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Flagler Playhouse Season Will Continue at Matanzas’s Pirates Theater as ‘ReBuild’ Kicks Off at Woody’s

November 13, 2023 | FlaglerLive | 1 Comment

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The Flagler Playhouse’s shows will go on: the venerable company’s 150-foot theater in downtown Bunnell was demolished two weeks ago, but in a Phoenix-like turn-around, its next three shows will be staged at Matanzas High School’s Pirates Theater, essentially more than salvaging the bulk of the season. The playhouse is launching its “Let’s Kick Off the ReBuild” campaign at Woody’s BBQ Tuesday evening.

Man Destroys a Room in Reckless Shooting Spree at Topaz Motel Before His Arrest at Gunpoint Blocks Away

November 13, 2023 | FlaglerLive | 8 Comments

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A 35-year-old man who claimed he was being chased by assassins with AR-15 rifles fired numerous rounds through the door and windows of Room 214 at the Topaz Motel in Flagler Beach, facing State Road A1A, in a shooting spree that destroyed the room.

154 Participants Later, Flagler Cares’ Opioid Recovery Initiative Marks Its First Year, With New Wheels

November 13, 2023 | FlaglerLive | 1 Comment

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The Coordinated Opioid Recovery initiative launched in Flagler County a year ago under the umbrella of Flagler Cares, umbrella. It’s a multi-layered approach that shepherds individuals toward recovery through medically-assisted treatment, peer-to-peer counseling, mental health and other services. Last week it marked its anniversary with, among other things, the ribbon-cutting for an outreach vehicle run by Flagler Open Arms Recovery Services.

Condemn Palestinians’ Genocidal Rhetoric–and Israel’s Genocidal War

November 12, 2023 | Pierre Tristam | 49 Comments

There is no question that "river-to-the-sea" emblems and rhetoric, like that t-shirt sold at an Arab fest in Orlando last May, is a genocidal, anti-Semitic call for the eradication of Israel. (© FlaglerLive)

There’s unquestionably some river-to-the-sea anti-Semitism out there. It should be and is being denounced. But conflating all criticism of Israel with anti-Semitism is itself a form of bigotry that places Palestinian lives beneath contempt and Israeli policy above reproach, even as swaths of Gaza in November 2023 look like Dresden in February 1945 and anti-Palestinian rhetoric in media and government continues to be indistinguishable from the vilest racism. 

As It Fields Flood of Complaints, Palm Coast Is Revising Building Rules to Limit New Houses’ Fill Elevations

November 10, 2023 | FlaglerLive | 47 Comments

The house under construction at 98 Birchwood Drive and the concerns by neighboring residents about its elevation, which they say may cause flooding on their yards, has brought intense attention to an issue numerous Palm Coast residents have reported across the city as new homes have gone up. (© FlaglerLive)

Palm Coast government, responding in part to mounting complaints about flooding seemingly caused by new construction of much higher homes in the city’s quarter-acre single family home lots, is working swiftly to limit how high the slab elevation of new homes, and the fill beneath it, may go. A new house at 98 Birchwood Drive has been ground zero of a problem that until now had not drawn broad attention or responses by the city.

Flagler Beach Government Will Subsidize Local Businesses at First Friday in Latest Effort to Localize the Event

November 10, 2023 | FlaglerLive | 12 Comments

Drawing a crowd has not been a problem at Flagler Beach's First Friday. (© FlaglerLive)

The Flagler Beach City Commission is again directing a First Friday make-over: more focus on live music, no more food trucks, subsidies to encourage local businesses to attend, and continuing fees for non-locals setting up tents. The approach is a reflection of an ongoing challenge: First Friday is not serving enough as a pipeline of business to local merchants, as the city commission intends it to be.

Flagler Sheriff’s Office Awarded $355,000 Federal Grant to Develop Hate-Crime Prevention Initiatives

November 9, 2023 | FlaglerLive | 6 Comments

A demonstration outside Flagler Palm Coast High School in March 2022 protesting the suspension of a student who had led a walk-out against what became known as the "don;t say gay" law, seen by its opponents as justifying hate against the LGBTQ community. (© FlaglerLive)

In its application for the grant, the Sheriff’s Office said it would “develop a comprehensive approach to addressing hate crimes committed in Flagler County through enhancing agency investigation and reporting capabilities, as well as by forming partnerships with community stakeholders… in identifying potential hate crimes and targeted violence prevention.”

Palm Coast Approves Final Step to Complete 210-Home Whiteview Village Gated Community

November 9, 2023 | FlaglerLive | 12 Comments

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The Palm Coast City County on Tuesday approved the final plat for 81 homes in Whiteview Village, phase two of a two-phased development of 202 homes approved as a master-planned development by the council in 2018. Construction began in 2021 in an MPD that also includes a future 316-unit apartment complex.

Palm Coast Residents Complain: New Homes Built Higher Than Ours Are Flooding Us, and City Turns Blind Eye

November 8, 2023 | FlaglerLive | 119 Comments

Mara Wuerth brought a visual aid to show Palm Coast City Council members the sharp difference in heights between her lot and the new fill for a house next door under construction. (© FlaglerLive via Palm Coast TV)

In Palm Coast, new homes are suddenly being built on significantly higher fill bases of a foot, two feet or more than adjoining properties. Older properties that never flooded now do. Homeowners of long date are shocked as they watch the yards of their dream homes–their main investment–turn to small lakes. The city has made them feel even more powerless: there’s nothing the city can do. There are no limits on fill height.

Sheriff’s Traffic Stop in West Flagler Turns Into Arrest of Three Men on Drug and Other Charges

November 8, 2023 | FlaglerLive | 5 Comments

Deputies examining suspicious content in the van that Sheriff Rick Staly pulled over Tuesday evening on State Road 100.

Sheriff Rick Staly turned patrolman Tuesday evening, pulling over a van that had crossed the double-yellow line on State Road 100 in the far western part of the county, and initiating a traffic stop that resulted in the arrest of three men, two of them on drug charges.

Bowing to Bitter Public Opposition, Council Kills Seminole Woods Apartments and Limits Development to 416 Homes

November 8, 2023 | FlaglerLive | 29 Comments

Seminole Woods Boulevard along the proposed boundary of the Cascades development in Seminole Woods. (© FlaglerLive)

In a twin blow to the developer–and to the city’s meager apartment market–the Palm Coast City Council Tuesday rejected a rezoning application that would have allowed for an apartment complex near the south end of Seminole Woods Boulevard, and rejected a land use change that would have allowed for the total number of housing units there to go from 416 to 850.

Flagler School Board’s Will Furry Criticizes District for Following Public Records Law

November 7, 2023 | FlaglerLive | 23 Comments

In a long diatribe at a workshop today, Flagler County School Board member Will Furry repeatedly implied that the district should have redacted an investigative report about a teacher at Buddy Taylor Middle School even if redactions went against the state’s public records law.

When Even Ed Danko Is Right

November 7, 2023 | FlaglerLive | 16 Comments

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Ed Danko is right to resist Mayor David Alfin’s proposal to have all council members sign “Code of Conduct,” including a pledge of civility. It is not an elected board’s place collectively to regulate or codify its members’ behavior, or government’s place to force pledges of any kind on anyone.

Ormond Beach Sues Flagler County Over Easement, and Threatens to Cut Off Water to Hunter’s Ridge

November 7, 2023 | FlaglerLive | 8 Comments

Sean Moylan, assistant county attorney for the County Commission, argued the county's case in a dispute with Ormond Beach. Two days later, the city took Flagler by surprise and sued. (© FlaglerLive)

The City of Ormond Beach is suing Flagler County government and a developer in the Hunter’s Ridge subdivision at the south end of the county, claiming that Flagler and the developer entered into an illegal agreement ceding an easement to the county that crosses a conservation area belonging to the city. Flagler County’s denials aside, Ormond Beach fears–and is convinced–that the county will one day use the 60-foot-wide easement to build a paved road.

Public-Notice Misstep Delays County Commission’s Decision on Captain’s BBQ Settlement to Nov. 20

November 6, 2023 | FlaglerLive | 10 Comments

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The Flagler County Commission held a two-hour closed-door session this afternoon to discuss a potential settlement in Captain’s BBQ’s four-year-old lawsuit against the county. What was to be a special meeting following the closed session was postponed because it was not properly noticed. So commissioners could not reach consensus, make motions or take a vote.

Judge Orders 85-Year-Old Man Accused in Woodlands Murder to Be Evaluated for Competence

November 6, 2023 | FlaglerLive | 7 Comments

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Circuity Judge Terence Perkins today ordered a neuropsychological evaluation of Charles Kidd Jr., the 85-year-old former resident of Blare Drive in Palm Coast’s Woodlands accused of murdering 36-year-old Mark Ruschmeier in August.

AdventHealth Surgeon John Cascone Charged with Child Abuse in 2nd Arrest in 4 Years

November 6, 2023 | FlaglerLive | 17 Comments

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John Cascone, the AdventHealth Palm Coast surgeon who pleaded to a battery charge in a domestic violent case four years ago, was arrested again on Saturday (Nov. 4) on a felony count of aggravated child abuse involving a 15-year-old girl, and a felony battery count involving his wife. He was released the next day on $60,000 bond.

How a Reckless FHP Chase Almost Caused a Catastrophic Crash in Seminole Woods

November 4, 2023 | FlaglerLive | 34 Comments

Some of the Florida Highway Patrol troopers involved in the Oct. 26 chase in Seminole Woods, after the alleged suspect's apprehension on Slow Drift Turn. (© FlaglerLive)

On Oct. 26, Palm Coast resident Kendall Clark and her husband were driving in a residential Seminole Woods neighborhood to visit family when they were almost in a severe crash with a Florida Highway Patrol trooper chasing an alleged suspect who had committed no violent crime nor was wanted on a warrant.

Staunch Opposition Kills Paul Renner’s Calculated Proposal to Consolidate Judicial Circuits

November 4, 2023 | FlaglerLive | 8 Comments

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Amid overwhelming opposition to consolidation, a committee appointed by the Florida Supreme Court on Friday unanimously recommended against shrinking the number of judicial circuits in the state as Rep. Paul Renner had proposed. Critics labeled consolidation a gerrymandering effort aimed at weakening Democrats’ power in the court system.

As School Board Risks Wrongful Termination Suit, Value of Attorney’s Contract Is Close to $500,000

November 3, 2023 | FlaglerLive | 32 Comments

Christy Chong, Will Furry and Sally Hunt are the Flagler School Board's firing squad. (© FlaglerLive)

The three-member majority of the Flagler County School Board that wants to fire Attorney Kristy Gavin thinks it can do so at the cost of 14 weeks’ pay. The remaining board members say that risks incurring a wrongful termination lawsuit, with the value of Gavin’s remaining 20 months on her contract nearing half a million dollars, according to an analysis not disclosed until now.

Renoir-Inspired Turtle, Dedicated at Intracoastal Bank, Is 21st In Flagler’s Biggest Public Art Trail

November 3, 2023 | FlaglerLive | 7 Comments

Renny is born: Artists Nancy Zedar and Lisa Fisher, palm Coast Mayor David Alfin and Intracoastal Bank President Ryan T. Page unveil the 21st sculpted turtle in the now five-year-old Turtle Trail, the largest public arts project in the county. Renny is positioned in front of the bank on Palm Coast Parkway. (© FlaglerLive)

Artists Lisa Fisher’s and Nancy Zedar’s “Renny,” the 21st edition in the Turtle Trail, which has quietly grown into the single-largest public art project in Flagler County in the last five years, was dedicated in front of Intracoastal Bank on Palm Coast Parkway to commemorate the community bank’s 15th anniversary. Scores of supporters turned up.

Before Troopers Shot Her in Hammock, DeLand Woman Had A Short, Violent History of Confrontations

November 3, 2023 | FlaglerLive | 9 Comments

Jacqueline F. Blank after her arrest in August, left, when she claimed the injury to her face was self-inflicted, and after her arrest following her shooting by Florida Highway Patrol troopers in the Hammock on Oct. 25, when she was still reclining after a hospital stay. Blank is being held at the Volusia County jail.

Jacqueline Faye Blank, the 37-year-old DeLand woman Florida Highway Patrol troopers shot several times in the parking lot of the Hammock Beach Resort on Oct. 25, is an army veteran who until August had a clean record. That quickly vanished with a violent confrontation with her girlfriend and cops in early August, and a violent confrontation with FHP elsewhere, not reported until now, just before the shooting.

A Student Is Bitten By a Wild Rat at Buddy Taylor Middle School’s Farm; Teacher Reprimanded

November 2, 2023 | FlaglerLive | 31 Comments

A section of the farm at Buddy Taylor Middle School. (© FlaglerLive)

Two Buddy Taylor Middle School students were bitten and one of them injured by wild rats, while two dozen students were exposed to the rats as a teacher was flushing them out of a hole with a water hose at the school’s farm. The activity was neither part of a lesson plan nor of the curriculum.

Secret Camera Records Violence and Leads to Palm Coast’s Man’s Arrest on Child Abuse Charge

November 2, 2023 | FlaglerLive | 17 Comments

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Pierre Betine Joseph, a 49-year-old resident of Rolling Sands Drive in Palm Coast, was arrested on a felony child abuse charge after video footage from a secret camera installed by the victim’s siblings showed Joseph whipping his middle school son 11 times with two different belts as the child screams in pain and pleads for mercy, leaving welts on the child’s legs.

State Attorney Files Two Felony Charges Against Kerri Huckabee in Flagler Beach Dispute With Neighbors

November 1, 2023 | FlaglerLive | 3 Comments

The feud developed between Kerri Huckabee, whose property is on the right, and the Nardones, whose property on the left. (© FlaglerLive)

The State Attorney’s Office on Monday filed four charges against Kerri Huckabee, the Flagler Beach resident and Montessori school owner arrested in September in the culmination of a long-running feud with her next-door neighbors. The charges include a second degree felony count of firing or throwing a deadly missile into a building, and a third degree felony count of resisting arrest with violence.

Teachers Union Blisters School Board Over ‘Fiscal Irresponsibility’ and ‘Unjust Actions’ in Attorney’s Pending Firing

November 1, 2023 | FlaglerLive | 21 Comments

Beth Keer, the legal guardian of a student at Matanzas High School and a former human resources director for a national behavioral health organization, addressed the school board at its last meeting on Oct. 26, when it set the parameters of firing School Board attorney Kristy Gavin, without stating just cause. ". This is a high risk termination which could result in a claim of wrongful discharge, which could be in this particular case, I would say, in excess of a $500,000 claim or potentially an EEOC claim," Keer told the board. "It appears to me that it's a desire by some board members to terminate Ms. Gavin's contract not based on facts but rather based on personal agendas." (© FlaglerLive)

In a letter to her membership, Elisabeth Dias, president of the Flagler County Education Foundation, the teachers union, calls attention to what she terms the potential “wrongful termination” without due process of School Board Attorney Kristy Gavin, which would set a precedent and pose “a serious threat to the rights and well-being of our members, as well as the financial stability of our school district.”

It’s Not a Good Idea to Spit at the Court Ahead of Your Sentencing. Dacotah Clarke Now Faces Up to 17.5 Years.

November 1, 2023 | FlaglerLive | 5 Comments

Dacotah Clarke speaking with his attorney, Regina Nunnally, at his contempt hearing on Monday before Circuit Judge Terence Perkins. (© FlaglerLive)

Dacotah Wren Clark, 27, left a plea hearing and a pending prison sentence of 2.5 years by slamming the courtroom door and spitting in the elevator. He was then re-arrested days later on a dozen new charges. After a dressing down by Circuit Judge Terence Perkins, Clarke now faces up to 17.5 years in prison, without penalties for the spitting and door-slamming.

Captain’s BBQ and Flagler County Reach Tentative Settlement in Lawsuit Entering 5th Year

October 31, 2023 | FlaglerLive | 11 Comments

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Captain’s BBQ and its landlord, Flagler County government, have reached a “tentative settlement” in Captain’s breach-of-contract lawsuit against the county, now entering its fifth year. The settlement was reached at an Oct. 27 mediation. But it’s not over. The County Commission must approve it, and will discuss it in a closed-door session next week. A previous proposed settlement, in 2020, failed.

Latest FHP Chase in Flagler Ends with Death of Alleged Carjacker in Rear-End Crash on I-95

October 31, 2023 | FlaglerLive | 20 Comments

The Flagler County Sheriff's Office issued the above image of the crash scene at the State Road 100 bridge on I-95. The man at the wheel of the sedan had allegedly carjacked the car in Duval County.

A one-mile stretch of I-95 from the State road 100 bridge south turned into a crash zone during a 90-minute period around midday, resulting in overturned vehicles but no injuries in the first crash and the death of a man who was allegedly fleeing in a chase yet again triggered either in Duval or St. Johns County and involving the Florida Highway Patrol. The fleeing man is alleged to have committed a carjacking.

Drone Footage Shows Extent of Flagler Playhouse Fire’s Irreparable Devastation; Likely an Electrical Cause

October 31, 2023 | FlaglerLive | 4 Comments

A drone image of the Flagler Playhouse taken on Monday by Flagler County Fire Rescue.

Drone footage of the aftermath of the Flagler Playhouse fire shows annihilating damage you cannot see from street level, with the entirety of the theater–the main building–as if systematically bombed through its nave. The multilayered roof of metal, asphalt shingles and wood has collapsed, melted from within. The iconic spire somehow kept standing at the front of the building, held up by metal trusses, though it’s a matter of time before it is removed.

Brendan Depa Tenders Open Plea in Beating of Matanzas High Staffer, Leaving Sentence Up to Judge

October 30, 2023 | FlaglerLive | 7 Comments

Brendan Depa preparing to tender a plea today before Circuit Judge Terence Perkins. Perkins sent him back to the defendant's table: Depa had not read his plea agreement. (© FlaglerLive)

Brendan Depa, the 18-year-old special education student facing up to 30 years in prison for the merciless beating of a Matanzas High School teacher aide last February, pleaded to the first-degree felony charge today before Circuit Judge Terence Perkins. He will be sentenced in January.

Two Crashes Kill Three People In Deadliest Day This Year on Flagler Roads

October 30, 2023 | FlaglerLive | 15 Comments

A tow truck took the motorcycle after the crash at U.S. 1 and Karat Path at the edge of Seminole Woods in mid-morning Sunday. Both riders were killed. (© FlaglerLive)

In the deadliest day on Flagler County roads this year, three people died in two unrelated vehicle crashes barely two hours apart on Sunday in Palm Coast.

Flagler Playhouse Burns, Demolishing Home of County’s Oldest Theater Troupe and a City Landmark

October 30, 2023 | FlaglerLive | 33 Comments

The Flagler Playhouse at sunrise today. (© FlaglerLive)

The Flagler Playhouse, for 46 years a mainstay of the performing arts in the county, lost the rustic theater it has occupied and packed with audiences since 2006 in Bunnell as a fire destroyed it Sunday night into early Monday. Flagler County Fire Chief Michael Tucker said the building was irreparable.

DeSantis’s Censorship University System Is Causing a Brain Drain

October 29, 2023 | FlaglerLive | 19 Comments

DJ Spang, a student from Tallahassee Community College, joined a walkout at Florida State University to protest various policies for higher education from the DeSantis Administration. Feb. 23, 2023.

DeSantis is obsessed with remaking education according to his authoritarian tendencies, doing his damnedest to wreck K-12 with his army of book-banning harpies in “Moms for Liberty” and his Scared Karens legislation, and forbidding honest discussion of slavery and racism so as to never make white kids feel “discomfort, guilt, anguish, or any other form of psychological distress.”

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Riding Brightline: The Great, the Brash and the Ugly

October 27, 2023 | FlaglerLive | 24 Comments

Hello Brightline. Our train pulling into the station in Orlando. We would have barely a few minutes to board before it sped off to Miami. (© FlaglerLive)

Earlier this month FlaglerLive Editor Pierre Tristam and his son took a 24-hour round-trip from Orlando to Miami aboard Brightline’s new high-speed line, discovering what may be–what ought to be–the future of rail travel in Florida with all its pleasures, possibilities and limitations. Here’s the story of the trip and a review of the travel experience.

Amid Horrors in Israel, Temple Beth Shalom Prepares to Celebrate 50th Anniversary in Palm Coast

October 27, 2023 | Michael Lewis | 2 Comments

Temple Beth Shalom celebrates its 50th anniversary this weekend in Palm Coast. (Temple Beth Shalom)

Fifty years ago, 18 Jewish families who found themselves living in Flagler County in the early 1970s, discovered each other and discovered they had no place of worship to call their own. They founded Temple Beth Shalom, which bills itself not as a Conservative or a Reform temple, but rather an egalitarian, independent house of worship. This weekend, it celebrates its 50th anniversary in Palm Coast.

School Board Attorney Gavin Fends Off Firing Squad as Superintendent Will Negotiate Possible Transition

October 27, 2023 | FlaglerLive | 20 Comments

Flagler County School Board Attorney Kristy Gavin during Thursday evening's 135-minute meeting about her fate. She was not fired. (© FlaglerLive)

The Flagler County School Board Tuesday evening again stopped short of firing Kristy Gavin, its attorney, after it was sharply cautioned by Superintendent LaShakia Moore against taking such a vote without counsel and risking serious financial consequences. The board voted 4-1 to allow Moore to negotiate moving Gavin to the position of staff attorney, answering to only to Moore.

Hailey Lulgjuraj Ended Chemo a Week Ago. She Is Hosting a Benefit for Breast Cancer Patients and Survivors Saturday.

October 26, 2023 | FlaglerLive | 1 Comment

Hailey Lulgjuraj with her husband Tony and their children, Christian, the oldest, and Sebastian. (Hailey Lulgjuraj)

Hailey Lulgjuraj has just ended treatment after she was diagnosed with breast cancer and had a double mastectomy. She never stopped working. She decided to channel her gratitude toward the first annual “Tides of Hope” benefit for breast cancer patients and survivors at Oceanside Beach Bar & Grill, the Flagler Beach restaurant her husband co-owns with her brother in law. She tells the story behind the benefit.

Another FHP Chase Ends in Arrest After Manhunt Off Slow Drift Turn in Seminole Woods

October 26, 2023 | FlaglerLive | 8 Comments

The suspect's charger where he abandoned it, after swerving into a swale and shattering a mailbox. (© FlaglerLive)

A chase initiated by Florida Highway Patrol troopers–the second in less than 24 hours in Flagler County–ended after a manhunt in the woods off Slow Drift Turn in Palm Coast’s Seminole Woods early this afternoon, with the arrest of a man who’d crashed the Dodge Charger he was driving.

Curtis Ceballos’s Invisacook Stove, Built in Bunnell, Lands on Time Magazine’s Top Inventions of 2023

October 26, 2023 | FlaglerLive | 6 Comments

Curtis Ceballos in the studio portion of the Invisacook manufacturing plant in Bunnell. Ceballos developed the Invisacook induction cooktop stove five years ago. This week, Time named it one of the best inventions of 2023. (© FlaglerLive)

Five years ago Curtis Ceballos, a Palm Coast entrepreneur and inventor, developed Invisacook, an induction cooktop stove that essentially makes the cooktop disappear: no more flames, no more red-hot coils, no more burning surfaces. It’s manufactured in Bunnell and sold worldwide. This week, Time Magazine named the invention one of the best of 2023.

FHP Chase Ends in Shooting at Two Women, Wounding One, at Hammock Beach Resort; Incident Captured on Video

October 25, 2023 | FlaglerLive | 71 Comments

A chase involving the Florida Highway Patrol and two people in a white car ended in a shooting in the parking lot area of the Hammock Beach Resort. (© FlaglerLive)

A chase involving units of the Florida Highway Patrol ended in an FHP-involved shooting at the Hammock Beach Resort involving two women, one of whom was injured and air-lifted. A video of the incident shows the women’s vehicle pinned and surrounded by FHP vehicles and troopers when the shooting occurred.

Palm Coast’s Jessy Gilbreath, 28, Arrested for Raping Autistic Child, 12, in His Charge

October 25, 2023 | FlaglerLive | 19 Comments

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Jessy Kalany Gilbreath, a 28-year-old resident of 45 Eton Lane, Side B, in Palm Coast, faces a capital felony charge of child rape. Though it’s the first such charge for a Flagler County suspect since the Legislature in its last term revived a law making an individual convicted of raping a child younger than 12 eligible for the death penalty, that does not apply in this case because the capital offense did not take place after Oct. 1, as did other alleged offenses.

Palm Coast Dedicates a Trail To the Memory of Al Krier, Demosthenes of Cimmaron Safety and Civility

October 25, 2023 | FlaglerLive | 1 Comment

Palm Coast City Council member Theresa Pontieri held the picture of Al Krier as she addressed the crowd this morning at the dedication of a new trail in Krier's name, explaining that she keeps the picture pinned to her visor as a reminder of keeping his activism and the city's commitments to them alive. (© FlaglerLive)

The 1.3-mile Al Krier Trail was dedicated by Palm Coast city officials and friends of Al Krier this morning on Palm Harbor Parkway, commemorating the dogged activism of a man who focused the city’s attention on safety issues on Cimmaron Drive and brought a civilized, cheery style to his campaigns.

A ‘Code of Conduct’ for Palm Coast City Council Members, Proposed by Mayor, Gets Pushback

October 24, 2023 | FlaglerLive | 3 Comments

The Palm Coast City Council on its best behavior. (© FlaglerLive)

Palm Coast Mayor David Alfin is looking for the City Council to adopt a Code of Conduct for itself. The council is divided on the matter. The split is not over the wording of the proposed code, which drew few objections, but over the document’s implications, its lack of enforceability, and the precedent it may be setting, treating elected officials as city employees–which they are not.

Palm Coast Council Will Expand Public Comment Segments at Workshops, Even at Risk of Epic Meetings

October 24, 2023 | FlaglerLive | 4 Comments

From time to time--but not often--Palm Coast City Council meetings overflow with members of the public looking to speak their piece. The council will accommodate them even more than they've been accommodated so far. (© FlaglerLive)

The Palm Coast City Council will expand its public comment segments at workshops even if it risks lengthening often-epic sessions. Council members cited the importance of public comments–and the extent to which such comments can educate members and sway decision-making. Nick Klufas, the senior member of the council(he’s in his seventh year), cautioned that the council “could potentially get gunked up via this process.”

Palm Coast Approves 91,000 Square Foot Storage Facility Next to Elks Lodge on Old Kings Road

October 24, 2023 | FlaglerLive | 32 Comments

A rendering of the planned three-story storage facility on North Old Kings Road.

Another storage facility will go up in Palm Coast, on 12 acres on the west side of Old Kings Road, just north of the Elks Lodge, on land owned by First African Methodist Episcopal Church of Palm Coast, which is to the north of the site. The three-story building will be 91,000 square feet, or about half the size of a Walmart Supercenter.

Flagler County Cultural Council Wants You To Know: ‘We’re Here To Stay.’ But It’s Going to Need Help.

October 23, 2023 | FlaglerLive | 3 Comments

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FC3, the Flagler County Cultural Council, has big ambitions–among them, to be known as the county’s designated arts agency, as the driver, supporter, coordinator and promoter of local arts, culture and history, and as a magnet for state and national grants that will help local cultural agencies thrive, or incubate new ones. But for all its giddiness, the organization, after three years, remains cash-poor and mostly in the organizational stage.

Da’mari Barnes, 17, Pleads Out in Shooting Death of Jamey Bennett, 19; Uncertain Sentence Pending

October 23, 2023 | FlaglerLive | 10 Comments

Da'Mari Barnes, center, in court today after tendering his plea, with his attorney, Steven Robinson, behind him, and Knoeidia Hill, a victim's advocate with the State Attorney's Office, right, standing with parents of the victim. (© FlaglerLive)

Da’Mari Barnes, now 17, pleaded guilty today to manslaughter in the shooting death of Jamey Bennett, 19, at a bonfire near Matanzas High School in 2022. The open plea means that when Barnes is sentenced on Jan. 2, the judge will have wide discretion to sentence Barnes either as an adult, with guidelines setting the minimum at 11.5 years in prison and a maximum at 30, or as a youthful offender, to up to six years in prison.

Palm Coast Fire Chief Issues Safety Tips for Halloween as Department Gives Safe Space to Ghosts

October 23, 2023 | FlaglerLive | Leave a Comment

Palm Coast Fire Chief Kyle Berryhill with his "new friend." (© FlaglerLive via Palm Coast video)

Palm Coast Fire Chief Kyle Berryhill, in footage documented on video and issued by the city today, agreed to let a scream of a ghost take refuge at Palm Coast Fire Station 21 as he videotaped a public service message on Halloween safety.

Palm Coast Historical Society Marks Founders’ Day with Food Truck Festival and Exhibits Oct. 28

October 22, 2023 | FlaglerLive | 2 Comments

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The Palm Coast Historical Society marks Founders’ Day on Oct. 28 at Holland Park with its 10th year anniversary celebration of the opening of the society’s museum at the park, with food trucks, 24 community groups, music and speakers.

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