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Flagler, Palm Coast & Other Local News

Federal Felon Who Defrauded Government of $1.9 Million Arrested on Kidnapping Charge in Palm Coast

August 12, 2024 | FlaglerLive | 4 Comments

Dino Ajloni.

Dino Ajloni, 44, whose federal probation on a case of defrauding the government of nearly $2 million ended last year, was arrested on kidnapping, aggravated battery and domestic battery charges after an altercation with his girlfriend ended in a crash at the intersection of U.S. 1 and Royal Palms Parkway in Palm Coast last Thursday.

Time for TrumpOlympics™

August 11, 2024 | FlaglerLive | 11 Comments

The “Festivities” scene featured LGBTQ+ activist DJ Barbara Butch, famous French drag queens, as well as singer Philippe Katerine as Dionysos.

As a fellow from a state the French have never heard of put it, these “woke Olympics” are “not going to fly in Oklahoma.” We need a new Olympics, a wholesome, American Olympics without the degenerates and the foreigners. Ladies and Gentlemen, here are the TrumpOlympics™!

Behind Flagler Tax Services Owner Newsholme’s $300,000 in Fraud: Mounting Debts and Ponzi-Like Scheme

August 9, 2024 | FlaglerLive | 6 Comments

Bob Newsholme (WNZF)

Robert Newsholme, the former owner of Flagler Tax Services, a three-year Flagler County Sheriff’s investigation found, had essentially been running what amounted to his own Ponzi scheme, taking money from clients who thought they were paying their IRS taxes, using that money to pay debts from lending companies, then borrowing more money from different lending companies to pay previous lending companies while putting off his clients who wanted their money back, plying them with promises and bad checks.

Terrell Sampson, Trigger Man in Shooting Death of Noah Smith, 16, Sentenced to 12 Years in Prison

August 9, 2024 | FlaglerLive | 7 Comments

Terrell Sampson with his attorney, Assistant Public Defender Courtney Davidson, in court this morning. (© FlaglerLive)

Terrell A. Sampson, the 20-year-old Bunnell man who opened fire on three people on a street in Bunnell in January 2022, triggering a shootout that killed 16-Year-old Noah Smith, was sentenced to 12 years in prison this morning. Sampson’s bullets did not hit Smith, but Circuit Judge Terence Perkins noted that had Sampson not opened fire, the shootout would not have followed.

Brendan Depa Was Baker Acted Immediately After Sentencing: ‘I’m Going to Die in Jail,’ He Wrote

August 8, 2024 | FlaglerLive | 19 Comments

Brendan Depa getting fingerprinted after the sentencing hearing. (© FlaglerLive)

Brendan Depa, the 18-year-old sentenced to five years in prison Tuesday for beating Joann Naydich, Depa’s paraprofessional at Matanzas High School, in February 2023, was immediately Baker Acted from the county jail afterward when jail staff saw he had written on a sheet of paper that he was going to die in jail. His mother said he feared being killed by other inmates or dying of his own hand.

Latest Flagler School Board Follies: Hunt Celebrates Mediocrity, Furry Abuses His Seat to Push ‘Endorsements’

August 8, 2024 | FlaglerLive | 19 Comments

Thing One and Thing Two, though Sally Hunt has stopped showing up to most meetings. (© FlaglerLive)

“Board member comments” at the Flagler school board have devolved almost always into a disaster, an embarrassment, a circus of ignorance, hypocrisy, stupidity or bigotry, compliments of the board’s trilobites: Sally Hunt, Will Furry and Christy Chong. No wonder they prefer illegal secret meetings. No wonder Colleen Conklin and Cheryl Massaro can’t wait to escape the asylum. The sane ones weren’t there Tuesday to witness the latest drivel from Furry and Hunt, the first illegal, the second just creepy.

County Pulls Back from Heavy-Handed Attempt at Regulating ‘Behavior’ or ‘Objects’ at Polling and Public Grounds

August 7, 2024 | FlaglerLive | 7 Comments

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The Flagler County Commission’s latest grapple with the messiness of democracy led it Monday to postpone until after the election any plans to regulate campaign zones or other forms of speech on public property, as it had sought to do last month, not without some controversy.

Palm Coast Council Clears Final Plats for 119 Housing Units in Town Center and Seminole Woods

August 7, 2024 | FlaglerLive | 6 Comments

At an entrance to the Retreat in Town Center. (Palm Coast)

The Palm Coast City Council on Tuesday approved a pair of final plats clearing the way for construction of 61 single family homes and 58 town homes, one in Town Center, one in Seminole Woods.

Brendan Depa Is Sentenced to 5 Years in Prison, 15 on Probation for Attacking His Para at Matanzas High School

August 6, 2024 | FlaglerLive | 32 Comments

Brendan Depa during the sentencing hearing this morning. (© FlaglerLive)

Circuit Judge Terence Perkins sentenced Brendan Depa to five years in prison followed by 15 years on probation. The courtroom was full, with Depa supporters on one side, Naydich supporters, in smaller numbers, on the other, but including R.J. Larizza, the state attorney, who turns up at only the highest profile cases. All remained silent as the sentence was pronounced, as did Depa. 

To Succeed Travis Hutson, Tom Leek’s Battle of the Fliers with David Shoar Is Among Key Florida Senate Races

August 6, 2024 | FlaglerLive | 7 Comments

Tom Leek. (© FlaglerLive)

The Republican primary for Senate District 7–made up of St. Johns, Putnam, Flagler and part of Volusia counties–has drawn a flood of money and endorsements as House Appropriations Chairman Tom Leek, R-Ormond Beach, former St. Johns County Sheriff David Shoar and financial adviser Gerry James seek to represent the heavily Republican district. Term-limited Sen. Travis Hutson, R-St. Augustine, cannot seek re-election in the district.

Flagler Humane Society Blasted for Lax Standards and Euthanasias as Commissioner Raises Prospect of County Take-Over

August 6, 2024 | FlaglerLive | 69 Comments

Awaiting a home at the Flagler Humane Society. (© FlaglerLive)

Appearing before the Flagler County Commission on Monday, numerous current and former volunteers at the Flagler Humane Society, including a former board member, spoke critically, sometimes bitterly, of an organization beyond its capacity to care for a growing number of animals, a governing structure too lax with policies and procedures, unaudited books, unjustified euthanasias, and a climate of retribution that led to the discharge of three volunteers who spoke out about the recent euthanizing of Guapo, a pit bull mix.

Mother of Tristin Murphy, Who Killed Himself with Chainsaw in Prison, Pleads with Judge on Brendan Depa’s Behalf

August 5, 2024 | FlaglerLive | 6 Comments

Tristin Murphy after confrontation with prison guards, not long before he killed himself with a chainsaw, in a screen capture from a CBS Miami documentary on his death.

Cynthia Murphy, the mother of Tristin Murphy, a schizophrenic who used a chain saw to kill himself in prison, where he was serving a sentence for littering, pleads with the judge about to sentence Brendan Depa–the autistic student who beat his paraprofessional at Matanzas High School last year–not to believe Florida state prison officials’ claim that mental health treatment is adequate there for people like Depa.

Brendan Depa’s Sentencing Set to Conclude 3 Months After It Started: ‘I’m Going to Accept Whatever Happens’

August 5, 2024 | FlaglerLive | 5 Comments

Brendan Depa in court on May 1. (© FlaglerLive)

Brendan Depa, now verging on his 19th birthday, returns to court Tuesday after a three-month hiatus to conclude his sentencing hearing on a charge of attacking Joan Naydich, the paraprofessional assigned to him as a student with special needs at Matanzas High School, in February 2023. The sentences Circuit Judge Terence Perkins will impose is unpredictable, other than that it will not be anywhere near the 30-year maximum.

New Beach Erodes in Flagler Beach as Tropical Storm Debby Batters Northern Path with Potentially Catastrophic Rains

August 5, 2024 | FlaglerLive | 25 Comments

The picture to the left was taken facing north, just north of the Flagler Beach pier, this morning, showing the erosion of an area that had not yet been renourished, though it was the site of an emergency dump of sands by the county last year. The picture to the right was taken facing south, at South 26th Street, which was renourished. (© Rick Belhumeur for FlaglerLive)

Impacts in Flagler County were expected to be more limited to winds in the 20 to 30 mph range for the rest of the day and some heavy rainfall, but the sea’s impact on Flagler County’s shore was already apparent as churns eroded significant portions of the newly renourished beach at the south end of Flagler Beach, while further eroding the redder, not-yet renourished sands north of the pier.

The Kamala Harris Factor

August 4, 2024 | FlaglerLive | 63 Comments

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Donald J. Trump, J.D. Vance, Speaker of the House Mike “Mighty Porn Resister” Johnson, Marjorie Taylor Greene, R-Mensa, British emotional support fascist Nigel Farage, regular fascist Nick Fuentes, comedian Russell Brand, comedian Megyn Kelly, her former Fox “News” klavern-mates, Ronbo DeSantis, and five or six white people in a Midwestern focus group all agree: You must not vote for Kamala Harris.

How to Make Sure Your PEP Tank Doesn’t Send You Smelly, Uninvited Guests During a Storm

August 3, 2024 | FlaglerLive | 10 Comments

What your pep tank looks like (it's not to scale, compared to the box, of course) and what your annoying but essential alert looks like when there's a problem with the tank. Do not ignore it. (Palm Coast)

Many homes in Palm Coast utilize a Pretreatment Effluent Pumping (PEP) tank for wastewater. Residents with PEP tanks should limit water usage if their power goes out and during heavy rain events. Water usage during these times could risk waste backing up into homes. PEP systems use electricity to pump the waste out to the sewer system.

Yolonda Williams, 50, Is Stabbed and Killed by Husband, Jermaine Williams; He Is Charged with 1st Degree Murder

August 2, 2024 | FlaglerLive | 50 Comments

Self-portraits Yolonda Williams posted to social media in celebration of her 50th birthday just days ago.

Bunnell police have charged Jermaine Mandell Williams Sr., 52, with first-degree murder in this morning’s fatal stabbing of his wife, 50-year-old Yolonda Williams, a well-known resident of South Pine Street in the city, after a confrontation with her husband. Jermaine Williams had abused, demeaned and tortured his wife for years. Two and a half years ago she had told police that her husband had been beating her for 30 years, but was afraid to tell anyone for fear that he would kill her. She was a social worker and had five children.

Ty Miller, Palm Coast City Council District 1 Candidate: The Live Interview

August 2, 2024 | FlaglerLive | 5 Comments

Ty Miller. (© FlaglerLive)

Ty Miller is one of four candidates in the Aug. 20 primary election for Palm Coast City Council, District 1. All registered voters in the city may cast a ballot in that non-partisan election regardless of party affiliation or location in Palm Coast.

Depression Expected to Become Tropical Storm and Bring Heavy Rain to Region Sunday and Monday

August 2, 2024 | FlaglerLive | 3 Comments

The projected path of the storm as of 2 p.m. Friday. (NHC)

A tropical depression currently moving west-northwest over Central Cuba is expected to become a tropical storm as it crosses the Florida Keys Saturday night, then shear into the area of Tampa Bay and cross the state toward Jacksonville, bringing heavy rain and potential tropical storm conditions to Flagler County between Sunday and Monday, according to the latest forecast of the National Hurricane Center.

Shara Brodsky, Palm Coast City Council District 1 Candidate: The Live Interview

August 2, 2024 | FlaglerLive | 1 Comment

Shara Brodsky is one of four candidates in the Aug. 20 primary election for Palm Coast City Council, District 1. All registered voters in the city may cast a ballot in that non-partisan election regardless of party affiliation or location in Palm Coast.

Why Is Palm Coast’s Mayor Extending the Red Carpet to ‘Constitutional Sheriff’ Extremists?

August 1, 2024 | FlaglerLive | 49 Comments

John Furlong appeared before the Palm Coast City Council. He identified himself as the “director of Flagler County for CSPOA, which is the Constitutional Sheriffs and Peace Officers Association.

A local representative of the Constitutional Sheriffs and Peace Officers Association known as CSPOA is asking the Palm Coast City Council and the County Commission to enact ordinances making Flagler a “Constitutional County.” That would be illegal and unconscionable: CSPOA is an anti-government extremist group that seeks to undermine federal, state and court authorities while placing the local sheriff above them all.

Flagler Beach Does Not Intend to Use New Juvenile Curfew as Punishment, But as Safety Measure, Police Chief Says

August 1, 2024 | FlaglerLive | 5 Comments

Flagler Beach Police Chief Matt Doughney, left, explaining the city's new juvenile curfew to the audience at Commissioner Scott Spradley's "Coffee with the Commissioner" event last Saturday. (© FlaglerLive)

Exercising a state law provision, Flagler Beach last month enacted a juvenile curfew, applicable from 11 p.m. to 5 a.m. to most children under 16 in numerous circumstances, but Police Chief Matt Doughney said the curfew’s penalty has not been necessary, nor does the city intent to exercise it beyond educating those caught after hours, and keeping them safe.

Andrew Werner, Palm Coast City Council District 3 Candidate: The Live Interview

August 1, 2024 | FlaglerLive | 14 Comments

Andrew Werner. (© FlaglerLive)

Andrew Werner is one of three candidates in the Aug. 20 primary election for Palm Coast City Council, District 3. All registered voters in the city may cast a ballot in that non-partisan election regardless of party affiliation or location in Palm Coast.

Flagler Schools Losing $10.8 Million to Pay for 1,250 Students to Attend Private, Religious or Home School

July 31, 2024 | FlaglerLive | 49 Comments

As it has almost every year for the past 30 years, the state, which sets the local school tax rate, has reduced that tax rate, limiting the local district's ability to compete for students. In addition, the state is now subsidizing private school education, in essence opening a two-front war on local districts: limited dollars, and more competition. (© FlaglerLive)

Three take-aways largely explain how the state is gradually emaciating traditional public education’s budget by lowering the tax rate, as it has almost every year since 1995, by diverting millions of dollars to subsidize families’ private, religious and homeschool education bills, and by causing an inevitable exodus of students from public school to privately subsidized education, but at public expense. 

Dana Mark Stancel, Palm Coast City Council District 3 Candidate: The Live Interview

July 31, 2024 | FlaglerLive | 7 Comments

Dana Mark Stancel. (© FlaglerLive)

Dana Mark Stancel is one of three candidates in the Aug. 20 primary election for Palm Coast City Council, District 3.  All registered voters in the city may cast a ballot in that non-partisan election regardless of party affiliation or location in Palm Coast.

Rick Staly’s Campaign Donates $100,000 in Unused Funds to Flagler Sheriff’s Employee Assistance Trust

July 31, 2024 | FlaglerLive | Leave a Comment

FSEAT check presentation. (L-R) FSEAT Board of Directors Derek Barrs, Sandy Elliot, Mark Strobridge and Sheriff Rick Staly.

The Keep Rick Staly Our Sheriff Campaign announces that it has donated $100,000 dollars of left-over campaign funds to the Flagler Sheriff’s Employees Assistance Trust (F.S.E.A.T.). The money was donated to FSEAT during a re-election celebration on July 30th at Loopers Par & Grille. More than 150 campaign supporters and donors attended.

Flagler County Escalates Disclosure Pressure as Old Dixie Motel Owners Brazenly Defy Court Order to Pay Bond

July 30, 2024 | FlaglerLive | 12 Comments

Still derelict after all these years: the old Country earth Inn Motel on Old Dixie Highway. (© FlaglerLive)

As the old Country Hearth Inn on Old Dixie Highway continues to rot amid neighbors’ ire, the owners of the property are now in brazen defiance of a court order to put up a $250,000 bond in compliance with their contract with the county. County government has filed two motions that turn up the pressure for financial disclosures and accountability on the owners, even though it does not expect them to comply anymore than they have complied with all other contractual or court-ordered obligations so far. 

How Anthony Romine Faked Paralysis to Get Out of Flagler Jail, then Escaped Hospital Before Biting Rearrest

July 30, 2024 | FlaglerLive | 17 Comments

Anthony Romine is the 29-year-old resident of Elk River Drive in Ormond Beach and two-time state-prison offender who Saturday faked his way out of the Flagler County jail on a bogus ailment then escaped his guard at the hospital, leading local authorities on an expensive seven-hour chase that alerted county residents, ending in his re-arrest. He is unlikely to make it through the coming court proceedings without additional prison time.

Jeffrey Seib, Palm Coast City Council District 1 Candidate: The Live Interview

July 30, 2024 | FlaglerLive | 12 Comments

Jeffrey Seib. (© FlaglerLive)

Jeffrey Seib is one of four candidates in the Aug. 20 primary election for Palm Coast City Council, District 1.  It’s an open seat. The candidates who qualified are Kathy Austrino, Shara Brodsky, Ty Miller and Seib. All registered voters in the city may cast a ballot in that non-partisan election regardless of party affiliation or location in Palm Coast.

Fentanyl-Caused Deaths Down 10% in Florida, 14% in Flagler, Putnam, and St. Johns: A U.S. Attorney’s Perspective

July 29, 2024 | FlaglerLive | 2 Comments

Roger Handberg, U.S. Attorney for Florida's Middle District, addressing the press last year with Sheriff Rick Staly, when they announced indictments in a fentanyl-related investigation. (© FlaglerLive)

For the first time in 12 years, the Florida Medical Examiners Commission’s 2022 report showed a small decrease of 3 percent in deaths caused by fentanyl. This month, the Commission issued its interim report for the first six months of 2023. According to that report, the number of deaths caused by fentanyl in Florida was down approximately 10 percent as compared to the same time period in 2022.

How Flagler Schools’ ‘Truth in Millage’ Budget Hid $10 Million Going to Private and Home School Tuition

July 29, 2024 | FlaglerLive | 26 Comments

Patty Wormeck, who oversees the Flagler school district's finances, presenting the new year's budget at a meeting last week. (© FlaglerLive via Flagler schools video)

Until Flagler County School Board member Colleen Conklin asked for the numbers to be detailed and published, the school district was hiding $10 million it is receiving from the state only for it to be redistributed to families who use use the money–an average of $8,000 per student–to pay for private, religious or home school bills, and for transportation. The amount of public money going to private schooling is surging, as are the number of students going that route.

Derek Barrs, Flagler County School Board Candidate District 3: The Live Interview

July 29, 2024 | FlaglerLive | 14 Comments

Derek Barrs. (© FlaglerLive)

Derek Barrs is one of four candidates in two races for Flagler County School Board in the Aug. 20 primary, facing Janie Ruddy  in District 3. School board elections are non-partisan races: all registered voters in Flagler County are eligible to cast a ballot in the two races–whether registered Democratic, Republican, Independent or from a minor party.

Alarms Raised Over Beach Dredging Feared Close to Live Fishery Grounds, Endangering Soft Corals and Sea Life

July 26, 2024 | FlaglerLive | 32 Comments

Bathers in proximity of the pipe bringing dredged sand from a borrow ground 10 miles offshore to the ongoing beach-reconstruction project in Flagler Beach. The dredging is raising concerns about live fishing grounds getting impacted. (© FlaglerLive)

Backed by GPS data, photographs, and eyewitness accounts from the ground and from a fishing vessel, four people–two of them key advocates of the beach renourishment project ongoing in Flagler Beach, two of them fishing-vessel owners–are warning in dire terms that the dredging of over 1 million cubic yards of sand from the sea bottom several miles offshore is raking up live sea life and getting dangerously close to damaging or destroying a unique fishing ground.

Ray Stevens, Palm Coast City Council District 3 Candidate: The Live Interview

July 26, 2024 | FlaglerLive | 15 Comments

Ray Stevens. (© FlaglerLive)

Ray Stevens is one of three candidates in the Aug. 20 primary election for Palm Coast City Council, District 3.  It’s an open seat, as Council member Nick Klufas is term-limited. He is running for a County Commission seat. The candidates who qualified are Dana Mark Stancel, Stevens and Andrew Warner. All registered voters in Palm Coast regardless of party or non-party affiliation may cast a ballot in this City Council race.

11-Year-Old Virginia Boy with Disturbing Profile Arrested Over Spate of Swatting Calls to Flagler Schools in May

July 25, 2024 | FlaglerLive | 13 Comments

Sheriff Rick Staly announcing the arrest, with Rep. Paul Renner at his side. (FCSO)

Following an investigation by the Flagler County Sheriff’s Office, authorities arrested an 11-year-old boy from Henrico, Virginia, and charged him with 43 felonies in connection with a series of swatting calls the boy allegedly placed to Flagler County schools last year, as well as to the Maryland State House.

Car Strikes and Kills 81-Year-Old Pedestrian on County Road 305 South of Hollar and Greene Plant

July 25, 2024 | FlaglerLive | 19 Comments

The stretch of shoulderless County Road 305 just north of County Road 2006 where the 81-year-old pedesrtian was struck and killed Wednesday in late afternoon. (© FlaglerLive)

An 81-year-old Bunnell man was walking along 305 when he was struck by a car and killed Wednesday evening, the third pedestrian to die from a car collision on Flagler County roads this year.

Flagler Beach Gets $745,000 TDC Grant for Boardwalk Rebuild That May Never Happen, Besting County and Palm Coast

July 25, 2024 | FlaglerLive | 9 Comments

It's not Atlantic City, but Flagler Beach's boardwalk is among the more popular gathering spots in the city. (© FlaglerLive)

After three bracing presentations by three local governments but tortuous debate by Flagler County’s Tourist Development Council members, the council on Wednesday approved a $745,000 grant for Flagler Beach to rebuild its boardwalk near the pier even though the city has none of the remaining $3 million to build it. Palm Coast and Flagler County were at the losing end of the three-way pitch for the sizeable grant, which the tourism board offers only every two years.

Kathy Austrino, Palm Coast City Council District 1 Candidate: The Live Interview

July 25, 2024 | FlaglerLive | 7 Comments

Kathy Austrino. (© FlaglerLive)

Kathy Austrino is one of four candidates in the Aug. 20 primary election for Palm Coast City Council, District 1. All registered voters in the city may cast a ballot in that non-partisan election regardless of party affiliation or location in Palm Coast.

Council Votes 7-2 to Deplete Tourism Fund’s $11 Million Reserves and Build Flagler Visitor Center on SR 100

July 24, 2024 | FlaglerLive | 43 Comments

The Flagler County Visitor and Eco Discovery Center as rendered in a video for the county and shown to the Tourist Development Council this morning. (© FlaglerLive via Palm Coast and the Flagler Beaches)

It was as audacious a plan as any that Flagler County Tourism Director Amy Lukasik presented to the Tourist Development Council this morning: take out $10.3 million out of two tourism funds’ reserves, reducing those reserves to $1.2 million, and appropriate the money for construction of the Flagler County Visitor and Eco Discovery Center on State Road 100, near the metallurgic foot bridge. The council went for it, voting 7-2 to recommend moving forward with Lukasik’s plan.

Flagler School District Yet Again Stuck at a B for 3rd Straight Year, But All Schools are at A or B

July 24, 2024 | FlaglerLive | 6 Comments

Mediocrity wins again. Notably, Sally Hunt, center, has been a no-show at recent meetings. (© FlaglerLive)

A third of Florida’s school districts scored an A in the 2023-24 school year. The Flagler County school district was not among them. For the third year in a row, and for the 10th of the last 11th grading years, the district remains stuck at a B, one of 26 districts in that pack. Seventeen districts scored a C. None scored lower. Two districts were not graded. The Florida Department of Education released the grades today.

Janie Ruddy, Flagler County School Board Candidate District 3: The Live Interview Template

July 24, 2024 | FlaglerLive | 4 Comments

Janie Ruddy. (© FlaglerLive)

Janie Ruddy is one of four candidates in two races for Flagler County School Board in the Aug. 20 primary, facing Derek Barrs in District 3. The District 3 and District 5 seats are both open as incumbents Colleen Conklin and Cheryl Massaro have opted not to run again. School board elections are non-partisan races: all registered voters in Flagler County are eligible to cast a ballot in the two races–whether registered Democratic, Republican, Independent or from a minor party.

Palm Coast Residents Will Pay 3.75% More in Garbage Fees as Hauler Adjusts for Inflation

July 23, 2024 | FlaglerLive | 57 Comments

Palm Coast's garbage hauler, FCC Environmental, will get a 3.75 percent rate increase in line with inflation starting Oct. 1. The increase will be reflected in residents' utility bills. (© FlaglerLive)

Palm Coast residents’ monthly garbage cost will go from $32.32 to $33.53, a monthly increase of $1.21, an annual increase of $14.52. Palm Coast Mayor David Alfin said he was “troubled” by the increase but acknowledged there was nothing the city could do about it, since it is contractual.

Sawmill Branch Will Add 425 Single Family Homes in West Palm Coast as Planning Board Approves Latest Phase

July 23, 2024 | FlaglerLive | 9 Comments

Sawmill Branch, with U.S. 1 to the left, as an earlier phase was cleared two years ago

The Palm Coast Planning Board cleared the way for 425 single family homes in the Sawmill Branch development’s latest phase on U.S. 1, a month after approving 320 town houses for a separate phase. The single-family home phase is on 213 acres west of U.S. 1, about half a mile south of Old Kings Road North. The town houses are on 65 acres, with lot size of 2,000 square feet.

Vincent Sullivan, Flagler County School Board Candidate District 5: The Live Interview Template

July 23, 2024 | FlaglerLive | 4 Comments

Vincent Sullivan. (© FlaglerLive)

Vincent Sullivan is one of four candidates in two races for Flagler County School Board in the Aug. 20 primary, facing Lauren Ramirez  in District 5. School board elections are non-partisan races: all registered voters in Flagler County are eligible to cast a ballot in the two races–whether registered Democratic, Republican, Independent or from a minor party.

Miller’s Ale House Preps Opening Aug. 5 Ahead of BJ’s Warehouse, With Luring Appetizer for First Guests

July 22, 2024 | FlaglerLive | 11 Comments

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Miller’s Ale House is opening its 113th restaurant in Palm Coast on Aug. 5, in one of the five satellite businesses in front of BJ’s Wholesale Club, which opens a few weeks later. Miller’s Ale will host a ceremonial ribbon-cutting and offer recurring goodies to the first 100 guests that day.

Lauren Ramirez, Flagler County School Board Candidate District 5: The Live Interview

July 22, 2024 | Cheryl Tristam | 2 Comments

Lauren Ramirez. (© FlaglerLive)

Lauren Ramirez is one of four candidates in two races for Flagler County School Board in the Aug. 20 primary, facing Vincent Sullivan in District 5. School board elections are non-partisan races: all registered voters in Flagler County are eligible to cast a ballot in the two races–whether registered Democratic, Republican, Independent or from a minor party.

DeSantis’s Florida: The Who Cares State

July 21, 2024 | FlaglerLive | 28 Comments

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Florida’s current regime (motto: “Ignorance is Strength”) operates on the theory that if you refuse to utter certain words — ”racism,” for example, “Covid,” or “climate crisis” — and pretend with all your might that what you see in front of you isn’t real, then the problem disappears.

To Neutralize Write-In Fraud, Switch to Republican: An Open Letter to My Flagler County Neighbors

July 20, 2024 | FlaglerLive | 45 Comments

Don't let the write-ins cheat you of your vote. (© FlaglerLive)

Jake Scully, a lifelong Democrat until this summer, says the only way to get around the fraud of two-write-in candidates closing two County Commission races to almost 50,000 voters is to switch to Republican before the July 22 deadline.

Sheriff Issues Cease and Desist to Ed Danko Over Unauthorized Use of Images and ‘Endorsement’ Reference

July 19, 2024 | FlaglerLive | 7 Comments

Ed Danko using City Hall's chamber two years ago to film a campaign video or Alan Lowe. (© FlaglerLive via Palm Coast)

The Flagler County Sheriff’s Office today issued a sternly worded letter to Ed Danko, the Palm Coast City Council member and a candidate for the County Commission, immediately to remove images of and references to Sheriff Rick Staly from a campaign video Oliver North recorded for the Danko campaign.

Police Investigating ‘Suspicious’ and Violent Death of Sally J. Byrd, 66, in Flagler Beach

July 19, 2024 | FlaglerLive | 8 Comments

Sally Byrd had been living at Pebble Beach Village. (© FlaglerLive)

Flagler Beach Police are investigating the “suspicious” death Thursday morning of “Sally J. Byrd, 66, a resident of Pebble Beach Village at the south end of Flagler Beach. A man is in custody in Georgia in connection with the case, after stealing the woman’s car and fleeing the area. 

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