20, 2022 | FlaglerLive | 1 Comment

Professor Jeanette Wyneken of Florida Atlantic University shows off a newly hatched sea turtle. (FAU)

Florida plays an outsize role in the reproduction of loggerheads. Scientists estimate 90 percent of all the Atlantic Ocean’s loggerheads lay their eggs on Florida beaches. Then the ones that hatch here come back years later to lay their own eggs. But something funky is happening on those beaches: male turtles are disappearing.

Citing Orwell, Federal Judge Calls DeSantis’s ‘Stop Woke Act’ Unconstitutional Muzzling of Academic Freedom

November 19, 2022 | FlaglerLive | 17 Comments

The 'Stop Woke Act' could make it difficult to discuss Bull Connor's response to civil rights. (© FlaglerLive)

Calling the state’s approach “positively dystopian,” a federal judge on Thursday blocked a law championed by Gov. Ron DeSantis that restricts the way race-related concepts can be taught in universities. The law is “antithetical to academic freedom and has cast a leaden pall of orthodoxy over Florida’s state universities,” Chief U.S. District Judge Mark Walker wrote in the 139-page ruling.

Willie Gardner, 28, Faces 4 Counts of Aggravated Animal Cruelty in Case of Wounded, Neglected Pit Bulls

November 18, 2022 | FlaglerLive | 18 Comments

Two of the six dogs recovered from an abandoned property at 508 South Railroad Street in Bunnell. (Bunnell Police Department)

Willie Gardner, of Palm Coast, faces four felony charges of animal abuse. The six dogs, all pitbulls, all showed signs of abuse and neglect when authorities surveyed the scene at 508 South Railroad Street in Bunnell. They’d been left all chained in the backyard of the abandoned property.

Withering Criticism of Flagler Beach City Manager Divides City Commission Over Claims of Toxicity

November 18, 2022 | FlaglerLive | 20 Comments

Flagler Beach City Manager William Whitson. (© FlaglerLive)

Flagler Beach City Manager William Whitson got hit with yet another storm Thursday evening, this time from waves of witheringly critical residents, business owners and some members of his own commission who spoke of low morale, poor communications, lack of urgency on some projects, a “toxic work environment” and an instance of Whitson hanging up on a resident who was reporting a flooding issue. The criticism inevitably spread to commissioners by association.

FPC’s Cameron Driggers and Roymara Louissaint Win MedNexus Innovation Challenge With Sleep App

November 17, 2022 | FlaglerLive | 3 Comments

Cameron Driggers and Roymara Louissaint presenting their RedShield company's technology at the MedNexus challenge Wednesday at the Palm Coast Community Center. (© FlaglerLive via YouTube)

Emerging out of a field of 25 teams, Flagler Palm Coast High School seniors Cameron Driggers and Roymara Louissaint won the second annual MedNexus Innovation Challenge Wednesday, and $1,000 each, by developing an experiment-based idea that uses technology against itself in an effort to reduce teens’ sleep deprivation.

What About Flagler Beach’s One Hold-Out Against Dune Fix? County Says December Deadline Will Be Met.

November 17, 2022 | FlaglerLive | 18 Comments

hold-outs flagler beach

Almost three years after Flagler County sought property owners’ permission to start a dune rebuilding project on 2.6 miles of beach in Flagler Beach, and despite more recent ravages to the shore, one property owner is still holding out, but County Attorney Al Hadeed stresses that her permission will be secured by December 31 and the Corps project will be on by June.

Marco Rubio and Rick Scott Reject Protecting Gay Marriage as Key Step Clears Senate; Waltz Had Voted Yes

November 17, 2022 | FlaglerLive | 41 Comments

rubio scott same sex marriage

The U.S. Senate on Wednesday voted 62 to 37 to move ahead with a historic bill that would give federal protection to same-sex mariage, with 12 Republican senators joining Democrats to overcome the 60-vote threshold for a filibuster. Both of Florida’s Republican senators, Marco Rubio and Rick Scott, voted against the measure.

State Emergency Management Chief Kevin Guthrie Calls for ‘Holistic’ Re-Engineering of Florida Coast

November 16, 2022 | FlaglerLive | 19 Comments

State Emergency Management Director Kevin Guthrie at Tiger bay Club today. It was his third visit to Flagler in four weeks. (© FlaglerLive)

Speaking at Flagler Tiger Bay Club, Kevin Guthrie, the state emergency management director, never used the words “climate change,” but nevertheless addressed needed changes in how Florida manages and re-engineers its coastline in words that would intrigue even Greenpeace activists.

Arrested Over School-Shooting Threats, ITMS 6th Grader Had Secured Gloves and Was Looking for a Gun

November 16, 2022 | FlaglerLive | 20 Comments

A hallway at Indian Trails Middle School. (© FlaglerLive)

A 12-year-old student at Indian Trails Middle School was arrested over making threats to carry out a shooting at the school, after messages on Snapchat were detected. She had allegedly convinced her parents to get her a pair of gloves and was looking to obtain a firearm.

Patricidal Richard Dunn Is Allowed Out of Psychiatric Hospital and Back to Halfway House

November 15, 2022 | FlaglerLive | 5 Comments

Richard Dunn

Richard Dunn, the former Palm Coast resident found not guilty by reason of insanity in the gruesome killing of his elderly father in 2006, will be allowed out of a state psychiatric hospital and back to the Daytona Beach halfway house where he lived for several years before he started acting bizarrely again a year ago.

Palm Coast Sues Holland Park’s Splash Pad Contractors as Losses Reach $1.4 Million and Rising

November 15, 2022 | FlaglerLive | 14 Comments

The splash pad is off limits. (© FlaglerLive)

The Palm Coast City Council today cleared the way for a civil lawsuit against several contractors involved in the construction of the splash pad at Holland Park that opened only for a few months before it shut down. The splash pad went from a $6.28 million crown jewel in the city’s park system to a an embarrassing and costly boondoggle, with estimated losses and repair costs so far of $1.4 million.

Harborside Tower Proposal Postponed as Developer Hints at More Compromise

November 15, 2022 | FlaglerLive | 10 Comments

The marina would be kept open and 25 percent of slips would be reserved for non-residents, according to a plan submitted by the developer of Harborside. But numerous other issues stand in the way of a city recommendation for approval of the development. (Palm Coast)

The Palm Coast City Council this morning agreed to postpone consideration of a controversial rezoning application that would result in the addition of 483 apartments and housing units near Palm Coast Resort’s 72-unit apartment tower. 

Sen. Travis Hutson Will Chair Fiscal Policy Committee in Senate President’s Leadership Team

November 15, 2022 | FlaglerLive | 1 Comment

Sen. Travis Hutson's district includes all of Flagler County. (© FlaglerLive)

Incoming Senate President Kathleen Passidomo rolled out her leadership team Monday, as the Senate prepares for an expanded Republican majority next week. In his new role, Hutson will run a committee that Passidomo described as a path for “legislation that may contain a fiscal impact.” Hutson had vied for Senate presidency against Passidomo but fell short.

State Transportation Department to Flagler Beach: Simply Rebuilding A1A Again Won’t Do

November 14, 2022 | FlaglerLive | 25 Comments

John Tyler, the Florida Department of Transportation's District 5 secretary, speaking with Flagler Beach City Manager William Whitson after tonight's City Commission meeting. District 5 covers nine central Florida counties, including Flagler, Volusia and Brevard. (© FlaglerLive)

John Tyler, the Florida Department of Transportation’s District 5 secretary, told a special meeting of the Flagler Beach City Commission this evening that simply rebuilding A1A until the next storm won’t achieve a different result: it’ll be demolished again. DOT is creating a task force to devise a more durable solution, with all options on the table, including sea walls and moving A1A.

Flagler Beach City Election Already Shaping Into Most Contested In 19 Years, Signaling Disquiet

November 14, 2022 | FlaglerLive | 14 Comments

Four of the candidates and potential candidates challenging two incumbents in the March 7 election in Flagler Beach. From left, Scott Spradley, Rick Belhumeur, Bob Cunningham and Doug "Bruno" O'Connor. Incumbents Ken Bryan and Deborah Phillips are running as well. (© FlaglerLive)

At least five, possibly six, candidates are running for the March 7 Flagler Beach City Commission election, including two incumbents. The number of candidates may be a reflection of unsettled times in Flagler Beach, with recent embarrassments still fresh and mounting challenges ahead.

A1A Reopens 4 Days After Nicole Shut It Down as 600 Truckloads Dump 11,000 Cubic Yards of Sand

November 13, 2022 | FlaglerLive | 24 Comments

A repaired segment of State Road A1A south of the Flagler Beach water tower. The road reopened to traffic in both directions Saturday evening. (© FlaglerLive)

State Road A1A reopened to traffic in both directions Saturday evening just four days after Hurricane Nicole made the road impassable, and after two contractors worked frenetically to repair 4.8 miles of road in three segments between Flagler and Volusia counties.

Devastation on Flagler’s Coastline: Houses and Roadbeds Hanging on Sand Cliffs, Vanished Dunes, Yards Turned Beach

November 11, 2022 | FlaglerLive | 56 Comments

A palm tree at the south end of Flagler County teeters on the edge of a vanished dune, three-quarters of its roots exposed, ready to tumble. The tree symbolizes the consequences of Tropical Storm Nicole on Flagler County's coast, where A1A, homes and the county's tourism economy are similarly teetering. (© FlaglerLive)

Flagler County generally survived Tropical Storm Nicole well. The coastline did not. Out of sight, it has been devastated even more than by Hurricane Ian, with houses left teetering on cliffs of sand, A1A’s roadbed left defenseless for most of its length, a dune system now entirely vanished the length of the county, and coastal residents left wondering why officials are not reacting. A documentation of the damage in photographs and video.

Nicole’s Damage to A1A ‘Much Worse’ Than Matthew, Over Longer Stretch; Parts of Flagler Beach Flood

November 10, 2022 | FlaglerLive | 83 Comments

Several segments of State Road A1A in Flagler Beach and south of the city were carved out by waves unleashed by Tropical Storm Nicole, just three years after the Departmnent of Transportation completed a $22.4 millio project to rebuild the road and add a sea wall further north. The sea wall held. The road did not. Two DOT contractors were already at work during the storm Thursday, dumping sand on breaches to stabilize what was left of the road. (© FlaglerLive)

An assessment of Tropical Storm Nicole’s damage of the shoreline from the north end of the county to South 25th Street in Flagler Beach left county officials disheartened at the flooding and the recurring destruction of State Road A1A, which is severe in many places and may require the road to be closed for weeks or months at least in one direction.

Nicole Lashes at Flagler’s Coast, Severely Damaging Parts of A1A as Officials Advise to ‘Hunker Down Today’

November 10, 2022 | FlaglerLive | 18 Comments

State Road A1A in Flagler Beach again sustained heavy damage and was expected to be closed in parts, including at the south end of the county, where damage was similarly heavy. (© Rick Belhumeur for FlaglerLive)

The 500-mile-wide Nicole made landfall as a hurricane near Vero Beach around 3 a.m. Thursday, battering Florida’s east coast with damaging waves that have wrecked parts of State Road A1A in Flagler Beach, while swathing parts of the state in tropical storm conditions.

Luke Ingram, 19, Charged In Murder of Grandfather and Assault of Father and Cops in Clermont Ct. Incident

November 9, 2022 | FlaglerLive | 19 Comments

Luke Ingram.

Luke Ingram, a 19-year-old resident of Dunwoody, Ga., was charged with second-degree murder in the death of his grandfather, Darwin Larry Ingram, 85, at 34 Clermont Court early this morning.

Tropical Storm Nicole Took a Toll Along A1A Wednesday, With ‘Devastating’ Beach Impacts Still Ahead

November 9, 2022 | FlaglerLive | 21 Comments

An elaborate deck and walkover at the south end of Flagler Beach was in pieces after this morning's high tide, the dunes around it significantly eroded again after the Department fo Transportation only last week had replenished the sands. (© FlaglerLive)

The center of Tropical Storm Nicole was about 300 miles southeast of Flagler Beach in mid-afternoon today, but the vastness of its strength and impacts was apparent up and down Flagler County’s coast, with most pronounced damages to dunes south of the Flagler Beach pier and toward the Flagler-Volusia County line.

Leann Pennington, Theresa Pontieri, Will Furry and Cathy Heighter Win, Half-Cent Tax Passes, Amendments Fail

November 8, 2022 | FlaglerLive | 75 Comments

Theresa Pontieri, left, has won a seat on the Palm Coast City Council, and Leaann Pennington, who walloped Joe Mullions in the primary, defeated Jane Gentile-Youd, an independent, to win a seat on the County Commission, which hasn;t had a woman serving there since Barbara Revels six years ago. (© FlaglerLive)

For Flagler County and Palm Coast, it is an election of new faces: four races, four newcomers to elected office: Leann Pennington won a seat on the County Commission, Theresa Pontieri and Cathy Heighter won seats to the Palm Coast City Council, and Will Furry won a Flagler County School Board seat.

Tropical Storm Nicole: Barrier Island Evacuation Ordered and Shortened School Day Wednesday, Closed Thursday

November 8, 2022 | FlaglerLive | 3 Comments

Tropical Storm Nicole’s path has been edging closer to Flagler County. A hurricane watch was issued for the Flagler County coast late this morning. A tropical storm warning is also in effect for Flagler. Rougher, more hazardous and more damaging effects are expected on the barrier island, but possibly not as violent on the mainland, though rain amounts may be closer to 6 inches for much of the county.

Election Day Opens With Most Ballots Already Cast in Brisk Early and Mail Voting

November 8, 2022 | FlaglerLive | 3 Comments

The voting line at City Hall in Flagler Beach shortly after polls opened this morning. (© FlaglerLive)

Polls opened today for the final day of the 2022 election, with nearly 42,000 votes already cast by mail or in early voting in Flagler County. Only a handful of local races are on the ballot.

Barrier Island May Be Evacuated Wednesday Morning as Nicole’s Effects on Flagler Could Repeat Ian’s

November 7, 2022 | FlaglerLive | 9 Comments

Tropical Storm Nicole's path has become more defined, and appears to head for a Florida impact later this week. (NHC)

Flagler County emergency management officials are cautioning residents of the barrier island, from Flagler Beach to Marineland, to be ready to evacuate as early as Wednesday as sub-tropical storm Nicole strengthens into a hurricane, making landfall in south Florida in the first hours of Thursday. Talks are ongoing possibly to stand up a shelter at the Palm Coast Community Center.

‘Chaos and Confusion’: The Campaign to Stamp Out Ballot Drop Boxes

November 7, 2022 | FlaglerLive | 15 Comments

The drop-box at the Flagler County Public Library's early voting site last week. It could only be put to use during voting hours, 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. And it had to be guarded at all times. (© FlaglerLive)

Drop boxes have become a symbol of the attacks on voter access even though there’s been no cases of fraud, vandalism or theft involving drop boxes that could have affected election outcomes. Up to one-fourth of Florida drop-boxes had to be eliminated due to a new law restricting their use and locations.

DOT Dumping Sand at South End of Flagler to Protect A1A, But Heart of Flagler Beach Is Defenseless

November 4, 2022 | FlaglerLive | 26 Comments

Workers today building new dunes in a severely eroded section of shore along State Road A1A, south of the Flagler Beach city limit. (© FlaglerLive)

Workers have been dumping new white sand at the rate of 590 cubic yards a day to buttress the dunes and protect State Road A1A from the Flagler Beach city limit down into Ormond By the Sea. Yet Flagler Beach itself, including the area at the heart of the city that has eroded even more since Hurricane Ian, remains critically defenseless.

In latest Intrusion on Academic Freedom, Tenure Review Could Be Tied to How Professors Teach Race

November 4, 2022 | FlaglerLive | 15 Comments

Watch what you say. (UCDavis)

A controversial law designed to restrict the way certain race-related topics can be taught in Florida classrooms could factor into a new tenure-review process for university professors, under a proposal that higher-education officials will consider next week.

Potential Storm Has Flagler Officials Worried About Further Damage to Weakened Dunes

November 3, 2022 | FlaglerLive | 8 Comments

The European forecasting model has the storm striking the northeast coast of Florida on Nov. 9, but not as a tropical storm. And the forecast models right now differ significantly. (Tropical Tidbits)

A storm developing east of the Bahamas has Flagler County officials worried–not about a significant wind or rain event, but about higher tides, high waves and further damage to the already weakened dune system along the county’s 18 miles of coastline.

FEMA Dollars May Not Be Enough to Rebuild Pier, State Emergency Chief Guthrie Tells Flagler Officials

November 3, 2022 | FlaglerLive | 9 Comments

Florida Emergency Management Director Kevin Guthrie, right, with Flagler Beach City Manager William Whitson during Guthrie's last visit to Flagler in mid-October, when he surveyed damage from Hurricane Ian. (© FlaglerLive)

Florida Emergency Management Director Kevin Guthrie told a group of Flagler County and Flagler Beach officials that they’ll need to lobby their state representatives for additional money if they hope to have all the funds necessary for an 800-foot concrete replacement pier.

Palm Coast Loses Firefighter-Paramedic Brant Gammon to Cancer Days After He Is Honored for Milestones

November 3, 2022 | FlaglerLive | 6 Comments

brant gammon

The Palm Coast Fire Department’s Firefighter-Paramedic Brant Gammon died today of an inoperable brain tumor less than three months after he was diagnosed, and barely two weeks after he was recognized in a ceremony for earning his paramedic certification. He had just turned 51 on Tuesday.

Flagler Schools Have Been Quietly Banning or ‘Removing’ Many Books Since Summer in Bow to ‘Moms for Liberty’

November 2, 2022 | FlaglerLive | 41 Comments

Last year's ban from Flagler schools' library shelves of a single book drew protests and national attention. But many more bpooks have been banned since in the district, without a word, or even the school board necessarily being aware of them. (© FlaglerLive)

The school district has been quietly and steadily banning books from library shelves at Flagler Palm Coast and Matanzas High, and at Indian Trails and Buddy Taylor middle schools since summer, FlaglerLive has found, with every title part of a list of challenges from just three members of the group known as “Moms for Liberty.” There is no indication that the challengers are reading the books, but they have been asked to join the district’s review committee.

Amendment 3: Is Yet Another Homestead Exemptions Needed, Or Prudent?

November 2, 2022 | FlaglerLive | 10 Comments

A Halloween-decorated property in Flagler Beach. (© FlaglerLive)

Florida voters could offer significant property tax exemptions to Florida’s teachers, firefighters, active-duty members of the U.S. military, and other specified professions, amid a relatively hostile housing market. But a well-meaning tax exemption may bring about other complications, such as a loss of local government tax revenue.

Brittany Myers, Former NICU Nurse, Sentenced to 14 Months in Prison Over Child Beatings

November 2, 2022 | FlaglerLive | 9 Comments

Brittany Myers.

Brittany Ann Myers, the 39-year-old former neonatal intensive care nurse and mother of five, was sentenced Monday to 14 months in prison followed by three years on probation for brutalizing her 14-year-old son, acts captured on video by the boy’s sister.

Sen. Ben Sasse, ‘Sole Finalist,’ Chosen by Trustees to Lead University of Florida After Secret Search

November 1, 2022 | FlaglerLive | 3 Comments

ben sasse

The University of Florida’s Board of Trustees voted Tuesday to approve Nebraska’s U.S. Sen. Ben Sasse as the new president to lead Florida’s flagship institution, despite weeks of outcry, questions about the senator’s political views, and an air of secrecy around the search process that led to his candidacy.
The board agreed to provide compensation for Sasse that would be up to but not exceed $1.6 million.

The Next Medical Examiner for Flagler, St. Johns and Putnam: Powerful Panel Narrows List of Candidates to 5

November 1, 2022 | FlaglerLive | 2 Comments

State Attorney R.J. Larizza, second from left, chairing this morning's meeting. (© FlaglerLive)

The committee tasked with recommending a new medical examiner for Flagler, St. Johns and Putnam County this morning narrowed its search to five applicants who will be interviewed for the $320,000-a-year job on December 6 in St. Augustine. The five candidates are Kent Harshbarger, Keng-Chih Su (he goes by Kenny), Stacey Simons, Catherine Miller and Wendolyn Snead.

‘A Failed Model Ends Today,’ Recovery Pioneer Says in Flagler Launch of New Drug Treatment

November 1, 2022 | FlaglerLive | 1 Comment

Kenneth Scheppke

Dr. Kenneth Scheppke, a state health official, appeared in Flagler County alongside others in a formal launch of a $1.3 million, medically assisted drug-addiction treatment system called Coordinated Opioid Recovery, or CORE. Flagler is one of 12 counties in the state to enact the program.

Higher Proportion of Flagler Democrats Are Voting Than GOP, But Still Not Enough to Outnumber Advantage

October 31, 2022 | FlaglerLive | 33 Comments

Republicans have a more than 3-to-1 advantage over Democrats in ballots cast in Flagler County, even though the proportion of Democratic voters casting a ballot is higher than the proportion of Republicans turning out. (© FlaglerLive)

The perception is that Democrats appear to be sitting on their hands. They’re not: they’re outvoting Republicans, but only in proportion to their registration numbers, not in ballots cast. Since there are so many more registered Republicans than there are Democrats in the county, Democrats’ slight enthusiasm edge has not been nearly enough to compensate for the huge gap in actual ballots cast by Republicans.

Halloween Hangover: Gas Prices Will Jump at Least 25 Cents Tuesday as Election Ploy Ends

October 31, 2022 | FlaglerLive | 21 Comments

The numbers driving the 2022 election season. (© FlaglerLive)

The GOP-dominated Florida Legislature and the Biden administration have both manipulated gas prices ahead of the 2022 election, with a gas-tax cut in Florida that ends tonight, sending prices soaring 7 percent overnight, and continued releases from the Strategic Petroleum Reserve, now at its lowest since 1984.

Churches Are Breaking the Law by Endorsing in Elections, Experts Say. The IRS Looks the Other Way.

October 31, 2022 | FlaglerLive | 13 Comments

churches endorsemenets jill woolbright will furry

For nearly 70 years, federal law has barred churches from directly involving themselves in political campaigns, but the IRS has largely abdicated its enforcement responsibilities as churches have become more brazen about publicly backing candidates.

Witches in Bunches Ride the Streets as Flagler Beach Creates New Brew For Art’s Charms

October 29, 2022 | FlaglerLive | 13 Comments

Some 30 witrches took part in the first annual the first Witches of Flagler Beach Bike Ride Saturday morning through a 2.5-mile circuit in the city. The event was organized by Flagler Beach Creates, an organization focused on public art and culture in the city. (© FlaglerLive)

The first Witches of Flagler Beach Bike Ride surprised residents and drivers along a 2.5-mile circuit in the city this morning as some 30 witches on bikes took to the streets, an event organized by the fledgling Flagler Beach Creates, a volunteer organization focused on enriching the city’s public art and culture.

Expect Higher Power Bills: FPL Wants to Make Customers Pay $1.1 Billion More for Ian Repairs

October 29, 2022 | FlaglerLive | 8 Comments

fpl profits

About $220 million of the $1.1 billion would be used to replenish a storm reserve, Kirk Crews, executive vice president and chief financial officer of NextEra Energy, FPL’s parent company, said Friday during a third-quarter earnings call with analysts.

Dangerous Flagler Beach Pier Is Condemned, Demolition Moved Up As Hazards Worry City Officials

October 28, 2022 | FlaglerLive | 21 Comments

Engineers are urgently recommending the immediate demolition of a further 125 to 150 feet from the end of the pier, which remains in danger of collapse, and walling off the entire structure before it is entirely demolished. (© Scott Spradley for FlaglerLive),

With repair costs pegged at $2 million over 14 months and dangerous collapses possible, the Flagler Beach City Commission agreed to condemn the rickety pier and wall it off, accelerating a demolition schedule in preparation for the construction of a $15 to $18 million, 800-foot concrete pier that could be completed in late 2025.

City Repertory Theatre and Beau Wade Drag ‘Charley’s Aunt’ Onto the Stage

October 27, 2022 | FlaglerLive | 1 Comment

charley's aunt

“Charley’s Aunt,” a favorite farce for over a century, the play is laugh-out-loud fun from start to finish. Written by the Liverpool-born British playwright and actor Brandon Thomas, the play premiered in England in 1892, broke the then-current record for longest-running play worldwide, landed on Broadway in 1893 and later toured internationally. It has been revived ever since, as well as adapted for films and musicals.

Carlos DuPree, 36, Sentenced to Life in Prison for Armed Home Invasion in Palm Coast’s P-Section

October 27, 2022 | FlaglerLive | 21 Comments

Carlos DuPree in court today, before his sentencing. (© FlaglerLive)

Carlos DuPree, a St. Louis man who’d been in Palm Coast just 10 days the night he said he wanted to buy $400-worth of pot at a house on Prospect Lane, was sentenced to life in prison this afternoon at the end of a four-day trial on six charges, including armed robbery during a home-invasion on Prospect Lane.

Trump’s Persistent Lies About 2020 Results Undermining Supervisors of Election’s Assurances of Sound Process

October 27, 2022 | FlaglerLive | 20 Comments

disinformation elections

The challenges have come amid supervisors’ years-long battle to convince voters that, contra Trump lies, election processes aren’t rigged, an issue that took root and spread as Trump and maga supporters continue to maintain that Joe Biden’s 2020 victory was fraudulent.

Flagler Cares Awards $800,000 in 1st Round of Social Service ‘Catalyst’ Grants

October 27, 2022 | FlaglerLive | Leave a Comment

The catalyst: Dr. Stephen Bickel, whose endowment to Flagler Cares makes the new grants possible. (© FlaglerLive)

Flagler Cares on Wednesday announced its inaugural “catalyst fund” grants totaling $800,000 to three organizations that will each provide needed social services in Flagler County–for teens suffering from anxiety and depression, for individuals and families recovering from abuse or other forms of dislocation, and for the food-insecure.

  • « Go to Previous Page
  • Page 1
  • Interim pages omitted …
  • Page 44
  • Page 45
  • Page 46
  • Page 47
  • Page 48
  • Interim pages omitted …
  • Page 264
  • Go to Next Page »

Primary Sidebar

  • grand living realty
  • politis matovina attorneys for justice personal injury law auto truck accidents

Recent Comments

  • Sherry on The Daily Cartoon and Live Briefing: Wednesday, August 20, 2025
  • Ray W, on The Daily Cartoon and Live Briefing: Monday, August 25, 2025
  • Ray W, on The Daily Cartoon and Live Briefing: Monday, August 25, 2025
  • Ray W, on The Daily Cartoon and Live Briefing: Monday, August 25, 2025
  • Ray W, on The Daily Cartoon and Live Briefing: Monday, August 25, 2025
  • Land of no turn signals says on 23-Year-Old Man Facing 15 Charges, Including Carjacking, Following 140 MPH Chase and Crash at SR100
  • Ray W, on The Daily Cartoon and Live Briefing: Monday, August 25, 2025
  • Ray W, on The Daily Cartoon and Live Briefing: Monday, August 25, 2025
  • Ray W, on The Daily Cartoon and Live Briefing: Monday, August 25, 2025
  • Ed P on Flagler County Issues Statement Explaining Letter About New Tax to Be Levied on Barrier Island Property Owners
  • Kennan on The Daily Cartoon and Live Briefing: Monday, August 25, 2025
  • Ray W, on The Daily Cartoon and Live Briefing: Monday, August 25, 2025
  • Ray W, on The Daily Cartoon and Live Briefing: Monday, August 25, 2025
  • Sherry on The Daily Cartoon and Live Briefing: Sunday, August 24, 2025
  • Dillan on Rookie Marineland Mayor Dew Tries Firing Veteran Town Manager and Town Attorney. His Own Appointee Stops Him.
  • Ken on The Most Alarming Price Increase of All: Your Health Insurance Premiums

Log in