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Two Palm Coast Teens, 19 and 17, Arrested In Armed Robbery in Flagler Beach

September 8, 2015 | FlaglerLive | 9 Comments

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David Eugene Adams, a felon with a history of arrests and convictions , accused Dacotah Clarke and a 17-year-old Palm Coast resident of robbing him at gunpoint in Flagler Beach Saturday.

Flagler’s Push For Trio of Cell Towers Rising Higher Than Statue of Liberty Beams Alarms

September 8, 2015 | FlaglerLive | 17 Comments

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Flagler County Emergency Services wants the three towers, including an especially controversial one on John Anderson Highway in Flagler Beach, to improve its communications network, but residents and environmentalists are raising questions.

In Flagler Beach, Builders Are Beating Back Higher Standards For Flood-Plain Homes

September 3, 2015 | FlaglerLive | 5 Comments

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Builders in February opposed new regulations raising new homes higher than current flood-plain heights. Builders are now objecting to a compromise, forcing the city to revisit its regulations yet again.

Flagler Beach man, 18, Accused of Statutory Rape of 3 Minor Girls After Enticing Them With Drugs and Money

September 1, 2015 | FlaglerLive | 9 Comments

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Tyler Harrison, an 18-year-old resident of 2239 South Daytona Avenue in Flagler Beach, was arrested Friday on three counts of lewd and lascivious battery, or statutory rape, after allegedly enticing two 15-year-old girls and one 14-year-old girl with drugs to meet him for sex.

In Flagler Beach’s On-Again, Off-Again Relationship With Manager Campbell, It’s On Again

August 28, 2015 | FlaglerLive | 11 Comments

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The commission doesn’t want to have an interim manager, fearing a return to the years when it employed one—Bernie Murphy—for five years.

Flagler Beach Manager Want Ad Draws Just One Internal Applicant, With Little Experience

August 14, 2015 | FlaglerLive | 3 Comments

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The lack of heftier applications suggests that the city commission may be forced to go to Plan B, which means opening the application process to a statewide and nationwide search, as was the case five years ago.

Flagler Beach Man Accused of Burglarizing Shell Station After Hiding in Bathroom Ceiling

August 11, 2015 | FlaglerLive | 7 Comments

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John Dugent Jr., a 20-year-old resident of 5906 John Anderson Highway had snuck into the Shell station on A1A in Flagler Beach before closing time.

Java Joint Burglary: Suspect In Custody in Georgia, Wanted on Numerous Break-Ins

August 8, 2015 | FlaglerLive | 8 Comments

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Joseph C. Hodge, 52, of Jacksonville, has been sitting in a county jail in Georgia on a burglary charge for the past 39 days, and was tied to a burglary at Java Joint, the restaurant in Flagler Beach, in late June.

In Setback for Sea Ray, Flagler Beach Votes 3-2 to Challenge Land Use Change Over Parking lot

August 6, 2015 | FlaglerLive | 27 Comments

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A divided Flagler Beach City Commission voted 3-2 Thursday to take a challenge to the state of a county land use amendment enabling Sea Ray Boats to build a parking lot on 24 acres south of its property off Colbert Lane in Palm Coast.

Flagler Beach Will Seek In-House City Manager Before Putting Out Broader Call

August 6, 2015 | FlaglerLive | 5 Comments

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As it replaces Bruce Campbell, who’s leaving in september, the city will give preference to an internal applicant, then possibly advertise more broadly later this month if internal applicants don’t make the cut.

Sea Ray Issues Open Letter to Flagler Beach Ahead of Thursday’s Special Meeting

August 5, 2015 | FlaglerLive | 11 Comments

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The Flagler Beach City Commission meets in special session Thursday to consider taking its opposition to a Sea Ray plan for a parking lot to the state. Sea Ray offers its side.

County Seals Final Approval for Sea Ray Parking Plan, This Time With a Caution

August 3, 2015 | FlaglerLive | 3 Comments

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The County Commission gave final approval today for Sea Ray Boats’s planned 24-acre parking lot south of its plant off Colbert Lane, but not without words of caution from several commissioners.

What Flagler Beach Got Wrong About “Crowd Managers,” and What the Auditorium Got Right

July 30, 2015 | FlaglerLive | 11 Comments

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Flagler Beach City Commissioner Kim Carney misinterpreted and exaggerated a fire code about “crowd managers” to her colleagues. The code does not require such managers at First Friday events, as she suggested.

Ordering Them to “Get On With It,” Flagler Beach City Manager Tells His Bosses to Find His Replacement

July 29, 2015 | FlaglerLive | 9 Comments

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Addressing his five bosses more bluntly than he has at any point in his four years as city manager, Cambpell told them he’s not interested in another contract and that he’s quitting in September.

County and Bunnell Join Schools and Palm Coast’s Higher Taxes, Flagler Beach Holds Line

July 27, 2015 | FlaglerLive | 2 Comments

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The tax increases are generating almost no opposition, in large part because they are tied to benefits taxpayers can see: raises for teachers and cops, additions of firefighters (three this year at the county, three more next year), restoring reserves decimated during the recession, and so on.

Old Battle Brews As Land Owner Snags Flagler Beach Offer to Make Old Golf Course Whole

July 24, 2015 | FlaglerLive | 9 Comments

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Instead of selling a 2.9-acre parcel to the city to fill in the old Ocean Palm Golf Club, the parcel owner rejected the city’s offer and asserted it will seek a zoning change, reviving a 25-year legal battle over the land at the south end of town.

Flagler Beach Police Seeking Person of Interest in June Burglary of A1A Beverage

July 15, 2015 | FlaglerLive | 12 Comments

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The suspected three male burglars took some 40 lottery tickets valued at $20 each before scratch-off, among other items, but left behind some blood.

One More Hurdle for Sea Ray as Planned Parking Lot Must First Pave Through Rezoning

July 13, 2015 | FlaglerLive | 3 Comments

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Sea Ray Boats Tuesday evening again will appear before the Flagler planning board as the luxury boat manufacturer’s plan to expand its footprint south of its plant off Colbert Lane in Palm Coast seeks to advance.

In Flagler Beach, Lighter Rules for Farmers’ Market and 2-Week Limit on Golf Course Buy

July 10, 2015 | FlaglerLive | 1 Comment

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The Flagler Beach City Commission voted to apply only a light regulatory hand on the city’s famed farmer’s market, and to start negotiations on buying the last remaining enclave in private hands at the former Ocean Palm Golf Club at the south end of town.

SWAT Team Deployed Again, This Time for Marijuana Muffins and Chocolate

June 11, 2015 | FlaglerLive | 26 Comments

The SWAT team was deployed Wednesday morning against a Flagler Beach “grow house” where “several” muffins and chocolate laced in marijuana were seized.

At Sea Ray Boats, a $10,000 Gift Marks Millions of Working Hours Without an Accident

June 3, 2015 | FlaglerLive | 2 Comments

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Brunswick Corp. CEO Dustan McCoy marked Sea Ray’s safety record while tracing the Flagler Beach plant’s success through the Great Recession, and linking its safety record to its continuing operations.

Taxable Values Rise Again–6% in Palm Coast, 7% in Flagler–But So Do Demands on Budgets

June 2, 2015 | FlaglerLive | 3 Comments

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With more value comes more revenue for local governments, and more expectations from various agencies and the public–including a $2.4 million budget increase request from the sheriff’s office alone.

Flagler Beach Doesn’t Have a Parking Problem. It Has a Big Government Problem.

May 29, 2015 | FlaglerLive | 45 Comments

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If Flagler Beach adopts paid parking, it’ll invite a problem as onerous as Palm Coast’s red-light cameras, damaging its reputation, needlessly hurting its businesses and alienating its closest and most loyal visitors.

After Victim Testifies of Being Raped, James McDevitt Is Sentenced To 40 Years in Prison

May 29, 2015 | FlaglerLive | 13 Comments

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James McDevitt, the 23-year-old man who pleaded guilty to raping a woman in Flagler Beach in June 2013, was sentenced today to 40 years in prison Friday. He will be on probation for 20years, and will be branded a sexual predator for the rest of his life.

Behind Friday’s McDevitt Sentencing For Rape, the 911 Call That Told a Harrowing Story

May 28, 2015 | FlaglerLive | 2 Comments

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Published here for the first time, the 9-minute 911 call from Rob Tier described what Tier, a Flagler Beach pastor, at one point termed a rape as the dispatcher repeatedly kept him from intervening. Tier’s house is across the street from the scene of the rape.

Island Grille Restaurant Opens in Flagler Beach, Resurrecting Blue in Silver Mist

May 27, 2015 | FlaglerLive | 7 Comments

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The Island Grille opened May 27 where Blue Restaurant used to be, with chef Gary Maresca back in the kitchen and a team of four co-owners promising gastronomy and success.

Flagler Beach Confrontation Sends Man to Hospital and Splash Car Wash Owner to Jail

May 19, 2015 | FlaglerLive | 8 Comments

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The fight at the he Shell gas station on State Road 100 in Flagler Beach sent Ricardo Mercado of Palm Coast to jail on an aggravated assault charge, and Roman Miroshnik to the hospital.

On Parking Mire, Flagler Beach Commission Piles Confusion On Top of Indecision

May 18, 2015 | FlaglerLive | 8 Comments

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After a proposal to put the question of paid parking to a referendum failed, the Flagler Beach City Commission had trouble giving its administration direction on what to do next.

As Mom Struggles to Recover From Burns, Community Rallies Around a Family Made Homeless

May 14, 2015 | FlaglerLive | 3 Comments

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As Jessica Johnson, mom to three young children, remains in intensive care, Flagler Beach has rallied around her family to raise money and collect furniture and toys.

Early Morning Flagler Beach Fire Levels One House, Guts Another, 5 Hospitalized, 2 Critical

May 8, 2015 | FlaglerLive | 12 Comments

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Last Updated: 12:23 p.m. A fire that started around 2 this morning in a wooden house built on stilts at 208 Ocean Palm Drive leveled the house and spread to the house next door at 210, gutting it. The five occupants of the wooden house managed to get out but were all hospitalized, two of […]

Hurricane, Terrorism, Evacuations: In Flagler Emergencies, These Are The People Who Hold Your Fate In Their Hands

May 5, 2015 | FlaglerLive | 2 Comments

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The Flagler County Executive Policy Group is the most powerful local government panel you’ve never heard of, and its members make all key decisions in natural or man-made emergencies. They practiced this morning.

Palm Coast Woman With History of Attacking Cops Arrested For Biting Flagler Beach Officer

May 3, 2015 | FlaglerLive | 5 Comments

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Lisa D. Tyson of Palm Coast’s Utica Path allegedly bit a Flagler Beach police officer after running away from her to a stage at Finn’s bar, where she started dancing until the officer grabbed her wrist.

Public Denounces Flagler Beach Paid-Parking Option, Splitting Commission on What’s Next

April 30, 2015 | FlaglerLive | 20 Comments

A proposal to impose paid parking on vast new swaths of Flagler Beach is likely dead shortly after its arrival at the Flagler Beach City Commission Thursday. What happens next is unclear.

662 Spaces Would Convert to Paid Parking in Flagler Beach in Panel’s Vast, Costly Proposal

April 29, 2015 | FlaglerLive | 56 Comments

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Flagler Beach’s Ad Hoc Parking Committee, at work two years, will submit its recommendations Thursday to a special meeting of the city commission, with a focus on two options that call for paid parking either in city lots or throughout premium areas of the city, including A1A.

As Palm Coast Groans Over Its Anemic Golf Course, Flagler Beach Wants One Of Its Own

April 24, 2015 | FlaglerLive | 10 Comments

the Flagler Beach City Commission will look to buy the last 3 acres within the old Ocean Palm Golf Club at the south end of town and look to return the whole parcel to a golf operation through a lease with a private company, assuming one can shoulder the task.

The Inappropriate Commissioner Kim Carney

April 23, 2015 | FlaglerLive | 22 Comments

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Flagler Beach Commission Chairman Marshall Shupe apologized to residents tonight on behalf of the commission for vile remarks Commissioner Kim Carney had made in the context of a rape case involving a friend of hers. FlaglerLive editor Pierre Tristam explains the background, which involves this site.

Blues No More: Island Grille Will Pick Up Where Famed Flagler Beach Restaurant Left Off

April 7, 2015 | FlaglerLive | 14 Comments

Island Grille Restaurant will open before Memorial Day where Blue Restaurant used to be, with a partnership bringing together Blue’s Chef Gary Maresca, Woody’s Joe Rizzo and Chris Zwirn, Realtor David Alfin, and Flagler Beach’s Carla Cline.

Echoing Advocates, Flagler Commission Unanimously Approves Sea Ray’s Parking Lot Expansion

March 16, 2015 | FlaglerLive | 6 Comments

The vote was a victory for the Brunswick Corp.’s Sea Ray manufacturing plant, the unanimity of the vote was a victory for the county’s business establishment, though opponents had voiced concerns about the company’s existing pollutants and its future plans.

We Don’t Oppose Sea Ray. We Oppose Pollutants and Debasing Flagler Beach’s Quality of Life.

March 13, 2015 | FlaglerLive | 44 Comments

Two Flagler Beach residents lay out the case against Sea Ray’s proposed land use change to accommodate a parking lot, a change opponents say paves the way for more pollution without compelling the company to take stronger toxic-emission control measures.

To Replace Manager Bruce Campbell, Flagler Beach Returns to Old Playbook: Doing Nothing

February 27, 2015 | FlaglerLive | 1 Comment

Like his predecessor, who was an interim manager of Flagler Beach for five years before he decisively quit, Bruce Campbell is finding it difficult to walk away from the job, and the city commission is not making it easy for him.

From His Flagler Beach Home Base: Ray Black Jr.’s Road to NASCAR’s Truck Series

February 20, 2015 | FlaglerLive | 2 Comments

Ray Black Jr., competing tonight in NASCAR’s Truck Series race at Daytona International Speedway, tells of his joujrney from Alabama to Flagler Beach, and the wisdom in not wrecking.

Flagler Beach Mother Pleads Guilty In Minor Daughter’s Rape as Boyfriend Awaits Trial on Capital Charges

February 10, 2015 | FlaglerLive | 19 Comments

Allegations against Rhonda Wilkerson, 50, and boyfriend William Dillow, 28, tell an account of two young girls in the grips of harrowing brutality, torture, sadism, lies and threats over several months at the end of 2013 and the beginning of 2014.

Wadsworth Dog Park Remains Open After Abandoned Puppy Found in Area Is Euthanized for Parvo Virus

December 11, 2014 | FlaglerLive | 3 Comments

A stray puppy that hung around Wadsworth Park in Flagler Beach was diagnosed with the virulent parvovirus virus and euthanized, but unlike last year, the county administration has no intention of closing the dog park at Wadsworth, in part because it’s not clear exactly where the stray dog was found.

For Oceanside Grill in Flagler Beach, a Parking Lot Becomes Epic Battleground Over City Rules

December 3, 2014 | FlaglerLive | 16 Comments

The city told Oceanside Grill that it had inadequate parking, and when the restaurant bought a lot to comply, the city told it it could not use it for parking. The contradictions came to a head at a planning board meeting Tuesday, but a compromise is in the works.

For Shane Kitchens, Left in 30-Day Coma After Collision on A1A, a Painful Roll Back

November 21, 2014 | FlaglerLive | 6 Comments

Shane Kitchens, the 37-year-old Flagler Beach business owner, was crossing A1A in August when a motorcycle struck him as if he wasn’t there. This is the story of his recovery since.

Flagler Beach Settles With Ex-Flagler Beach Firefighters, Retracting Firing and Paying $80,000 to Each

November 6, 2014 | FlaglerLive | 15 Comments

Ex-Flagler Beach firefighters Jake Bissonnette and Shane Wood wrote resignation letters to replace their firing orders, but they will not be returning to work for the fire department.

Man Dies in Early-Morning Fire
On Westmayer Place in Flagler Beach

October 18, 2014 | FlaglerLive | Leave a Comment

The double-wide trailer on Westmayer Place, a dirt road off of A1A at the north end of town, was engulfed in flames when firefighters arrived at the scene. It was the first death in a house fire in Flagler County since an elderly woman died at her home in Palm Coast almost two years ago.

Despite Big Economic Impact, Flagler Beach Mostly Snubs Groundbreaking to Double Gamble Rogers Park’s Camping Sites

October 16, 2014 | FlaglerLive | 4 Comments

There were more top state and county officials than Flagler Beach officials at today’s groudbreaking at Gamble Rogers State Park, an echo of the city’s failed attempt to change the name of the recreation area back to Flagler Beach last month.

Case Closed: Flagler Beach Commission Votes 4-1 to Buy $600,000 “Quint” Fire Truck

October 14, 2014 | FlaglerLive | 9 Comments

There was debating, pleading, occasional shouting and plenty of sniping, but in the end a conclusion foretold months ago was ratified with a 4-1 vote as the Flagler Beach City Commission Thursday night opted to buy a nearly $600,000 fire truck called a “quint.”

Flagler Beach Mayor Calls Special Meeting on Fire Truck Only To Be Outmaneuvered With Planned Vote

October 13, 2014 | FlaglerLive | 14 Comments

Flagler Beach Mayor Linda Provencher wanted a meeting to further investigate what she considers a dubious $600,000 fire truck buy. Instead, she got a meeting where the commission may finally vote to go ahead with the purchase this evening.

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