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Under Threat of Lawsuit and Sharp Public Opposition, Palm Coast Council Rejects Palm Harbor Cell Tower

January 19, 2021 | FlaglerLive | 7 Comments

There will be no cell tower over the Palm Harbor golf course. (© FlaglerLive)

Ending one of the most furious backlashes against a city initiative in recent years, the Palm Coast City Council voted 5-0 to deny the city’s own contractor a proposed lease to build a 150-foot cell tower in the heart of the city-owned Palm Harbor golf course.

Final 4-1 Vote Clears Lakeview Estates Development in Place of Matanzas Golf Course, With Yet More Restrictions

January 19, 2021 | FlaglerLive | 4 Comments

Residents around the long-disused Matanzas golf course have largely opposed a proposed new development on some of the fairways, though the Palm Coast City Council adopted and expanded on development restrictions imposed by city planners. (© FlaglerLive)

The city’s template for the Matanzas golf course prizes compromise and pragmatism over an all-or-nothing approach–pleasing neither side entirely, but also carving out enough room for reasonable development within ample green bands, and without seriously endangering existing residents’ views. 

5 Reasons to Wear a Mask Even After You’re Vaccinated

January 18, 2021 | FlaglerLive | 8 Comments

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Even people who are receiving their second dose of the vaccine are choosing to keep wearing masks, as much to protect themselves as to protect others, since the vaccines may not prevent you from spreading the coronavirus and herd or community immunity is still a very long way off.

Jared W. Douglas, 19, Arrested in Stabbing at Holland Park After Week of Posturing Texts

January 18, 2021 | FlaglerLive | 8 Comments

Jared Wayne Douglas, a 19-year-old resident of 23 Blare Castle Drive, was arrested Sunday night and charged in the stabbing of a 15-year-old boy at Holland Park. The 15 year old was air-lifted to a hospital in Orlando. He is expected to survive.

FBI Arrests Army Veteran Allegedly Plotting Attack on Pro-Trump Demonstrators in Tallahassee

January 16, 2021 | FlaglerLive | 14 Comments

Images Daniel Baker posted on his Facebook page of his service in the military. (Facebook)

Federal authorities have arrested a self-described anarchist on charges related to his alleged attempt to recruit the “like-minded” to violently disrupt the expected gathering by supporters of President Trump at the Florida Capitol through Inauguration Day.

Biden Terms Vaccine Rollout ‘A Dismal Failure’ as He Unveils Pandemic Response Plan

January 16, 2021 | FlaglerLive | 4 Comments

Way to vaccines. (© FlaglerLive)

During his Thursday speech outlining what he’s dubbed the “American Rescue Plan,” Biden made several claims about the current response to the pandemic and how it’s affecting Americans. Statements are fact-checked and given context.

As Covid Patient Load Keeps Breaking Records at AdventHealth Palm Coast, ER Director Gives Inside Look

January 15, 2021 | FlaglerLive | 8 Comments

The daily count of patients hospitalized with a primary diagnosis of Covid-19 at AdventHealth Palm Coast since October, through today. Click on the graph for larger view. (© FlaglerLive)

As the Covid-19 patient load reaches 35–the hospital is licensed for 113 beds–Dr. Paul Mucciolo, AdventHealth Palm Coast’s ER medical director until last year, and the Chief of Staff since, details the hospital’s response and challenges to a record surge.

Law Enforcement on Alert in Tallahassee In Response to FBI Warning of “Armed Protests” Ahead of Biden Inaugural

January 15, 2021 | FlaglerLive | 13 Comments

A member of the Delaware National Guard stand watch near the U.S. Capitol building, Washington D.C., Jan. 9, 2021. National Guard Soldiers and Airmen from several other states have traveled to the District to provide support to federal and district authorities leading up to the 59th Presidential Inauguration. (National Guard)

State and local law enforcement agencies in Tallahassee are bracing for potential protests at the Florida Capitol this weekend and early next week, although officials say there are no specific threats right now.

Ask the Doctor: Securing Your 2nd Vaccine Dose, Why So Little Supply, Death or Adverse Reactions

January 15, 2021 | FlaglerLive | 4 Comments

Dr. Stephen Bickel.

Dr. Stephen Bickel answers questions about the short supply of Covid vaccines, the potency of the first shot and what happens if the second shot is delayed, where to get the second shot, and specific questions on the vaccine’s content, adverse reactions and other issues.

2 Covid Deaths Raise Flagler’s Total to 52; State Emergency Management Chief Rips Federal Vaccine Rollout

January 14, 2021 | FlaglerLive | 15 Comments

Florida Division of Emergency Management Director Jared Moskowitz addressing the the newly created House Pandemics and Public Emergencies Committee today. (House video via Florida Channel)

Bob Snyder, who heads the state-controlled Flagler County Health Department, said he expects some more doses next week, but he doesn’t know how many, while the head of state emergency management blamed the federal government’s rollout, detailing its obstacles, in unusually blunt language for a member of the DeSantis administration.

Sedition Is Not a 1st Amendment Right, and There’s No Comparison With BLM Marches

January 14, 2021 | FlaglerLive | 37 Comments

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Mob participants claim they were only exercising their First Amendment right to protest, and that Black Lives Matter protests and riots didn’t draw the same scrutiny. Both narratives are factual and moral frauds that hide behind liberal rationales to perpetrate reactionary lies and justify the unconscionable. 

Leading Senate Republican Says DeSantis Hasn’t Been Forthcoming About Flawed Vaccine Rollout

January 13, 2021 | FlaglerLive | 4 Comments

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Sen. Aaron Bean, R-Fernandina Beach, said during a meeting of the Senate Health Policy Committee that there is statewide frustration over the vaccine rollout and that DeSantis administration officials need to provide the public with a “clear direction” about the state’s plans.

10 Republicans Join Democratic Majority to Impeach Trump for 2nd Time Over Insurrection; Waltz Votes No

January 13, 2021 | FlaglerLive | 19 Comments

The vote this afternoon., in a still from the House's video feed.

U.S. Rep. Michael Waltz, the Republican representing Flagler County and surrounding areas, voted No. He had been among 125 Republican members of Congress and others beyond Congress baselessly calling the election of Joe Biden fraudulent.

Covid Vaccine Now Available to 65 and Over at 4 Publix Stores in Palm Coast and Flagler Beach

January 13, 2021 | FlaglerLive | 37 Comments

The Publix store in Palm Coast's Town Center is one of four Publix locations where vaccines are being made available, by appointment only. (© FlaglerLive)

Publix Supermarkets is making “a limited number of Covid-19 vaccines” available at four Publix stores in Flagler County starting now. But as has been the case with vaccines offered by local health departments in Flagler and elsewhere, all available vaccine appointments were snapped up as soon as they were made available. 

Big Savings and Unexpected Revenue Allow Palm Coast to Hire 2 More Cops and Restore Raises Despite Covid

January 12, 2021 | FlaglerLive | 10 Comments

Palm Coast City Manager Matt Morton likes his decisions driven by data. (© FlaglerLive)

Palm Coast’s ultra-conservative fiscal management is allowing the city to hire two additional sheriff’s deputies, restore employee raises, and restore the city manager’s own raise, which he had declined last year on the approach of Covid’s era of uncertainty.

Covid and Quarantines Force Flagler Beach City Commission to Cancel Its Meeting Thursday

January 12, 2021 | FlaglerLive | 1 Comment

Closed. (© FlaglerLive)

After its interim city manager and a building department employee tested positive for the coronavirus, the city got a recommendation from the health department to not hold the meeting as some city officials who may have been exposed to infected personnel are required to be under quarantine until the weekend.

Ask the Doctor: Visions of Vaccines Dance In Our Heads

January 12, 2021 | FlaglerLive | 4 Comments

Dr. Stephen Bickel.

FlaglerLive today is fortunate and proud to be launching the “Ask the Doctor” column, by Dr. Stephen Bickel, the medical director at the Flagler and Volusia Counties Health Departments. You are invited to submit your Covid, vaccine and other medical-related questions. Dr. Bickel will answer them here on a regular basis.

‘Zero Doses’ of Vaccines for Flagler This Week, ‘Few If Any’ Over Next 5 as Covid Surges Amid Warnings of Bleak Months

January 11, 2021 | FlaglerLive | 37 Comments

There were 398 confirmed new cases in Flagler in the week ending Saturday, by far a new record, with no letup in sight and no vaccines ahead. (© FlaglerLive)

The state is sending what little supply of vaccines it has elsewhere for the next five weeks: The Villages qualify, Flagler does not. So even people due for their second shot may not get it as Flagler County’s Covid numbers surge to their worst levels yet. Bob Snyder, who heads the Flagler County Health Department, spoke as if at a wake when he updated government officials this morning, and in many ways it was.

Flagler Commissioners Again Give Defiant Mullins a Pass as Dance’s Call to Talk of ‘Behavior’ Gets Tepid Reception

January 11, 2021 | FlaglerLive | 35 Comments

Flagler County Commissioners at today's meeting. From left, Dave Sullivan, Joe Mullins, Donald O'Brien, and Andy Dance. Greg Hansen, who is ill, was absent.

County commissioners–who three times last year refused to discipline or censure Mullins–again mostly declined to address his recent talk of beheading liberals or sponsoring a trip to Washington, with one exception: newly-seated Commissioner Andy Dance recommended a commission “retreat” to discuss “commission norms, expectations and behavior or procedures.”

Ken Bryan, the Flagler Beach City Commissioner, Says Joe Mullins Violated Oath By Sponsoring Trip Before Insurrection

January 11, 2021 | FlaglerLive | 31 Comments

Flagler Beach City Commissioner Ken Bryan at a community meeting in 2019, before his election to the commission, under a banner that called on the audience to vote. (© FlaglerLive)

Addressing the Flagler County Commission this morning, and with Joe Mullins on the dais, Bryan said Mullins should resign his commission seat after calling on fellow-citizens to be beheaded and sponsoring a group of dozens to Washington last week, where the Capitol was overrun by a mob in an insurrection that went from rhetorical to violent.

Jon Netts, Longest-Serving Palm Coast Mayor and Council Member, the City’s Towering Founder, Dies at 78

January 9, 2021 | FlaglerLive | 22 Comments

Jon and Priscilla Netts in the backyard of their F-Section home in Palm Coast. (© FlaglerLive)

Jon Netts, whose 15 years on the Palm Coast City Council shaped the young city and set the standard for measured, commanding and dignified leadership, died this evening at AdventHealth Palm Coast of complications from Covid-19. He was 78. 

A Day of Grim Covid Records in Flagler County and the Nation as Local Hospital Is in ‘Red Status’ and Vaccines Dry Up

January 8, 2021 | FlaglerLive | 17 Comments

Flagler County Health Department staff providing Covid-19 testing to 100 people at the Flagler County Airport grounds this afternoon. See next week's testing schedule below the story. (© FlaglerLive)

Flagler County’s coronavirus case load broke another record this week for the fourth successive week, with a quarter of the pandemic’s cases confirmed in just the last four weeks, overburdening local hospitals and triggering a “red status” there, meaning a triage system for certain procedures. Their vaccine supply depleted, Flagler officials have “no idea” when it will be replenished.

2 Arrested in ‘Targeted’ Circle K Murder in 2019 Following Extensive Investigation of 15 Months

January 8, 2021 | FlaglerLive | 1 Comment

A 15-month-long murder investigation the Flagler County sheriff called “the most extensive” in county history ended Thursday with the arrest of two men charged in the hit-style shooting at the Circle K on Palm Coast Parkway in October 2019. The shooting left Deon O’Neal Jenkins, 25, dead, and a friend injured.

Flagler Emergency Chief on Vaccines: ‘We Are Doing Our Best with the Resources that We Have’

January 8, 2021 | FlaglerLive | 18 Comments

Flagler County Emergency Management Chief Jonathan Lord at the County Fairgrounds vaccination site on Saturday. (© FlaglerLive)

Flagler County Emergency Management Chief Jonathan Lord explains the county’s covid-19 vaccine response, its constraints, what it’s learned from the experience and what lies ahead in the rollout.

In 1st Loss Since April, Economy Sheds 140,000 Jobs as Pandemic Worsens and Vaccines Lag

January 8, 2021 | FlaglerLive | 4 Comments

The national economy lost 140,000 jobs in December, the first loss since April. (© FlaglerLive)

After seven months of gains that had recovered more than half the jobs lost in spring, the national economy lost 140,000 jobs in December as the coronavirus pandemic worsened and efforts to contain it failed, with a president largely absent from governance and leadership since before the election.

Trump’s Fascism and Republican Responsibility

January 7, 2021 | FlaglerLive | 109 Comments

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By the time Trump was spitting sedition and inciting violence Wednesday he’d had five years of encouragement from the same Republican charlatans who would later stand on the floors of the Senate and the House to declare themselves shocked, shocked that the rioters they’d courted had desecrated and bloodied their little sanctum. 

Flagler Commissioners Strongly Repudiate Mullins Letter On County Letterhead Disputing Biden Election

January 6, 2021 | FlaglerLive | 82 Comments

Joe Mullins, left, next to the Flagler County Sheriff's Office's Mike Lutz, who spoke to a group of local residents protesting Congress' certifying the election of Joe Biden, election of protesters whose trip to Washington Mullins was sponsoring

Flagler County Commissioner Joe Mullins used commission letterhead, without other commissioners’ approval, to plagiarize a letter and send it to Florida’s congressional delegation, repeating baseless, false, misleading, conspiratorial and widely discredited claims that Biden’s election was fraudulent. 

3-2 Vote Clears 268-Home Development on Matanzas Golf Course, But With Severe Restrictions

January 6, 2021 | FlaglerLive | 6 Comments

The disputed "Tract 3" in the Lakeview Estate development proposal: Palm Coast government opposes development there, saying it would block existing residents' view of the fairway. The developer of Lakeview Estates disagreed. But in the end, the development proposal the city approved excludes development on that particular tract. The drone view was shown during Tuesday evening's hearing. (© FlaglerLive)

The plan the Palm Coast City Council approved strikes at the heart of the proposal, denying the developer authority to develop a key tract and upholding the city administration’s interpretation of protected golf views.

Gardens Development Agreement to Pay $719,000 to Offset School Overcrowding Raises ‘Worrisome’ Questions of Accuracy

January 5, 2021 | FlaglerLive | 4 Comments

Calling it “worrisome” and “nebulous,” Flagler County School Board members said today they are not ready to sign off on an agreement with the planned 335-home Gardens development on John Anderson Highway that would offset projected overcrowding costs in the district’s schools.

Fate of 268-Home Development on Matanzas Golf Course May Be Decided Tonight, But Hurdle Remains

January 5, 2021 | FlaglerLive | 10 Comments

The Lakeview Estates development conceptual plan as the Palm Coast Planning Board and city staff would recommend it. The developer wants to develop Tract 3 and make a few other alterations. click on the map for larger view.

The city says the developer has no legal right to build on one of 10 golf course tracts. The developer says he does. City staff is recommending approving the development as a whole, but against development on the disputed tract. The council will have to arbitrate, and in doing so, it will have to interpret the language of its Land Development Code.

Flagler Vaccine Slots Run Out Within Minutes as Callers Overwhelm County; New Local Cases Rage Out of Control

January 4, 2021 | FlaglerLive | 62 Comments

Weekly case counts of Covid-19 in Flagler County have again shattered previous records for three successive weeks.

Appointments for a little over 900 vaccine doses available in Flagler for people 65 and over were snapped up within minutes this afternoon, leaving thousands disappointed, angry and questioning the rollout, though Flagler health and county officials are not responsible for the shortage of vaccines distributed locally so far.

On WNZF, Flagler County Commissioner Joe Mullins Calls for Beheading Liberals

January 3, 2021 | FlaglerLive | 114 Comments

Joe Mullins in a WNZF promotion of his infomercial on the radio station.

A few minutes into his latest weekly infomercial on WNZF radio Saturday morning, Joe Mullins, the Flagler County commissioner, called for the beheading of liberals while decrying responses to the Covid-19 pandemic.

600 Are Vaccinated at Flagler County Fairgrounds in 1st of Many Rounds As Crush of Cars Stretches to U.S. 1

January 2, 2021 | FlaglerLive | 61 Comments

The Covid-19 vaccination station at the Flagler County Fairgrounds this morning. (© FlaglerLive)

Flagler County’s first large-scale vaccination event drew health care workers and people 65 and over. No one was turned away at the Flagler County Fairgrounds, where the next round is expected Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday, but by appointment only.

More Than 2,900 Health Care Workers Died This Year. The Government Barely Kept Track.

December 31, 2020 | FlaglerLive | 8 Comments

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Fatalities from the coronavirus among health workers have skewed young, with the majority of victims under age 60. People of color have been disproportionately affected, accounting for about 65% of deaths. Yet disinformation continues to paint the wrong picture about who’s dying.

Festive New Year Atmosphere as Flagler County’s 1st Responders and Health Department Workers Get Vaccines

December 30, 2020 | FlaglerLive | 13 Comments

Caryn Prather, Flagler County Fire Rescue's Community Paramedic and one of the leaders of the county's 10-months-long Covid-testing program, getting her first dose of the Moderna vaccine on Tuesday at the Emergency Operations Center. She was one of about 20 people inoculated. (© FlaglerLive)

It was a festive atmosphere Tuesday afternoon in a classroom of Flagler County’s Emergency Operations Center, temporarily converted into a shooting gallery: over the course of an hour, some 20 people, most of them firefighter-paramedics, some of them Department of Health employees, sat for their first shot of the Covid-19 vaccine, Moderna edition. 

In-Person Jury Trials Suspended in Flagler Until at Least Late January as Covid Trolls

December 29, 2020 | FlaglerLive | Leave a Comment

Precautions aren't enough: Flagler County's judicial personnel will not be holding in-person trials until at least the latter end of January due to Covid-19. (© FlaglerLive)

There will be no in-person jury trials in Flagler County until at least January 19 due to the very high incidence of coronavirus cases in the county. The county in the week ending last Saturday broke yet another record in confirmed cases for the previous seven days, with a total of 270, and a cumulative total exceeding 3,500.

New Laws Take Effect This Week: School Bus Safety, Politicians’ Ethics, Voting Equipment

December 29, 2020 | FlaglerLive | Leave a Comment

it will increase from $100 to $200 the minimum penalty for motorists who fail to stop for school buses and will double from $200 to $400 the minimum penalty for motorists who pass stopped school buses on the side where children enter and exit.

New laws enact a voter-approved prohibition on public officials and employees using their offices to benefit themselves and fines for driving past stopped school buses and focus on insurance policy statements and election equipment used for recounts.

More Than 1,000 Covid Vaccines Arrive at Flagler Health Department, Inoculations of 1st Responders Start Tuesday

December 28, 2020 | FlaglerLive | 19 Comments

Flagler County Health Department Chief Bob Snyder, right, with Dawn Kamen, the registered nurse who oversees the department's immunology program

The Flagler County Health Department on Monday took delivery of more than 1,000 vials of Moderna Covid-19 vaccine. Inoculations begin Tuesday and Wednesday with first responders and health care workers. It’s still not exactly known when doses will arrive for people 65 and over, who are next in line for the vaccine, but it’ll be soon.

The Trump Administration’s Final Push to Make It Easier for Religious Employers to Discriminate

December 28, 2020 | FlaglerLive | 5 Comments

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Last-minute policies on religious freedom clear the way for employers to hire on the basis of faith. Some of the changes won’t be easy for Biden to undo.

Ahead of Frigid Christmas Nights, Beachfront Grille Cooks Up 150 Meals for Homeless and Needy

December 24, 2020 | FlaglerLive | 8 Comments

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Beachfront Grille in Flagler Beach teamed up with the Sheltering Tree, the cold-weather shelter for the homeless, and Mayor Linda Provencher to provide 150 Christmas meals for the homeless and the needy.

Going Against CDC, DeSantis Orders Vaccine Priority for 65 and Older, Not Teachers and Other Essential Workers

December 23, 2020 | FlaglerLive | 32 Comments

Gov. Ron DeSantis addressing reporters today in Pensacola in a still from a WFLA video posted on the Governor's Facebook page.

The DeSantis order contradicts Centers for Disease Control guidelines issued on Tuesday that recommend that, once health care and long-term care workers and residents have received the vaccine, the next groups should not be defined only by age, but also by critical front-line jobs, including teachers and school employees, and underlying conditions.

Local Governments Seek Re-Hearing in Federal Case That Allowed ‘Conversion Therapy’ Targeting LGBTQ Youths

December 23, 2020 | FlaglerLive | Leave a Comment

In May 2017 then-Connecticut Gov. Dannel Malloy signed into law legislation protecting LGBTQ youth in the state from what his office called "the destructive and discredited practice of conversion therapy. The so-called treatment, which seeks to change a person’s sexual orientation or gender identity, has been discredited by nearly every credible medical and psychiatric group in the country and oftentimes includes destructive practices that are harmful to children, such as electric shock therapy. The legislation is House Bill 6695, An Act Concerning the Protection of Youth from Conversion Therapy."

Local Florida ordinances that a federal court found unconstitutional had barred therapists from providing treatment or counseling that is designed to change minors’ sexual orientation or gender identity. Critics of such therapy say it harms minors who are lesbian, gay, bisexual or transgender.

Internal Tally Puts Flagler’s Covid Deaths at 50, Two More Than Public Dashboard; 4 Connected to Social Club

December 22, 2020 | FlaglerLive | 3 Comments

Coronavirus temperature checks at the Government Services Building in Bunnell, where some officials have occasionally boasted of the county's lower Covid numbers, relative to the rest of the state. (© FlaglerLive)

The internal Florida Health Department spreadsheet, obtained by FlaglerLive, consolidates some previously undisclosed information and much information that had been disclosed to some extent in different ways and places previously.

Fired Analyst Rebekah Jones Sues FDLE Over Search of Her Home

December 21, 2020 | FlaglerLive | 4 Comments

Rebekah Jones as FDLE agents led her outside her home on Dec. 7, in a still from a body cam video.

Attorneys for fired Florida Department of Health analyst Rebekah Jones, who has drawn national attention for her battles with the DeSantis administration, argued in the lawsuit that a search warrant to enter her home Dec. 7 “was obtained in bad faith and with no legitimate object or purpose.”

Covid Deaths in Flagler at 47, Week’s Positive Cases Shatter Record in Evidence of Thanksgiving Spike as Vaccines Arrive

December 21, 2020 | FlaglerLive | 3 Comments

The week ending Dec. 19 shattered the record for positive cases in Flagler County, with a total of 220 confirmed. (© FlaglerLive)

The 220 confirmed positive coronavirus cases in Flagler County in the week ending Saturday set a new single-week record in the county since the pandemic began in February. Local health officials caution that the numbers may get worse with Christmas and cold weather ahead, and broad-based vaccination still weeks away.

Taser Twice Fails to Stop Alleged Assailant as Flagler Sheriff’s Deputies Faces Suicide-by-Cop Situation

December 21, 2020 | FlaglerLive | 19 Comments

The Taser model Flagler County Sheriff's deputies carry. (© FlaglerLive)

Flagler County Sheriff’s deputy Benjamin Stamps and other deputies on Sunday morning had a perilous encounter with a seemingly suicidal individual who would have normally been Baker Acted, but ended up facing numerous charges for allegedly assaulting the officers as he sought to be shot by the deputies. Stamps’s Taser twice failed to stop the individual in the encounter.

In Predominantly Black Hospital, Only a Third of Employees Sign Up for Covid Vaccine

December 21, 2020 | FlaglerLive | 6 Comments

Anita Jenkins, CEO of Howard University Hospital, receives the Covid-19 vaccine at the hospital on Dec. 15. (Facebook)

Although hesitancy toward the vaccine is a challenge nationally, it’s a significant problem among Black adults because of their generations-long distrust of the medical community and racial inequities in health care.

Court’s Conservatives Are Right: Pandemic Limits on Houses of Worship Are Unconstitutional

December 20, 2020 | FlaglerLive | 8 Comments

Let them worship. (© FlaglerLive)

The Supreme Court’s ruling overturning its own recent precedent to forbid attendance limits at houses of worship because of Covid was not an ideological decision so much as a victory for the First Amendment that liberals should be thankful for.

Positive News Only: How China’s Army of Paid Internet Trolls Helped Censor the Coronavirus

December 19, 2020 | FlaglerLive | 3 Comments

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As the coronavirus spread in China, the government stage-managed what appeared on the domestic internet to make the virus look less severe and the authorities more capable, according to thousands of leaked directives and other files.

TR, as FPC Principal Tom Russell Was Known to Most, Is Celebrated as Learner, Leader, Tweeter and Jovial, Heroic Dad

December 18, 2020 | FlaglerLive | 4 Comments

Tom Russell in a photo shown at this evening's memorial, with a grandchild.

James Tom Russell, who died on Dec. 9 after leading Flagler Palm Coast High School for just a year and a half after a long career in leadership of Volusia County schools, was celebrated at a memorial at Jackie Robinson Stadium Friday evening with broad-ranging affection and admiration.

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