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Countering Disinformation, AdventHealth Physicians Say Covid Vaccine ‘Highly’ Recommended for Children 12 and Up

May 13, 2021 | FlaglerLive | Leave a Comment

“We highly recommend the vaccine,” Levent said.(© FlaglerLive via AdventHealth TV)

As the Flagler Health Department prepares to order a batch of Pfizer vaccines, now that it’s been approved for children as young as 12, AdventHealth physicians today spoke of the importance of vaccinating children and the rarely spoken-of and unnerving complications from covid complications in infected children.

Flagler County Hosts Candlelight Vigil in Remembrance of 111 Residents Lost to Covid-19

May 13, 2021 | FlaglerLive | Leave a Comment

The vigil will take place in front of the Government Services Building in Bunnell. (© FlaglerLive)

Flagler County is hosting a candlelight vigil at 4 p.m. Monday (May 17) to remember those residents who lost their lives to Covid-19. The ceremony will take place in front of the Government Services. It is the first such commemoration by a local government in Flagler. 

‘Precipitous’ Drop Down to Just 129 Vaccinations a Day in Flagler Raises Concerns About Hesitancy and Immunity

May 12, 2021 | FlaglerLive | 14 Comments

An inmate getting his second Moderna covid vaccine at the Flagler County jail today. (FCSO)

Average daily covid vaccinations have fallen from 480 in late February to 413 in the first two weeks of April to just 129 a day for the past two weeks from all locations, public or private, in Flagler County, while the proportion of the population that’s had at least one shot is at 46 percent, well short of herd immunity.

‘No One Is Alone’: FPC’s Thespians Return to Stage With Upended Fairy Tale World of ‘Into the Woods’

May 12, 2021 | FlaglerLive | 2 Comments

Flagler Palm Coast's Thespians return to the stage with exuberant defiance this week, with Stephen Sondheim's musical, "Into the Woods." (© FlaglerLive)

Flagler Palm Coast’s Thespians return to the stage with exuberant defiance this week, with Stephen Sondheim’s musical, “Into the Woods.” The production in many ways parallels the challenges and sorrows the students have endured in the year of covid.

Planning Board Refuses to Call 240-Boat Storage Facility in Hammock a “Marina” But Will Seek to Define the Word

May 11, 2021 | FlaglerLive | 11 Comments

A rendering of the Hammock Harbor redevelopment proposed for the 4 acres next to Hammock Hardware. The building would be larger than the White House or the proposed Sheriff's Operations Center in Bunnell.

The 240-boat storage facility proposed for a 4-acre parcel on the Intracoastal in the Hammock two years ago ran into its latest setback tonight as the county planning board refused to define the facility as a marina, as its developer wants to do–not yet, anyway. The board wants to craft an ordinance that would define the word “marina,” potentially reopening the door to the boat-storage facility.

DeSantis Signs Into Law Florida’s Largest Shift of Public Dollars to Private or Parochial Schools

May 11, 2021 | FlaglerLive | 10 Comments

Public schools suddenly look more quaint in Florida. (A.J.)

The bill increases an income threshold to 375 percent of the federal poverty level, meaning a family of four making nearly $100,000 a year could qualify for vouchers. Also, it strips away current restrictions, such as a requirement of previous enrollment in public schools before students can receive vouchers.

Can Schools Require Covid Vaccines for Students Now that Pfizer’s Shot Is Authorized for Kids 12 and Up?

May 11, 2021 | FlaglerLive | 2 Comments

No state yet requires students to receive a Covid-19 vaccine, but how states manage other vaccines and exemptions, and how the rules can change during outbreaks, can help us think about how a Covid-19 vaccine requirement might work.

‘I Just Wasn’t Sure If There Was a Gun That Was Brought Into Chambers’: Council Members Take Stock of Jolting Incident

May 11, 2021 | FlaglerLive | 17 Comments

The Palm Coast City Council's Mayor Milissa Holland, Nick Klufas, left, and Eddie Branquinho today addressed last week's incident bat the council. The picture above is a file photo. (© FlaglerLive)

Palm Coast City Council members today renewed calls for keeping “the temperature as low as possible” in meetings after last week’s incident involving the mayor and a member of the audience, as the mayor today revealed that she had at one point feared that the man had a gun.

DeSantis Touts ‘Rights and Liberties’ in Ditching Covid Restrictions; Health Experts Say That’s Dangerous

May 10, 2021 | FlaglerLive | 3 Comments

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For doctors, nurses, healthcare workers, and many Florida residents at large, DeSantis’s elimination of covid restrictions across the state as of July 1 is scary or reckless. The pandemic is not over, and health experts continue to advocate for maintaining safety measures to prevent further outbreaks.

For Operator of Flagler Beach’s City-Owned Golf Club, Criminal Trials He Faces Next Week Are Barely Half the Story

May 10, 2021 | FlaglerLive | 3 Comments

Terry McManus. (© FlaglerLive)

Terry McManus, who’s run Flagler Beach’s Ocean Palm Golf Club since 2016, faces felony fraud and DUI trials and a civil breach of contract suit, and is once again facing questions about the club’s financial state from the Flagler Beach City Commission.

Deputies’ Rapid Response Averts a Suicide After Man Had Gun to His Head, the Second De-Escalation in 7 Days

May 10, 2021 | FlaglerLive | 1 Comment

A Flagler County Sheriff's deputy with his gun drawn as the suicidal man was on the grownd, with a gun of his own at his head. (FCSO video still)

Flagler sheriff’s deputies on Friday afternoon faced a man with a gun to his head, intent on suicide, but with rapid movements and non-lethal weapon managed to disarm him and take control of the situation, the second time in seven days that they’d prevented a suicide by gun.

Siding With Landlords, Federal Judge Tosses Out CDC’s Eviction Moratorium

May 9, 2021 | FlaglerLive | 3 Comments

A shadow falls on renters in distress. (© FlaglerLive)

The CDC halted evictions at the height of the pandemic, saying that putting people out of their homes when state and local authorities had issued stay-at-home orders to stop the spread of covid-19 would be a public health hazard. But the court said a nationwide eviction moratorium was not under the health agency’s purview.

‘Enough’ Is Not Enough: Flagler’s Dangerous Leer at Extremism

May 7, 2021 | FlaglerLive | 67 Comments

What happened on Tuesday at the Palm Coast City Council is indefensible and dangerous. But it’s nothing new. We’ve simply not been paying attention to a perilous degradation of public discourse and behavior. We are slowly becoming a crueler community debased by primitive instincts, because no one in charge, or too few people in charge, are standing up and saying enough.

Flagler Playhouse Emerges Financially Solid from Covid Darkness with 2 Flagler Theatre Workshop Productions

May 7, 2021 | FlaglerLive | 3 Comments

The Flagler Playhouse production of “Talking With . . .” includes six cast members performing various titled monologues. Clockwise from left are: Evelyn Lynam (“Lamps”), Ally Perkins (“Audition”), Jerri Berry (“Rodeo”), April Whaley (“Clear Glass Marbles”), Brittney Tellis (“Twirler”) and Madeleine Borth (“French Fries”). (© FlaglerLive)

With $243,000 in cash and savings and $1.4 million in assets, the Flagler Playhouse begins to light up its stage again in Bunnell with workshops and, come September, a new season starting with Neil Simon’s “Rumors.”

Man Who Rushed Mayor During Palm Coast Council Meeting Is Trespassed, and Says He Will Sue

May 7, 2021 | FlaglerLive | 28 Comments

Mark Philips, foreground left, speaking to the group his "Flagler Liberty Coalition" took to Washington, D.C., for the Jan. 6 Trump rally that devolved into an assault on the Capitol. The trip was sponsored by County Commissioner Joe Mullins, in the red cap to Philips's left. The trip was preceded by a "security briefing" provided by Flagler County Sheriff Sgt. Mike Lutz. The still is from a video of the briefing.

Mark Phillips, a frequent presence at city and county meetings who aggressively rushed the dais during the Palm Coast City Council meeting Tuesday to confront Mayor Milissa Holland, was trespassed from City Hall the next day, records show. He has the right of appeal.

In Contrast With Flagler Beach, Palm Coast Will Go Ahead With Independence Day Fireworks in Town Center

May 6, 2021 | FlaglerLive | 8 Comments

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The annual Palm Coast fireworks celebration of Independence Day will return this year on July 3 along with the traditional Central Park picnic, with no restrictions on attendance except for a recommendation of physical distancing.

Palm Coast Council Approves 240-Unit Apartment Complex Near Boston Whaler Plant on Colbert Lane

May 6, 2021 | FlaglerLive | 7 Comments

A rendering of one of the Lighthouse Habor Luxury Apartments.

The developer of the Lighthouse Habor Luxury Apartments complex says the apartments will be marketed to “more affluent transitional folks” rather than workforce tenants, though Palm Coast is experiencing a shortage in workforce housing.

Flagler Sting and Arrest of 2 Catalytic Converter Thieves Highlights Widespread and Profitable Racket

May 6, 2021 | FlaglerLive | 9 Comments

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Catalytic converters, the pollution-control devices on all gasoline-powered cars and trucks, can be more valuable contraband than drugs–easier to acquire, easier to sell, and less punishable if caught. The sheriff’s office arrested two men in a local sting operation targeting converter thieves.

DeSantis Signs Bill Retrenching Voting Rights on ‘Fox & Friends’ as Opponents Immediately File Suit

May 6, 2021 | FlaglerLive | 15 Comments

Gov. Ron DeSantis signed the controversial bill on "Fox & Friends" this morning.

DeSantis, who will be on the ballot in 2022 as he seeks a second term as governor, signed the bill (SB 90) on the Fox News show “Fox & Friends” after an event with supporters in West Palm Beach.

Flagler Schools Will Keep Mask Rules In Effect, Making them Voluntary in Summer

May 5, 2021 | FlaglerLive | 2 Comments

Students in Flagler County schools will be required to continue with masking, as a safety precaution, until the end of the school year. Once summer programs start, masks will be optional. (Flagler Schools)

Gov. Ron DeSantis’ order overriding local county and city masking regulations doesn’t apply to school districts. The Flagler district announced making rules will stay in effect for the next four weeks, becoming voluntary with summer session and the next school year.

Behind Palm Coast’s $5.7 million Push for a Regional Racket Center, a Big Bet on Players and Partnerships

May 5, 2021 | FlaglerLive | 13 Comments

The look of the Palm Coast Tennis Center is about to change, so will its name. (© FlaglerLive)

Palm Coast’s bet on a vast expansion of the Tennis Center into the Reilly Opelka Racquet Center rests on hopes for a much larger population ahead that would be keyed into tennis and pickleball, but optimistic–speculative–figures don’t match up with current trends despite a surge in 2020 in racket-sport participation.

Almost 3 Years Late and $300,000 Over Budget, County Finally Opens Palm Coast Precinct for Sheriff

May 5, 2021 | FlaglerLive | 8 Comments

Sheriff Rick Staly, by the [podium, during the flag-raising in front of the Sheriff's Office's new Palm Coast Precinct this morning. (© FlaglerLive)

The Palm Coast Precinct at 14 Palm Harbor Village Way was originally supposed to open in 2018 but fell victims to delays and successive changes of plans before reverting back to its original intent.

A Tense Palm Coast Council Meeting Turns Menacing as a Man Rushes Dais to Affront Mayor Holland

May 4, 2021 | FlaglerLive | 51 Comments

Mark Philips, in the white shirt to the right, is blocked by Sheriff's Cmdr. Phil Reynolds after Philips got in mayor Milissa Holland's face during this evening's council meeting. (© FlaglerLive via Palm Coast YouTube)

An unnerving, and to Mayor Milissa Holland frightening, incident interrupted tonight’s Palm Coast City Council meeting as a man menacingly walked up to within a foot or two of the mayor before a Flagler County Sheriff’s commander quickly stepped between him and Holland and eventually directed the man away from the dais.

Palm Coast Doffs Mask Ordinance With a Few Theatrics and the Usual Disinformation

May 4, 2021 | FlaglerLive | 6 Comments

Mayor Milissa Holland, bidding masks farewell this evening.

The Palm Coast City Council this evening revoked its year-long, never-enforced but influential mask mandate on the heels of the city administration lifting mask requirements in city facilities and county government doing likewise on Monday.

Lauryn Darnell, 19, Will Serve 3 Years in Prison for Role in W-Section Conspiracy and Shooting That Left a Man Disabled

May 4, 2021 | FlaglerLive | 2 Comments

Lauryn Darnell.

Lauryn Darnell, one of four co-conspirators in the armed robbery and shooting of Carl Saint Felix on Palm Coast’s White Star Drive in 2018, pleaded today to conspiring to armed robbery and principal to armed robbery and will be sentenced to three years in prison followed by three years’ probation.

Benjamin Allen, Now 18, Will Go on Trial May 24 for Murder of Elijah Rizvan, 17, in W-Section Shooting

May 4, 2021 | FlaglerLive | 1 Comment

Benjamin Allen, 18, appearing from the Flagler County jail today by video link to the courtroom. (© FlaglerLive via Court Services)

Benjamin Allen, accused of shooting 17-year-old Elijah Rizvan to death in front of 7 Westford Lane in Palm Coast almost two years ago, faces life in prison if convicted. He previously turned down a plea deal requiring him to serve 30 years in prison, with a possibility of early release after 25.

‘Warehouse’ or ‘Marina’? Battle Lines Are Drawn Again Over Dry Boat-Storage Facility Along Scenic A1A

May 4, 2021 | FlaglerLive | 17 Comments

Demonstrators opposng the redevelopment of a former boating manufacturing facility into a boat-storage warehouse have been holding weekly protests in front of the acreage in question on State Road A1A, next to Hammock Hardware. (HCA)

A developer wants to turn an old boat-manufacturing facility into dry storage for 240 boats along with a restaurant on 4.3 acres next to Hammock Hardware. He calls it a “marina.” The Hammock Community Association calls it a warehouse and says it’s not allowed in the Scenic A1A overlay area.

From Vacation Rentals to Bright Futures Eligibility, THC Caps and School Board Term Limits: Bills That Died

May 3, 2021 | FlaglerLive | 1 Comment

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From abortion restrictions to vacation rentals, many high-profile bills died Friday when the Florida legislative session ended. Here are 10 issues that did not make it through the Legislature.

County Sends Stronger Signals that It’s Finally Getting Serious About Getting Broadband to West Flagler

May 3, 2021 | FlaglerLive | 1 Comment

SpaceX's Starlink satellite internet service may be a key to underserved areas on Flagler County's west side finally getting strong connections. But the service isn't cheap. (SpaceX)

Flagler County government is looking to the $1.9 trillion Covid relief package, a separate federal fund through the Federal Communications Commission and potential subsidies for money that may finally underwrite expansion of broadband internet service to some 400 West Flagler households that have been clamoring for service for years.

Sheriff Staly and Deputies Chase Accused Armed Carjacker to Daytona, Where He’s Tased and Arrested

May 3, 2021 | FlaglerLive | 8 Comments

The suspect after his arrest, with Sheriff Staly to the right. (FCSO)

Flagler County Sheriff Rick Staly and and Chief Mark Strobridge found themselves in the thick of a chase for an accused carjacker who’d just fled from a deputy after pointing a rifle at a passenger. The chase ended in Daytona Beach with the suspect’s arrest after he was tased.

Flagler Government Lifts Masking Rules But Flagler Beach Commissioner Warns Mullins: ‘Don’t Tell Us What To Do’

May 3, 2021 | FlaglerLive | 21 Comments

Flagler County government is lifting covid-related masking requirements on entering the Government Services Building in Bunnell. (© FlaglerLive)

Flagler Beach Commissioner Jane Mealy twice told county commissioners this morning, specifying Joe Mullins, “don’t tell us what to do,” reasserting why the city is not holding July 4 festivities even as a county commissioner has been harping on it to reverse course.

CVS and Walgreens Have Wasted More Vaccine Doses Than Most States Combined

May 3, 2021 | FlaglerLive | 1 Comment

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The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention recorded 182,874 wasted doses as of late March, three months into the country’s effort to vaccinate the masses against the coronavirus. Of those, CVS was responsible for nearly half, and Walgreens for 21%, or nearly 128,500 wasted shots combined.

What Stolen Election Diehards Owe Holocaust Deniers

May 2, 2021 | Pierre Tristam | 28 Comments

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Holocaust denialism’s dregs on the fringe don’t get much attention because responsible institutions from publishers to campuses to media organizations kept them in their gutter. Election deniers are owed no less.

What We Can Learn From Canada’s Clarity on Pot

May 2, 2021 | FlaglerLive | 3 Comments

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The inherent contradictions of American cannabis laws is undermining consumers and businesses unfairly and at times absurdly. Federal law must change, as it has fallen behind states’ efforts on marijuana in several ways.

Asked to Boost Jobless Benefits for Everyday Floridians, Lawmakers in the House and DeSantis Say No

May 2, 2021 | FlaglerLive | 10 Comments

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Legislation that would have boosted the top unemployment benefits by $100 per week in Florida has died because the state House declined to take up a bipartisan Senate bill to that effect on the final day of the annual legislative session.

Protests, Twitter, Covid, Elections, LGBTQ: Ten Big Issues from the 2021 Florida Legislative Session

May 1, 2021 | FlaglerLive | 2 Comments

Adjourned. (Steven Martin)

Controversial issues from the banning of transgender girls in sports to restrictive voting and protesting laws to bills on education, taxes, covid, insurance and other issues defined the 2021 legislative session just ended. Here’s a recap.

Flagler County Makes a Little History With Its First Aerial-Ignition Prescribed Fire at Princess Place

May 1, 2021 | FlaglerLive | 6 Comments

Flagler County FireFlight, the county's emergency's helicopter, during Friday's operation. (Flagler County)

A successful prescribed fire, sometimes also referred to as a “controlled” fire, removes the hazardous level of fuel in a given area. Unplanned wildfires have a greater risk of being destructive, because the accumulation of vegetation serves as the fuel for these hotter, faster moving fires.

‘Armed and Dangerous’ Felon Kyle Knever Is Found Following Two-Hour Search in W-Section

May 1, 2021 | FlaglerLive | 2 Comments

Kyle Knever.

Flagler County Sheriff’s deputies Saturday morning were searching in the area of Commerce Boulevard and Wells Place in Palm Coast for Kyle Knever, a 35-year-old felon considered “armed and dangerous,” according to the Sheriff’s Office.

How Garry Lubi and Friends Scored the Palm Coast Songwriters Festival as it Rebounds from Covid Year

April 30, 2021 | FlaglerLive | 5 Comments

Husband-and-wife duo Thom Shepherd and Coley McCabe Shepherd will perform from 11 a.m.-1 p.m. Saturday, May 1, at the Bloody Mary Brunch Bash, Oceanside Bar and Grill, 1848 S. Ocean Shore Blvd., Flagler Beach. The performance is part of the Palm Coast Songwriters Festival. Admission for the brunch is free. Photo from thomandcoley.com

The festival is now in its fourth year, has grown from nine songwriters and an attendance of 275 in its first year to some 30 songwriters this year, and hopes to exceed the 700-some who attended when it was last held in person. The festival is the brainchild of Garry Lubi, the Palm Coast banker.

Palm Coast Asks Residents a Smidge Tendentiously: Is It Time to Relax Ban on Work Vehicles in Residential Driveways?

April 30, 2021 | FlaglerLive | 54 Comments

Nothing unsightly about a working van. (© FlaglerLive)

Palm Coast forbids commercial vehicles to park in residential driveways on anything but work calls, unless the commercial signs are covered. At least two council members want the rule relaxed. The council is issuing a public survey to gauge interest in that direction.

Mayor’s State of the City Address: The Year of Covid, Universities and Renewed, Robust Growth

April 30, 2021 | FlaglerLive | 6 Comments

Mayor Milissa Holland. (© FlaglerLive)

Palm Coast Mayor Milissa Holland delivered the annual State of the City address and recognized the year’s recipients of three awards, including Citizen of the Year and the Public Safety Award. Here’s the full text.

George Floyd-Inspired Bill Requiring Use-of-Force Training for Police, Termed a ‘Good Start,’ Clears Legislature

April 30, 2021 | FlaglerLive | Leave a Comment

A Flagler County Sheriff's deputy "shoots" an active shooter (with blanks) during a training session two years ago. (© FlaglerLive)

The measure seeks to address aspects of policing that came under scrutiny after the death of George Floyd, a Black man who was killed by ex-Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin nearly a year ago. Chauvin, who was captured on video kneeling on Floyd’s neck, was found guilty by a jury last week of murdering Floyd.

Measure Banning Transgender Girls From High School and College Teams Heads for DeSantis Signature

April 29, 2021 | FlaglerLive | 21 Comments

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Under the measure on its way to Gov. Ron DeSantis, female students’ eligibility for sports teams would be based on their “biological sex” on birth certificates issued “at or near the time of the student’s birth.”

Palm Coast Swipes Sheriff’s Peerless PR Director Brittany Kershaw in Latest Revamp, at a Salary of $105,000

April 29, 2021 | FlaglerLive | 10 Comments

Brittany Kershaw. (FCSO)

Palm Coast is elevating Brittany Kershaw’s position to the level of director, and in all local governments, directors’ salaries begin in the 90,000 and go up from there. She takes over a communications division that has been in flux, to put it mildly, since City Manager Matt Morton’s arrival two years ago.

Flagler’s Population Increases at Fastest Pace in 13 Years as Housing Inventory Shrinks Despite Construction Boom

April 28, 2021 | FlaglerLive | 11 Comments

Flagler County's population has been increasing at the fastest pace since the housing crash a decade and a half ago. (© FlaglerLive)

Flagler County in 2020 added 3,538 residents, after an almost equally strong gain in 2019. The gains are still less than half what they were at the peak of the county’s boom years, but they are remaking the landscape. The boomlet is reflected across other indicators–property values, the shrinking available inventory of single-family homes, and the sharp rise in permitting for new single-family homes.

In Flagler Beach, Bank of America’s Blockish Eyesore Will Be Replaced By Vacation Rentals and Shops

April 28, 2021 | FlaglerLive | 8 Comments

A rendering of Ocean Club, the mixed residential and shopping block that will remake the existing Bank of America building.

The blockish and unsightly Bank of America building that sat for decades at South 3rd and State Road A1A in Flagler Beach will be renovated into the unrecognizable Ocean Club, with seven short-term rentals upstairs and clothing and gift shops downstairs.

Palm Coast Songwriters Festival Returns, Starring “Same Ole” Paul Overstreet and 30 Top Songsmiths

April 28, 2021 | FlaglerLive | 1 Comment

County singer and songwriter Paul Overstreet, who penned such hits as “Same Ole Me” for George Jones, “Forever and Ever, Amen” for Randy Travis and “She Thinks My Tractor’s Sexy” for Kenny Chesney, will perform Thursday, April 29, at European Village as part of the Palm Coast Songwriters Festival. (Ben Pearson)

The Palm Coast Song Festival runs April 29-May 2 at various area venues, featuring 30 songwriters who have penned hits, including more than 125 No. 1s, for such country stars as Garth Brooks, George Strait, Taylor Swift, Tim McGraw and many others – including George Jones and Randy Travis.

Sharp Acceleration of Shifting Tax Dollars to Private Schools Clears Senate and Heads for DeSantis Signature

April 27, 2021 | FlaglerLive | 10 Comments

A postcard of one of the oldest schoolhouses in the country, in St. Augustine, pre-vouchers. (Boston Public Library)

The proposal also would increase the maximum income eligibility to receive vouchers to 375 percent of the federal poverty level, meaning a family of four making nearly $100,000 a year would qualify.

Contrary to Commissioner’s Claim, Flagler County Is Not at Herd Immunity, Health Officials Warn, Only Nearing It

April 27, 2021 | FlaglerLive | 21 Comments

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Local health officials cautioned against ending covid-19 precautionary restrictions in response to a false claim by Flagler County Commissioner Joe Mullins that herd immunity has been reached, and that he would call for an end to restrictions at the next county commission meeting. Mullins often writes or speaks falsehoods or makes misleading statements about covid-19 and numerous other matters.

Greg Schwartz, Principal at South Daytona Elementary, is Named Tom Russell’s Replacement at FPC

April 27, 2021 | FlaglerLive | 2 Comments

Greg Schwartz, Principal at South Daytona Elementary, today was named principal at Flagler Palm Coast High School. Schwartz replaces Tom Russell, the popular and charismatic principal who’d led FPC for less than two years by the time of his death from covid last December.

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