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Flagler, Palm Coast & Other Local News

How County Engineer Faith Alkhatib Saved Taxpayers $600,000 and Returned 12 Acres to Palm Coast and Flagler

March 7, 2014 | FlaglerLive | 4 Comments

The hard hat at the top of the bookshelf is not just for show: Flagler County Engineer and Public Works Director Faith Alkhatib maps out innumerable local infrastructure projects without which the county could not function. (© FlaglerLive)

County Engineer Faith Alkhatib detected a recent state rule change that enabled a redesign of the coming Matanzas Woods Parkway interchange with I-95, netting a $600,000 saving and the return of 6 acres to Palm Coast and 6 acres to the county.

Undiscovered For Several Hours, a Motorcyclist Is Found Dead on U.S. 1 Near Seminole Woods

March 6, 2014 | FlaglerLive | 35 Comments

Peter Lonchar Jr., a 66-year-old motorcyclist traveling north on U.S. 1 early this morning, was killed when he drifted off the highway, struck a concrete culvert and jumped a silk construction fence, ending up near a waterlogged ditch. He was not discovered until after noon.

Four Palm Coast Baker Acts in 24 Hours: A Day in the Life of Flagler Sheriff’s Deputies

March 6, 2014 | FlaglerLive | 13 Comments

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In barely a 24-hour period between late Monday afternoon and the early evening of Tuesday (March 3 and 4), deputies were involved in four commitments under the Baker Act, each one is illustrative of the variety of mental health situations deputies are confronting, compelling them to make the determination between simply diffusing a situation, making an arrest or carrying out a Baker Act.

Palm Coast Scrambles To Right Its Way After Discovery That Bulldog Drive Is a County Road

March 5, 2014 | FlaglerLive | 46 Comments

Palm Coast has staked a claim on Bulldog Drive even though since the right-of-way has been county property, never ceded to the city. Gus Ajram's GEA Auto business is in the near distance, and has been at the center of a long battle with the city. (© FlaglerLive)

Palm Coast has never owned Bulldog Drive, a county road since 1956, though the city is widening the street, has acquired land alongside it and has engaged in an epic battle with business owner Gus Ajram as if the right of way were Palm Coast’s. City and county are speeding toward formalizing the city’s ownership.

Seeking Cool Whip High at Publix, A Couple Is Charged With Inhaling

March 5, 2014 | FlaglerLive | 27 Comments

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Gretchen Wentworth, 35, and David Collins, 34, residents of 609 North Ocean Shore Boulevard in Flagler Beach, were arrested for inhaling cool whip. That is, the nitrous oxide that powers the cream out of its canister. They were arrested for allegedly doing so at the Flagler Beach Publix, after they’d aggravated other customers.

The Thaw Cometh: Kimberle Weeks Pledges To Oversee Palm Coast Elections After All

March 5, 2014 | FlaglerLive | 13 Comments

Weeks did not tell the city that she would work with Palm Coast, but rather took to the pages of the Palm Coast Observer to pen a caustic OpEd, essentially coloring her concession by painting herself as the election’s white knight. The city welcomed the breakthrough anyway.

Bunnell City Election: John Rogers and Bonita Robinson Win, As Does Status Quo

March 4, 2014 | FlaglerLive | 9 Comments

Sylvia Hubbert, a Bonita Robinson supporter, was celebrating a few hours early today in Bunnell. But she proved right. (© FlaglerLive)

John Rogers won re-election to the Bunnell City Commission Tuesday, taking the most votes in a four-way race, and Bonita Robinson won the seat formerly held by Jenny Crain-Brady. Rogers and Robinson defeated Daisy Henry, the former commissioner trying to make a come-back, and Randall Morris, who had been a no-show in most ways through the election period.

A 7-Year-Old Girl Is Baker Acted at Belle Terre Elementary; It’s Not Punishment, District Says

March 4, 2014 | FlaglerLive | 21 Comments

The Baker Acting of a 7-year-old girl at Belle Terre Elementary last week, following a report of her allegedly lacerating the dean of students with thumb tacks, is one of three or four Baker Acts of students in the district every month, though they’re usually older. The district defends the Baker Acts as a necessary last resort that addresses underlying issues, and that must not be seen as retribution or punishment.

On World Tennis Day, Palm Coast’s Reilly Opelka, 16, Plays Madison Square Garden

March 4, 2014 | FlaglerLive | Leave a Comment

Palm Coast's Reilly Opelka made it to one of the world's premier sports arenas as he opened for Novak Djokovic and Andy Murray in an exhibition match at Madison Square Garden Monday evening. (c FlaglerLive)

Palm Coast’s Reilly Opelka, a top American junior tennis player, made it to one of the world’s premier sports arenas as he opened for Novak Djokovic and Andy Murray in an exhibition match at Madison Square Garden Monday evening.

Flagler-Based Family Life Center Will Provide Rape-Exam Services, Ending Year of Failures Under Children’s Advocacy Center

March 3, 2014 | FlaglerLive | 2 Comments

A waiting room at the Children's Advocacy Center's then-new space in Bunnell. The center had pledged it would provide forensic exams for rape victims, only to break its pledge. The service will now be provided by the Family Life Center at its facilities. (© FlaglerLive)

The Children’s Advocacy Center failures came to light last spring when it failed to provide a certified nurse following a rape, forcing the victim to wait for hours. The Flagler County Sheriff’s Office will administer the contract, awarded to Palm Coast and Bunnell-based Family Life Center. which says it has Flagler-based nurses to provide exams when needed.

A 44-Year-Old Man Is Found Dead in a Hot Tub in Palm Coast’s F-Section

March 3, 2014 | FlaglerLive | 5 Comments

Robert Brewer, a 44-year-old resident of Forrester Place in Palm Coast, was found dead in a hot tub at his home the morning of Feb. 27, the Flagler County Sheriff’s Office reported. Nothing suspicious was found in the immediate area of the pool, and no foul play is suspected.

Yusuf Abdullah, Medic at Flagler Jail and Ex-Firefighter, Is Arrested on Cocaine-Sale Charge

March 1, 2014 | FlaglerLive | 9 Comments

Yusuf Abdullah, 45-year-old part-time paramedic at the Flagler County jail and a former Daytona Beach fire fighter was arrested Friday afternoon on a charge of sale of selling cocaine within 1,000 feet of a convenience store, a first-degree felony.

Palm Coast’s Entrepreneur Night Taps Into a Diversity of Niches, Pollinating Local Business

February 28, 2014 | FlaglerLive | 2 Comments

In its two years on the Palm Coast business scene, Ky Ekinci's monthly Entrepreneur Night has grown from a gathering of 20 people who knew each other to an event that consistently draws more than 100 people from all walks of business.

In its two years on the Palm Coast business scene, Ky Ekinci’s monthly Entrepreneur Night has grown from a gathering of 20 people who knew each other to an event that consistently draws more than 100 people from all walks of business.

A Man Is Found Incinerated in a Burning Car in Palm Coast’s Town Center Woods

February 27, 2014 | FlaglerLive | 4 Comments

Authorities investigating the death of a man in a burning car at Town Center, around noon today. (c FlaglerLive)

Henry Cornish, 71, was found in a burning car at 11:30 this morning (Feb. 27) in the heart of Palm Coast’s Town Center, not far from the Epic movie theater, after suffering an apparent medical episode, according to FHP. Town Center access is closed going west at the intersection of Town Center Boulevard and Central Avenue, and going east at Central Avenue and Brookhaven Way.

2-Year-Old Girl Brought to Hospital Bruised and Unresponsive; Palm Coast Man Charged With Aggravated Child Abuse

February 27, 2014 | FlaglerLive | 21 Comments

Stanley Wykretowicz, a 38-year-old resident of Palm Coast, claimed his 2-year-old daughter fell in the tub, but doctors discovered extensive internal and external injuries that required emergency surgery after the child was taken to a children’s hospital in Jacksonville. Wykretowicz is at the Flagler jail on $150,000 bond.

A Matanzas High Teacher Reveals Her Evaluation Scores, and the Absurdity of Florida’s “VAM” Scam

February 26, 2014 | FlaglerLive | 48 Comments

The author in her class at Matanzas High School, with students who may or may not have factored in her "value-added model" scores that determine half her evaluation. Nahirny is not a fan of VAM scores. (© FlaglerLive)

What do my almighty “VAM” scores reveal about me, my students, the quality of my instruction or what goes on in my classroom? Absolutely nothing, writes JoAnn Nahirny, who deconstructs Florida’s new teacher-evaluation scores, hers among them, and shows why they have little basis in reality, though they may well define a teacher’s fate.

For Special Education Students in Flagler, a Program That Unlocks Barriers Through Art

February 26, 2014 | FlaglerLive | 1 Comment

Now in its second year, Very Special Arts is an after-school program for students with learning disabilities that helps them find their talent and their place among peers. The program is under the leadership of Sue McVeigh, a former Flagler County schools employee of the year.

Flagler Beach Woman and St. Johns Man Face Capital Charges of Raping 2 Girls Younger Than 12

February 25, 2014 | FlaglerLive | 8 Comments

Rhonda Lynn Wilkerson, 49, of Flagler Beach, faces one rape charge and William C. Dillow, 27, of St. Augustine, faces two rape charges, after girls in a Flagler County school revealed the alleged incidents to staff. The incidents took place in St. Johns County.

Bitter Criticism and Some Caution from Flagler School Officials on State’s Teacher Rankings

February 25, 2014 | FlaglerLive | 3 Comments

Make sense of it if you can: the Florida Department of Education's 'Value-Added Model' formula that presumes to calculate a teacher's effectiveness.

The Flagler and Florida Education Association, the state’s teachers union, is criticizing the state’s so-called “value-added model” that presumes to rate teachers’ effectiveness, calling the data “flawed.” Many teachers and a Flagler County School Board member are also critical of the data, but for varying reasons, while Flagler’s superintendent cautions against making too much of the numbers.

3 Minor Traffic Stops Lead to 3 Arrests on Crack Charges as Detectives Point to Cocaine Uptick

February 25, 2014 | FlaglerLive | 9 Comments

From left, Brandon Travis Jones, Christopher Campbell and Isaaac Brown.

Three separate and unrelated traffic stops for minor infractions over the weekend led to three arrests on cocaine possession charge, an indication, according to the Sheriff’s Office, of a noticeable rise in the drug’s circulation, and in reaction to the crackdown on prescription drugs.

Baker Acts, Age and Social Responsibility: Sheriff Manfre’s Alert to Emerging Perils and Possible Solutions

February 24, 2014 | FlaglerLive | 8 Comments

In a broad-ranging discussion before the Palm Coast City Council, Flagler Sheriff Jim Manfre described a deteriorating mental health landscape affected by age and other stresses, but also pointed to mental health courts and other ways to address the growing problem without turning to cops and jails.

Red Hot Chilli Pipers Rock the Bagpipes in Celtic Style at Flagler Auditorium Tuesday

February 24, 2014 | FlaglerLive | 2 Comments

The Red Hot Chilli Pipers were launched to fame on Britain’s “When Will I Be Famous” talent show in 2007. They’ve since played most continents with their massive band, and come to the Flagler Auditorium for one night only Tuesday, Feb. 25,

Ex-Con Believed To Have Carjacked Orlando Couple Is Arrested in Flagler After Chase and Crash

February 23, 2014 | FlaglerLive | 15 Comments

Dyson Graham, who will be turning 25 on Friday, was released from state prison 11 months ago after serving three years on a conviction for carrying a concealed weapon as a convicted felon. Sunday morning, Graham and a 16-year-old girl missing from Hillsborough County were arrested in Flagler County following a carjacking in Orange County and a car crash in Palm Coast.

Cops Net 61 Pot Plants in Mondex Grow House; Sheriff Doubts Owner’s “Personal Use” Claim

February 21, 2014 | FlaglerLive | 18 Comments

Dwayne Reed, a 49-year-old resident of 5637 Nutwood Avenue in Bunnell was fingered to police by an anonymous source as having marijuana plants, but claimed he used them because of illness, not for distribution. He faces a third-degree felony, pending the State Attorney’s review of the case. Reed meanwhile remains free.

Ribs Over Flagler: Palm Coast and WNZF End Event Partnership as County Offers New Home

February 21, 2014 | FlaglerLive | 9 Comments

It's coming back, with ribs: the Wings Over Flagler event will be reborn and joined to the Rock 'n Ribfest, becoming Flagler Rockin’ the Runways at the Flagler County Airport, April 25 and 26. (© FlaglerLive)

Palm Coast and WNZF have ended the partnership that produced the annual Rock ‘n Ribfest every spring and the Seafood Festival every fall in Town Center. The Ribfest will be reborn as part of a fly-in at the county airport called Rockin’ the Runways in late April. In an unrelated move, the Flagler County Chamber of Commerce is ending its annual Taste of Flagler and replacing it with Restaurant Week.

Severe Thunderstorm Warning For Flagler Through 3 PM, Watch Through 5 PM

February 21, 2014 | FlaglerLive | 1 Comment

The National Weather Service has issued a severe thunderstorm warning for northeast Flagler County and southeast St. Johns County, in effect through 3 p.m. Friday. Palm Coast and Flagler Beach are included in the warning.

Divisions Over Roving Vendors Again Place Flagler Beach’s Business Friendliness on Trial

February 21, 2014 | FlaglerLive | Leave a Comment

How the Flagler Beach City Commission finally got to a restrictive ordinance on mobile vendors divided the commission and the town’s business community and again put a spotlight, fairly or not, on the commission’s attitude toward small business. The controversy illustrates an underlying strain between city and business that has not been resolved, and that goes beyond the roving vendor issue.

Charles Ownbey, 72, Is Killed In Motorcycle Wreck on I-95, South of Palm Coast Parkway

February 20, 2014 | FlaglerLive | 6 Comments

A motorcyclist riding a Harley-style bike south on I-95 was killed early this afternoon when one of the motorcycle’s tires reportedly blew, sending the bike across the paved shoulder and into the wood-line.

Jamal “Jamie” Nejame, 3-Time Candidate for Office in Flagler Beach, Jailed on Stalking and Injunction Violation Charges

February 20, 2014 | FlaglerLive | 1 Comment

Jamal 'Jamie' Nejame, seen here during a candidate forum in 2012, had been charged with stalking once before in 2009, but that charge was dropped. (© FlaglerLive)

Jamal “Jamie” Nejame, who three times ran for public office in Flagler Beach and had been a frequent and vocal presence at city commission meetings, was arrested and jailed Wednesday evening on charges of aggravated stalking and violation of an injunction. He also faced a stalking charge in 2009.

12-Year-Old Rymfire Elementary Girl Faces 2 Felony Charges in Knife Incident at Bus Stop

February 19, 2014 | FlaglerLive | 21 Comments

The 12-year-old Palm Coast girl faces charges of aggravated assault and the reckless display of a weapon, both felonies, for allegedly pulling a 12-inch knife on a 10-year-old boy and threatening to slash him. Both the boy and the girl accuse the other of teasing repeatedly in the past.

Matanzas and Flagler Palm Coast High Learn Of Suicide of Senior Alexandria Rodriguez

February 19, 2014 | FlaglerLive | 6 Comments

On Tuesday, the grandfather of Alexandria Rodriguez, an 18-year-old senior who’d attended Matanzas High School last year and Flagler Palm Coast High School until Thanksgiving, came to FPC to retrieve her two younger sisters and inform the administration that Alex, as she was known, had committed suicide that morning.

Ahead of Bunnell’s March 4 Election, Three Commission Candidates Battle With
More Blanks Than Bullets

February 19, 2014 | FlaglerLive | 5 Comments

Rebecca DeLorenzo, president of the Flagler County Chamber of Commerce, takes a measure of one of the candidates just before the forum the chamber organized ahead of the March 4 elections to the Bunnell City Commission. The candidates from left: Daisy Henry, Bonita Robinson and John Rogers. (© FlaglerLive)

Few of the candidates’ answers at the only candidate forum before the election grappled with actual issues, ideas or solutions, hewing instead to generally positive statements about wanting to do their best or speaking in generalities that would not distinguish them either from each other or from any well-meaning resident of the city they seek to represent.

Ronald Reagan Republicans Launch Campaigns In Every Local Flagler Race, Signaling Insurgency Against GOP Incumbents

February 18, 2014 | FlaglerLive | 57 Comments

In the glow of Ronald Reagan: Monday's meeting of the Ronald Reagan Republican Assemblies at the Palm Coast City Council introduced six of seven candidates running against local incumbents. (© FlaglerLive)

Six candidates introduced themselves Monday evening, including two for school board, two for the Palm Coast City Council, and two for the Flagler County Commission. Six of the seven are running against incumbent Republicans, suggesting that the Triple-R’s are looking to be the insurgent candidates of this election cycle—against their own party.

Suspect, 18, Accused of Battering a 71-Year-Old Employee at CVS Over a Phone Charger

February 17, 2014 | FlaglerLive | 21 Comments

Dakota S. Walls, 18, of Palm Coast, is accused of slugging a 71-year-old employee of CVS pharmacy after allegedly trying to steal a phone charger then claiming that the employee had taken his $20. Karen Breen, a Palm Coast resident, is accused of a similar charge after allegedly purposefully colliding with her elderly parents during an argument, and in front of a cop.

Fire Police’s Bob Hudak Among Top Winners in Palm Coast Fire Department’s Annual Awards

February 17, 2014 | FlaglerLive | 3 Comments

Hudak was named the 2014 Fire Police Officer of the Year Saturday evening, bringing some attention to one of the more thankless and least-rewarded aspects of emergency operations. Firefighter-Paramedic David Faust was named Career Firefighter of the Year, and Lt. Paul Matarazzo was honored as Volunteer Firefighter of the Year, among other awards.

Patrick Amaral, 32, Kills Himself By Laying in Path of 2 Palm Coast Drivers on I-95

February 15, 2014 | FlaglerLive | 26 Comments

Patrick Amaral, a 29-year-old Palm Coast resident and father of a toddler, was killed in an apparent suicide Friday evening as he laid himself in the center lane of I-95 and was struck by two cars.

Ailing Palm Harbor Shopping Center Poised To Revitalize Itself as Bigger Island Walk

February 14, 2014 | FlaglerLive | 41 Comments

The way we were: the Palm Harbor shopping center in its gestation days. Click on the image for larger view. (Flagler County Historical Society)

The remaking of Palm Harbor shopping center as Island Walk, with more and bigger stores in the old but semi-vacant heart of Palm Coast, has broad support despite a few unanswered questions, among them the likelihood that the shopping center will have enough tenants to fill the new space.

For Darlene Love, It’s Christmastime All Year Round as She Brings 6 Decades of Stardom to the Flagler Auditorium

February 14, 2014 | FlaglerLive | 2 Comments

The great Darlene Love will be at the Flagler Auditorium

At 72, the great jazz, pop, rock star and sometimes actress, who brings her show to the Flagler Auditorium, reminisces in a FlaglerLive interview about her journey from back-up singer for the greats such as Elvis and Tom Jones to stardom on her own.

Michael Halford, 61, Is Killed After His Truck Plunges in Canal at Belle Terre and Royal Palms

February 12, 2014 | FlaglerLive | 15 Comments

Though Michael Halford of Palatka was initially rescued from the canal by an off-duty Flagler County Sheriff’s deputy, the 61-year-old man later died at Halifax hospital from injuries sustained in a wreck authorities cannot yet explain.

In a 1st, Flagler Requires All Juniors to Take SAT, Raising Concerns About County’s Image If Grades Drop

February 12, 2014 | FlaglerLive | 13 Comments

On February 26, almost 1,000 juniors–double the usual number–will take the SAT at Matanzas and FPC, but School Board member Colleen Conklin worried that the resulting drop in average results may send the wrong message to families and businesses looking to relocate to Flagler County.

New “I Am Art” Gallery Opens in the Hammock; Timothy Murphy and Joe Campanellie Featured at Ocean Books and Art

February 12, 2014 | FlaglerLive | Leave a Comment

The I AM ART/Rachel & Friends studio and gallery, which premiers with “The Heart of Expression” on Feb. 14, opens in the Hammock on Valentine’s Day. Flagler Beach’s Ocean Books and Art features sculptor Timothy Murphy and photographer Joe Campanellie.

A Gas Station at the Corner of Pine Lakes and Wynnfield? Property Rights, Not Palm Coast, Would Prevail

February 11, 2014 | FlaglerLive | 46 Comments

The intersection of Pine Lakes Parkway at Wynnfield Drive falls along a popular biking, walking and exercise path, and a wall of woods, some of which would be cut down to make room for a gas station and convenience store. (c FlaglerLive)

The Palm Coast City Council says it is powerless to stop a Cocoa-based company from building a gas station at the until-now wooded corner bordering the entirely residential W-Section, as the site has always been zoned commercial.

On Old Haw Creek Road, a Confrontation So Hostile That a Cop Asks For It To Be Videotaped

February 11, 2014 | FlaglerLive | 10 Comments

Stuart Denison, who’d been arrested three times in the last few months on domestic battery charges, allegedly threatened to kill his girlfriend and the cops who arrested him Sunday; separately, Michael Testa was arrested for the ninth time.

Art That Gives Garbage a Second Chance: Violet Skipp Haffner’s Lazarus Act at Hollingsworth

February 11, 2014 | FlaglerLive | Leave a Comment

Violet Skipp Haffner’s 'Cosmic Christ.'

Violet Skipp Haffner’s art, now on display at Palm Coast’s Hollingsworth Gallery in her first solo show, creates illusions–and sculptures–out of objects that have been discarded or forgotten, and that evoke a darkness that lets you fill in the blanks.

Downed Power Line Triggers Fire Along Seminole Woods Blvd., But Blaze Is Controlled

February 10, 2014 | FlaglerLive | 8 Comments

The fire along Seminole Woods Blvd. started as a 70 by 70 blaze but was then intentionally broadened to an acre to prevent fire issues later. (© FlaglerLive)

A road crew was working on the east side of Seminole Woods Blvd., clearing brush in the first step of construction of a path, when a track hoe severed a power line that set a 70-by-70 fot area on fire. No residential or commercial properties were in danger.

Domino’s Pizza Delivery Woman Reports Being Shot at in Palm Coast’s P-Section

February 10, 2014 | FlaglerLive | 21 Comments

The alleged attack on a pizza delivery woman took place on Powder Hill Drive in Palm Coast.

The pizza delivery woman was asking for directions from two men on Powder Hill Drive when one of them displayed a gun, and reportedly fired it as the woman backed up to escape. A bullet struck the car’s console, but the woman was not injured.

Kelly S. Melton, 49, Critically Injured in 3-Motorcycle Wreck on U.S. 1 and Palm Coast Parkway

February 10, 2014 | FlaglerLive | 3 Comments

The wreck took place Sunday afternoon at the intersection of U.S. 1 and Commerce Boulevard in Palm Coast. Click on the image for larger view.

Kelly S. Melton was riding with Gordon E. Drady, 61, and Michele L. Tola, 42, of Jacksonville when all three slowed on the approach to a red light at Palm Coast Parkway, but Melton, who was not wearing a helmet, lost control, and crashed on the pavement.

Robert Cronin, 62, Is Killed in Single-Car Wreck on Palm Coast’s Whiteview Parkway

February 8, 2014 | FlaglerLive | 15 Comments

Robert Cronin, a 62-year-old Palm Coast resident, was at the wheel of a Toyota Camry early Saturday morning, speeding east on Whiteview Parkway in Palm Coast, when he lost control of the car and crashed against a tree. He was pronounced dead at the scene.

Suspect in W-Section Crime Spree Is Pulled Out of Class at FPC and Arrested on 7 Warrants

February 7, 2014 | FlaglerLive | 8 Comments

Matthew Wright, left, and Danquelle Nash are both being held at the Flagler County jail.

Matthew Wright, who just turned 18, is accused of being Danquelle Nash’s accomplice in a burglary and car theft crime spree on Jan. 6. A mother’s attempted strangling her juvenile daughter lands the mother in jail. A man is accused of battery on his pregnant girlfriend.

Red-Light Cameras Meet Poetry Meet Visual Improv at Flagler County Art League

February 6, 2014 | FlaglerLive | 11 Comments

A painting by Dex Westphal, featured in the Flagler County Art League's newest show, opening Saturday.

“Art that inspires Poetry and Poetry that Inspires Art,” the Flagler County Art League show opening Saturday, is an improvisational conversation between artists and poets, whose combined works will adorn the league’s walls through February.

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