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Nicole Lashes at Flagler’s Coast, Severely Damaging Parts of A1A as Officials Advise to ‘Hunker Down Today’

November 10, 2022 | FlaglerLive | 18 Comments

State Road A1A in Flagler Beach again sustained heavy damage and was expected to be closed in parts, including at the south end of the county, where damage was similarly heavy. (© Rick Belhumeur for FlaglerLive)

The 500-mile-wide Nicole made landfall as a hurricane near Vero Beach around 3 a.m. Thursday, battering Florida’s east coast with damaging waves that have wrecked parts of State Road A1A in Flagler Beach, while swathing parts of the state in tropical storm conditions.

Tropical Storm Nicole Took a Toll Along A1A Wednesday, With ‘Devastating’ Beach Impacts Still Ahead

November 9, 2022 | FlaglerLive | 21 Comments

An elaborate deck and walkover at the south end of Flagler Beach was in pieces after this morning's high tide, the dunes around it significantly eroded again after the Department fo Transportation only last week had replenished the sands. (© FlaglerLive)

The center of Tropical Storm Nicole was about 300 miles southeast of Flagler Beach in mid-afternoon today, but the vastness of its strength and impacts was apparent up and down Flagler County’s coast, with most pronounced damages to dunes south of the Flagler Beach pier and toward the Flagler-Volusia County line.

Tropical Storm Nicole Took a Toll Along A1A Wednesday, (Redirected)

November 5, 2022 | FlaglerLive | Leave a Comment

An elaborate deck and walkover at the south end of Flagler Beach was in pieces after this morning's high tide, the dunes around it significantly eroded again after the Department fo Transportation only last week had replenished the sands. (© FlaglerLive)

The center of Tropical Storm Nicole was about 300 miles southeast of Flagler Beach in mid-afternoon today, but the vastness of its strength and impacts was apparent up and down Flagler County’s coast, with most pronounced damages to dunes south of the Flagler Beach pier and toward the Flagler-Volusia County line.

DOT Dumping Sand at South End of Flagler to Protect A1A, But Heart of Flagler Beach Is Defenseless

November 4, 2022 | FlaglerLive | 26 Comments

Workers today building new dunes in a severely eroded section of shore along State Road A1A, south of the Flagler Beach city limit. (© FlaglerLive)

Workers have been dumping new white sand at the rate of 590 cubic yards a day to buttress the dunes and protect State Road A1A from the Flagler Beach city limit down into Ormond By the Sea. Yet Flagler Beach itself, including the area at the heart of the city that has eroded even more since Hurricane Ian, remains critically defenseless.

FEMA Dollars May Not Be Enough to Rebuild Pier, State Emergency Chief Guthrie Tells Flagler Officials

November 3, 2022 | FlaglerLive | 9 Comments

Florida Emergency Management Director Kevin Guthrie, right, with Flagler Beach City Manager William Whitson during Guthrie's last visit to Flagler in mid-October, when he surveyed damage from Hurricane Ian. (© FlaglerLive)

Florida Emergency Management Director Kevin Guthrie told a group of Flagler County and Flagler Beach officials that they’ll need to lobby their state representatives for additional money if they hope to have all the funds necessary for an 800-foot concrete replacement pier.

Witches in Bunches Ride the Streets as Flagler Beach Creates New Brew For Art’s Charms

October 29, 2022 | FlaglerLive | 13 Comments

Some 30 witrches took part in the first annual the first Witches of Flagler Beach Bike Ride Saturday morning through a 2.5-mile circuit in the city. The event was organized by Flagler Beach Creates, an organization focused on public art and culture in the city. (© FlaglerLive)

The first Witches of Flagler Beach Bike Ride surprised residents and drivers along a 2.5-mile circuit in the city this morning as some 30 witches on bikes took to the streets, an event organized by the fledgling Flagler Beach Creates, a volunteer organization focused on enriching the city’s public art and culture.

Dangerous Flagler Beach Pier Is Condemned, Demolition Moved Up As Hazards Worry City Officials

October 28, 2022 | FlaglerLive | 21 Comments

Engineers are urgently recommending the immediate demolition of a further 125 to 150 feet from the end of the pier, which remains in danger of collapse, and walling off the entire structure before it is entirely demolished. (© Scott Spradley for FlaglerLive),

With repair costs pegged at $2 million over 14 months and dangerous collapses possible, the Flagler Beach City Commission agreed to condemn the rickety pier and wall it off, accelerating a demolition schedule in preparation for the construction of a $15 to $18 million, 800-foot concrete pier that could be completed in late 2025.

At Post-Ian Town Hall, Flagler Beach Projects Resilience, Public Is More Guarded

October 26, 2022 | FlaglerLive | 4 Comments

Tracy Callahan-Hennessey of Flagler Strong describing how the volunteer organization mobilized to help residents through Hurricane Ian's aftermath in Flagler Beach. (© FlaglerLive)

The city’s message was: Between city preparedness, the mobilization of volunteers, the city’s (and the county’s) continuing luck and ongoing planning for recovery, Flagler Beach made it through with limited damage but to its pier and beaches, which are unrecognizable. Some residents were a bit less cheery.

Report Describes Flagler Beach Pier as ‘Unsafe’ and Partly in Ruins, Calling for Keeping It Off Limits

October 24, 2022 | FlaglerLive | 8 Comments

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Even under the parts of the pier that remain, piles have disappeared, bracing has been severely damaged, and hardware even on parts of the pier closer to the shore–parts not made of stainless steel–has failed. The entire structure is severely damaged to the point that further collapses of sections of the pier during mildly heavy seas would not be surprising.

In DeSantis Talks of Damage to Flagler’s Shore During Visit, 2 Words Spell Relief: Paul Renner

October 16, 2022 | FlaglerLive | 26 Comments

Flagler County Engineer Faith al-Khatib this morning explained to Gov. DeSantis the loss of yet another 160 feet of the Flagler Beach pier, after a similar loss during Hurricane Matthew. To the governor's right were Flagler Beach Mayor Suzie Johnston and City Manager William Whitson. (© FlaglerLive)

During a 60-minute stop in Flagler County this morning Gov. Ron DeSantis and Emergency management Director Kevin Guthrie took in the extent of damage to the pier and Flagler’s nearly-erased dunes, and the governor repeatedly spoke of Rep. Paul Renner, the incoming Speaker of the House, as an opportunity for Flagler to score big in funding help.

Flagler Beach Commission Wants Higher Increases in Water, Sewer, and Garbage Rates Than Proposed

October 14, 2022 | FlaglerLive | 5 Comments

A Flagler Beach garbage truck. The city's sanitation department is running a deficit, and needs a substantial rate increase to fix that. (© FlaglerLive)

The Flagler Beach City Commission Thursday evening voted to delay a series of increases to water, sewer, garbage and stormwater until Oct. 27–not because they were uncomfortable with the increases, but because they felt the increases may not be enough. So the rates to be proposed in two weeks will likely be higher than those before them on Thursday.

What To Do With Flagler Beach Pier? City Caught Between Costly Repairs and Demolition

October 14, 2022 | FlaglerLive | 43 Comments

Bedraggled again, the Flagler Beach Pier lost another 165 feet during Hurricane Ian's passage, the same length it lost to Hurricane Matthew in 2016. (© AJ Neste for FlaglerLive)

The Flagler Beach City Commission is wrestling with whether to repair the pier at a potential cost of $650,000 and reopen it for well short of a year or keep it closed until it is demolished next year, ahead of the construction of a new, concrete pier. More data and public input may sway the commission.

Flagler Beach Smoking Ban on Beaches Set to Take Effect This Weekend, Cigars and Vaping Exempt

October 12, 2022 | FlaglerLive | 17 Comments

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The Flagler Beach City Commission Thursday is set to approve banning smoking almost any tobacco product on beaches, in parks and on the city’s boardwalk, with the exception of unfiltered cigars. Enforcement will be an issue: there are no intentions to police the ban, which does not extend to the beaches under county jurisdiction. The ordinance is silent on vaping and marijuana products.

Hurricane Debris Removal Continues in Palm Coast and Flagler Beach, Starts in Flagler on Tuesday

October 10, 2022 | FlaglerLive | 10 Comments

A Palm Coast fire crew removing a downed tree last week. (Palm Coast)

Hurricane Ian debris removal is continuing in Flagler County’s cities or about to begin in  unincorporated Flagler, and is expected to take several more days, with patience at a premium. 

Beach Front Grille of Flagler Beach, as ‘Loopers,’ Wins Former Green Lion Lease at Palm Harbor Golf

October 10, 2022 | FlaglerLive | 16 Comments

If all goes as planned, Jamie Bourdeau, co-owner of Beachfront Grille in Flagler Beach, will be among the new faces running the restaurant at Palm Harbor Gofl Club in Palm Coast, until now the domain known as the Green Lion Cafe. (© FlaglerLive)

A proposal by Jamie Bourdeau and Dudley Shaw, co-owners of Beach Front Grille in Flagler Beach, is the Palm Coast city administration’s top choice to replace the Green Lion Cafe at Palm Harbor Golf Club. The city today announced its intent to award the new lease for the concession at the club to Loopers, the name Bourdeau is giving to the new enterprise.

Karen Barchowski Sells Storied Sally’s Ice Cream in Flagler Beach as She Plots Her Next Revolution

October 7, 2022 | FlaglerLive | 45 Comments

Karen Barchowski has owned Sally's Ice Cream for the past 10 years. She is passing the torch to new owners on Nov. 1. She'd been painting this afternoon when she took a break for a picture. (© FlaglerLive)

Karen Barchowski has owned Sally’s Ice Cream on A1A in Flagler Beach for 10 years. She is selling the business and moving to Vermont, after her embracing outlook fostered through Sally’s a powerful hub of acceptance and diversity. “We found invincible love,” Barchowski says of her years in Flagler Beach.

The Blessing of Barrier Islands

October 4, 2022 | FlaglerLive | 4 Comments

Cumberland Island National Seashore off the coast of Georgia. (NPS, CC BY-SA)

Barrier islands protect about 10 percent of coastlines worldwide. When hurricanes and storms make landfall, these strands absorb much of their force, reducing wave energy and protecting inland areas. They also provide a sheltered environment that enables estuaries and marshes to form behind them.

In Flagler Beach, ‘We Got Hit the Hardest’ in the County, Manager Says at Emergency Meeting, Calling for Patience

October 4, 2022 | FlaglerLive | 7 Comments

Flagler Beach was in repair mode all the way to its water tower today. (© Rick Belhumeur for FlaglerLive)

The Flagler Beach City Commission took stock of Hurricane Ian’s impact on the city at a hastily arranged emergency meeting at noon today, balancing the fact that the hurricane largely spared Flagler County of severe impacts but still left Flagler Beach with the most damage locally.

Catastrophic Loss: Dunes All But Gone Along Flagler’s 18-Mile Shore, Leaving A1A and Properties Dangerously Exposed

October 3, 2022 | FlaglerLive | 64 Comments

The beach at Jungle Hut Park, as in most spots along the 18 miles of shore, was remade by Hurricane Ian, which entirely carved out the dunes the county had rebuilt in 2018 and 2019, and advanced further inland, carving out older sands. (© FlaglerLive)

While Flagler County was spared the brunt of Hurricane Ian’s fury, its shoreline was ravaged, and what remained of its already battered dunes and rock revetments sacrificed themselves to protect A1A and properties. There is no more protection should another storm strike. The disappearance of the dunes is stunning in Flagler Beach north of the pier, and in many other places along the 18 miles of beach.

Flagler Recovery Roundup: Curfew Lifted, Latest Power Update, Storm Numbers, Schools’ Reopening Plans

October 2, 2022 | FlaglerLive | 4 Comments

It was one way to get back in the swing of things: a boater preparing to launch at Bings Landing this afternoon. (© FlaglerLive)

Here’s a roundup of the latest conditions in Flagler County and its cities, status of closures and openings, where to seek help for repairs, when to expect schools and colleges to reopen, and what the latest power cut numbers are.

Pier’s End Collapses, More Flagler Areas Evacuated, 70% of County Without Power, Dunes Damaged

September 29, 2022 | FlaglerLive | 15 Comments

The Flagler Beach pier at sundown this evening was continuing to take a pounding from high waves as Hurricane Ian paralleled Flagler's shore. (© FlaglerLive)

The severity of tropical Storm Ian continues this afternoon, demolishing parts of the Flagler Beach pier, inundating larger areas of Palm Coast and Flagler Beach, and downing trees and power lines as 57 percent of residents are without power. 

Don’t Expect Flagler To Be At Top of FPL’s List for Power Restoration After Ian

September 28, 2022 | FlaglerLive | 17 Comments

Replacement transformers stocked at FPL's facility in Palm Coast ahead of Hurricane Dorian in 2019. (© FlaglerLive)

Flagler County has an unhappy history of finding itself near the bottom of the list of counties to have their power restored in previous hurricanes. That may yet again be the case in the wake of Hurricane Ian’s devastation as more populous counties get attention first.

‘Extremely Dangerous’ Hurricane Ian Landfall, Then Path Through Flagler; Local Evacuations Readied

September 27, 2022 | FlaglerLive | 16 Comments

Hurricane Ian forecasts continue to worsen for both sides of Florida, with a Category 3 or more landfall in Tampa Bay and a path bringing a tropical storm to Flagler by Friday. Evacuation orders for parts of Flagler are imminent, schools are closed starting Wednesday.

Flagler Beach Historical Museum Celebrates 21st Anniversary with Moondance Fundraiser

September 22, 2022 | FlaglerLive | Leave a Comment

Celebrate the Flagler Beach Museum’s 21st Anniversary at their ‘Moondance’ fundraiser on October 6 from 5:30 p.m. until 8:30.p.m. The event will be held at Beachfront Grille, located at 2444 S Ocean Shore Blvd., Flagler Beach.

Westward Ho, Palm Coast Mayor David Alfin Tells Realtors, with View to Double City’s Footprint

September 14, 2022 | FlaglerLive | 18 Comments

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Palm Coast Mayor offered a bullish vision of Palm Coast’s westward expansion past U.S. 1 while speaking to fellow-Realtors at the annual Meet the Mayors event Wednesday, along side County Commissioner Greg Hansen, Bunnell mayor Catherine Robinson, Flagler Beach Mayor Suzie Johnston and Beverly beach Mayor Steve Emmett.

Swords Sheathed, County, Cities and District Resolve Clash Over Developers’ Dues for School Construction

September 8, 2022 | FlaglerLive | 3 Comments

Three smiling lawyers and a mayor: Palm Coast Mayor David Alfin, standing, liked seeing the smiles on the faces of Assistant County Attorney Sean Moylan, seated, second from left, Palm Coast City Attorney Neysa Borkert, and Chris Wilson, the attorney representing the Flagler County School Board on concurrency issues. (© FlaglerLive)

This morning’s meeting of the so-called ILA (or inter-local agreement) Oversight Committee, gathering elected officials from the school district and other local governments, was distinctly more relaxed as a year-long clash over what some developers must pay, and when, to ensure school capacity for new students, was over.

Wadsworth Park Employee’s Vigilance Leads to Veteran Felon and Bleacher Stealer’s Arrest in 2 Hours

September 8, 2022 | FlaglerLive | 8 Comments

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Ronald Schmitt, 56, of Flagler Beach, was stealing bleachers used by children at Wadsworth park when County park employee Ryan Belhumeur confronted him and relayed all the necessary information to law enforcement that led to Schmitt getting apprehended at a scrap yard south of Bunnell two hours later.

Cities, Including Flagler Beach, Looking Into Banning Smoking and Vaping on Beaches

September 3, 2022 | FlaglerLive | 8 Comments

A new law allows cities and counties to ban smoking and vaping on beaches they control. (© FlaglerLive)

Several communities in coming weeks and months could move forward under a new state law that allows cities and counties to ban smoking cigarettes and vaping at locally controlled beaches and parks.

Flagler Beach Commission Set to Approve Budget With 13% Tax Increase

September 2, 2022 | FlaglerLive | 3 Comments

Flagler Beach, when it had a beach. (© FlaglerLive)

The Flagler Beach City Commission is set to vote next week on a proposed budget that would raise the city’s property tax rate slightly and equate to a 13 percent tax increase for non-homesteaded property owners like businesses and renters.

Flagler Voters’ Message to Poison Peddlers

August 26, 2022 | FlaglerLive | 90 Comments

From left, Janet McDonald, Jill Woolbright, Ed Danko, Joe Mullins, Will Furry and Christy Chong. (© FlaglerLive)

Flagler voters made damn sure that white nationalists, bigots and liars like Joe Mullins, Jill Woolbright and Janet McDonald had a short and embarrassing shelf life. If Flagler is solidly conservative, it remains sanely, moderately so for now, even for a one-party county with just three Democrats among 33 elected officials on six government boards.

Dune Reconstruction Project Is Set for Next June Even as 1 Property Owner Holds Out

August 22, 2022 | FlaglerLive | 18 Comments

The entirely eroded beach at a South 13th Street crossover in Flagler Beach last week. It's part of the segment of beach that a U.S. Army Corps of Engineers project would rebuild. (© FlaglerLive)

Flagler County Attorney Al Hadeed and U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Project Manager Jason Harrah told the Flagler Beach City Commission Thursday evening that the now two-decade-old plan to rebuild 2.6 miles of beach south of the pier is set to begin in June.

Flagler Beach Commission Gives City Manager William Whitson A Mediocre Evaluation, and a Few Pointers

August 18, 2022 | FlaglerLive | 3 Comments

Flagler Beach City Manager William Whitson with his one true champion on the commission, Jane Mealy, last February, just before Whitson's tenure ran into a series of difficulties. (© FlaglerLive)

As an evaluation for the chief executive of a local government, that of City Manager William Whitson, his first since his arrival here in May 2021, is not a triumph. It evokes words like middling, mediocre, passable, decent, tolerable. In the exact words of the evaluations themselves, they average out to the low end of “Meets the Job Standards.”

Study: Flagler’s Beaches Are Eroding Critically, and Will Cost County Alone $5 to $13 Million a Year to Slow

August 12, 2022 | FlaglerLive | 25 Comments

What was left of what used to be the sea wall at Varn Park, in November 2021. (Olsen)

The most comprehensive study to date about Flagler County’s beaches paints a stark picture of the consequences of climate change and sea level rise, accelerating erosion, potentially crushing costs to local taxpayers to slow down the erosion with beach renourishment, and few sources of funding to do so.

Water Main Breaks on South Central Ave. in Flagler Beach, Requiring Boil-Water Notice

August 12, 2022 | FlaglerLive | 1 Comment

The location of the water main break in an image released by the city.

A water main that serves residents and businesses on portions of the south-central area of Flagler Beach broke on Friday, requiring several days of repairs and a boil-water notice for affected residents and businesses next week. Service will not be interrupted through the weekend, as the city’s public works department is patching the damage until Monday.

‘Disturbing’ Beach Erosion Near Pier Meets Split and Muddled Response from Flagler Beach Commission

August 10, 2022 | FlaglerLive | 22 Comments

Cliffs instead of a beach: the nearly catastrophic erosion at the Flagler Beach pier and north of it is prompting an emergency response from city government, but options are limited and expensive. (© FlaglerLive)

A 90-minute emergency meeting of the Flagler Beach City Commission this morning resulted in more confusion, disagreement and speculation than direction on how to address what City Manager William Whitson described as “disturbing” and relatively sudden erosion of a massive portion of beach at the pier and just north of it. Others–including surfers and a city commissioner–said the sand has merely migrated, and will return of its own.

Massive Erosion Strikes North and South of Pier; Flagler Beach Commission Calls Emergency Meeting

August 8, 2022 | FlaglerLive | 26 Comments

The beach north of the Flagler Beach pier has been carved out, without so much as a major storm. (© FlaglerLive)

Erosion north of the Flagler Beach pier and around 13th Street South has left portions of the shore without beach, with sheer cliffs of sand instead, as was the case along much of the Flagler shore following Hurricane Matthew. Yet there’s been no major storms. County and Flagler Beach officials are concerned, and examining options.

Solution in Sight in Months-Long Conflict Over School Construction as Halt to Big Developments Looms

August 4, 2022 | FlaglerLive | 3 Comments

Flagler County School Board Chairman Trevor Tucker, flanked by Board members Janet McDonald, left, and Colleen Conklin, making his compromise proposal that may resolve a long-running conflict pitting the county on one side and the school board on the other--with cities largely caught in between--over the way builders and developers are charged for school construction. (© FlaglerLive)

A compromise proposal suggested by School Board member Trevor Tucker may resolve a conflict that has divided Flagler County government and the School Board, along with some of the county’s cities, over how builders and developers are billed for school construction. Absent a resolution, more than a dozen large developments could be brought to a halt.

Patti King Is Flagler Beach Historical Museum’s New Director

August 1, 2022 | FlaglerLive | Leave a Comment

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The Flagler Beach Historical Museum’s Board of Directors are pleased to announce that Patti King has accepted the position of Museum Director. Current Director Kathy Wilcox has been in the position since 2018 and will retire in December.

There Will Be No Inquisition of Flagler Beach Mayor Suzie Johnston

July 28, 2022 | FlaglerLive | 11 Comments

The Flagler Beach City Commission in a less stressful environment, at last April's dedication of a glass-crushing recycling machine. From left, Commissioner James Sherman, Devorah Phillips, Mayor Suzie Johnston, Commissioner Jane Mealy and Commission Chairman Ken Bryan. Commissioner Eric Cooley is not pictured. (© FlaglerLive)

Three Flagler Beach city commissioners had called for a special workshop to discuss what they perceived as Mayor Suzie Johnston overstepping her role. After conversations with City Attorney Drew Smith, the commissioners pulled back on holding that workshop this evening.

Palm Coast Pitches Breakthrough That Could End County Clash with District Over School Construction

July 22, 2022 | FlaglerLive | 8 Comments

Jason DeLorenzo, left, and Ray Tyner, director and deputy director of Palm Coast's development department, proposed a compromise solution to payment of school construction fees just as a working group seemed primed for a crash. (© FlaglerLive)

The working group of local government staffers struggling to craft a formula requiring developers and builders to pay their fair share had a breakthrough at its last meeting, devising a new formula that could resolve a conflict and prevent the county from reaching the point where a lot of further development could be stopped, because of the absence of a formal agreement.

In Silver Lining for Flagler Beach, $25,000 Not Spent on Fireworks Redirected to Dodge Dunes Campaign

July 20, 2022 | FlaglerLive | 7 Comments

The message can be lost on visitors. A revitalized Dodge the Dunes campaign may help. (© FlaglerLive)

At the behest of Flagler Beach Commissioner Ken Bryan, Flagler’s Tourist Development Council this morning agreed by consensus to award some or all of the $25,000 that the city did not spend on its ill-fated July 4 fireworks show back to efforts focused on the Dodge the Dunes campaign, primarily in Flagler Beach.

Flagler Beach Commission Again Clashes, Reducing Mayor to Tears and Lawyering Up Over Roles

July 15, 2022 | FlaglerLive | 28 Comments

Flagler Beach Commissioners Jane Mealy and Ken Bryan, along with Deborah Phillips (not pictured) are having sharp differences with Mayor Suzie Johnston over the mayor's role on the commission. (© FlaglerLive)

Flagler Beach commissioners today in a budget workshop again clashed sharply over Mayor Suzie Johnston’s, and commissioners’, respective roles, several of them charging that Johnston is overstepping her authority. The clash ended what only the night before had been a pledge on the panel to “reset” and seek a more collegial approach.

On the Brink of War, Flagler Beach City Commission Agrees to ‘Reset,’ with Rescue from Ex-Mayor

July 15, 2022 | FlaglerLive | 2 Comments

The Flagler Beach City Commission and Manager William Whitson need a reset. (© FlaglerLive)

The Flagler Beach City Commission, faced with a two-front war–with conflict over City Manager William Whitson’s future and growing conflict between the commission itself–pledged Thursday to “reset” after getting a peace-keeping assist from former Mayor Linda Provencher. It had been at the edge of a cliff.

No ‘Lynching’ for Embattled Flagler Beach Manager Whitson, But a 90-Day Probation Period

July 14, 2022 | FlaglerLive | 8 Comments

Flagler Beach City Manager William Whitson has 90 days to prove to commissioners that he's still their guy. (© FlaglerLive)

Just 14 months into his tenure as Flagler Beach City Manager, William Whitson is on a 90-day probation period that could result in his firing if he doesn’t show the sort of reset in communications and management style a majority of commissioners want to see.

Robin C. Bloom, 63, and a Dog Die in Mobile Home Fire at Bulow RV Resort

July 13, 2022 | FlaglerLive | 2 Comments

The Bulow RV resort is off Old Kings Road near the Flagler-Volusia county line.

Robin Bloom, a 63-year-old resident of the Bulow RV resort in Flagler Beach, died in an early morning fire Monday at the mobile home she was sharing with a roommate. Her roommate, Celina Fiorino, 65, was not injured. A dog also died in the blaze.

Developments Could Stall If County, Cities and District Can’t Agree on School Construction Payments

July 8, 2022 | FlaglerLive | 15 Comments

Palm Coast Mayor David Alfin, left, chaired this morning's Intergovernmental Agreement Oversight Committee meeting intended to outline the various governments' positions on the collection of fees from builders for school construction. Those in attendance were County Commissioners Dave Sullivan and Andy Dance, Bunnell City Commissioners Bob Barnes and John Rogers, School Board members Janet McDonald and Colleen Conklin, School Board Chairman Trevor Tucker, and Palm Coast City Council member Nick Klufas. (© FlaglerLive)

As they hurtle toward an arbitrary Aug. 31 deadline that could potentially bring some local development to a halt, the Flagler County School Board on one side and the county, Palm Coast and Bunnell on the other remain in sharp opposition over how to collect money developers owe the district to ensure there are enough schools for incoming students.

16 Flagler Businesses Pass July 4 Test: None Sold Booze to Underage Undercover Agent

July 6, 2022 | FlaglerLive | 5 Comments

No seats for minors. (© FlaglerLive)

State Agents from Jacksonville’s Division of Alcoholic Beverages and Tobacco (ABT) conducted compliance checks throughout Flagler County, in an effort to combat underage drinking for the 4th of July holiday weekend.

Two Trauma Evacuated, Including Child, in 3-Vehicle Crash Near Flagler Beach Bridge

July 4, 2022 | FlaglerLive | 31 Comments

Two occupants, including a child, were reported thrown from the Jeep in a three-vehicle crash today near midday on the approach of the Flagler Beach bridge. (© FlaglerLive)

The eastbound lanes across the bridge into Flagler Beach were shut down this morning just as the city’s annual Independence Day parade was ending following a severe three-vehicle crash at the intersection of State Road 100 and John Anderson Highway.

No Fireworks in Flagler Beach? No Problem: Palm Coast Hosts July 3 Fireworks Show at County Airport

July 3, 2022 | FlaglerLive | 16 Comments

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Celebrate Independence Day with “Fireworks Over the Runways” on Sunday, July 3, with a 20-minute production by Fireworks by Santore at the Flagler Executive Airport, 201 Airport Road in Palm Coast. The show features more than 1,000 exploding shells and a jaw-dropping finale.

Flagler Beach Mayor Files Grant On Her Own, Underscoring Grievance With Manager Over Serial Fails

June 30, 2022 | FlaglerLive | 42 Comments

The Flagler Beach city administration did not file an application for a tourism grant worth up to $739,000, though it had a year and a half to do so. The mayor filed it on her own this week, though it is going nowhere. The mayor's action was likelier intended as a message. (© FlaglerLive)

Flagler Beach Mayor Suzie Johnston filed an application to the county’s Tourist Development Council for a $739,000 grant to rebuild the city’s boardwalk, without commission approval, but in reaction to what she sees as a series of failures on the city administration’s part to follow through on city initiatives.

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