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Flagler, Palm Coast & Other Local News

Palm Coast Council Shocked, Shocked To Hear It Ever Had $10 Million for City Hall

August 3, 2011 | FlaglerLive | 33 Comments

It was not originally presented to the Palm Coast City Council as a pie in the sky, but as aconcrete project. Jim landon now says the city never had the $10 million. The chart is from his staff's presentation to the council last year.

The Palm Coast city administration now says that it never had $10 million to build a city hall. The copious record on the matter says otherwise, raising questions about the city’s numbers and verbal shell games.

Allegations of Brutality, Rape and Torture Over 2 Days Emerge from Bunnell Kidnapping

August 2, 2011 | FlaglerLive | 12 Comments

The victim, a Palm Coast woman, told police she was held in a crack house on July 21 and 22 before escaping to a gas station on SR100. Examiners point to evidence of severe beatings, cigarette burns and numerous other injuries.

Condo No-Go: Florida Cabinet Sides With Flagler County Over Hammock Dunes

August 2, 2011 | FlaglerLive | 10 Comments

In a victory for Flagler County, the Florida Cabinet unanimously approved a judge’s order that blocks Ginn-Lubert Adler’s plan to build an oceanfront condominium and hotel at Hammock Dunes, near the 16th Road public park and beach.

Hammock Dunes Showdown: Flagler and Developer Battle Before Florida Cabinet

August 2, 2011 | FlaglerLive | Leave a Comment

Ginn-Lubert Adler and investors want to build a 77-foot hotel and significantly increase the residential density in an area adjoining the public beach by 16th Rd. in the Hammock. Flagler County is opposed. The two sides are arguing their case before the Florida Cabinet today.

Palm Coast Data CEO John Meneough Resigns After 15 Years As Company Struggles

August 1, 2011 | FlaglerLive | 29 Comments

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John Meneough, 62, had been with Palm Coast Data in its various incarnations since 1996. A successor has not been named. Meneough’s resignation is part of broader changes at Palm Coast Data parent Amrep Corp.

Palm Coast’s Fireworks, Canceled on July 4, Are Now Leveraged Over 3 Fall Dates

August 1, 2011 | FlaglerLive | 2 Comments

The $15,000 subsidy to Palm Coast will be split over fireworks shows on Labor Day and the two evenings of the city’s seafood festival in early November.

Update: Two Children in Critical Condition Following Seminole Woods Wreck Near Integra Woods

August 1, 2011 | FlaglerLive | 45 Comments

Palm Coast and county fire rescue personnel were at the sxcene of the two-vehicle wreck late Saturday. (FlaglerLive)

A severe two-vehicle accident took place at around 11 p.m. Saturday night at the intersection of Seminole Woods Boulevard and Integra Woods Boulevard, near the Integra Woods apartment complex, triggering trauma alerts for four victims.

Two-Day Kidnapping Lands 3 in Jail After SWAT Team Descends on South Bunnell

July 30, 2011 | FlaglerLive | 22 Comments

The two Bunnell men were charged with kidnapping and held without bail. Two additional men were jailed on more minor charges. One victim, a woman, was involved.

Ethics Commission Ratifies $600 Settlement With Flagler Commissioner Nate McLaughlin

July 30, 2011 | FlaglerLive | Leave a Comment

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The settlement now goes before Gov. Rick Scott, who’ll issue an executive order requiring McLaughlin to pay the fine. McLaughlin’s attorney still contends that the Supervisor of Elections could have prevented the problem.

With or Without Palm Coast, County Would Lead New Economic Development Council

July 29, 2011 | FlaglerLive | 18 Comments

The county’s proposal would mean the end of Enterprise Flagler and the creation of a 9-member council chaired by the county, with cities and private-sector membership overseeing a $410,000 budget. Palm Coast’s buy in is a question mark.

Bunnell PD Seizes Ex-Cop’s Lost Flash Drive, Deleting Files Against His Consent

July 28, 2011 | FlaglerLive | 24 Comments

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Roosevelt James, formerly of the Bunnell Police Department, lost his drive on June 21. The police department held it for 26 days “under review,” deleting files along the way, according to James, who’s calling for an investigation.

Auditions Set for Flagler Playhouse’s “25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee”

July 28, 2011 | FlaglerLive | 1 Comment

The Flagler Playhouse will hold open auditions for their upcoming production of “The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee” on July 31 and Aug. 1 at 6 pm at the Flagler Playhouse in Bunnell.

Fire at Bunnell’s Palm Terrace Claims A Home and Burns One Victim

July 27, 2011 | FlaglerLive | 1 Comment

The mobile-home fire started just after 5 p.m. The owner, a man in his mid-20s, said he’d fallen asleep. His 5-year-old son was not in the house at the time.

Would-Be Assailants on Palm Coast’s Pine Crest Lane Flee After Being Shot At

July 27, 2011 | FlaglerLive | 10 Comments

Three men were prowling about a house on Pine Crest Lane in Palm Coast Wednesday morning when a resident there confronted them and took out his Glock 27, firing one shot at one of them.

Mystery Midnight “Fireball” Serves Up Barroom Speculation, and Vain Search, In Flagler Beach

July 27, 2011 | FlaglerLive | 9 Comments

Patrons at an oceanfront Flagler Beach bar reported seeing a fireball over the ocean around midnight Tuesday, triggering speculation about a plane crash. It turned out to be no more than speculation.

School Board Rejects Administrators’ 2% Raise, Awards It to Lesser-Paid Professionals

July 26, 2011 | FlaglerLive | 19 Comments

The proposed raise for the 50-some administrators in the county, who make between $50,000 and $100,000, had triggered a political wildfire. Board members were more willing to give the raise to supervisors paid, for the most part, less than teachers.

Palm Coast Sets Intial Tax Rate 14% Higher With Goal of Whittling It Down By September

July 26, 2011 | FlaglerLive | 16 Comments

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Palm Coast City Council members are trying desperately to hold the line on property tax increases, but will likely not succeed entirely. The final tax rate will still not translate into a tax increase for most.

Resuming Eastward March, Palm Coast Will Annex Graham Swamp’s 3,300 Acres

July 26, 2011 | FlaglerLive | 18 Comments

Palm Coast will annex the Graham Swamp area to better control its assets, which include the new Graham Swamp trail, but the annexation is also a beachhead on attractive property along Colbert Lane.

Slow-Cooked Success: Palm Coast’s Woody’s Bar•B•Q Marks 13th Year

July 26, 2011 | FlaglerLive | 7 Comments

Owned by Flagler County natives, Woody’s BarBQ on State Road 100 in Palm Coast has, like any business, weathered its share of difficulties in the past three years. “We’re not going anywhere,” its owner says.

Flagler County Tax Rates Will Go Up 12%, But Tax Bills Are More Likely to Go Down

July 25, 2011 | FlaglerLive | 20 Comments

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Flagler County’s tax rate is going up for the fourth year in a row to make up for collapsing valuations, but the rise will still not translate into a tax increase for most. The contrary may be true.

Paging All Parents: Flagler Schools Launch “Graduate One” Campaign on Aug. 4

July 25, 2011 | FlaglerLive | 7 Comments

Flagler schools want parents better informed and more involved as graduation requirements increase. The district is hosting a countywide orientation session at nine locations on Aug. 4 under the banner of its “Graduate One Everyone” campaign.

Pilot Falls Asleep Aboard Shark-Fishing Boat, Sending It Aground in Flagler Beach

July 24, 2011 | FlaglerLive | 3 Comments

The Lady Maritza, registered to Clearwater-based Demar Fishing Inc., was shark-fishing when its pilot fell asleep, sending the boat aground just before dawn. It was freed by early afternoon.

Sbordone’s Next Act: Ex-Playhouse Director Opens New Theater With Poetry Clash

July 23, 2011 | FlaglerLive | 6 Comments

Things are looking up for John Sbordone and Palm Coast's theater scene. (© FlaglerLive)

Palm Coast’s theater scene is about to get much richer as John Sbordone launches his City Repertory Theatre with a “poetry clash” at Hollingsworth Gallery, where the theater will have its home for the coming season.

Paying Tribute to Tea Party Faithfuls, City Council Candidates Hear Tax-Me-Not Earfuls

July 22, 2011 | FlaglerLive | 34 Comments

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Opposition to tax increases in whatever form topped the list of concerns of several hundred people at a tea party-hosted encounter Palm Coast mayor and city council candidates.

Possible Suicide Victim Washes Up on Gamble Rogers Recreation Sands in Flagler Beach

July 22, 2011 | FlaglerLive | Leave a Comment

The body of the victim, a man believed to be in his 40s, washed up before 11 Friday morning, with lacerations on the wrist. Portions of the beach were closed.

Palm Coast Data Revenue Drops 20% in 2011; Parent Company Posts $7.6 Million Loss

July 21, 2011 | FlaglerLive | 10 Comments

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Revenue at Palm Coast’s largest private-sector employer declined to $73.6 million, from $92 million the previous year. The company’s revenue has dropped 40 percent in four years.

Bunnell Commission Says Nyet To Reducing $1 Million Police Force, Whatever the Savings

July 21, 2011 | FlaglerLive | 3 Comments

The Bunnell City Commission took a verbal version of a nightstick to Commissioner Elbert Tucker's proposal.

Bunnell City Commissioner Elbert Tucker proposed reducing the police department’s ranks to cut back its $1 million burden on a $4 million general fund budget. The rest of the commission smacked him down.

Do Flagler School Administrators Making $97,000 a Year Need A Raise? They Say Yes.

July 19, 2011 | FlaglerLive | 78 Comments

Some 25 Flagler school administrators make between $80,000 and $105,000 a year. They’re saying they were disrespected when denied a 2 percent raise. The school board is reconsidering.

Flagler Property Tax Bills Set to Drop Markedly As School Board Keeps 2012 Levy Flat

July 19, 2011 | FlaglerLive | 5 Comments

The school board's property tax rate in Flagler County is still relatively low compared with previous years. Click on the image for larger view. (© FlaglerLive)

Contrasting with public perceptions that taxes are going up, a typical house may see a $150 drop from school taxes alone next year, giving Palm Coast and the county more room to maneuver for higher tax rates.

Is Flagler County’s Real Estate Industry Finally Brightening? Depends Whom You Ask.

July 18, 2011 | FlaglerLive | 6 Comments

Sales are increasing somewhat by volume but more than half the transactions are for cash, prices keep falling, foreclosures are increasing, and the overall economy shows little sign of improvement.

Bryan Watts, a Postal Inspector, Charged With False Imprisonment–Of His Brother

July 18, 2011 | FlaglerLive | 4 Comments

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Bryan Watts, 39, had traveled to Palm Coast to help his brother settle the estate of the two men’s late father, who lived on Village Circle. The pair ended up arguing, with Watts arming himself with a semi-automatic handgun.

Flagler 911: The Live Crime Blotter

July 17, 2011 | FlaglerLive | 6 Comments

A pit bull bites a 74-year-old woman and her dog, a son is charged with burglarizing his parents’ home, a Habitat for Humanity property is burglarized, vandals damage a foreclosed homes, and too many burglaries and larcenies to count.

In Flagler Beach, Anger and Hyperbole Over an Acting Manager’s Half-Year Limbo

July 17, 2011 | FlaglerLive | 16 Comments

Bruce Campbell has been in the job as acting manager since Jan. 2, a seven-month job interview unlikely to end until September, if then, as a deadlocked city commission battles messy politics and personalities.

Coalition of Cities Meets, Its Mission As Fuzzy as Its Place in Flagler’s Economic Bog

July 15, 2011 | FlaglerLive | 16 Comments

The Coalition of Cities is Flagler’s smaller cities’ answer to being snubbed at a larger economic-development table. But the snub is over. The coalition remains. It’s not exactly clear why, and it underscores the frayed political landscape behind facades of unity.

Palm Coast Candidates Ask: When’s the Election? City: We’ll Get Back To You

July 15, 2011 | FlaglerLive | 34 Comments

Palm Coast’s city administration, responsible for running the city council and mayor elections scheduled for Sept. 13 and Nov. 8, hasn’t yet figured out whether to hold all elections in September or just the mayor’s race.

DEP Forbids Deck on Flagler Pier Restaurant–Unless It’s Called a “Pier Extension”

July 14, 2011 | FlaglerLive | 7 Comments

The regulatory word game unsettled several members of the Flagler Beach City Commission, which nevertheless went for it in a 4-1 vote, clearing the way for a permit application to the Florida Department of Environmental Protection.

Economic Development Summit Cancelled Again as “Coalition of Cities” Revs Up

July 14, 2011 | FlaglerLive | 13 Comments

Cancelled once on June, the county-wide economic development summit set for July 27 was cancelled again as Bunnell and Flagler Beach’s break-away “coalition of cities” meets for the first time Friday.

City Commission Cheers Flagler Beach Turtle Patrol

July 14, 2011 | FlaglerLive | Leave a Comment

The Flagler Beach City Commission’s Alice Baker recognized the city’s Turtle Patrol volunteers, whose work from May to September ensures protecting for nesting turtles.

Bunnell PD’s Sleuthing Around Midnight Rims Lands 2 in Jail for Grand Theft

July 14, 2011 | FlaglerLive | 2 Comments

Some 35 tires and rims found in an abandoned pick-up truck on U.S. 1 were traced to alleged thefts from Dave’s Auto in Bunnell. Hector Garcia-Torres and Kail Williams were jailed and charged for theft.

Despite Shelving Desalination, Palm Coast Clings to “Low Pulse” Plans–for $213,000

July 13, 2011 | FlaglerLive | 5 Comments

The $213,000, left over from $1.7 million budgeted for desalination project’s latest phase, would keep a consultant working through quarterly meetings, and Palm Coast hoping to draft new partners for the now-defunct, $200 million project.

23 Year Old South Daytona Beach Man Arrested in Connection With Star Liquor Robbery

July 13, 2011 | FlaglerLive | Leave a Comment

Holly Hill police arrested Jacob Penny, 23, a South Daytona resident, six days after he robbed Star Liquor on Belle Terre Parkway, in Town Center, of $200.

Jim Landon On Children’s Memorial Garden: “This Is Very, Very Personal For Some of Us”

July 12, 2011 | FlaglerLive | 14 Comments

Palm Coast’s year-old Children’s Memorial Garden provoked rare emotions from the city manager Monday as the council wrestled with conflict over competing visions for the pastoral garden near Waterfront park.

Tax Fears and $2 Million Gap Have Palm Coast Talking Firehouse Layoffs or End to EMS

July 12, 2011 | FlaglerLive | 53 Comments

The Palm Coast City Council clearly favored more cuts in services than tax increases during its first serious budget discussion of the year Monday, with the city’s fire department appearing to be the likeliest target.

Another Budget Grilling By Commission Puts Clerk of Court Gail Wadsworth on Defensive

July 11, 2011 | FlaglerLive | 29 Comments

Clerk of Court Gail Wadsworth had an uncomfortable morning with the County Commission. (© FlaglerLive)

County Commissioners Alan Peterson and Barbara Revels questioned travel expenses that have “mushroomed” and wondered why there was no windfall from reduced retirement-compensation contributions. Wadswroth wasn’t happy.

Two Brothers Accused of Armed Robbery at Palm Harbor’s Hancock Bank Are in Jail

July 11, 2011 | FlaglerLive | 8 Comments

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Michael Cona, 28, and his brother Shawn, 30, of 48 Fischer Lane in Palm Coast, were charged with the June 22 armed robbery, which was witnessed by 14 people, including an 82-year-old woman.

Cold-Weather Shelter’s Carla Traister and 1st United Methodist Win Points of Light Award

July 11, 2011 | FlaglerLive | 3 Comments

The Point of Lights award vindicates a particularly difficult year when the cold-weather shelter sustained some bitter, often inaccurate criticism from a few Bunnell businesses even as its needs proved more critical.

Flagler 911: The Live Crime Blotter, July 1-7, 2011

July 10, 2011 | FlaglerLive | 4 Comments

A pasta and sauce theft, a fight over a cup of coffee, a fire demolishes an empty Bunnell house, a brazen heist at a public works yard, thefts, burglaries and more.

Approaching His 8th Birthday, Nate Truelove Continues Remarkable Wreck Recovery

July 10, 2011 | FlaglerLive | 7 Comments

Nate Truelove was 7 when he almost died in a debilitating wreck on Old Kings Road last September. His recovery has been long, difficult and remarkable. An update from his great-grandmother Charlene.

City Marketplace in Receivership; Public Sale of the Palm Coast Development Set for August

July 8, 2011 | FlaglerLive | 41 Comments

City Market Place, where Palm Coast has its municipal offices, has been mired in foreclosure proceedings since 2009. The changes aren’t expected to affect tenants except, perhaps, for the better.

Flagler Sheriff’s Office Offers Free Web App To File Reports Or Glimpse Incidents

July 8, 2011 | FlaglerLive | 2 Comments

The Flagler County Sheriff’s Department web application creates mobile-friendly access to its website’s most popular features, including real-time 911 calls and search of jail inmate bookings.

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