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Flagler, Palm Coast & Other Local News

After 11 Years and Feeling “Unwelcome,” Boys & Girls Club Is Quitting Carver Gym

July 28, 2010 | FlaglerLive | 9 Comments

A day after securing a least to run its program at Rymfire Elementary, the Boys & Girls Club voted to leave Carver Gym, where it says it’s unwanted and unappreciated.

Andy Dance’s Two Masters: Voting for a Tax at the Chamber, Against One at the School Board

July 28, 2010 | FlaglerLive | 28 Comments

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Dance says a perceived conflict between his positions on two tax proposals is unfortunate, but he’s still exploring the school option.

School Board Candidates Tread Gulf Between Ideal and Reality in Chamber Forum

July 27, 2010 | FlaglerLive | 13 Comments

The five candidates fielded relatively straight-forward questions but with key exceptions answered in generalities that revealed more of what they didn’t know than what they did.

News-Journal Dealer and 71-Year-Old Who “Had 2 Beers, Maybe 3,” in US1 Smash-Up

July 27, 2010 | FlaglerLive | 5 Comments

The News-Journal dealer was driving north when an elderly man who’d just been at the White Eagle Lounge pulled out of the driveway, causing the wreck. Neither was seriously injured.

In Shifty Budget, Palm Coast Projects Peter Pots Paying Paul Pots and 12-15 Lay-Offs

July 27, 2010 | FlaglerLive | 4 Comments

Next year’s city budget is heavy on shifts, cuts and one pot of money subsidizing another while keeping the tax rate where it’s been.

Speaking of Sex In (and Out of) Flagler Schools: Butterfly Project Shows Adults How It’s Done

July 26, 2010 | FlaglerLive | 9 Comments

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Teens educating teens about sex, the pitfalls of young romance, and the eternity of sexually transmitted diseases, while the school district explores how to go beyond abstinence only.

Arrested for Trying to Take a Child While Impersonating Police

July 26, 2010 | FlaglerLive | 9 Comments

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One of the two men is the father of a child barely a few months old, whom the two men tried to take away from her grandmother.

Party On: District Opens Schools to
Political Events, With Some Limits

July 26, 2010 | FlaglerLive | 1 Comment

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The school board’s revised policy on school-building uses means almost any political group is welcome in off hours, as long as the superintendent approves.

Tax-Free Days: Aug. 13-15, But Applicable Items Are Limited

July 26, 2010 | FlaglerLive | Leave a Comment

Everything you need to know about the back-to-school tax-free days this year. But don’t expect to get the tax break at Disney.

Under Threat of Lawsuit from Universal®, City Walk in Palm Coast Will Change Its Name

July 24, 2010 | FlaglerLive | 17 Comments

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City Walk, the beleaguered strip mall and home to Palm Coast city offices, will change its name to get away from Universal’s trademark strips in Orlando and Hollywood.

Coming Soon: A Rickshaw Service for Flagler Beach

July 23, 2010 | FlaglerLive | 3 Comments

It’s zero emission. It’s available in many big cities. And it’ll be offered in Flagler Beach in August.

Palm Coast Goals: No Tax Hike, 8-10% Cuts, 10-15 Jobs Gone; City Hall Plans Unscathed

July 23, 2010 | FlaglerLive | 9 Comments

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The Palm Coast City Council wants to keep property taxes the same, compensating for revenue with fees, fines, loans and reserves, and still build a new city hall.

Ormond’s River Grille Owner Closer to Taking Over Flagler Beach’s Pier Restaurant

July 23, 2010 | FlaglerLive | 23 Comments

Katalin Meyer's Pier Restaurant in Flagler Beach

The iconic Pier Restaurant’s lease is up in two years. The city owns it. The city will negotiate with a new owner immediately, to the displeasure of locally owned Flagler Fish Company.

Battling Referendums: School Tax Will Compete With Building Tax in November

July 22, 2010 | FlaglerLive | 18 Comments

In the wost of times, voters will be asked to approve a tax levy to continue existing funding on top of a new tax favored by the chamber of commerce for building commercial properties.

Move Over, Delbrugge: How Janet Valentine Shifted the School Board on a Tax Levy

July 22, 2010 | FlaglerLive | 1 Comment

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New School Superintendent Janet Valentine quietly showed her political and parliamentary skills when she turned the board from opposing to approving a school tax referendum.

About That Shooting at Sheriff’s Capt. Mark Carman’s Palm Coast House

July 22, 2010 | FlaglerLive | 39 Comments

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In an incident never publicly reported, Jane Carman, the Palm Coast Sheriff’s Captain’s wife, fired two shots at their home while intoxicated and turned on a patrol car’s sirens.

Palm Coast Arts Foundation’s Methods Assailed Again–Unjustly, Its President Says

July 22, 2010 | FlaglerLive | 4 Comments

“They didn’t come up with any substantial numbers, or at least verifiable numbers,” a tourist council member said of the Palm Coast Arts Foundation’s plans for a banquet center.

Palm Coast Data Parent Revenue Drops 21% in 2010, Accelerating to 24% in Last 3 Months

July 21, 2010 | FlaglerLive | 7 Comments

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Palm Coast Data, largest of its parent companies’ operations, lost close to $24 million in revenue this year.

Tennis Tourney, Hispanic Festival and Maya Conference Cleared for Tax Subsidies

July 21, 2010 | FlaglerLive | Leave a Comment

The $20,500 in bed-tax dollars will help the three organizations publicize their events in coming months.

A Suspicious Death in Bunnell, A Suicide at European Village

July 21, 2010 | FlaglerLive | 17 Comments

The father of three young boy is found dead in his bed after two days, and a 31-year-old woman hangs herself at European Village.

“It Stinks That Flagler County Is Losing You”: School Board Bids Delbrugge Farewell

July 20, 2010 | FlaglerLive | 1 Comment

In an emotional half hour that mixed bawdy humor with Hallmark-quality sorrow, the School Board said goodbye to Superintendent Bill Delbrugge Tuesday evening.

This Week’s Crime Reports

July 20, 2010 | FlaglerLive | 1 Comment

A flat-screen TV robbery that mostly ended on the cutting room floor, several stolen items from unlocked cars, and more.

School Tax Rising for Second Year, Compensating for Crashing Property Values

July 20, 2010 | FlaglerLive | 4 Comments

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The tax rate remains a third below where it stood in the mid-1990s, even though property values have fallen by a third just in the past three years.

Dirt-Bikes Crashing Around Bunnell Send 3 to Hospitals, Including an 11 Year Old

July 20, 2010 | FlaglerLive | 21 Comments

An 11 year old, a 16 year old and a 19 year old ended a late night of speeding around Bunnell on two dirt-bikes with broken limbs.

Black Community Will Protest Against Ceding Carver Gym Either to Bunnell or to Other Clubs

July 19, 2010 | FlaglerLive | 27 Comments

It’s no longer merely about keeping Carver Gym open, but about keeping it in the hands of the community it serves, and out of the hands of Bunnell and the Boys and Girls Club.

On Again: Sheriff Agrees to Terms for Moving to Old Courthouse; $6 Million, Anyone?

July 19, 2010 | FlaglerLive | 7 Comments

The county readies to spend $143,00 for design work that would ease the sheriff’s way to the old courthouse, but the move is still short $6 million.

Flagler Beach Wrangle: Commissioner Settle Demands Apology. Mealy’s Reply: Hell No.

July 19, 2010 | FlaglerLive | 9 Comments

Flagler Beach commissioners Steve Settle and Jane Mealy

The “fragmented” city commission Jane Mealy referred to last week is becoming more so as a fellow-commissioner calls out Mealy through a letter to the mayor.

Take the Tour of Your Newest School: Buddy Taylor Middle Is Reborn Yet Again

July 18, 2010 | FlaglerLive | 2 Comments

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The $13.2 million renovation is complete, and the county’s second-oldest school looks and feels new again. A photo gallery.

Photo Gallery: The Renovated Buddy Taylor Middle School

July 18, 2010 | FlaglerLive | 2 Comments

A photo gallery featuring some 30 images of the renovated school and its surrounding grounds.

Chalking Up Crime-Fighting to Sidewalk Art

July 18, 2010 | FlaglerLive | Leave a Comment

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Sidewalk chalk artists are summoned to the campus of Flagler Palm Coast High School the evening of Aug. 3 for a contest and much more.

Botox for Historic Holden House, Age 92

July 17, 2010 | FlaglerLive | Leave a Comment

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The $23,400 renovation will restore one of the county’s oldest buildings’ original color and windows and lend the Flagler historical society’s headquarters even more of a museum feel.

Dan Warren, Conqueror of St. Augustine at Its Bleakest, Still Heroic After All These Years

July 15, 2010 | FlaglerLive | 4 Comments

Dan Warren, who took on and broke the KKK’s grip on St. Augustine in the pivotal summer of 1964, was in Flagler Beach for an evening of conscience-rousing Thursday.

What Bunnell Could Learn from the County’s Courtesy Notices on Government Meetings

July 15, 2010 | FlaglerLive | Leave a Comment

County government usually goes out of its way to comply with the spirit as well as the letter of the open-government law. It didn’t when it came to Bunnell’s meeting on Carver Gym.

Flagler Manatee Committee Report Concludes: Against Speed Zones. Just “Education.”

July 15, 2010 | FlaglerLive | 2 Comments

No surprise: a local committee stacked with boating advocates is recommending against most manatee-protecting speed-zone recommendations on the Intracoastal by a state conservation agency.

More Roll Than Smash in Early Morning Crash on U.S. 1 Near Matanzas Woods

July 15, 2010 | FlaglerLive | Leave a Comment

A 62-year-old driver from Palm Coast and on her way to work in an SUV rolled once off US1 Thursday morning.

Sheriff’s Budget: Few New Deputies, No Raises, More Bottled Water and Drug Money

July 14, 2010 | FlaglerLive | 8 Comments

The 2011 budget, reflecting the enduring recession, is almost the same as it was this year, leaving the number of deputies on patrol virtually static.

Beyond Sunshine: Maneuvers Over Carver Gym Reopen Wounds Flagler Claims to be Mending

July 14, 2010 | FlaglerLive | 4 Comments

Bunnell Commissioner Jenny Crain-Brady’s well-intentioned but half-secret meeting over Carver Gym undermined the very trust she claims to be building toward keeping the gym open.

Classic Landon: County on Notice that Palm Coast Will Annex Airport. County Begs to Differ.

July 13, 2010 | FlaglerLive | 7 Comments

Palm Coast made it seem as if bringing the National Guard to Flagler was mostly its doing. That would be news to the county government. But more is at stake between the two.

National Guard Targets Flagler, But Reserve Center Depends on Congressional Funding

July 13, 2010 | FlaglerLive | Leave a Comment

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The $21 million, 80,000-square-foot facility near the county airport isn’t likely to be built until 2014. It’ll house 21 soldiers.

Bunnell’s Crain-Brady Leads Half-Secretive Meeting of 4 Gov’t Agencies on Carver Gym

July 13, 2010 | FlaglerLive | 7 Comments

The meeting on July 8 was intentionally not noticed according to the Sunshine Law even though it was an essential part of the decision-making process on Carver Gym’s future.

Tennis Bracelet Stolen from Kay Jewelers on SR 100

July 13, 2010 | FlaglerLive | 1 Comment

The man wasn’t happy with a two-carat bracelet. He was shown a three-carat one. He liked it, and ran out of the store.

Spy-and-Snap Red-Light Cameras Will Enrich Private Company At Palm Coast’s Expense

July 12, 2010 | FlaglerLive | 8 Comments

The traffic cameras generated $1.7 million for Palm Coast since 2008. Most of that money will now go to a private company and to Tallahassee, while the cameras keep snapping.

Conservation in Contempt: How Palm Coast Opened the Way to Urbanizing Bulow Creek

July 11, 2010 | FlaglerLive | 9 Comments

Under the guise of having to rezone land it recently annexed, the Palm Coast City Council enabled the highest-density zoning possible in the sensitive Bulow Creek watershed.

Flagler Beach Manager’s Job List at 83 Names; School District’s Mike Judd Withdraws His

July 9, 2010 | FlaglerLive | 3 Comments

Flagler Beach commissioners will begin paring down the list in August but are unlikely to have a new manager in place by Oct. 1.

Dysfunction in Flagler Beach: Jane Mealy Rails at a “Fragmented” and Meddling Commission

July 9, 2010 | FlaglerLive | 7 Comments

Mealy criticized fellow commissioner Steve Settle by name and alluded to Ron Vath in a wide-ranging indictment of micromanagement. Her two colleagues disagree, but welcome a future meeting on the matter.

Tax Wave Hits Flagler Beach First: Rate Going Up 22% (But It’s Not As Bad As It Sounds)

July 8, 2010 | FlaglerLive | 4 Comments

In Flagler Beach as elsewhere, big increases in property tax rates will be offset by big decreases in property values, resulting in a wash for most taxpayers.

Small Businesses Mobilizing Against Broad Restrictions on Commercial Vehicles

July 8, 2010 | FlaglerLive | 30 Comments

The same residents who want those services as imemdiately as they make an emergency call don't want to see those vehicles parked in residential driveways. Small business owners are tiring of the hypocrisy in a slow economy. (© FlaglerLive)

As code enforcement responds to anonymous complaints over trucks in driveways, small business owners are tiring of the harassment in a hurting economy.

Individual Student FCAT Scores Available By Monday

July 8, 2010 | FlaglerLive | Leave a Comment

Scores in printed format will be available for pick-up at individual students’ schools during regular business hours beginning July 12.

How Marineland Got Public Dollars To Build a (Mostly) Private Marina

July 8, 2010 | FlaglerLive | 5 Comments

Marineland will spend $500,000 in public dollars to build a marina that will mostly benefit a private developer, though it will also help redevelop the town.

Regulations Will Put Dog and Other Animal Owners on a Tighter Leash in Palm Coast

July 7, 2010 | FlaglerLive | 9 Comments

Palm Coast’s proposed dog and animal control ordinance would impose more restrictive rules for pet owners and steeper fines for violations.

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