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In Shift, Flagler Beach Will Not Abandon July 4 Fireworks. It’s Now How, Not Whether, to Preserve Tradition.

November 9, 2021 | FlaglerLive | 9 Comments

After considering abandoning July 4 fireworks due to overcrowding and safety concerns, a committee appointed by the Flagler Beach City Commission to study the matter will recommend keeping the fireworks while proposing a series of management and policing approaches to better control crowds, minimize underage drinking and provide alternatives to driving and parking on the island.

When Even the Victim of Domestic Violence Wants a No-Contact Order Lifted, and the Judge Says No

November 9, 2021 | FlaglerLive | 15 Comments

Attorney Josh Davis had to order his client out of the courtroom this afternoon after the client, facing a felony charge of domestic violence, had an outburst following a ruling by the judge he did not like. (© FlaglerLive)

Joel Buzzard, 49, of Bunnell, is on bail awaiting trial on a felony domestic violence charge involving a woman with two young children who, today, wanted his no-contact order lifted so they could see each other again. A judge said no, and Buzzard’s own attorney ordered him out of the courtroom when he had an outburst.

Big Box Store ‘Everyone in the County Will Be Happy About’ Coming to SR100 Near Airport

November 8, 2021 | FlaglerLive | 44 Comments

Big-box plans for State Road 100 near the airport. (Google)

A developer is seeking to rezone 40 acres of agricultural land to industrial along State Road 100 near the county airport, land owned by Jay Gardner, the county property appraiser. He says the developer plans a big-box store anchoring a commercial development with restaurants and other out-parcel type businesses. Industrial uses are less clear.

In Flagler, Nor’easter’s Damage Is Limited to Some Dune Erosion, a Few Walkovers, Street and Yard Flooding

November 8, 2021 | FlaglerLive | 1 Comment

A walkover during the storm. A few sustained minor damage up and down the coast. (© FlaglerLive)

Flagler County made it through the weekend nor’easter with some heavy rains and the expected high waters and some flooding and minor damage to walk-overs and dunes, but no reported flooding into homes or any serious property damage. The forecast for rain had been for 4 to 8 inches. The county got roughly 5.

Five Florida School Boards Move Quickly to Appeal Decision Supporting State Ban on Mask Mandates

November 8, 2021 | FlaglerLive | 3 Comments

Signs about mandatory face-masking were still posted at the Flagler County courthouse last week, but in the courtrooms, judges were relaxing the rules.. making masks optional. (© FlaglerLive)

The filing came shortly after Administrative Law Judge Brian Newman rejected a challenge to a Sept. 22 emergency rule issued by the Department of Health. That rule, at least in part, carried out a July 30 executive order by Gov. Ron DeSantis that sought to prevent school mask mandates.

Corporal Punishment Is Child Abuse. Florida Law Must Stop Protecting It.

November 7, 2021 | Pierre Tristam | 21 Comments

TT's skull fracture when he was 20 months old, as shown to the jury in the trial of Deviaun Toler, 29, who was found guilty of aggravated child abuse at the end of October in a trial in Bunnell. (© FlaglerLive)

Under Florida law, child abuse is legal as long as the violence doesn’t amount to intentional, malicious harm. There is no age cut off. There are no limits on what means are used to brutalize a child. The law is a leftover from barbaric days.

New Laws’ Fiscal-Impact Statements Are Routine. Now, Some States Push for Racial-Impact Statements.

November 7, 2021 | FlaglerLive | 3 Comments

Kind of what Diego Rivera used to do decades ago. (Mike Steele)

In many states, lawmakers long have used so-called fiscal impact statements to predict how much money proposed laws will cost or save. Now more legislators want to use racial impact statements to predict how a particular measure might harm—or help—racial and ethnic groups or widen racial disparities, though you won;t see this in Florida any time soon.

2 Flagler School Board Members Object to Black Lives Matter Language and a ‘Hate Group’ Trolls District’s Library Books

November 5, 2021 | FlaglerLive | 64 Comments

A detail from the cover of a booklet called "The U.S. Constitution: Then and Now," used in fifth grade reading classrooms in Flagler schools. A parent found parts of the booklet objectionable and is seeking to have it removed. Two school board members are receptive.

The Flagler County School Board is not banning books–yet. But two board members–Jill Woolbright and Janet McDonald–are on the warpath, playing up isolated complaints about materials they find objectional on ideological grounds and mirroring similar attempts in other districts where a few voices have capitalized on largely manufactured controversies. The board members’ moves parallel a national extremist organization’s inquiry in Flagler and other Florida counties about the district’s book holdings, especially targeting racially-conscious and LGBTQ-themed books. 

Matthew Wright Dies of Wound in Attempted Murder-Suicide, Gia Troutman, 23, in Critical Condition

November 5, 2021 | FlaglerLive | 4 Comments

Matthew Wright had spent most of his adult life in prison.

Matthew Wright, the 25-year-old Palm Coast man involved in what appears to be an attempted murder-suicide Thursday afternoon, had spent most of his adult life in prison. He’d been out less than a year when he died Thursday of what authorities are reporting as a self-inflicted gunshot wound to the head, after shooting his girlfriend, Gia Troutman, four times.

Domestic Argument Between Man and Woman Leads to Apparent Attempted Murder Suicide on Bunker Knoll Lane

November 4, 2021 | FlaglerLive | 2 Comments

The duplex at Bunker Knoll Lane where the double shooting is reported to have taken place. (Google)

Flagler County Sheriff’s detectives are investigating a domestic altercation between a woman and her boyfriend on Palm Coast’s Bunker Knoll Lane that resulted in a shooting that left both severely wounded this evening. The shooting appears to have been an attempted murder suicide.

In Wrenching Hearing, Judge Opts for Closure More than Retribution in 5-Year Prison Sentence for Fatal Hit and Run

November 4, 2021 | FlaglerLive | 5 Comments

Joshua Carver today before he was sentenced to five years in prison. (© FlaglerLive)

Joshua Carver had faced up to 30 years in prison for the hit and run collision that left 29-year-old Jonathan Rogers dead on the side of State Road 100 in February 2020. Circuit Judge Chris France sentenced him to five years in prison and five years on probation after hearing from families on both sides of a divide marked not by enmity but mutual loss.

35% Short of Needed Bus Drivers, School District Agrees to $15/hr Pay, Plus Incentive, as Part of Raises for All Service Employees

November 4, 2021 | FlaglerLive | 10 Comments

The Flagler County school district has 62 buses and only 55 drivers, and finds itself 32 drivers short of where it needs to be. (© FlaglerLive)

Members of the Flagler Educational Support Professional Association, the union that represents Flagler schools’ 800-some service employees, are voting today on what may amount to the largest pay increase in nearly 20 years, though bus drivers and paraprofessionals will see larger increases than all others.

County Commission Again Delays Decision on School Impact Fees As Disputed Numbers Strain Trust on Both Sides

November 2, 2021 | FlaglerLive | 5 Comments

The Flagler County School District made its case again to the County Commission this evening for higher impact fees. From left, Superintendent Cathy Mittelstadt, coordinator of Planning and Intergovernmental Relations, and School Board Attorney Kristy Gavin. (© FlaglerLive via Flagler County TV)

The Flagler County Commission voted to delay for two months a decision on the school board’s request to double its impact fees following a two-and-a-half hour meeting Tuesday evening. The county is not trusting the school board’s numbers, and the school board is frustrated over the county’s resistance to what the district considers an emergency request.

County Commission Boots Mike Goodman Off Planning Board in Apparent ‘Retaliation’ Over Captain’s BBQ Lawsuit

November 2, 2021 | FlaglerLive | 7 Comments

Mike Goodman, co-owner of Captain's BBQ at Bings Landing, was the only member of the planning board with an advanced degree in urban planning. The County Commission decided he was not wanted. (© FlaglerLive)

The Flagler County Commission on Monday unceremoniously voted to boot Mike Goodman, the co-owner of Captain’s BBQ at Bings Landing and a voice of prudence on development, off the county’s planning board, just three years after voting him in. Commissioner Dave Sullivan directly cited Captain’s lawsuit against the county and said removing Goodman might spur movement on the lawsuit, which has stalled.

Detectives Investigating Alleged Home Invasion Robbery and Shooting on Palm Coast’s Coral Reef Court

November 2, 2021 | FlaglerLive | 19 Comments

Corral Reef Court in Palm Coast. (Google)

Early Monday morning a 36-year-old Palm Coast resident of Coral Reef Court reported to Flagler County Sheriff’s detectives that he was the victim of a home-invasion robbery, in the course of which he fired a gun belonging to one of the assailants, but missed.

With County as Farrier, Whispering Meadows Ranch Takes a Step Closer to Permanent Home at Fairgrounds

November 1, 2021 | FlaglerLive | 4 Comments

Mary Helene Davis and one of the therapy horses at Whispering Meadows. (© FlaglerLive)

With Flagler County government clearing the way lease, free, a large portion of a 44-acre parcel, Whispering Meadows Ranch, Flagler County’s equine therapy non-profit on John Anderson Highway, is a step closer to its next permanent home on the grounds of the county fairgrounds.

Plagued With Problems, Flagler Beach Bar and Restaurant Formerly Known as Jimmy’s Hang Ten Closes Permanently

November 1, 2021 | FlaglerLive | 22 Comments

Jimmy's Hang Ten became Hang Ten in July, and now it has closed. (© FlaglerLive)

The restaurant and bar at 1112 South Oceanshore Boulevard, immediately north of the Topaz motel, dealt with the difficulties of the pandemic before James Harris, who had co-owned the bar with his wife, was arrested on July 3 on charges of molesting his stepdaughter. Then a different set of problems emerged: code enforcement issues with the city over noise, music permits and insufficient bathroom accommodations.

Mandates Decline as Appeals Court Signals Alachua and Duval ‘Defiance’ on Masks Violates Law

October 31, 2021 | FlaglerLive | 2 Comments

In Miami Dade schools, masks have been mandated since the beginning of the school year. (Miami Dade Schools)

A seven-page order said two school districts have been “remarkably open in their defiance” of the state over masking. Meanwhile, as Covid cases go down, several school districts that had been strict about mask mandates are now loosening their policies.

Father of 20-Month-Old Boy Found Guilty of Brutalizing and Burning Him, and Faces 80 Years in Prison

October 29, 2021 | FlaglerLive | 12 Comments

Deviaun Toler, 29, in his last hours of freedom this afternoon, about three hours before the verdict. He was found. guilty on all four charges he faced. (© FlaglerLive)

A jury this evening found Deviaun Toler, 29, formerly of Palm Coast, guilty on all charges of aggravated child abuse, felony abuse and neglect at the end of a five-day trial. The victim was his 20-month-old son, who was near death when hospitalized, but survived.

A Divided Flagler Beach Commission Rejects Church’s Proposal to Open a Small Christian School Near Center of Town

October 29, 2021 | FlaglerLive | 23 Comments

The church on South 6th Street. (© FlaglerLive)

In an unusual land-use decision that bowed to public concerns over firearms and economic activity, the Flagler Beach City Commission on Thursday rejected a church’s request to run a non-traditional parochial one-room school on South 6th Street, between South Central and South Daytona avenues.

After 3 1/2 Years of Lies, Keith Johansen Is Found Guilty of Murdering His Wife and Is Sentenced to Life Without Parole

October 28, 2021 | FlaglerLive | 7 Comments

Keith Johansen, right, with his attorney, Garry Wood, as Assistant State Attorney Jennifer Dunton (out of the frame) was presenting closing arguments to the jury, portraying what she described as "the real Keith Johansen." One of the many video clips shown the jury was a replay of Johansen threatening his wife Brandi Celenza the night of April 5, 2018, 36 hours before he shot her twice, killing her. (© FlaglerLive)

A jury found Keith Johansen, 39, guilty in the first degree murder of his 25-year-old wife Brandi Celenza in April 2018 at their Felter Lane home in Palm Coast. Johansen had been angered by his wife’s online “infidelities.” She was the mother of a boy, 6 years old at the time, who was in the house when Johansen shot her twice.

Flagler Beach Commission Votes to Build 800-ft., $12.5 Million Concrete Pier Replacement

October 28, 2021 | FlaglerLive | 18 Comments

The Flagler Beach pier when it was last reconstructed in 2017. (© FlaglerLive)

The Flagler Beach Pier will be demolished and rebuilt as an 800-foot concrete pier, with $10 million in federal funds already allocated, and $2.5 million in money the city must still find. The city hopes the new, more hurricane-resistant pier will be completed by the time Flagler Beach marks its centennial in 2024.

After Lying to Cops, EMTs and His Own Parents About Killing Brandi Celenza, He Takes the Stand to Say He’s Now Truthful

October 27, 2021 | FlaglerLive | 12 Comments

Keith Johansen on the stand today. (© FlaglerLive)

Keith Johansen, who faces a first-degree murder charge in the shooting death of his wife, Brandi Celenza, said he lied about killing her–fabricating stories that she’d killed herself accidentally or by suicide–to protect her name: he didn’t want his parents to know they’d done meth. Now he’s claiming he killed her in self-defense because she was out of her mind and was about to shoot him.

Attention Flagler Beach: Your Parking Areas Are Shrinking, and That’s a Problem on July 4

October 27, 2021 | FlaglerLive | 10 Comments

Until 9 p.m., traffic is almost all one way into Flagler Beach on Independence Day. (© FlaglerLive)

The reconstruction of State Road A1A in Flagler Beach meant the elimination of a slew of parking spots, worsening the difficulty of managing July 4 crowds, traffic and parking. A city commission-appointed committee is wrestling with the challenge.

Whippings Had Nothing to Do With 20-Month-Old’s Skull Fracture and Critical Condition, Defense Argues at Trial

October 26, 2021 | FlaglerLive | 8 Comments

John Hager, left, Deviaun Toler's defense attorney, said Toler had himself been subjected to corporal punishment when he was a child, and was doing the same to his 20-month-old child. The 20 month old was hospitalized for three weeks in critical condition with a skull fracture and a burn to the arm, among other injuries. (© FlaglerLive)

In the first full day of Deviaun Toler’s trial on first degree felony charges of aggravated child abuse, his defense attorney said Toler disciplined his 20-month-old son the way he’d been disciplined when he was a child, and argued that the child had suffered from a stroke, not a skull fracture inflicted by Toler.

Keith Johansen Springs New Defense in Gunning Down of Wife Brandi Celenza: ‘Self-Defense’

October 26, 2021 | FlaglerLive | Leave a Comment

Assistant State Attorney Jennifer Dunton with the shirt Brandi Celenza wore when she was shot twice, and one of the bullets in the shooting. (© FlaglerLive)

Keith Johansen, 39, is accused of murdering his wife Brandi Celenza at their F-Section home in Palm Coast in 2018. In opening arguments at his trial this morning, his attorney, discarding previous defenses of suicide or an accidental shooting, said it was self-defense, because Celenza had pointed a gun at Johansen.

A Child at Rymfire Elementary Makes False Report of a Shooting, 7 Weeks After Identical Incident There

October 26, 2021 | FlaglerLive | 7 Comments

Rymfire Elementary's parking lot was a swarm of sheriff's and other public safety vehicles as a student at the school made what turned out to be another false report of an active shooter. (© FlaglerLive)

Rymfire was again locked down early this afternoon when authorities got a call from a child reporting the same claim as seven weeks ago: a shooting in a classroom–the same classroom that had been the supposed location of the shooting in early September.

‘This Is Not a Jury of My Peers,’ Man on Trial Over Child Abuse Charges Objects Moments Before Jurors Are Seated

October 25, 2021 | FlaglerLive | 3 Comments

Deviaun Toler, right, with his attorney, John Hager, toward the end of today's daylong jury selection. Toler was not pleased with the results. (© FlaglerLive)

Deviaun Toler, 29, is on trial on four charges of child abuse, two of them first-degree felony aggravated child abuse charges, and faces up to 80 years in prison if convicted. He objected to the make-up of a jury of four men and four women, all white but one.

Jury Seated in Keith Johansen Trial, With Key Ruling on Admissibility of Incendiary Video Evidence Still Pending

October 25, 2021 | FlaglerLive | 2 Comments

Defense attorney Garry Wood in the foreground with his client, Keith Johansen, as they went over the final list of jurors this afternoon. (© FlaglerLive)

One of the more high-profile trials of the last few years in Flagler–Court TV will be covering it–the case hinges on indirect evidence. The admissibility of  some of that evidence has yet to be decided. The prosecution has surveillance video clips from inside the house graphically revealing sexual situations underscoring infidelities cleaving the couple’s relationship on one hand and Johansen’s violent temper, threats and racism on the other.

On Flagler School Board, Even Procedures Are Weaponized as Aftershocks of Bitter Meetings Still Rankle

October 25, 2021 | FlaglerLive | 8 Comments

The Flagler County School Board in its workshop room, in a quieter moment. (© FlaglerLive)

What would under most circumstances been a five-minute discussion, if that, turned into a rehash of prosecutorial accusations, recriminations and seemingly vain explanations that underscored how far board members now diverge from each other, whether on matters of fact or perception.

Are Wind Turbines About to Whirl Off Florida’s Shore?

October 24, 2021 | FlaglerLive | 13 Comments

An offshore wind turbine farm in Britain.

The Biden administration is turning its back on offshore drilling rigs such as Deepwater Horizon. Instead, it’s planning for wind farms along the entire coastline. When it comes to wind, though, Florida is known more for its balmy breezes than any steady gusts that would make wind turbines an energetic proposition.

There Is a Vengeful America and a Just America. Guess Which Florida Promotes.

October 24, 2021 | FlaglerLive | 20 Comments

Seth Penalver, left, was on death row for almost 19 years before his exoneration and release in 2013. Herman Lindsay, right, was exonerated several years ago before Penalver. They are seen here with Mark Elliott, who heads Floridians for Alternatives to the Death penalty. (© FlaglerLive)

Florida’s sentencing guidelines statute details the primary purpose of sentencing is to punish, not to rehabilitate. Honor demands vengeance. Respect commands justice. Two significantly different approaches.

Think a Mild Case of Covid Is No Big Deal? Think Again.

October 23, 2021 | FlaglerLive | 8 Comments

You don't have to have been hospitalized to have suffered significant physical consequences from Covid. (© FlaglerLive)

Sometimes we can’t see the impacts to our health as internal signs of disease can go undetected for months or years. In this respect, Covid-19 might be of greater concern than initially realized. Few will come out of the pandemic unscathed, whether financially, physically or emotionally.

Serious as a Heart Attack: For FPC and Matanzas High School Athletes, Voluntary ECG Screenings May Become Mandatory

October 22, 2021 | FlaglerLive | 8 Comments

A life-saver. (© FlaglerLive)

In an effort to stem heart attacks in young athletes–about 3 percent of athletes are at risk–AdventHealth is sponsoring the first free ECG screening for local high school athletes next week, and will ask the Flagler County School Board to make the screenings mandatory by next year. There are some 900 athletes participating in dozens of sports in the two high schools.

Marion Gavins Jr., Who Murdered FPC’s Curtis Gray, 18, Is Sentenced to 45 Years in Prison in Plea

October 22, 2021 | FlaglerLive | 17 Comments

Marion Gavins Jr., right entering the courtroom this morning before his plea and sentencing. (© FlaglerLive)

Marion Leo Gavins Jr., 20, pleaded guilty today and was sentenced to 45 years in prison for the murder of Curtis Gray, 18, in April 2019 outside a smoke shop in Palm Coast, a killing that shook the Flagler Palm Coast High and Matanzas High communities and that led his mother to create an enduring non-profit in Gray’s name.

Flagler Surpasses Pre-Pandemic Employment Levels For 1st Time Since, Breaking Record of Job Holders

October 22, 2021 | FlaglerLive | 1 Comment

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In February 2020, some 46,560 Flagler residents held jobs. In September, 46,653 did so, the highest-ever number of jobs recorded in the county’s history. The figure does not represent job creation in the county, but rather the number of residents holding jobs anywhere.

DeSantis Calls for Special Session to Block Covid Vaccine Mandates (But Not Disney’s)

October 21, 2021 | FlaglerLive | 15 Comments

Woody doesn't mind the vaccine mandate. (© FlaglerLive)

Gov. Ron DeSantis called Thursday for a special legislative session next month to erect roadblocks against Covid-19 vaccination mandates being advanced by the White House. Democrats criticized DeSantis over his call for a special session, noting that the state’s economic rebound was bolstered by companies such as Disney, which is requiring employees to be vaccinated. Democrats also described DeSantis’ requested legislation as “anti-business.”

With 100 Cases and $190,000 in Missing Funds, Sheriff Turns Flagler Tax Services Fraud Case to IRS Investigators

October 21, 2021 | FlaglerLive | 3 Comments

Flagler Tax Services operated for many years at the Bunnell Business Center, which includes the Chicken Pantry. The center was for sale. (© FlaglerLive)

The cases against Bob Newshomle, long-time owner and operator of Flagler Tax Services, began emerging soon after he shot himself in an apparent suicide attempt in August. The Sheriff’s Office was overwhelmed with complaints about Newsholme’s tax business, resulting in allegations of grand theft, organized scheme to defraud, and embezzlement.

Controversial 240 Boat-Storage Proposal in Hammock Is Moving Forward with Renewed Development Application

October 21, 2021 | FlaglerLive | 15 Comments

An image from the real estate prospectus on the proposed Hammock Harbour development near Hammock Harware. The hangar would be replaced with a dry-storage boat facility.

Hammock Harbour, the controversial plan for a 240-boat dry-storage facility next to Hammock Hardware in the Scenic A1A corridor, is moving forward with a new development application within the month despite recent hurdles, its developer says. And the parcel is up for sale with a $5 million price tag. It was purchased just three years ago for $850,000.

‘Urinetown,’ an Unserious Musical For Our Times, and For Our Town, at City Repertory Theatre

October 21, 2021 | FlaglerLive | 6 Comments

The City Repertory Theatre production of “Urinetown” stars, clockwise from top left: Alexander Loucks as Bobby Strong, Laniece Fagundes as Hope Cladwell, Earl Levine as Caldwell B. Cladwell, Phillipa Rose as Penelope Pennywise, Beau Wade as Officer Lockstock and Angela Young as Little Sally. (Mike Kitaif)

The satiric barbs of “Urinetown” come fast and furious, taking aim at fascism, capitalism, authoritarianism, corporate greed, police brutality, political corruption, abuse of the poor, and the tensions between personal freedoms versus societal good. “Everywhere you turn, it’s poking fun at something,” says Director John Sbordone.

Flagler Beach Opponents Appeal Ruling that Cleared The Gardens for Development Along John Anderson Highway

October 20, 2021 | FlaglerLive | 9 Comments

Preserve Flagler Beach and Bulow Creek--seen above leading a community meeting in late 2019--was organized as a community group two years ago to oppose The Gardens. (© FlaglerLive)

Preserve Flagler Beach and Bulow Creek, the group opposing The Gardens development along John Anderson Highway, is asking the Fifth District Court of Appeal to quash a decision by Circuit Judge Terence Perkins that found the County Commission acted within the law when it cleared the development in November 2020.

MedNexus in Palm Coast: ‘It’s Really About 6 Hands,’ Szymanski Says of Medical-Education Hub in Town Center

October 20, 2021 | FlaglerLive | 1 Comment

MedNexus CEO David Szymanski, second from left, at the end of today's speaking engagement at Flagler Tiger Bay. With him from left was Tiger Bay Vice President Don Madden, with the two bottles of wine Szymanski was about to receive, Club President Greg Davis, with the tiger he earned for asking the question rated most compelling, and Karen Bowling, the University of North Florida's first Vice President of Jobs. (© FlaglerLive)

David Szymanski, the CEO of the University of Florida’s MedNexus–the emerging medical education innovator with a foothold in Palm Coast–was the keynote speaker at Flagler Tiger Bay’s monthly lunch series today, outlining what Palm Coast can expect of the initiative in Town Center.

6 School Boards’ Challenge to State Ban on Mask Mandates Goes Forward

October 20, 2021 | FlaglerLive | Leave a Comment

The way they school, mandatorily, in Miami Dade. (Miami Dade Schools/Facebook)

The decision by Judge Brian Newman came a day before a hearing is scheduled to start in the challenge filed by the school boards in Miami-Dade, Broward, Orange, Duval, Alachua and Leon counties.

91 Apply for Palm Coast Manager But Number Deceives: Interim Denise Bevan and Other Qualified Candidates Shun Turmoil

October 19, 2021 | FlaglerLive | 16 Comments

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The lack of more numerous quality applicants or internal applicants seems to reflect leeriness about the toxic atmosphere in and around the council. Only 20 applicants have served as either city or county managers, only six of those are currently employed, all in much smaller governments. Many applicants are not qualified, having applied apparently by mistake due to an error in the original posting of the job, which was listed as “manager,” rather than “city manager.”

1st Single-Family Home Subdivision in Town Center Will Bring 208 Homes Near Imagine School, Along Royal Palms

October 19, 2021 | FlaglerLive | 11 Comments

A couple of workers were adding a few touches to the symbolic tower at what will be one of the entrances to The Gables development of single-family homes in Town Center, adjacent to, and going well beyond, Imagine School at Town Center. (© FlaglerLive)

The city council cleared The Gables at Town Center, a 208-home subdivision on 125 acres that stretch from Imagine School at Town center west and north, along Royal Palmas Parkway. Construction has begun. It will eventually look like any typical subdivision in the city.

Palm Coast Council Member Eddie Branquinho Says He Won’t Run in 2022–Unless ‘Crazies’ Are Running

October 19, 2021 | FlaglerLive | 8 Comments

Palm Coast City Council member Eddie Branquinho at an April meeting of the council, holding up a copy of Robert's Rules of Order, the guide to civilized parliamentary procedure, while looking in the direction of Council members Ed Danko and Victor Barbosa. (© FlaglerLive)

Palm Coast City Council member Eddie Branquinho’s decision not to run means that with Victor Barbosa and Nick Klufas both opting for a run for County Commission, the council is assured of a new majority. Branquinho says he is leaving the door open for a re-election run in case his seat attracts “extremists.”

State School Board Is About to Revamp Civic Education, with Emphasis on ‘Patriotism’

October 19, 2021 | FlaglerLive | 6 Comments

Civic education, circa 1920, is making a comeback. (© FlaglerLive)

Making changes that inject patriotism into the curriculum was a priority of top Republican lawmakers and Gov. Ron DeSantis during the legislative session that ended April 30. One rule would require students to understand America’s founding documents. A separate part of the proposal focuses on “upright citizens.”

Garbage Rates Will Go Up at Least 30% If Current Service Is Maintained as Palm Coast Draws Only 2 Bids from Haulers

October 18, 2021 | FlaglerLive | 43 Comments

FCC Environmental Services is challenging Waste Pro in a bid to take over garbage hauling in Palm Coast. Waste Pro has held the contract since 2007, and submitted prices significantly lower than those of FCC in recently opened bids. (FCC Environmental)

Both bids for Palm Coast’s next garbage-hauling contract would result in a significant price increase if current twice-a-week service were maintained: a 30 percent increase if Waste Pro wins the contract for another five years, and a 66 percent increase if the city council were to find reason to opt for the bidder challenging Waste Pro: FCC Environmental Services.

Flagler Sheriff’s Deputy Saves 3-Year-Old Boy as he Hid from Flames and Alarms in W-Section Kitchen Fire

October 18, 2021 | FlaglerLive | 15 Comments

From left, Flagler County Sheriff's Deputy Marcus Dawson, Palm Coast Fire Department Firefighter-Paramedic Kalin Graham, the 3-year-old boy, and his father, Kevin Farris. (FCSO)

The Flagler County Sheriff’s Office’s Marcus Dawson, first at the scene of a W-Section fire in Palm Coast Sunday evening, entered the smoke-filled house and found a 3-year-old boy hiding under a cover in a bedroom. The fire was contained to the kitchen.

The Freedom to Vote Act Is No ‘Compromise.’ It’s an Imperative.

October 17, 2021 | FlaglerLive | 14 Comments

A very old ballot box preserved at the Flagler County Supervisor of Elections' Office in Bunnell. (© FlaglerLive)

The Freedom to Vote Act was introduced in the Senate as the successor to the For the People Act, which was shot down twice by Republican filibusters. The new act, which has the support of all 50 Democrats in the Senate, is sometimes described as a “compromise bill,” but let’s be clear: The bill is no compromise when it comes to essential protections for voting rights.

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