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Palm Coast Manager Challenges Sheriff’s ‘Nebulous’ Evidence In Request For More Cops

July 18, 2019 | FlaglerLive | 32 Comments

Palm Coast City Manager Matt Morton, left, and Cmdr. David Williams, the sheriff's Palm Coast liaison. (© FlaglerLive)

Palm Coast City Manager Matt Morton is challenging Sheriff Rick Staly’s request for six more deputies in palm Coast–a 20 percent cost increase–questioning the methodology of the request as lacking a basis of evidence.

Bo Sirrine, 21-Year-Old Navy Crewman, Faces Rape Charge Involving Palm Coast Girl, 13

July 18, 2019 | FlaglerLive | 10 Comments

Bo Sirrine is at the Flagler County Jail on $100,000 bond.

Bo Sirrine, a 21-year-old Navy crewman in Jacksonville, got to know the 13-year-old Palm Coast girl through the website “Plenty of Fish,” a dating website, then kept communicating with her on Snapchat and Google Hangout.

Dissatisfied, Beverly Beach Quits Waste Pro and Returns to Flagler Beach’s Garbage Haulers

July 18, 2019 | FlaglerLive | 5 Comments

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Eight months after signing on with Waste Pro for garbage service, Beverly Beach is returning to Flagler Beach’s garbage haulers because residents were dissatisfied with Waste Pro.

Sheriff’s Deputies Chase After 2 Men Who Bail From Stolen Car in Palm Coast’s R-Section

July 17, 2019 | FlaglerLive | 27 Comments

Flagler County Fire Flight, the emergency helicopter, was called in to assist in the search for two men reported to have stolen a car and jumped out of it near the R Section Wednesday evening. (© FlaglerLive)

More than a dozen Flagler County Sheriff’s deputies were searching for two men who bailed from a stolen car–a 2019 Honda–at Riviera Estates Drive a little after 8 this evening. 

A Routine Staff Meeting Turns Town Hall on The Gardens Development, Revealing Coming Strategies

July 17, 2019 | FlaglerLive | 11 Comments

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A routine meeting of Flagler County’s Technical Review Committee drew almost 100 people and turned into a quasi-public town hall session, revealing opponents’ legal strategy and the county’s own various concerns about the controversial proposed Gardens Development on John Anderson Highway.

Beat The Rush, Avoid Vaccine Hysteria: Get Your Free Shots at Flagler Health Department

July 16, 2019 | FlaglerLive | 4 Comments

Nothing says summer vacation like a set of shots. (Marco Verch)

Vaccines for polio, measles, HPV, HepB, Varicella, Tdap and more are all available free and daily before the school year at the Flagler Health Department. Vaccines help develop immunity to many serious infectious diseases.

City Council Unconvinced as it Hears Pitch For 6 Additional Deputies in Palm Coast

July 16, 2019 | FlaglerLive | 11 Comments

The sheriff's Chief Mark Strobridge, second from left, seen here at last May's memorial for law enforcement officers, presented the sheriff 's pitch for additional deputies to the Palm Coast City Council this morning. (© FlaglerLive)

The Palm Coast City Council in 2017 had approved the addition of five new deputies, but this time it’s been more skeptical that more are needed as the city focuses on other priorities.

County Agrees To $680,000 Tax Rebate Over 10 Years For an Unnamed Furniture Company

July 16, 2019 | FlaglerLive | 19 Comments

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The unanimous vote capped a brief presentation followed by a nearly hour-long stream of public support and commissioners’ applause, though most elements of the package remain hidden, and, enthusiasm aside, many of the statements were speculative, exaggerated or inaccurate.

County Threatens to Sue Clerk of Court Bexley in 48 Hours Over Space Request for Sheriff at Courthouse

July 15, 2019 | FlaglerLive | 24 Comments

It's not clear if stormclouds are building or receding over the Flagler County courthouse. (© FlaglerLive)

The county commission will sue Clerk of Court Tom Bexley in 48 hours of he does not agree to a space study at the courthouse, and to abide with the study’s results, in the commission’s latest effort to gain extra space for the sheriff.

Chief Judge Warns Against ‘Taking’ of Courthouse As Sheriff’s Picture in Murder Investigation Lobbies Commission on Space

July 15, 2019 | FlaglerLive | 18 Comments

The picture the sheriff's public affairs office issued Saturday in one of its updates to the ongoing investigation of the murder of 17-year-old Elijah Rizvan. The picture shows the sheriff and Chief Paul Bovino, center, with detectives and others huddled outside Bovino's office at the county courthouse, using cubicles intended for clerk of court operations. The sheriff said he 'commandeered' the space due to necessity, but intended the picture to send a message to the county commission. The commission is meeting tonight to discuss the sheriff's space needs at the courthouse.

Chief Judge Raul Zambrano issued a forcefully written, potentially game-changing letter on the sheriff occupying space at the Flagler courthouse even as the sheriff himself was lobbying the county commission with an illustration of constraints on his troops.

School Board Chair Aims for Broad Search for Next Superintendent, Seeing No ‘Heart’ in Internal Pick

July 15, 2019 | FlaglerLive | 2 Comments

Janet McDonald chairs the school board. (© FlaglerLive)

Janet McDonald, who chairs the Flagler County School Board through November, says she favors a broad search for the next superintendent but does not detect much interest from internal candidates to take on the job.

Benjamin Allen, 16, Arrested In Shooting of Elijah Rizvan Over a $125-Drug Deal

July 14, 2019 | FlaglerLive | 93 Comments

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Benjamin Allen, 16, was arrested and charged in the murder of Elijah Rizvan, 17, Friday night on Palm Coast’s Westford Lane, the consequence of what had been planned as a deal for marijuana.

John M. Clark, 47, Found Dead of Self-Inflicted Gunshot on His Boat in Palm Coast’s C-Section

July 12, 2019 | FlaglerLive | 17 Comments

John M. Clark was living on a boat docked at 30 Comanche Court in Palm Coast.

The afternoon of July 10, Flagler County Sheriff’s deputies found John Michael Clark, 47, dead of a self-inflicted gunshot wound, an apparent suicide carried out on his boat.

Jim Tager Will Retire Next June, Ruling Out Return and Triggering Search For 5th Superintendent in 10 Years

July 12, 2019 | FlaglerLive | 6 Comments

Superintendent Jim Tager. (© FlaglerLive)

Superintendent Jim Tager will retire in 11 months and will not subsequently return even if the Flagler County School Board were to make arrangements for it, he told the board in a letter.

Flagler School District Is Finally A-Rated Again, Ending 7-Year Drought With Broad Improvements

July 11, 2019 | FlaglerLive | 6 Comments

The Flagler County School Board can be all smiles. (© FlaglerLive)

The drought ends seven straight years of Bs, after a four-year streak of As before that. Twenty-four of Florida’s 67 districts are A-rated, 54 are either A or B rated.

Michael Kolendo, 74, Dies in Medically Related Crash Near His Home in Palm Coast’s F Section

July 11, 2019 | FlaglerLive | 11 Comments

The area of the crash on Farmsworth Drive, near Fallwood Lane in Palm Coast Wednesday evening.

Michael Kolendo, 74, was dead for possibly more than an hour Wednesday evening in Palm Coast’s F Section when someone on Farmsworth Drive noticed Kolendo’s white car as if parked in a swale, still running, with Kolendo at the wheel.

County Sends Ultimatum to Clerk of Court, Asking For Additional Space at Courthouse For Sheriff By July 31

July 10, 2019 | FlaglerLive | 18 Comments

County Commissioner Dave Sullivan in front of the courthouse in May. Sullivan's direction to the county administration is the catalyst in an attempt to break an impasse over space needs at the courthouse. (© FlaglerLive)

The ultimatum was prompted by by County Commissioner Dave Sullivan, who pushed the administration to follow through on a county commission vote almost two months old to secure more space for the sheriff at the courthouse.

Dennis McDonald Now Owes County $70,000 Over Frivolous Case, But Says He Won’t Pay

July 10, 2019 | FlaglerLive | 21 Comments

Dennis McDonald, right, during a 2012 election panel, with then-Commissioner George Hanns, left, and Charlie Ericksen, who was a candidate at the time. Ericksen would also be the subject of a frvolous ethics complaint, as was Hanns, but the action against Ericksen wasn't filed by McDonald. (© FlaglerLive)

An administrative law judge is recommending that Dennis McDonald, the former candidate for local office, pay $11,000 to cover the county’s costs in an appeal McDonald had filed against having to pay an earlier judgment of $59,000. So the combined amount he owes is now $70,000.

3 Crashes in Space of 33 Minutes on Flagler Roads: 4 Vehicles, 4 Injuries, All Minor

July 10, 2019 | FlaglerLive | 11 Comments

The Volkswagen Jetta after the crash on Seminole Woods Boulevard at noon. (© FlaglerLive)

The crashes took place on Seminole Woods Boulevard, on I-95 near the State Road 100 intersection, and on State Road 100, near Blackpoint Road, all between 12:01 and 12:34 p.m. today.

Hammock Man Faces Kidnapping and Robbery Charges After Suspecting His Pot Was Stolen

July 10, 2019 | FlaglerLive | 6 Comments

Peter Palazzotto

Peter Palazzotto, 46, of 3 Hernandez Avenue in the Hammock, is charged with Kidnapping, Battery by Strangulation, Grand Theft, and Robbery, all felonies. The alleged incident took place early Wednesday.

A Shooting Injures a 21-Year-Old Palm Coast Marine, But Stories, Including His Own, Conflict

July 9, 2019 | FlaglerLive | 10 Comments

A 9mm Glock.

Late the night of July 5, 21-year-old Carter Reding Goodman, of Ocean Oaks Lane in Palm Coast, was shot, possibly in the Hammock. He and his friends gave different stories about where and how, and physical evidence told yet another story.

Palm Coast Proposal Would Raise Property Taxes 9%; Sheriff’s Request for 6 New Deputies Not in the Budget

July 9, 2019 | FlaglerLive | 18 Comments

Palm Coast Council members Jack Howell, left, and Nick Klufas. (© FlaglerLive)

Though Palm Coast government is proposing to keep its property tax rate flat, a valuation increase of 9 percent will equate to a tax increase, though homesteaded property owners won’t feel it.

As Hepatatis Rates Continue to Rise, Flagler Health Department Offers Free Screenings Through July

July 9, 2019 | FlaglerLive | Leave a Comment

The hepatitis C rate in Flagler and Florida over the years. (Florida Charts)

Baby boomers are 75 percent of Hep C cases. That’s because blood products weren’t screened for Hepatitis C before 1992, and many were likely infected when the disease was at its height during the 70s and 80s.

Bunnell Commission Ends Homeless Shelter Operations After 11 Years; Church Pledges Legal Fight

July 8, 2019 | FlaglerLive | 13 Comments

sheltering tree

The Bunnell City Commission voted this evening to end the operations of the Sheltering Tree, the county’s only cold-weather homeless shelter, at a church in Bunnell. The church and Sheltering Tree organizers say they will pursue legal avenues.

Permits Cancelled For Palm Coast Wawa, But City Insists “All Indications” Store Still a Go. Just Not Yet.

July 8, 2019 | FlaglerLive | 27 Comments

Where's Wawa? The site of the planned convenience store and gas station was cleared and an access road built around it, but that's it. The developer cancelled further permitting. (© FlaglerLive)

The permitting process for a planned Wawa at the corner of State Road 100 and Bulldog Drive was cancelled last week, ostensibly so the developer could switch contractors, when plans would be resubmitted.

Flagler Property Values Rise Nearly 9%, Higher in Cities, Providing Windfall For Local Budgets

July 8, 2019 | FlaglerLive | 3 Comments

Property values are getting closer to regaining values lost during the Great Recession, but may have a few more years to go yet. (© FlaglerLive)

Property values are a driver of local government budgets. Generally, as values increase, local property tax revenue rises, assuming governments don’t proportionately reduce their tax rates.

Reilly Opelka’s Wimbledon Run Ends in 3rd-Round Loss

July 7, 2019 | Michael Lewis | Leave a Comment

Exits Opelka. (© FlaglerLive via ESPN)

Reilly Opelka saw his terrific Wimbledon run come to an abrupt end Friday in London, as he crashed out of the tournament in a straight-sets loss to No. 15 seed Milos Raonic, 7-6 (1), 6-2, 6-1.

A Little Over a Dozen Arrests, One Notable Fight, 2 Brush Fires and 30,000 People: A Heat-Soaked July 4 in Flagler

July 5, 2019 | FlaglerLive | 10 Comments

The Flagler Beach police chief estimates that the July 4 events in the city drew between 25,000 and 30,000 people Wednesday. The above is a file photo. (© FlaglerLive)

Flagler Beach witnessed one serious fight that led to two arrests, and two brush fires, while Palm Coast had a minor party-related disturbance and Bunnell seemed to verge on the brink of a serious commotion until an arrest defused the situation.

New Leadership Called ‘Capricious’ as 2 More High-Level Resignations Strike Palm Coast Government

July 3, 2019 | FlaglerLive | 9 Comments

Palm Coast City Hall has been changing since the arrival of City Manager Matt Morton, changes long sought by Mayor Milissa Holland. (c FlaglerLive)

Interim Communications Manager Jason Giraulo called the new city manager and council “capricious” and described his own managerial abilities as “castrated” in a resignation letter the new manager strongly disputed. Chief Building Official Ricky Lee also resigned.

After 3-Month Halt, Work Will Resume On U.S. 1 Roundabout at Old Dixie, With Road Closures

July 3, 2019 | FlaglerLive | 11 Comments

The roundabout at U.S. 1 and Old Dixie Highway today, deserted of workers, as it has been for nine weeks. Work is supposed to resume on July 8. (© FlaglerLive)

Work had stopped on the roundabout project at U.S. 1 and old Dixie Highway in mid-April and won’t resume until mid-July, with further road closures and detours. The $4.1 million project is the work of the state Department of Transportation.

In Big Breakthrough, County and City Will Jointly Accommodate Palm Coast Little League and Other Fields of Need

July 3, 2019 | FlaglerLive | 6 Comments

Fences are coming down between Palm Coast and county fields. Above, watering the fields at the Indian Trails Sports Complex. (© FlaglerLive)

Palm Coast and county governments are drafting an agreement that would significantly relax the proprietary lock on each sides’ fields, instead prioretizing public need, with Palm Coast Little League the vanguard beneficiary.

Palm Coast’s Opelka Beats 4-Time Slam Champ Stan Wawrinka in Wimbledon Upset and Biggest Win Yet

July 3, 2019 | FlaglerLive | 3 Comments

Reilly Opelka after winning his last point against Stan Wawrinka today at Wimbledon.

Showing poise and maturity well beyond his years, the 21-year-old Opelka scored the biggest victory of his young career in the second round of Wimbledon, defeating three-time Slam champion Stan Wawrinka in five scintillating sets on Court 2.

A New Hospital For Flagler? Credibility Gap Yawns Between Commissioner Joe Mullins’s Pledges and County Administration’s Caution

July 2, 2019 | FlaglerLive | 21 Comments

First-year County Commissioner Joe Mullins is self-branding his 'Focused on Flagler' approach, as in this image from his social media platforms. But the approach is keeping a broader picture somewhat out of focus.

The stories told by Mullins’s hyper-optimism and the county administration’s more cautious and deliberate approach illustrate a recurring gulf between the politician’s wishes and promises and what the government administration is in fact delivering (or not).

Flagler Students Mostly Improve in Math, English and Civics, Ranking District in Top Third of State, But Struggle in Science

July 2, 2019 | FlaglerLive | 6 Comments

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Imagine School at Town center had a particularly strong showing in English and math, as did Old Kings Elementary. Buddy Taylor middle school had concerning numbers in math’s Florida Standards Assessments but stronger numbers in geometry and algebra.

Two Motorcyclists Killed in Head-On Collision on A1A South of Varn Park

July 1, 2019 | FlaglerLive | 39 Comments

First responders and the Florida Highway Patrol at the scene of the crash between two motorcyclists on A1A in the Hammock this evening. (c FlaglerLive)

Two motorcyclists were killed in a head-on collision on State Road A1A in the Hammock this evening, just south of Varn Park.

Boos, Jeers and Defiance as Flagler Beach Voices Its Opposition to The Gardens Development on John Anderson

July 1, 2019 | FlaglerLive | 35 Comments

A crowd far above capacity filled the conference room at the Hilton Garden Inn this evening. (c FlaglerLive)

Some 300 to 400 people turned out at a Palm Coast meeting hosted Monday by the developers of a planned 3,966-unit project on John Anderson Highway, the crowd promising staunch opposition.

Felon Several Times Over Accused of Brutalizing and Seizing Woman at Bunnell’s Country Store

July 1, 2019 | FlaglerLive | 18 Comments

Henry Brock in his state prison mugshot, left, and in a Flagler County jail shot.

Henry Brock, 29, of Bunnell, is seen in surveillance video brutalizing a woman in the parking lot of the Country Store in west Flagler, then placing her in the car. He was caught later by deputies and a civilian.

Reilly Opelka Gets First Wimbledon Main-Draw Win and Faces Stan Wawrinka in 2nd Round

July 1, 2019 | Michael Lewis | 2 Comments

Reilly Opelka on his way to winning his first Wimbledon en's draw match today. He faces Stan Wawrinka in the second round.

Reilly Opelka, who rose up to a career-high ranking of No. 52 earlier this year, took out German Cedrik-Marcel Stebe Monday morning at Wimbledon, winning in straight sets, 6-3, 7-6, 6-1 .

Interested In Adding More Longleaf Pine Acreage to Flagler County? Forest Service Wants To Help, Including Incentive Money

June 30, 2019 | FlaglerLive | 1 Comment

Fledgling longleaf pines. (© FlaglerLive)

The Longleaf Pine Incentive Program offers incentive payments for the completion of timber stand improvement, invasive species control, prescribed burning, planting longleaf pine, establishing native plant understory and mechanical underbrush treatments.

The Gardens Project Off John Anderson Highway: The View From the Developers’ Perspective

June 28, 2019 | FlaglerLive | 40 Comments

SunBelt Land Management bought nearly 3,000 acres straddling John Anderson Highway some 13 months ago, for $11.5 million, where the Garden Development is planned. The project had previously been marketed by Bobby Ginn/Lubert-Adler as The Gardens at Hammock Beach.

The Gardens is an 825-acre, 3,966-unit mixed-use development proposed off John Anderson Highway by SunBelt Land Management as a successor to a Ginn proposal a decade ago. Ken Belshe, a member of the development group, describes the scope and intent of the project.

Palm Coast Cell Tower Update: 2 of 3 Monopoles Are Up, With Carriers On The Way

June 28, 2019 | FlaglerLive | 9 Comments

The new cell tower at Farmsworth Drive and Palm Harbor Parkway (Palm Coast).

AT&T Wireless will be the first to have service on a new tower behind Palm Coast Parkway, with a tower also up in Palm Harbor and the tallest of the three going up near the tennis center.

How Palm Coast’s Rugrat Group and The Ned Brought a ‘Do It Together’ Vibe to the Local Music Scene

June 28, 2019 | FlaglerLive | 5 Comments

Pictured in The Ned’s recording studio and rehearsal space in Palm Coast are, from left: Marissa LiCausi of the band Flora LiCrame, The Ned drummer Joe Gardella, The Ned PR/booking manager Justyn Perry, The Ned singer-guitarist Trace George, and The Ned manager Artie “Papa Ned” Gardella. (© FlaglerLive)

Palm Coast’s Rugrat Music Group began small as The Ned, a band, and turned into “full-service music community for the independent artist” that lists 21 area music makers under the “Rugrat Family” roster who continue to influence the the local music scene.

County Prepares to Give One Company $680,000 Subsidy Over 10 Years, Dwarfing All Previous Incentive Packages Combined

June 27, 2019 | FlaglerLive | 28 Comments

A company that assembles and distributes furniture is set to sign an 'incentive' deal with Flagler County government worth $680,000 in subsidies over the next 10 years. The company would build the largest structure in the county, at 250,000 square feet. But the project has been kept largely out of public view. (Billie Grace Ward)

A furniture distribution company would build the largest structure in Flagler, a 250,000 square foot building, off U.S. 1 and provide 50 jobs in exchange for the $680,000 in direct subsidies over the next 10 years, an amount extrapolated from a largely speculative guess of how much the company would be taxed.

Seminole Woods Teen, 15, Arrested After Grandfather Finds Stash of Stolen Weapons and Ammo In His Room

June 27, 2019 | FlaglerLive | 14 Comments

The rifle located in the teen's bedroom. (FCSO)

A 15-year-old resident of Palm Coast’s Seminole Woods faces a half dozen charges, among them illegal possession of firearms by a delinquent and grand theft of a firearm, after his grandfather found what amounted to a small arsenal in the teen’s bedroom, ans deputies found more weaponry in the car he was driving around Palm Coast Wednesday.

Toddler in ICU For Overdose Just Months Ago Has Thumb Severed By Mother’s Anger Monday

June 26, 2019 | FlaglerLive | 27 Comments

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Megan Nicole Moss, 27, of Palm Coast, in September had left her 18-month-old son unsupervised long enough that he reached for a narcotic and overdosed. On Monday, she slammed a sliding glass door on his thumb, severing its tip.

Flagler’s HIV Rate More Than Doubled in 2017; Health Department Offers Free Screening on Thursday

June 26, 2019 | FlaglerLive | 2 Comments

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With the HIV infection rate reaching its highest level in Flagler County in 20 years in 2017, the Flagler Department of Health will offer free HIV screenings for county residents at the department’s facility in Bunnell on June 27 in recognition of National HIV Testing Day.

Flagler County Officials Disavow Confederate Flag That Flew at Princess Place Preserve’s Caretaker Grounds

June 25, 2019 | FlaglerLive | 50 Comments

'I don’t go around advertising that flag, I don’t go around advertising nothing.' Gail Durrance said, taking down the Confederate flag she flew at the Princess Place Preserve, against a 'barn' used by county employees for their park vehicles and equipment. (© FlaglerLive)

A Confederate flag hung at the grounds of the caretakers for Flagler County’s Princess Place Preserve even as county employees came and went on the public park’s lands–until a Palm Coast resident noticed it and complained.

Out of Patience, Sheriff Demands County Action on Space Needs: ‘This Situation Cannot Continue’

June 25, 2019 | FlaglerLive | 6 Comments

The sheriff's central operations have been embedded at the county courthouse for over a year, an arrangement Sheriff Rick Staly said was originally thought to last 90 days until more adequate space was found. (© FlaglerLive)

The sheriff’s letter to the county commission chairman echoes the same urgency and call for action that the sheriff used just over a year ago to compel the county to provide a healthier space for employees than the troubled Operations Center.

In Proxy War Over Homeless Shelter, Bunnell Shuts Down Church’s Other Relief Works

June 24, 2019 | FlaglerLive | 15 Comments

The Bunnell commission voted 5-0 to deny First United Methodist Church on Pine Street so much as new showers or new bathrooms, in essence preventing the church from operating as an overnight relief center for volunteer emergency crews during natural emergencies.

5 Palm Coast Residents, 4 of them Felons, Arrested on Drug Charges in R-Section House

June 24, 2019 | FlaglerLive | 15 Comments

The Raemoor Drive arrests in Palm Coast. From left, Margaret Tillman, Glenn James Moratto, Jordan Cheney, Samantha Tillman, and John Jakobson.

Friday morning, several Flagler County Sheriff’s detectives and deputies, including a SWAT Team detachment and members of the federal secret service, served a warrant at 11 Raemoor Drive. Five individuals were in the house and arrested.

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