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School Buses Blowing Through a Stop Sign at FPC: Scrutiny Follows Parent’s Alert

April 27, 2011 | FlaglerLive | 23 Comments

An 11th grader on a motorcycle had a close encounter with a bus that pulled out of an FPC driveway where, a video shows, buses frequently don’t respect a stop sign. The transportation department is responding with monitoring and warnings drivers.

Flagler Palm Coast High School’s Formality Singers Soar

April 27, 2011 | FlaglerLive | Leave a Comment

Flagler Palm Coast High School’s Formality Singers, led by Amy Fulmer, received Straight Superiors ratings in state assessments this week. Watch the videos.

Violent Crime Falls Steeply in Flagler; Florida’s Crime Rate at 40-Year Low, Following US Trend

April 26, 2011 | FlaglerLive | 4 Comments

The overall 2010 crime rate is down 4.2 percent in Flagler County and 6.7 percent in Florida as the slower economy and a static population add to a national trend of declining crime. Several reasons are contributing to the decline.

Palm Coast’s Latest Invitation to Landowners: Come Build a Business Park With Us

April 26, 2011 | FlaglerLive | 9 Comments

If you sketch it, maybe they'll build it: Palm Coast's business park vision.

Palm Coast’s business park partnership program would entail spending significant taxpayer resources to develop construction-ready sites in partnership with private property owners, as bait for future commercial activity.

State of the Ax: from Flagler to Tallahassee To D.C., Arts Funding Is Under Siege

April 25, 2011 | FlaglerLive | 1 Comment

A digital photograph by Denys Valson, an 11th grader at Palm Coast High School and a student of Mrs. Biggs's. The photograph was part of the student art show at the Flagler County Art League's Spring Festival. (© FlaglerLive)

The NEA’s federal arts dollars are on the defensive. Florida cut back its arts funding to almost nothing. Palm Coast, Bunnell and Flagler Beach are just as stingy. The county and school district alone still support art and culture.

Growth-Management 2.0: Local Government Whims Sprawl Over State Oversight

April 25, 2011 | FlaglerLive | 11 Comments

Republicans have complained for years that growth management rules slow growth in the state. A glut of empty homes suggests otherwise. Local governments will be empowered to take advantage of far more lax growth rules.

Superintendent in Flight: Janet Valentine Gets Bird’s Eye View of Her Domain

April 22, 2011 | FlaglerLive | 2 Comments

School Superintendent Janet Valentine took a one-hour flight around the county with Jack Howell, director of Flagler’s Teens-in-Flight program. Howell wanted to thank Valentine for her support.

33-Year-Old Man, Lying on Pavement, Killed on Old Kings Road This Morning

April 22, 2011 | FlaglerLive | 1 Comment

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Manual Estrada, a 33-year-old Palm Coast resident, was killed early this morning when a car ran over him on Old Kings Road in front of the Fairfield Inn and Suites.

Armed Robbery at Flagler Beach’s CVS on SR100; Oxycontin-Filching Suspects Caught

April 21, 2011 | FlaglerLive | 15 Comments

At least two suspects entered the CVS just after 5 p.m., one of them brandishing a gun. They were caught at Old Dixie Highway and I-95. No one was injured. Oxycontin appears again to be the motive.

Preliminary Report Suggests Walker May Have Lost Consciousness Before Air Show Crash

April 21, 2011 | FlaglerLive | Leave a Comment

Flagler County's Fire Flight and firefighters battled the blaze at the Flagler County Airport after the Yak's crash last March. (© FlaglerLive)

The National Transportation Safety Board’s preliminary report of the March 26 crash at Wings Over Flagler reveals that to Bill Walker was unresponsive when a fellow-pilot radioed him immediately before the crash.

TDC Approves $30,000 for Dual July 4th Fireworks Under Unifying Americana Theme

April 20, 2011 | FlaglerLive | 2 Comments

With Palm Coast fireworks on July 3rd and Flagler Beach fireworks on the 4th, the tourist council is hoping Flagler County will be a destination for racing fans worn out by July 1 and 2 races in Daytona Beach.

Wadsworth’s Eco Swag Fair Thursday: Saving the Planet 900 Students at a Time

April 20, 2011 | FlaglerLive | 5 Comments

Wadsworth Elementary school is inviting the community to its students’ first environmental community outreach Thursday, from 3:30 to 6:30 p.m., with music, food, games and presentations mixing awareness and kindness.

Bunnell Police Miscues Helping To Lessen Case Against Ex-Cops John and Lisa Murray

April 20, 2011 | FlaglerLive | 10 Comments

Lisa Murray faces one less count of official misconduct, but while a grand theft charge against John Murray was dropped, a charge of official misconduct was added. The cases, for now, are proceeding to trial.

Putt-Putt Golf at Belle Terre Elementary: 9-Hole Course Meets School Board Bogeys

April 19, 2011 | FlaglerLive | 27 Comments

Playground equipment at Belle Terre Elementary has been deteriorating, and causing a few injuries. But replacing some of it with putt-putt golf raised financial and “buy-in” issues from school board members.

District and Teachers’ Union Seal Crucial Agreement on Vast Cuts and Shorter Days

April 18, 2011 | FlaglerLive | 26 Comments

More than tree and a half hours into their latest bargaining session, the union and the Flagler County school district were almost ready to agree to cuts that would eliminate 40 teachers, shorten school days and save $3.5 million next year.

Suicide Off Hammock Dunes Bridge, Near European Village

April 18, 2011 | FlaglerLive | Leave a Comment

Jane Allen, a 50-year-old resident of Oakmont Ct. in Palm Coast, fell to her death from the Hammock Dunes Bridge in early evening Saturday, according to the Flagler County Sheriff’s Office.

It’s Not Enough to Say No to a Seawall in Flagler Beach: An Action Plan Past Opposition

April 18, 2011 | FlaglerLive | 8 Comments

It isn;t just about opposing a seawall. Flagler Beach needs a plan to protect A1A. (© FlaglerLive)

Sherry Epley, a resident of Flagler Beach, lays out a six-point action plan on how to build and sustain opposition to a seawall while developing a viable alternative that saves the beach and State Road A1A.

Flagler Power: From Bunnell By-Pass to Weigh Station to A1A Seawall, FDOT Retreats

April 16, 2011 | FlaglerLive | 5 Comments

Three times in the past 12 months, Florida Department of Transportation projects in Flagler County have foundered on the well-organized shoals of local opposition across government boundaries and fiefdoms.

Cops and Robbers Chase Through A1A in Flagler at 90 mph Before Crash in St. Johns

April 15, 2011 | FlaglerLive | 12 Comments

The high-speed chase, triggered by a former Palm Coast resident, wound through Old Kings Road, Palm Coast Parkway, the Hammock Dunes toll bridge, the Hammock along A1A and Marineland before the eluding truck overturned in St. Johns County.

Upset That His Girlfriend Is Cheating, He Pistol-Whips Her and Fires 7 Shots

April 14, 2011 | FlaglerLive | 5 Comments

Salvitore Kilday, 28, went to a home on Wendlin Lane looking for his girlfriend, found her with another man, and turned violent. Three young children were in the house. He was arrested and jailed.

Water Wars, Side B: Why a Subdivision With 10% of Bunnell’s Residents Is Suing the City

April 14, 2011 | FlaglerLive | 14 Comments

Bunnell has been reading Palm Terrace Mobile Home park’s water meters and servicing its sewer station for 27 years. The city wants to stop doing so to save money, billing the park in one lump sum. The park owner says the city is breaching a 27-year-old annexation agreement.

William Gregory Sentenced to Death for 2007 Double-Murder in Flagler Beach

April 14, 2011 | FlaglerLive | 25 Comments

William Gregory, moments after hearing his death sentence, is processed by a bailiff. (FlaglerLive)

William Gregory murdered ex-girlfriend Skyler Meekins, 17, and Daniel Dyer, 22, by shooting them in the head with a 12-gauge shotgun as they slept together in August 2007. “You have forfeited your right to live at all,” the judge told him.

County and City Fire Departments Merge Methods and Training in Hint of Consolidation

April 13, 2011 | FlaglerLive | 11 Comments

The Flagler County and Palm Coast Fire Departments will share a medical director. Both agencies are holding regular joint exercises and learning shared procedures with the Bunnell and Flagler Beach departments. Consolidation next?

Conklin Is Fired From State-Backed Job After Talk of Suing the State Over Education Funding

April 13, 2011 | FlaglerLive | 53 Comments

Colleen Conklin has been a Flagler County SSchool Board member since 2000, and had been the chief operating officer of the Florida Endowment Foundation since mid-2007. (©

Colleen Conklin has been an outspoken advocate for education as a Flagler County School Board member for 10 years–and as the COO of a largely state-funded education foundation for the last four. One job cost her the other.

From Robert Penn Warren to Stanley Drescher: Flagler Beach Names Its First Poet Laureate

April 13, 2011 | FlaglerLive | 2 Comments

Poetry as manifesto: Stanley Drescher. (© FlaglerLive)

Stanley Drescher, a son of New York’s Lower East Side, has lived in Flagler Beach less than two years. He’s already left his mark on the city’s water tower, wielding his poetry like a crusader’s mightiest weapon.

Flagler Beach’s Steve Settle Will Again Attempt to Appoint Bruce Campbell Manager

April 12, 2011 | FlaglerLive | 8 Comments

Bruce Campbell, in the foreground, is still the executive-in-waiting as the Flagler Beach City Commission ponders his fate. Drew Smith, the city's attorney, is sitting next to Campbell. On the dais, from left: Marshall Shupe, Steve Settle, John Feind, Jane Mealy, Kim Craney, and Mayor Alice Baker. (© FlaglerLive)

Settle has three votes to make Bruce Campbell’s appointment permanent as Flagler Beach city manager. He needs four when he makes his proposal Thursday. Commissioners Jane Mealy and John Feind are mum.

Driver Takes Truck on Bunnell’s Dirt-Bike Course, Flips Into a Pond, Triggers Rescue

April 12, 2011 | FlaglerLive | Leave a Comment

The 60ish driver was riding his truck illegally on the Bunnell’s Pax Trax Motocross course. Two men–Jeff Armstrong, a former fireman, and Jake Flumerfelt–rescued him as water filled his truck and he sat there, awake but not moving.

Palm Coast Maps Out Gentler, Kinder Impact Fees on Developers, But Questions Arise

April 12, 2011 | FlaglerLive | 4 Comments

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The one-time impact fees developers pay when they build something would be lower for residential construction. Builders would get discounts for paying up front, or get to pay them on an installment plan.

Dust Up Those Squeals, Venus: Frankie Avalon At the Flagler Auditorium Tonight

April 12, 2011 | FlaglerLive | 3 Comments

Frankie Avalon, now 70, is making the Flagler Auditorium one of just 12 stops on his 2011 tour. He’ll be singing the hits that made him famous in pre-Beatles days, along with songs from his 30 movies that kept him famous.

Bunnell Commissioners Crain-Brady and Rogers Are Sworn In, Flynt Exits After 8 Years

April 11, 2011 | FlaglerLive | 1 Comment

Unlike last year, when the mayor and two commissioners were re-elected after facing no opposition, Jenny Crain-Brady and John Rogers were the survivors of a five-way race last month.

76-Year-Old Man On a Scooter Killed in Crash With Waste Pro Truck South of Bunnell

April 11, 2011 | FlaglerLive | 4 Comments

The man was traveling north on U.S. 1 in Korona, just south of the Old Dixie Highway intersection, when a maintenance pick-up truck pulled out of the service station and struck him.

Flagler Beach Against DOT’s Seawall: County Joins City’s Opposition, With Conditions

April 11, 2011 | FlaglerLive | 4 Comments

Flagler County doesn’t want a seawall in Flagler Beach either, but the county doesn’t want to lose $6 million in highway funding–earmarked for SR A1A’s protection–that it hopes to shift either toward a study or toward an alternative to the seawall.

Tour de Goodwill: 460 Cyclists Set Off in Flagler Beach Rotary’s 8th Annual Ride

April 10, 2011 | FlaglerLive | 4 Comments

The Flagler Beach Rotary’s Cycle Flagler drew the largest number of cyclists and raised upward of $14,000 for the Rotary’s Christmas and scholarship funds. Riders cycled from 24 to 100 miles.

FPC Posts Video of Teacher’s Public Apology Over Gay Student Bullying

April 9, 2011 | FlaglerLive | 16 Comments

Floyd Binkley's video apology was part of a public service announcement, and went up at FPC's website two months after the incident at the heart of the matter. (© FlaglerLive)

Shop teacher Floyd Binkley’s apology for telling an offensive gay joke appears in the last fifth of the nearly six-minute video as part of a public service announcement about bullying and harassment. The video skirts the details of the matter.

At Public Forum on Sex Education, Passionate Opinions and Reprimands, But No Consensus

April 8, 2011 | FlaglerLive | 7 Comments

Some 40 people spoke out of the 100 who showed up at the school district’s forum on what direction sex education should take. The disappointing turnout underscored the board’s point–that parents are uninvolved, making the district’s role more vital.

Far Apart, School Unions and Flagler District Negotiators Still Looking for a Common Page

April 7, 2011 | FlaglerLive | 3 Comments

After two sessions on Wednesday, negotiators only agreed to meet again in mid-April to discuss clearer, fresher budget numbers before negotiating proposed cuts of $3.5 million that would affect most employees and students in the district.

Campaign Crumbs: Flagler Commissioner Nate McLaughlin Facing “Probable” Ethics Violation

April 7, 2011 | FlaglerLive | 15 Comments

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The ethics complaint relates to an incomplete financial disclosure form McLaughlin filed during his campaign for the county commission last August. The complaint was filed by then0-incumbent Bob Abbott’s campaign manager, Ed Caroe.

School Employees Facing Steep Increases in Health Insurance Costs, Further Eroding Pay

April 7, 2011 | FlaglerLive | 33 Comments

Premiums are rising by up to 37 percent for many of the 1,337 school district employees who seek health coverage, particularly for those with family coverage. Employees also face another pay cut next year if retirement contributions are expected of them.

Flagler Schools’ Problem Solvers Clean Up Again: The Winners’ Complete List

April 7, 2011 | FlaglerLive | 5 Comments

Following the Problem Solvers state competition in Cape Canaveral late last month, FPC’s Ryan McDermott filed a complete list of winners from nearly every school in the district. Many qualify for the international competition in Wisconsin in June.

Motorcycle Cop and Car Collide on Belle Terre: Minor Injuries, Major Ruckus

April 6, 2011 | FlaglerLive | Leave a Comment

A Flagler County Sheriff’s deputy on a motorcycle sustained minor injuries when he was involved in a collision with a car on Belle Terre Parkway near Mother Seton Catholic Church Wednesday afternoon.

Fire At Eagles Nest Storage in Flagler Beach Claims or Damages 8 Units

April 6, 2011 | FlaglerLive | 6 Comments

The fire broke out between 5:30 and 5:45 p.m. in a storage unit where tenants had been working on an older Volkswagen all day. Something ignited and they were unable to control the flames.

Conklin Calls on Flagler School Board to Sue Scott and Legislature Over Education Funding

April 6, 2011 | FlaglerLive | 52 Comments

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Flagler County School Board member Colleen Conklin says the state has abdicated its constitutional responsibility to properly fund education, and wants the board to sue the state. The board will discuss the matter on April 19.

In Their Words: What Flagler’s Students and Adults Think of Sex, Abstinence and Condoms

April 5, 2011 | FlaglerLive | 2 Comments

More than 2,600 student surveys on sex education and behavior and 34 pages of students’ comments–and fewer by adults–were tallied ahead of Thursday’s public forum on sex education.

But Should They Be Paid? Flagler School Board Members Defend Their Salaries

April 5, 2011 | FlaglerLive | 18 Comments

From foreground, Flagler County School Board members Colleen Conklin, Andy Dance and Sue Dickinson, with Trevor Tucker half-hidden. (© FlaglerLive)

A Florida Senate proposal would replace school board members’ salaries with a $100 per-meeting stipend. Retirement and health benefits would be eliminated, too. Savings would exceed $10 million a year.

Tornado Watch for Flagler and St. Johns Counties Lifted; Rain Into Afternoon

April 5, 2011 | FlaglerLive | Leave a Comment

The National Weather Service has issued a tornado watch for Flagler and St. Johns counties, among seven northeast Florida counties, in effect until 10 a.m. Tuesday.

Flagler Commissioners Endorse SunRail As Gov. Scott Prepares to Derail Commuter Line

April 4, 2011 | FlaglerLive | 15 Comments

Henry Flagler's legacy to Flagler County and Florida is parked, for now. Rick Scott wants to ensure that it remains so.

SunRail would have connected DeBary and Tampa as a commuter rail line, which the Legislature approved in December 2009. Gov. Rick Scott is likely to kill the project by summer, ending Central Florida’s brief flirtation with alternative transportation.

49th Day Shay-Gu Ceremony for Jigme Norbu, Dalai Lama’s Nephew Killed in the Hammock

April 4, 2011 | FlaglerLive | 2 Comments

Jigme Norbu was killed on Valentine’s Day at the start of his walk for Florida. A ceremony at the crash site Sunday marked the 49th, and last, day of mourning, which releases the soul–and those left behind.

Flagler Firefighters Hold Third Annual Chili Cook-Off; Clover Beach Wins

April 3, 2011 | FlaglerLive | 1 Comment

The cook-off was started three years ago as a fund-raiser to help firefighters injured on the job. Some 250 people turned out, and the Keppler brothers (and uncle Harrington) won this year’s prize–for the second time in three years.

SUV Rear-Ends Motorcycle in Beverly Beach; 4-Car Wreck at Toll Bridge

April 3, 2011 | FlaglerLive | Leave a Comment

The wreck took place shortly after 12:30 p.m. on SR A1A at Osprey Drive, shutting down traffic in both directions for about 40 minutes. Victims had non-life-threatening injuries.

The Art League’s Nomadic Spring Festival Finally Finds a Home at City Market Place

April 1, 2011 | FlaglerLive | 1 Comment

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Formerly known as Art in the Park, the Flagler County Art League’s Spring festival inaugurates its new home at City Market Place this weekend with some 50 vendors, 10 galleries and hundreds of artists and their works.

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