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Flagler, Palm Coast & Other Local News

Sorry, Kansas City: FAA Training Facility Will Stay in Palm Coast–For Now

March 9, 2012 | FlaglerLive | 11 Comments

The FAA Center for Management and Executive Leadership training facility will remain in Palm Coast for the foreseeable future, U.S. Rep. John Mica said Friday, but Palm Coast will still have to compete with other cities in the future to keep the facility and its 80 to 100 jobs.

Bike Week Claims First Flagler County Victims As 3 Are Hospitalized After U.S. 1 Wreck

March 9, 2012 | FlaglerLive | 22 Comments

Flagler County Fire Rescue's Fire Flight helicopter takes off just before 4 p.m. on U.S. 1, south of Bunnell, with two of the three victims in a motorcycle-and-Cadillac wreck on the highway. Click on the image for larger view. (c FlaglerLive)

The wreck took place at 3:15 p.m. and sent a woman and two men to hospitals, two of them by air, in trauma alerts. All three are expected to survive.

Palm Coast Observer’s Brian McMillan Is Local Media Association’s Journalist of the Year

March 9, 2012 | FlaglerLive | 11 Comments

The Observer's Brian McMillan. This time, John Walsh had to be cropped out. (© FlaglerLive)

The national award by the Local Media Association, formerly known as Suburban Newspapers of America, caps a succession of milestones for the Palm Coast Observer in the midst of its torrid duel with the News-Journal.

Accused of Abuse, Palm Coast Man Uses His 2-Year-Old Son as a Shield Against Deputies

March 8, 2012 | FlaglerLive | 3 Comments

When the deputy made contact with David Romero, 35, he was holding the boy in a headlock and standing in the doorway of the lanai, next to the swimming pool. He’d threatened to throw the boy into the swimming pool if his wife didn’t come out of the house.

ICI Homes Gets Its Way, Mostly, in Cypress Knoll Development as Palm Coast Settles Suit

March 7, 2012 | FlaglerLive | 21 Comments

Mori Hosseini’s ICI Homes has been battling Palm Coast since 2004 over a zoning designation in the E Section that ICI claims denied it its development rights. The deal means 58 homes on lots smaller than the norm in Cypress Knoll can now be built there.

Trust-Busting: Union Angered as Flagler School Board Rescinds Its Vote on Teachers’ Contract

March 7, 2012 | FlaglerLive | 11 Comments

Negotiations are back to zero and mutual trust damaged as the Flagler County School Board said it could not legally approve the contract, as it mistakenly did two weeks ago, by carving out a controversial portion of it dealing with teacher evaluations.

Buddy Taylor Middle’s Winnie Oden Moving To Pathways in June, Carla Taylor To FPC

March 7, 2012 | FlaglerLive | 13 Comments

Neither administrator volunteered for the new assignments, but administrators work at the will of the district. No one has been named to the principal’s post at Buddy Taylor Middle School yet.

R-Section Argument Escalates, Girlfriend Hits Boyfriend With a Car, and Faces Charges

March 6, 2012 | FlaglerLive | 5 Comments

A 24-year-old man was air-lifted with traumatic injuries from Palm Coast’s R-Section this evening after an argument on Rylin Lane between him and his girlfriend went out of control.

Palm Coast, Tree City USA Again

March 6, 2012 | FlaglerLive | 6 Comments

The City of Palm Coast has been re-certified once again as a Tree City USA and also received a Tree City USA Growth award, from the National Arbor Day Foundation.

After 11 Years, Beverly Beach Mayor Steve Emmett Says Farewell a Year Early

March 5, 2012 | FlaglerLive | 3 Comments

Emmett, 70, said he was tired. He won his sixth election last March. He wasn’t up for re-election until a year from now. But he said he’d had enough. Gerry Gersbach replaced him in a ceremony at the Beverly Beach Town Hall.

Fire Flight and Ground Crews Contain Black Point Road Wildfire in 2 Hours

March 5, 2012 | FlaglerLive | 5 Comments

Fire Flight and Division of Forestry bulldozers are being deployed around the fire, in a dry, thickly wooded area about half a mile from Deen Road.

Flagler Forest Division Chief Warns of Fire Season “Possibly as Severe as 1998”

March 5, 2012 | FlaglerLive | 3 Comments

Persistent dryness, long-term weather patterns and dried-up swamps are combining for a dangerous fire season ahead for Flagler County, Mike Kuypers, district manager for the Florida Division of Forestry, told the county commission this morning.

Evening Fire in a Home on Palm Coast’s Federal Lane Is Contained to a Bedroom

March 4, 2012 | FlaglerLive | 12 Comments

One resident was taken to the hospital with smoke inhalation. The fire broke out at about 9:10 and was out about 15 minutes later as the Palm Coast Fire Department made it to the scene within moments of a 911 call.

Sheriff Fleming, Under Oath, Contradicts His Own Records in Hit-and-Run Case

March 2, 2012 | FlaglerLive | 73 Comments

Sheriff Fleming followed his under-oath interview with the Florida Highway Patrol with a written statement the next day that changed his story for a fourth time regarding his phone calls to and from John Fischer, the school board member and husband of the woman charged in a hit-and-run fatality on Nov. 10.

Public Pressure Works as State Funds Return to Flagler’s Disabled Adults Services

March 2, 2012 | FlaglerLive | 8 Comments

Flagler County would have lost $600,000 and 18 jobs, and disability and job-learning skills to 248 adults in the affected programs, had a Senate proposal to end funding prevailed. A public-awareness campaign led by school board member Colleen Conklin helped reverse the cuts.

Hit-and-Run: More Doubt Than Urgency in Fischers’ Call to Sheriff’s Non-Emergency Line

March 1, 2012 | FlaglerLive | 20 Comments

As John and Jamesine Fischer’s call to the sheriff’s office is released, they’re are heard casting doubt on the nature of the collision that eventually killed Francoise Pecqueur. The call, and a private investigator’s report, raise more questions.

Public Mostly Rejects State Proposal for 2.7 Miles of Manatee Speed Zones in Flagler Waters

February 29, 2012 | FlaglerLive | 24 Comments

Three-quarters of the people who addressed a Florida Fish and Wildlife delegation on the proposed speed zones on the Intracoastal Waterway rejected the argument that manatees are endangered, or that further regulation is needed.

Too Many Streetlights? Palm Coast Readies to Remove 41 Redundant Ones For Future Savings

February 29, 2012 | FlaglerLive | 17 Comments

The city will remove 41 lights–out of 2,876 in the city–at a cost of $15,444, money the city says it will make back in just over three years as savings from monthly bills it won’t be paying for those lights. Meanwhile, new light strings must wait for lack of money.

Wife-Shooter William Merrill’s Arrest Record Dates Back to Felony and DUI in Tennessee

February 29, 2012 | FlaglerLive | 4 Comments

William Merrill was arrested repeatedly in 1999 by the Nashville Police Department and the Wilson County Sheriff’s Office, when he was 20 years old, and convicted on felony and misdemeanor drug possession and reduced reckless driving charges.

Maj. David O’Brien Replaces Chief Look as Sheriff Fleming’s 2nd in Command

February 29, 2012 | FlaglerLive | 9 Comments

Flagler County Sheriff Don Fleming appointed Maj. David O’Brien, a 29-year-veteran of the department, his chief deputy, replacing Rick Look, who left the agency he’d served since 2005 late last year.

Happy 80th Birthday, Jim Guines

February 28, 2012 | FlaglerLive | 15 Comments

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Just before Christmas Jim Guines, the long-time Flagler County School Board member, was hospitalized with a recurring leg ailment that may have contributed to a stroke while he was in surgery. He’s been in rehab since.

Cassimiro Tavares Faces 7 Felony Charges Over Bilking A&T Auto Repair Shop Owner

February 28, 2012 | FlaglerLive | 1 Comment

Cassimiro Tavares, who worked as the office manager at A&T Auto Repair in Bunnell for three years, is accused of diverting close to $25,000 to his own uses, creating a shell company and threatening Andrzej Tyminski, the Polish shop, owner with deportation to keep him quiet.

Ear, Nose, Throat, Hard Hat:
Florida Hospital Flagler Shows Off Its New Digs

February 28, 2012 | FlaglerLive | 2 Comments

Florida Hospital Flagler’s new Parkway Medical Plaza, opening in July between Walmart and Golden Corral, is a $15 million expansion–and a signal of intensifying head-to-head competition in such fields as imaging and lab work.

State Attorney Files 1st Degree Felony Charge Against Fischer in Hit-and-Run Case

February 28, 2012 | FlaglerLive | 70 Comments

Jamesine Fischer, the wife of Flagler County School Board member John Fischer, faces 30 years in prison if convicted of the felony charge involving the death of Francoise Pecqueur, the 76-year-old woman struck by Fischer’s PT Cruiser on Columbia Lane in Palm Coast in November.

Finding Her Palm Coast, Nancy Grace Takes On Wife-Shooting Tonight, With FlaglerLive

February 27, 2012 | FlaglerLive | 38 Comments

FlaglerLive’s Pierre Tristam is among the guests on tonight’s Nancy Grace show, whose opening segment focuses on the William Merrill shooting of his wife in Palm Coast last Tuesday. The news value is limited.

Flagler County Jail Bookings, Feb. 24-March 2

February 27, 2012 | FlaglerLive | Leave a Comment

Flagler County jail daily bookings for the week of Feb. 24-March 2, 2012, with an excerpt on Zen and the art of meditating with prisoners at Sing Sing in Ossining, N.Y.

Arrest Report Details Fischer Trying to “Mislead Medical Personnel and Bystanders”

February 25, 2012 | FlaglerLive | 50 Comments

Three times at the scene, where 76-year-old Francoise Pecqueur lay bleeding, and again when she called 911, Jamesine Fischer said she’d seen Pecqueur fall, that she’d noticed her lying in the grass, and that she herself had hit a dog, but not Pecqueur, Fischer’s arrest report states.

A Desperate William Merrill Pleads For Help: “My Wife’s Been Shot”; the 911 Call

February 24, 2012 | FlaglerLive | 19 Comments

In a voice broken by sobs and desperation, a clearly devastated William Merrill pleads with the 911 dispatcher to send help after describing how he accidentally shot his wife, Stefanie, while she was giving a bath to their 3-year-old daughter. The 7-minute 911 recording as released by the sheriff’s office.

Flagler County Democrats, at Low Ebb, Face Eviction From Their Palm Coast Office

February 24, 2012 | FlaglerLive | 11 Comments

Flagler County Democrats have been rending the Hargrove Grade location since 2007, for $334 a month, but between disorganization and lack of interest, have been unable to raise the money to pay the rent for months.

Ex-Bunnell Cops John and Lisa Murray Plead Out, Avoiding Jail Time

February 24, 2012 | FlaglerLive | 19 Comments

John and Lisa Murray pleaded no contest to reduced charges stemming from their arrest and firing on felony counts in 2010. Neither can be a police officer again.

William Merrill Charged With Manslaughter for Killing His Wife With AK-47; 20 Guns at Home

February 23, 2012 | FlaglerLive | 33 Comments

Stefanie Merrill had been giving a bath to her 3-year-old daughter when her husband, William, pointed an AK-47 assault and its laser light at her chest and accidentally pulled the trigger. He was jailed on $200,000 bail.

Pizza Delivery Leads to SWAT Swarm and Arrest of Man Wanted for Serial Burglaries

February 23, 2012 | FlaglerLive | 10 Comments

Jacquez Roland, 34. of 11 Service Tree Place in Palm Coast is in jail today, on $429,000 bail, in connection with a series of armed and violent burglaries, including the Microtel and Sharps Liquor burglaries in October, where workers in both cases were cuffed at gunpoint and robbed.

Flagler County’s Republicans at War With Each Other as Lawsuit Slams Prizer and REC

February 23, 2012 | FlaglerLive | 9 Comments

The rift between tea party Republicans and old guard Republicans boiled over Thursday as insurgents denied membership in the Flagler County Republican Executive Committee filed suit against Committee Chairman Nancy Prizer and the Florida Republican Club.

As Investigation Into Fatal Shooting Continues, Disturbing Details from a Prior Domestic Fight

February 22, 2012 | FlaglerLive | 11 Comments

William Merrill, who fatally shot his wife on Tuesday while inspecting a rifle, was arrested in 2006 for head-butting her and throwing her on a bed during a heated argument. Charges were not pursued in that case.

Ex-Bunnell Cop John Murray, On Trial, Takes Stand and Denies Wrongdoing

February 22, 2012 | FlaglerLive | 11 Comments

John Murray was fired in 2010 and faces four felony charges, including cocaine possession and tampering with evidence. The trial Flagler County Circuit Judge Raul Zambrano is expected to take all day.

I-95 Crash Sends 2 to Hospitals; Witnesses Cite Cell-Phone Distraction

February 22, 2012 | FlaglerLive | 18 Comments

The two-vehicle crash on I-95 just north of Palm Coast Parkway this morning sent two people to hospitals, one of them with serious but non-life-threatening injuries.

He’s Back: Sensing a Weakened Don Fleming, Jim Manfre Is Running for Sheriff a 4th Time

February 21, 2012 | FlaglerLive | 48 Comments

Jim Manfre was Flagler County sheriff from 2001 to 2005, and lost to Sheriff Fleming in 2008 by a thin margin. The recent controversy over Fleming’s handling of a fatal road accident spurred Manfre to become the fourth candidate against the incumbent.

Suspicious Shooting: Husband Kills 30-Year-Old Wife on Covington Lane in Palm Coast

February 21, 2012 | FlaglerLive | 27 Comments

William Merrill, 32, was inspecting a rifle at his home at 94 Covington Lane in Palm Coast when his weapon went off. His 30-year-old wife Stefanie was struck in the chest and killed.

Flagler School Board Balks Over New Teacher Contract; Union President Calls It “Bad Faith”

February 21, 2012 | FlaglerLive | 9 Comments

After a closed-door meeting, the Flagler school board ratified a new contract with its teacher union minus a crucial portion defining teacher evaluations, causing a breach with the union just as the two sides are planning next school year.

Flagler 911: More Pitbull Attacks, Fraud Alert and Facebook Trouble

February 20, 2012 | FlaglerLive | 6 Comments

Two more reports of pitbull attacks–dog-on-dog, and dog-on-disabled-man, but the latter without injuries; Facebook suspicions trigger a fight; an altercation at the courthouse; smashed windows at Imagine Chool, and too many lesser incidents to count.

Visits Decline 26% in 2 Years at Flagler County Public Library; E-Books Beginning Oct. 1

February 20, 2012 | FlaglerLive | 25 Comments

Patrons will be able to borrow the books through their digital devices. The library’s plans for a cafe continue despite a setback, and it has no plans for scaling back its physical presence: to the contrary. Expansion plans are afoot for the main branch library in Palm Coast.

Peterson Draws Commission Challenge From Ericksen, the Man He Introduced to Politics

February 20, 2012 | FlaglerLive | 17 Comments

Four years ago Alan Peterson encouraged Charlie Ericksen to apply to finish the term of Peterson’s seat on the Palm Coast City Council, when Peterson decided to run for the Flagler County Commission. Now the two Republicans will face each other in the Aug. 14 primary for that commission seat.

Flagler County Jail Bookings, Feb. 17-25

February 20, 2012 | FlaglerLive | Leave a Comment

Flagler County jail daily bookings for the week of Feb. 17-25, 2012, with a look back at the Comayagua prison fire in Honduras that killed 300 inmates on Feb. 14.

Flagler School District Mobilizing Against 18 Job Cuts and Lost Services to Disabled Adults

February 19, 2012 | FlaglerLive | 12 Comments

Flagler County is in danger of losing several programs that train and help the disabled find self-sustaining jobs as the Florida Senate ends funding for those programs. The cuts would affect 248 adult in the county, including 36 students in the transition program for 18 to 22 year olds.

A Year On, Tibet’s Jigme Norbu’s Death In Flagler Is Remembered With Incense and Hope

February 18, 2012 | FlaglerLive | Leave a Comment

Jigme Norbu, the nephew of the Dalai Lama, was killed in Flagler County on the first day of a 300-mile walk for peace. Two dozen people gathered at the crash site in the Hammock this afternoon to commemorate the one-year mark of Norbu’s death.

Sahmi Green Charged With Animal Cruelty in Wake of Fatal Stabbing of Female Pit Bull

February 17, 2012 | FlaglerLive | 31 Comments

The arrest warrant states that Sahmi Green walked a friend’s female pit bull behind a house and stabbed it seven times. He initially claimed the dog had been in a fight.

Flagler Tea Party Frets As Numbers Dwindle And Excitement Appears Elusive

February 16, 2012 | FlaglerLive | 59 Comments

Flagler tea party meetings once reliably drew 200 to 300 people. Thursday’s drew 86, and provoked soul-searching from members wondering how to revive the excitement in an election year they considers crucial.

European Village Beating of 60-Year-Old: Ken Peters Now Faces Attempted Murder Charge

February 16, 2012 | FlaglerLive | 12 Comments

Conviction for attempted murder can mean a sentence of up to 30 years in prison. Kenneth Peters had gone to the victim’s house to obtain Oxycodone, the pain-relieving narcotic, when the encounter deteriorated. Both men involved have previous records.

Women’s Wrestling as Inspiration: “Miracle Worker” at FPC’s Black Box Theatre Tonight

February 16, 2012 | FlaglerLive | 3 Comments

The story of Hellen Keller and Annie Sullivan, with FPC junior Agata Sokolska and senior Leana Gardella in the title roles, is director Kelly Nelson’s valentine to inspiration. The play will be staged Thursday, Friday and Saturday.

In Field Trip Across Western Flagler, Jobs Council Learns of Unheralded Ag Power

February 15, 2012 | FlaglerLive | 38 Comments

Flagler County’s jobs council went on a field trip today—the latest in a series designed to educate its members about the county’s economy—through western Flagler, for a first-hand look at the second-largest economic engine locally: agriculture.

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