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Flagler, Palm Coast & Other Local News

As Lenhart Replaces Weeks, A Canvassing Meeting Where The Biggest News Is No News

January 12, 2015 | FlaglerLive | 7 Comments

Gov. Rick Scott appointed Kaiti Lenhart Interim Flagler County Supervisor of Elections, and the county canvassing board met for the first time today in the post-Kimberle Weeks era, and in a radically different atmosphere.

Palm Coast Street Superintendent Tony Capela Resigns Abruptly After 8 Years

January 12, 2015 | FlaglerLive | 15 Comments

Tony Capela, the sometimes embattled, often lauded Palm Coast street superintendent, resigned unexpectedly late Friday, without giving a reason, after eight years with the city.

Judge Will Decide How Much of $18,000 McDonald and Attorney Owe Palm Coast in Frivolous Case

January 12, 2015 | FlaglerLive | 4 Comments

Palm Coast brought sanctions against Dennis McDonald and his attorney for filing a frivolous lawsuit in 2013, alleging, falsely, that the city was about to cut down trees around Palm Harbor shopping center.

As Showdown Looms Over Salamander’s Hammock Beach Hotel, County Asks For Delay

January 9, 2015 | FlaglerLive | 2 Comments

A hearing before the Flagler County Commission Monday evening was to decide the fate of a proposed 198-room hotel at Hammock Beach Resort. The county administration is asking for a delay until February.

28 Killed on Flagler Roads Last Year, Most Since 2008; Total Crashes 2nd-Highest Ever

January 8, 2015 | FlaglerLive | 19 Comments

The spike in fatalities and 876 total crashes (only 2013 had more total crashes) has police and safety officials puzzled, though they say distracted driving is likely the leading cause.

Men’s Futures Tennis Tourney Returns to Palm Coast For 6th Year, Jan. 23-Feb. 1

January 8, 2015 | FlaglerLive | Leave a Comment

Up to 128 touring professionals will compete at Palm Coast’s clay court facility for a $10,000 purse and ATP ranking points. Most days’ events are free to the public.

At Imagine School, Fire Inspection Is Cause For Caution, But “Just For Next Couple Of Weeks”

January 7, 2015 | FlaglerLive | 11 Comments

Palm Coast’s fire chief is incensed by the deception of a cautionary email to school staff this week that warns of a coming fire inspection, but also suggests that problem items must be removed or rearranged only “until after the inspection.”

Flu Visits to Flagler ER Spike 33% Over Last Season, But Officials Aren’t Calling It an Epidemic

January 7, 2015 | FlaglerLive | Leave a Comment

Flu visits to the ER were especially pronounced in November. They leveled off a bit in December. But the first week of January saw the numbers spike again, especially compared to last year,

Four Gay Couples Get Marriage Licenses at Flagler Courthouse in Quietly Momentous End to Long-Standing Prejudice

January 6, 2015 | FlaglerLive | 18 Comments

It was a quiet but significantly historic day at the Flagler County Courthouse as Florida’s ban on marriage equality ended across the state Tuesday and couples celebrated the issuance of same-sex marriage licenses ahead of marriage ceremonies after the three-day waiting period.

Christmas Arch at Town Center’s Fantasy Lights Display Is Vandalized

January 6, 2015 | FlaglerLive | 4 Comments

For the second time in two years, Tiffany’s Fantasy Lights at Palm Coast’s Town Center were vandalized, this time when the Christmas Arch at the entrance of the park was toppled over.

Supervisor of Elections Kimberle Weeks Resigns

January 5, 2015 | FlaglerLive | 42 Comments

Six years into her tenure, Flagler County Supervisor of Elections Kimberle Weeks has resigned. Weeks announced her resignation in a letter to her poll workers this morning, citing family and health concerns.

The Gifted Chemistry of Mentorship: Remembering FPC’s Sylvia Brady

January 5, 2015 | FlaglerLive | 9 Comments

Sylvia Brady, the long-time and popular chemistry teacher at Flagler Palm Coast High School and 1984 Teacher of the Year, died on Friday, age 73. Inna Hardison, former editor of Palm Coast Lifestyles Magazine and current co-owner of Ha Media in Palm Coast, wrote the following profile of Brady in 2009, when Brady was on the verge of retirement. 

Bunnell’s Faith Foust, 22, Killed, Boy Critical, Infant Saved in Head-On Crash on South Old Dixie

January 2, 2015 | FlaglerLive | 64 Comments

Faith Foust, 22, of Bunnell, was killed and her two children injured, in a head-on collision with a raised pick-up truck driven by Roberto C. Mcleskey, 22, of Gainesville.

After Confrontation, Police Taser and Arrest Bunnell Man Seeking Suicide By Cop

January 2, 2015 | FlaglerLive | 9 Comments

Henry Brock, 25, was arrested in several counts of police assault after cops stopped a fight between Brock and another man, at which point Brock threatened the cops and himself until he was incapacitated by two Taser shots.

6 Cars Broken Into or Tampered With at Outback and Nearby Lot Tuesday Evening

December 31, 2014 | FlaglerLive | 11 Comments

Four of the six cars had a window smashed out and items of varying value stolen in a crime spree that took place during dinner hours Tuesday evening.

Lower Fuel Costs Will Bring FPL Power Bills Down $2 a Month Starting in 2015

December 31, 2014 | FlaglerLive | 1 Comment

Like all utility companies, Florida Power & Light Company, which services almost all of Flagler County, is required by law to pass on fuel savings to customers.

Argument Over Facebook Images Turns Violent, Landing P-Section Woman in Jail

December 31, 2014 | FlaglerLive | 4 Comments

A violent domestic confrontation between a man and a woman over Facebook images on a cell phone spilled onto the street in Palm Coast Tuesday morning.

Chiumento Law Firm’s Ron Hertel Is Named 2015 President of Flagler Bar Association

December 30, 2014 | FlaglerLive | 1 Comment

Ron Hertel of Palm Coast’s Chiumento Selis Dwyer replaces Doug Williams as president of the Flagler County Bar Association, with Vincent Lyon, an attorney at the same law firm, as president-elect.

As Lawyers Duel, Meet the Interracial Gay Cowboys at Heart of Florida’s Gay-Marriage Quest

December 30, 2014 | FlaglerLive | 6 Comments

Stephen Schlairet and Ozzie Russ are a typical couple in many ways. They finish each other’s sentences, and reminisce over a photo album of their commitment ceremony nearly 15 years ago.

An 18-Year-Old Woman Is Charged With Rape After Sex With Boy, 15, in Public Library Lot

December 29, 2014 | FlaglerLive | 17 Comments

A Flagler Sheriff’s deputy noticed a van rocking back and forth in the public library parking lot on Palm Coast Parkway. The boy’s mother was summoned and asked for charges against 18-year-old Gabriella Martinez.

Medicare Penalties Hit 31 Florida Hospitals Over High Infection Rates; FHF Spared

December 29, 2014 | FlaglerLive | Leave a Comment

In its toughest crackdown yet on medical errors, the federal government is cutting payments to 721 hospitals – including 31 in Florida — for having high rates of infections and other patient injuries.

2014 In Review: For Florida, A Year of Same-Olds More Than Change

December 27, 2014 | FlaglerLive | 8 Comments

State government from the governor on down is virtually unchanged, with all major figures and almost all incumbent senators winning reelection, but gay marriage and some legalized marijuana suggest some change for the state.

Stars of Palm Coast: Tiffany’s Fantasy Lights

December 24, 2014 | FlaglerLive | 15 Comments

Holiday Fantasy Lights in Palm Coast Town Center

From Evansville’s Fantasy of Lights at Garvin Park to Palm Coast’s Town Center: Tiffany Butler’s Christmas and how it became ours.

Ebony Wilkerson, Who Drove Her 3 Children Into the Sea, Is Committed to State Hospital

December 23, 2014 | FlaglerLive | 5 Comments

Ebony Wilkerson, who invoked God as she drove herself and three children into the surf off the sands in Daytona Beach in early March, was committed to a state psychiatric hospital for an indeterminate amount of time on Tuesday even as Circuit Judge Leah Case described the 33-year-old woman as “dangerous.”

Flagler Court Clerk Gail Wadsworth on Gay Marriage: “People Should Have Freedom to Be.”

December 22, 2014 | FlaglerLive | 41 Comments

Flagler County Clerk of Court Gail Wadsworth, whose office will be responsible for issuing same-sex marriage licenses starting Jan. 6, assuming legalities are worked out, speaks of her support for the sweeping change and hopes that it does not apply in one part of Florida but not others.

Not Wanting Jail Again, Palm Coast Ex-Con Is Arrested Twice in 2 Days on 9 Charges

December 22, 2014 | FlaglerLive | 10 Comments

Ryan Giovine had been to jail twice already this year, on a drug charge and a probation violation charge. He didn’t want to go back a third time this weekend. Instead, he ended up being jailed twice on a total of nine charges, including domestic violence battery, assault, burglary and probation violation.

Flagler Film Festival, the Sequel: Zombies and Star Power Flick In Jan. 9-11

December 19, 2014 | FlaglerLive | Leave a Comment

The second edition of the Flagler Film Festival, at Palm Coast’s Hilton Garden Inn Jan. 9-11, features Florida-themed and Palm Coast based productions among numerous entries from around the world.

Four Palm Coast Employees Pull Off Poetic Doe Rescue Trapped in Grand Haven Pond

December 19, 2014 | FlaglerLive | 9 Comments

In Palm Coast City Manager Jim Landon’s words (happy-face emoticon not included), “Santa will have all his reindeer this year,” thanks to four city employees who saved a doe from drowning in a coldish pond at Grand Haven Wednesday morning.

Unemployment in Flagler Falls to 8.1%, But Labor Force and Employment Rolls Shrink

December 19, 2014 | FlaglerLive | 4 Comments

Flagler County’s unemployment rate continued to improve in November, falling to 8.2 percent, the fourth successive monthly improvement and the lowest rate since the Great Recession as Florida’s rate, too, fell in November, matching the national rate of 5.8 percent.

Mulling Nuisances, Palm Coast Putters Closer to Trap, Neuter and Release of Feral Cats

December 18, 2014 | FlaglerLive | 23 Comments

With two new supporters of TNR on the council, Palm Coast is slowly moving toward adoption of a trap and release system that still preserves the city’s authority to declare some cats nuisances, and have them removed from public spaces or exterminated.

As Compliance Replaces Controversy, Sheriff Cautions of 2 DUI Checkpoints in Palm Coast

December 18, 2014 | FlaglerLive | 37 Comments

The checkpoints, which must follow strict guidelines, will be located at Palm Coast Pkwy NW and Frontage Road as well as State Road 100, East of Old Kings Road.

Firing a “Sponge Grenade,” Flagler Deputies Defuse a Would-Be Suicide-By-Gun After Hours of Negotiations

December 17, 2014 | FlaglerLive | 9 Comments

Flagler deputies after hours of negotiations near the Palm Harbor overpass in Palm Coast Wednesday morning stopped a man from killing himself with a .38 by firing so-called “less-lethal” munition.

Shirley Nethery, 77, Dies After Mistakenly Driving Her Car Down a Hammock Boat Ramp

December 17, 2014 | FlaglerLive | 32 Comments

Shirley Nethery, a 77-year-old resident and former president of Surfside Estates in Beverley Beach, died Tuesday evening after driving her car down a boat ramp and into the the Intracoastal Waterway.

White Elephant No More: County Approves 5-Year Lease of Costly Ginn Hangar in Deal With New Company

December 16, 2014 | FlaglerLive | 7 Comments

Delta Engineering of New Catle, Del., expanding in Flagler with 10 to 30 high-paying jobs, will fill the old Ginn building that had left the county with a $2 million liability when Ginn went bankrupt.

In Unusual Vote, Flagler Commission Acknowledges Ethics and Elections Complaints Against All Its Members

December 16, 2014 | FlaglerLive | 4 Comments

County and Canvassing Board Attorney Al Hadeed, who was also served with complaints, asked for the vote to assert three points that framed the complaints within the official duties commissioners were performing at the time the issues arose.

Ethics Commission Rejects Settlement With Sheriff Manfre, Reopening Case on All Charges

December 16, 2014 | FlaglerLive | 23 Comments

Manfre’s practices and claims of innocence until cautioned otherwise came under withering criticism by several members of the commission, who voted 7-2 to further investigate all charges originally brought against him.

Divided Flagler Commission Awards Administrator Coffey 5% Raise This Year, With More All But Promised

December 15, 2014 | FlaglerLive | 16 Comments

The Flagler County Commission didn’t go for the 10 percent raise Coffey (or, it is claimed, his staff) was asking for, but he still got a nearly $6,000 raise in a 3-2 vote by the commission Monday evening.

In 4-1 Vote, County Seals Agreement to Build Tourist-Ready Cottages at Princess Preserve

December 15, 2014 | FlaglerLive | 18 Comments

An initial plan to build three cottages in partnership with a state conservation agency would expand to an additional 10 cottages at the River-to-Sea Preserve in the near future.

Weekend Domestic Violence: A Woman’s Teeth Knocked Out; Baseball Bat vs. Lexus

December 15, 2014 | FlaglerLive | 9 Comments

Michael J. Ditaranto and Ralph Moreno, both Palm Coast residents, were jailed following separate incidents that resulted in one woman being hospitalized and a car being smashed up.

Special Election for House: Renner Hauls In $76,500. His Three Opponents Combined: $355

December 14, 2014 | FlaglerLive | 3 Comments

Renner’s $76,500 dwarfed amounts not exceeding $180 raised by three other candidates in the District 24 race — Republicans Sheamus McNeeley and Ron Sanchez and Democrat Adam Morley. Republican Danielle Anderson filed a waiver, as she had not posted a report on the state Division of Elections website by week’s end.

Woman’s Report of Armed Robbery Leads to SWAT’s Raid of 2 Homes Before Suspect Is Caught Elsewhere

December 13, 2014 | FlaglerLive | 16 Comments

The alleged armed robbery of 23-year-old Nicole Rizzo on Bunnell’s South Chapel Street in early evening Friday led to the arrest of Charles Lenard “CJ” Phillips.

Supervisor of Elections Weeks and Ex-Candidate File Load of Ethics and Elections Complaints on 4 Commissioners

December 12, 2014 | FlaglerLive | 22 Comments

Calling it a “witch hunt,” the four commissioners say the complaints rehash minor issues that were almost all resolved during the election season, and that the ploy mostly is an attempt to tarnish.

County Administrator Craig Coffey Seeking 10% Raise, to $161,000, Amid Other Personnel Costs

December 12, 2014 | FlaglerLive | 45 Comments

The county administrator’s salary would increase from $146,383 and would add an automatic 3 percent merit pay increase a year absent an affirmative decision by the county commission.

Palm Coast Inaugurates 3-Day Birds of a Feather Fest With “The Big Year”‘s Greg Miller Headlining

December 11, 2014 | FlaglerLive | Leave a Comment

palm coast bird fest

The inaugural and broad-spanned three-day Birds of a Feather Fest is scheduled for Feb. 6-8, 2015, offering a weekend of birding, workshops, presentations, kayak trips and family activities.

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.

Cash, Crack, Pot and Pills: Drug Sweep in Palm Coast and Bunnell Yields 16 Arrests

December 10, 2014 | FlaglerLive | 26 Comments

Most of the arrests were the result of under-cover drug buys conducted in November, leading to search and arrest warrants that SWAT teams and other cops served today. There were no arrests in Flagler Beach.

In Mass-Casualty Simulation, Flagler First Responders and Hospital Test Capabilities

December 10, 2014 | FlaglerLive | 2 Comments

The simulation entailed a plane crash at the county airport and more than two dozen injuries as fuel and debris struck Hijackers’ Restaurant. The exercise unfolded in front of Florida Hospital Flagler’s Emergency Room.

4 Years In, Judge Dennis Craig Is Reassigned To Volusia and Replaced By Michael Orfinger

December 10, 2014 | FlaglerLive | 6 Comments

Circuit Court Judge Dennis Craig was elected in 2010. (© FlaglerLive)

Craig has been reassigned to the civil division in Daytona Beach. He will be replaced in Flagler by Michael Orfinger, who was elected to the bench after running unopposed last summer.

Salamander Losing Streak Continues as Planning Board Rejects 198-Room Hammock Hotel, 3-2

December 9, 2014 | FlaglerLive | 8 Comments

The vote, coming at the end of a nearly four and a half hour hearing, is the latest in a series of defeats for the developer, though the binding decision does not take place until the Flagler County Commission hears the proposal.

Projecting $1 Million Saving, Palm Coast Will Build $2.5 Million City Hall Addition Now Instead of 2019

December 9, 2014 | FlaglerLive | 10 Comments

The total Palm Coast City Hall cost rose to $9 million as the council agreed to build an 8,000 square foot addition as part of a broader construction plan that would net the city savings over five years.

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