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Full Federal Appeals Court Re-Hears St. Johns Schools Transgender Bathroom Case

February 23, 2022 | FlaglerLive | 11 Comments

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In a case with local and national implications, a previous, three-judge panel of the court had ruled in favor of the student who was denied use of the boys’ bathroom. The St. Johns school district appealed to the full court.

County’s Approval of Flagler Schools’ Impact Fee Increase Again Delayed, and Patience Wears Thin

February 22, 2022 | FlaglerLive | 7 Comments

The Flagler County School District and the county administration share the same building, and the same floor, but interpret construction's impact on school enrollment very differently. (© FlaglerLive)

The Flagler County School District and the county administration share the same building, and the same floor, but interpret construction’s impact on school enrollment very differently, thus causing one further delay that means the district will not see increased revenue from its development impact fees until a year later than it hoped.

Flagler Beach’s Tardy Dunes Project Is Down to a Single Holdout As Another Property Owner Signs Easement

February 22, 2022 | FlaglerLive | 12 Comments

The last holdout: the small parcel above is one of two "remnants" on the east side of State Road A1A that still requires its owner to sign an easement so the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers can rebuild it into a more substantial dune than the eroded remains standing there now. (© FlaglerLive)

Flagler County Attorney Al Hadeed Monday evening announced he had secured a long-sought easement from Flagler Beach property owner Leonard Surles, reducing the list of holdouts to a single property owner: Cynthia D’Angiolini.

Myth-Ridden Bill That Would Reduce Rooftop Solar Credits to Residents Advances, Angering Industry

February 21, 2022 | FlaglerLive | 10 Comments

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People who own rooftop solar systems are required to hook up to utility systems and are able to sell excess electricity and receive bill credits in return. Under the 2008 rule, monthly credits are provided at utilities’ retail rates. The bill could reduce the amounts going to rooftop solar owners.

Florida House Set to Take Up Bills Silencing Discussions of Race and Gender Identity

February 20, 2022 | FlaglerLive | 17 Comments

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The Florida House, dominated by Republicans, is poised this coming week to pass two fiercely debated bills that would place restrictions on how issues about race, gender identity and sexual orientation are taught in public schools.

Another Self -Storage Facility for Old Kings Road, a Car Wash Near Starbucks and Taco Bell on SR100

February 18, 2022 | FlaglerLive | 46 Comments

Car washes have been whirring their way into the Palm Coast market in the last few years, as have, even more intensely, self-storage facilities. (© FlaglerLive)

The Palm Coast Planning Board cleared the way for the third self-storage facility approved for Old Kings Road in the past four weeks, and a car wash near Aldi and Taco Bell on State Road 100. The self-storage facility was not permitted to have boats and RVs.

Big Changes Afoot for Bright Futures Requirements as Lawmakers Shift to Paid Work Instead of Volunteer Service

February 18, 2022 | FlaglerLive | Leave a Comment

Currently, Florida law says that in order to receive a Bright Futures scholarship, a student “must identify a social or civic issue or a professional area that interests him or her, develop a plan for his or her personal involvement in addressing the issue or learning about the area, and, through papers or other presentations, evaluate and reflect upon his or her experience.” (© FlaglerLive)

Florida High school kids vying for a scholarship could compile hours for paid work, not volunteer service, to qualify for Bright Futures scholarships, a popular merit-based scholarship program that can shave off thousands in college tuition, requires a high GPA, top college entrance exam scores, at least 75 hours of volunteer service, plus a project on civics or social issues.

New Bunnell Police Chief Dave Brannon Steps In as Interim Snead Offers Valentine of Firsts to City

February 17, 2022 | FlaglerLive | 12 Comments

Brannon Snead receiving a token of the city's appreciation for his interim role as police chief, from Mayor Catherine Robinson, at last Monday's City Commission meeting. (© FlaglerLive)

Dave Brannon, for 26 years a member of the Volusia County Sheriff’s Office and the commander of the DeLand and Deltona districts, will take-over as Bunnell Police Chief on Feb. 28 as Interim Chief Brannon Snead neared the end of his three-month tenure by presenting the commission with a series of firsts, including the department’s first-ever strategic plan.

A Flagler Palm Coast High School Student’s Message to Lawmakers: Stop Policing My Education

February 17, 2022 | FlaglerLive | 12 Comments

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A spate of GOP bills in the Florida Legislature seek to sever the trust and safety inherent in the confidentiality of student-teacher discussions, putting the safety of students at risk and further accelerating an exodus of teachers and other education professionals from the profession at a time of critical teacher shortages in Florida.

Father Is Jailed Over Whipping 7-Year-Old Girl, 3rd Palm Coast Case of Parental Child Abuse in 10 Days

February 17, 2022 | FlaglerLive | 16 Comments

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Flagler County Sheriff’s deputies arrested Charles Nazworth, 69, of Palm Coast’s W Section on a charge of child abuse Tuesday after he was accused of whipping his 7-year-old daughter with a belt and causing her to run away from home. The girl was found bruised, shoeless and coatless on Pine Lakes Parkway Tuesday afternoon.

Women’s Freedom and Autonomy? Not in Florida.

February 16, 2022 | FlaglerLive | 10 Comments

Advocates for reproductive rights and some Florida lawmakers gather at the Old Capitol building steps to rally against limitations on abortion access. Sept. 21, 2021. (Danielle J. Brown)

These magnanimous Republicans will allow women and girls to have control over their own bodies until the fetus inside them gets to be about the size of an apple. After that, ladies, you’re nothing but a “host body,” as former Florida House Speaker Jose Oliva famously said.

2 Dead Cats, a Malnourished Dog Result in 2 Felony Animal Cruelty Charges for 32-Year-Old Woman

February 16, 2022 | FlaglerLive | 5 Comments

Michelle L/ Church turned up during the investigation into allegations of animal cruelty and neglect at her RV in the Royal Palms RV Park in Bunnell, above, formerly known as Thunder Gulch. (© FlaglerLive)

Michelle Lynn Church, 32, faces two charges of animal cruelty involving a death and a misdemeanor abandonment charge after the animals were found in her RV at the Royal Palms RV Park in Bunnell, formerly known as Thunder Gulch.

Metronet Adds Flagler Beach and Bunnell to Gig Cities as Broadband Wiring of All Neighborhoods Starts in Spring

February 16, 2022 | FlaglerLive | 13 Comments

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Metronet, the broadband company that announced it would make ultra high-speed service of 1 gig available across Palm Coast available by 2023, has now sealed similar agreements with Bunnell and Flagler Beach. Those agreements were secured with a lot less fanfare, if any, than the one with Palm Coast, which the city announced in mid-December.

Reimagining Martin Luther King Jr.’s Last Night Before Assassination in CRT’s ‘The Mountaintop,’ Warts and All

February 16, 2022 | FlaglerLive | 2 Comments

City Repertory Theatre’s production of “The Mountaintop” stars Brent Jordan as Martin Luther King Jr., and Phillipa Rose as Camae. The play imagines MLK’s last night before his assassination. (Mike Kitaif)

“The Mountaintop,” Katori Hall’s 2009 play staged by Palm Coast’s City Repertory Theatre starting Thursday, imagines imagines King during his last night on earth, as a pretty motel maid named Camae visits him to deliver room service and finds the civil rights icon in a very un-glorious state: Smokin’. Cussin’. Drinkin’. Flirting. Stinky feet.

Proposed Florida Law Would Crack Down on Social Media ‘Pop Up’ Events

February 15, 2022 | FlaglerLive | 11 Comments

Florida cracks down on spontaneity. (Marvin Meyer on Unsplash)

Authorities would be able to impound vehicles for days and double fines on noncriminal traffic infractions to crack down on large unsanctioned events put together through social media, under a measure heading to the Senate floor.

Palm Coast Approves ‘Shocking and Staggering’ Garbage Rate Increase as Mayor Warns Waste Pro

February 15, 2022 | FlaglerLive | 37 Comments

Not necessarily: five years ago Palm Coast required Waste Pro to have an all-natural gas fleet. In the one-year contract extension the city approved today, the city agreed to let the company drive trucks powered by whatever fuel it chose, including diesel, despite Waste Pro now commanding a 47 percent rate hike from customers. (© FlaglerLive)

The Palm Coast City Council this afternoon voted 4-1 to approve the one-year contract extension with Waste Pro with a 47 percent rate increase and several cut-backs on services and fines. The mayor warned the company that the rate will not be an acceptable starting point for Waste Pro’s expected bid for a five- or seven-year contract later this year.

Denise Bevan Is Appointed City Manager in Unanimous Vote, Aborting Palm Coast Council’s Search

February 15, 2022 | FlaglerLive | 10 Comments

Palm Coast City Manager Denise Bevan. (© FlaglerLive)

The Palm Coast City Council appointed Denise Bevan permanent city manager in a unanimous vote, ending her eight-month role as interim and aborting a a search Mayor David Alfin called disappointing.

Palm Coast Council Sharply Reverses Course on Green Lion After Crush of Unanimity Against Severing Lease

February 15, 2022 | FlaglerLive | 24 Comments

The Palm Coast City Council chamber was at capacity this morning as hundreds of residents and supporters of the Green Lion restaurant at Palm Harbor Golf Club turned up to protest the city council's severing of the lease after five years. Sitting in the first row, to the left of the masked woman, are Carolyn Marlow, Tony Marlow, and Linda Provencher, the former Flagler Beach mayor who worked for the Marlows for 20 years. They also own the Golden Lion restaurant in Flagler Beach. (© FlaglerLive)

Faced with a rare, unanimous backlash against its arbitrary decision to end the city’s lease with the Green Lion restaurant at Palm Harbor Golf Club last week, the Palm Coast City Council executed a 179-degree turn Tuesday morning, dropping its order to sever the lease and opting instead to reopen negotiations with the restaurant, toward a five-year extension of the current lease.

Flagler County Tries to Buy More Time in Dunes Easement Dispute in Face of Army Corps’ Eroding Patience

February 14, 2022 | FlaglerLive | 12 Comments

A segment of the dunes to be rebuilt by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers project, at the south end of Flagler Beach. (© FlaglerLive)

Faced with an ultimatum from the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Flagler County government has outlined a timeline to the federal agency that it hopes will buy it more time before the Corps redirects $17 million earmarked for dune reconstruction in Flagler Beach.

Tom Gargiulo, Palm Coast’s ‘Unwavering, Steadfast Champion’ of the Arts for 25 Years, Dies at 83

February 14, 2022 | FlaglerLive | 10 Comments

Tom Gargiulo and Arlene Volpe. (Greg Volpe)

Tom Gargiulo, co-founder of the Gargiulo Arts Foundations and the Flagler County Artist of the Year award, prolific artist and patron to innumerable shows and artists, and the conceptual energy and fund-raiser behind Palm Coast’s Sculpture Garden in Town Center, died after complications from surgery Sunday in Palm Coast.

What I learned From Watching More than 500 Jan. 6 Videos

February 12, 2022 | FlaglerLive | 40 Comments

A pro-Trump mob breaks through police barriers at the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021. (Screenshot from a video published by ProPublica). Courtesy of Colorado Newsline.

The Jan. 6 insurrection was brutal, and no amount of spin and obfuscation will alter that truth. Hundreds of videos prove that violence did not just occur sporadically as an extreme expression of the crowd’s displeasure but rather dominated the mob’s collective energy. The full weight of the crime that occurred on Jan. 6 is hard for Americans to measure because it is hard to imagine it could have occurred in America.

Life After the Covid Pandemic

February 12, 2022 | FlaglerLive | Leave a Comment

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There will not be a single moment when social life suddenly goes back to normal. Instead, gradually, over time, most people will view Covid-19 as a background risk and abandon the trappings of pandemic caution. There are major caveats to when the pandemic will wane, and trust in public health agencies has declined significantly.

Flagler Beach Reduces Its Lifeguard Zone By Two Towers, and Asks County for More Money

February 11, 2022 | FlaglerLive | 13 Comments

Flagler Beach lifeguards executing an actual rescue of a swimmer in distress, caught in a rip current, in an image captured by a woman who'd bought her camera that day and was experimenting with it at the Funky Pelican, the restaurant at the Flagler Beach pier. (Flagler Beach)

Reducing Flagler Beach’s lifeguard-protected zone by four blocks will save about $25,000 a year, but the city is still seeking more than the $84,500 it is getting from the county to run the $240,000 lifeguard program.

Your Garbage Rates Are Going Up 47% in June, Services Cut Sooner, as Bid Flub Forces Waste Pro Contract Extension

February 11, 2022 | FlaglerLive | 60 Comments

Weighing Waste Pro's value to Palm Coast, the city does not come out ahead in a contract extension through June 2023. (© FlaglerLive)

Waste Pro garbage rates for Palm Coast residents and businesses will go up nearly $10 a month starting June 1, some services will be reduced, and fines levied on Waste Pro when it fails on the job will be cut in half according to a one-year extension of the city’s contract with the hauler, required because a bidding process for a new contract went awry last year.

In Sharp Retreat from County’s and Builders’ Barrage, School Board Adopts Much Smaller Impact Fee Increase

February 10, 2022 | FlaglerLive | 7 Comments

In inflation-adjusted dollars, the impact fee rate for single family homes the Flagler school board approved Wednesday–$5,450–is not an increase, but merely an adjustment in keeping with inflation. In constant dollars it is the same rate set in 2004. It was a major concession to home builders and the county commission.

Flagler School Bus Driver Carrying 40 Students Arrested on Drunk Driving and 15 Felony Child Neglect Charges

February 10, 2022 | FlaglerLive | 44 Comments

Mark McNeill has been driving buses for the Flagler County school district since 2017.

Flagler County school bus driver Mark McNeill, 60, who was involved in a bus crash on Monday, was arrested in a separate incident Wednesday on a drunk driving charge while driving the same bus and carrying some 35 students from Buddy Taylor Middle School.

Palm Coast Turns Nasty Against Green Lion Café Lease After 5 Successful Years and Turnaround at Palm Harbor Golf

February 9, 2022 | FlaglerLive | 109 Comments

The Green Lion Cafe's view on the Palm Harbor golf course is now in jeopardy as the Palm Coast City Council declared itself disenchanted with the restaurant's lease or even a proposed, sharp increase, though Green Lion has helped turn the golf course around in the past five years. (Facebook/Green Lion)

The Palm Coast City Council’s distempers have not been unusual, but council members’ attacks on the Green Lion Cafe’s proposed lease renewal at the city-owned Palm Harbor golf club was especially mean-spirited despite a proposed rent increase of over 300 percent over the next five years, and the restaurant’s key role in turning the golf club around since 2017.

‘Don’t Say Gay’ Bill Advances in Legislature as Speakers Are Told Not to Say Too Much

February 8, 2022 | FlaglerLive | 14 Comments

J. Marie Bailey speaking at a Senate Education committee meeting against SB 1834, known as the “Don’t Say Gay” bill. Feb. 8 2022. Credit: Screenshot/ Florida Channel

The bill allows parents to sue school districts if they are not privy to situations related to their children or if their students are encouraged to have discussions on sexual orientation and gender identity. Opponents fear the bill would bring a chilling affect to Florida classrooms regarding LGBTQ students, putting them at risk of bullying. Almost all who addressed a Senate committee today were opposed to the bill.

Palm Coast Boy’s Father Brutalizes His Son for Wearing Make-Up; 2 Felony Counts, But No Hate Crime Charge

February 8, 2022 | FlaglerLive | 29 Comments

Lomack J. Bennett in his latest photograph from numerous bookings at the Flagler County jail, left, and in his Florida state prison photograph, where he served a term that ended in 2017.

Lomack J. Bennett, 33, was allegedly angered by his high school son wearing make-up and proceeded to slap him repeatedly, choke him, throw him to the ground and bust his lip, according to the boy’s account. He faces a child abuse “without great bodily harm” charge and a battery charge, but no hate crime charge.

Vacation Rental Bills Would Eliminate Flagler’s Ability to Regulate Occupancy or Conduct Inspections

February 8, 2022 | FlaglerLive | 7 Comments

A Flagler Beach vacation rental advertised on the site of Flagler County's tourism bureau.

Nearly identical Florida House and Senate bills that would all but eliminate Flagler County government’s authority to regulate vacation rentals are making their way through committees. The Senate bill started as more friendly to local regulations, and one committee approved it unanimously. But amendments have since pared that local regulatory power.

Florida Lawmakers Applaud Local School Board members Even as They Consider Cutting Their Salaries

February 8, 2022 | FlaglerLive | 3 Comments

Florida school board members visited the state Capitol Building and sat in the Senate gallery. Feb. 3, 2022. Credit: Screenshot/Florida Channel

Republican members of the Florida House and Senate have been pushing legislation to limit school board pay. At first, a House bill proposed zero salary for local school board members. Then, the Senate proposed a small salary of $29,697 — the same as Florida lawmakers, which would dramatically cut most school board member salaries.

Cost to Save Beaches and Properties in Flagler from Rising Seas: $6.3 Million a Year, Year After Year

February 7, 2022 | FlaglerLive | 14 Comments

What Flagler County is hoping to prevent with a beach management plan yet to be written, or paid for. Above, Hurricane Matthew's demolition of the southern part of A1A in Flagler Beach. The state transportation department rebuilt the road at costs exceeding $30 million, including a temporary fix. The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers is set to rebuild the dunes along that way, at costs exceeding $25 million (including a state and local match). But there's no start date. (© FlaglerLive)

Flagler County commissioners and other local officials heard the sobering conclusions of a seminal beach management study today, and the large costs ahead that will fall on all local governments and residents if the beaches are to be preserved. That money is nowhere in place for now, nor is a management plan.

Transgender Athlete’s Challenge of Florida Ban on Hold Pending Resolution of St. Johns Bathroom Case

February 7, 2022 | FlaglerLive | 3 Comments

Uncertainties ahead. (© FlaglerLive)

U.S. District Judge Roy Altman last week issued a stay in the challenge filed on behalf of a Broward County transgender girl who is in middle school. The lawsuit contends that the ban, passed by lawmakers last year, is unconstitutional and violates a federal law known as Title IX, which prohibits discrimination based on sex in education programs.

Imprisoned 4 Times in 16 Years, Palm Coast Man Faces 10 New Charges After Traffic Stop and Chase

February 7, 2022 | FlaglerLive | 24 Comments

Kevin Spearmon in his latest booking photo at the Flagler County jail, left, and in his Florida prison photo, where he has served four separate terms, the last ending in 2016.

Kevin Spearmon, 37, of Palm Coast, spent seven of the last 16 years in prison in four different stints mostly for two type of charges: drug possession or trafficking, and fleeing cops. He added more similar charges after fleeing cops and a brief chase Friday evening.

Florida’s Black Snow: How the Sugar Industry Makes Political Friends and Influences Elections

February 6, 2022 | FlaglerLive | Leave a Comment

You might love sugar less if you knew more about its origins, especially in Florida. (© FlaglerLive)

Florida produces more than half of America’s cane sugar and relies heavily on cane burning, a harvesting method in which the sugar industry burns crops to rid the plants of their outer leaves, producing pollution. Residents in the largely Black and Hispanic communities nearby claim the resulting smoke and ash harms their health. A city commissioner race provides a window into how the industry cultivates political allies, who help protect its interests.

Jamey “JuJu” Bennett, 19, Is Shot and Killed in Altercation Off Old Kings Road in Palm Coast

February 5, 2022 | FlaglerLive | 87 Comments

Jamey "JuJu" Bennett, seen here in recent social media selfies, was 19.

Early this morning, Jamey Jahiem Bennett, 19, a former student at Flagler Palm Coast High School, was shot and killed in the area of StorQuest Express, the self-storage facility off Old Kings Road North, just past Palm Harbor Parkway. Bennett is the third young Black man shot and killed in five weeks in Palm Coast and Bunnell.

City Panel Votes to Name Sports Complex Baseball Field After Doug Berryhill, Palm Coast Little League Champion

February 4, 2022 | FlaglerLive | 5 Comments

Doug Berryhill in his ultimate element: in a Little League dugout, with his grandson, (Chris Shuddy)

The Palm Coast Beautification Committee voted 5-0 to rename Field 6 at the Indian Trails Sports Complex after Doug Berryhill, for more than a decade a legendary Palm Coast Little League vice president and coach who grew the organization and was beloved by thousands of families.

Joseph Bova, Serving Life for Murder, Rejects New Trial But Stunningly Wins Chance to Reduce Sentence to 45 Years

February 4, 2022 | FlaglerLive | 18 Comments

Joseph Bova appearing for a hearing this morning before Circuit Judge Terence Perkins, from the county jail, by video connection. (© FlaglerLive via zoom)

It was another astonishing court appearance and potential shift in a history of astonishing hearings and the trial involving Joseph Bova II, the now-34-year-old schizophrenic serving life in prison for the 2013 murder of Zuheily Rosado, the mother of five, at a Palm Coast convenience store on State Road 100.

Florida Judge Attacks Landmark 1st Amendment Decision Protecting Press as ‘Wrongfully Decided’

February 3, 2022 | FlaglerLive | 3 Comments

Judge Brad Thomas of the 1st District Court of Appeal wrote an 11-page concurring opinion that took aim at the Supreme Court’s 1964 New York Times v. Sullivan ruling, which, in part, required that public officials prove “actual malice” to prevail in defamation lawsuits. But the concurrence’s reasoning and citations lack context.

Sheriff Adds 160 Palm Coast Field Cameras at Parks and Other Facilities to Growing Surveillance Network

February 3, 2022 | FlaglerLive | 47 Comments

The Flagler County Sheriff's Office has had access to the city's traffic cameras at 44 intersections, for surveillance and crime-fighting purposes, since January 2019. The agency has now formalized an arrangement giving it access to 160 additional surveillance cameras spread throughout the city's properties, from public buildings to parks to utility facilities. (© FlaglerLive)

The Palm Coast City Council Tuesday voted to grant the Flagler County Sheriff untrammeled live access to the city’s 160 non-traffic surveillance cameras. Those cameras are not part of the sheriff’s license plate readers, which were installed a few years ago. The cameras in question in the latest agreement are all those located at city parks, City Hall, city facilities like its utilities department, including water and sewer plants, or public works department and other city-owned locations.

It’s Raining Rooftops: Palm Coast Council Approves 400 Units in 2 Gated Subdivisions in W and B Sections

February 3, 2022 | FlaglerLive | 22 Comments

Palm Coast has issued 2,648 single family and duplex permits, an average of 203 per month, and has issued on average 125 certificates of occupancy every month. (© FlaglerLive)

The Palm Coast City Council approved 278 attached town homes just north of Belle Terre Elementary and 121 single-family homes in the W Section, both in what will be gated communities, as development in the city continues its torrid pace and the median single family home price reaches $350,000 with still-low supplies of homes for sale.

Florida House Completes Work on Its Own Voting Districts as Litigation Looms

February 2, 2022 | FlaglerLive | 9 Comments

Democat Carlos Guillermo Smith of Orange County debates the House’s proposed redistricting plan on Feb. 2, 2022. (Michael Moline)

The Florida House voted along party lines to approve a redistricting plan for itself and asked the state Senate to go along amid lingering uncertainty over the fate of congressional redistricting generated when Gov. Ron DeSantis got involved.

Shirley Chisholm Trail: Palm Coast Committee Votes 5-0 to Rename Pine Lakes Path After Maverick Black Leader

February 2, 2022 | FlaglerLive | 6 Comments

Rosa Parks, left, and Shirley Chisholm in the 1070s. (Library of Congress)

The Palm Coast Beautification Committee, an advisory panel of the Palm Coast City Council, is recommending the renaming of the Pine Lakes Trail along Pine Lakes Parkway to the Shirley Chisholm Trail to honor the first Black woman elected to Congress and run for president, before she moved to Palm Coast in 1991. The recommendation requires the council’s ratification, however.

$2,000 Reward for Return of Stolen “Quilty” Sculpture, One of 16 in Palm Coast Arts Foundation’s Turtle Trail

February 2, 2022 | FlaglerLive | 13 Comments

Artist Betty Eubanks with "Quilty," the sixth sculpture in the Palm Coast Arts Foundation's Turtle Trail, when Quilty was installed at Waterfront Park in 2019. See additional pictures of the turtle below. (PCAF)

One or more thief stole “Quilty,” the sixth of 16 turtles in the Palm Coast Arts Foundation’s Turtle Trail, an $8,000 work installed in October 2019 at at the Grand Haven Condo Association’s Creekside Park, at Waterfront Park and Colbert Lane in Palm Coast.

After 1,000 Manatee Deaths in a Year, Groups Sue to Upgrade Federal Protections

February 1, 2022 | FlaglerLive | 7 Comments

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The Center for Biological Diversity, Defenders of Wildlife and the Save the Manatee Club filed the lawsuit in federal district court in Washington, D.C., against the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service.

For Second Time in 3 Weeks, Flagler School Board Members Reject Declaration Against Hate

February 1, 2022 | FlaglerLive | 14 Comments

The Flagler County School Board attempted to discuss civility at a "retreat" last September. There were too many recriminations. (© FlaglerLive)

An attempt by Flagler County School Board member Colleen Conklin to revisit a proclamation denouncing hate speech failed today, with School Board member Jill Woolbright calling the debate a “waste of time” and Janet McDonald calling hate speech subjective.

Two 17 Year Olds Charged in Palm Coast Armed Home Invasion Will Plead to 10 to 15 Years in Prison

February 1, 2022 | FlaglerLive | 14 Comments

Darius Watts, 17, speaking from a juvenile jail in jacksonville this morning during a hearing in Flagler County Circuit Court. (© FlaglerLive via zoom)

Darius Watts and Kori Jones were 15 years old when they took part in a home invasion robbery in Palm Coast’s P-Section in December 2020, when they victimized seven residents, beating and robbing them. They were charged as adults and faced up to life in prison if they were convicted on all charges. The plea deal allows them to lower the penalty substantially. A third defendant, Carlos Dupree, intends to go to trial.

Dear Chairman Tucker: Don’t Appease School Board’s Crackpots

February 1, 2022 | FlaglerLive | 22 Comments

The Flagler County School Board's Jill Woolbright and Janet McDonald. (© FlaglerLive)

School Board members Janet McDonald and Jill Woolbright are directly and exclusively responsible for the board’s degradation into binges of deceit and zealotry. Until they have their third vote, it’s in Chairman Trevor Tucker’s power to re-assert the reality-based majority he speaks for. Anything less is appeasement–or complicity.

League of Women Voters President Blasts Florida’s Shackling Voting Law on 1st Day of Trial

January 31, 2022 | FlaglerLive | 8 Comments

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League of Women Voters of Florida President Cecile Scoon testified Monday in federal court that Florida’s new election laws — adopted in 2021 Senate Bill 90 — makes voter-registration drives, voting by mail, and rendering basic assistance to voters in line needlessly difficult, resulting in voting suppression.

Single-Engine Plane Crashes on I-95 South of State Road 100, Two Occupants Only Scratched

January 31, 2022 | FlaglerLive | 12 Comments

The Cessna that crashed on I-95 this afternoon rolled over into the shoulder on the side of the highway. It is is registered to a Port Orange owner. (© FlaglerLive)

Two occupants of a single-engine Cessna suffered only minor injuries when their plane crashed on I-95’s northbound lanes a little before 1 p.m. today, between the State Road 100 and Old Dixie Highway exits.

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