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Flagler Replaces Confusing Letter-Based Evacuation Zones With Neighborhood Names as Hurricane Season Begins

May 30, 2023 | FlaglerLive | 4 Comments

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As the 2023 hurricane season begins–with a forecast of 12 to 17 named storms–Flagler County’s Evacuation Zones A and B and C are a thing of the past, replaced by a more intuitive, neighborhood-named system. Emergency Management Director Jonathan Lord previewed the season and a few changes ahead.

Upside of Unrequited Survives Book Ban at FPC, But 57% of Challenged Titles Were Removed From Flagler Schools This Year

May 30, 2023 | FlaglerLive | 9 Comments

The Upsiude of Unrequited got some love from a Flagler Palm Coast High School challenge-review committee. (© FlaglerLive)

A Flagler Palm Coast High School committee of faculty and residents voted 7-0 to keep Becky Albertalli’s The Upside of Unrequited on high school library shelves. It was the last challenge of the year by just three individuals, who had filed 44 challenges to 22 titles, succeeding in having 12 of them removed.

I’m Almost 67, I Worked 22 Years With Walmart, Yet Can’t Afford to Retire

May 29, 2023 | FlaglerLive | 82 Comments

Cynthia Murray. (United for Respect)

Our tax laws shouldn’t protect giant CEO retirement accounts when my coworkers and I can’t afford to save at all: even after 22 years of working for Walmart, our nation’s largest employer, I can’t afford to retire any time soon.

A Memorial Month for Our Rights

May 28, 2023 | FlaglerLive | 3 Comments

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Tuesday begins a month of memorial days as we watch our Supreme Court continue to roll back those very rights soldiers died for, trampling them more effectively than any enemy foreign or, for the most part, domestic, ever has.

Palm Coast’s Darryl Boyer, Running for Renner’s Seat, Appears on Fox & Friends to Talk Trump/DeSantis

May 27, 2023 | FlaglerLive | 34 Comments

Darryl Boyer. (© FlaglerLive)

Darryl Boyer, the youngest emerging face of Flagler County’s Republican Party and a candidate for the Florida House seat held by Paul Renner in the 2024 election, was a guest this morning on Fox & Friends Weekend, his second appearance in four weeks on the show.

Flagler Sheriff’s Sgt. Breckwoldt, In Charge of Narcotics Unit, at Center of Abuse of Power Allegation

May 26, 2023 | FlaglerLive | 57 Comments

The alleged incident took place at Finn's in Flagler Beach. (© FlaglerLive)

Sgt. Michael Breckwoldt, a 20-year veteran of the Flagler County Sheriff’s Office and the supervisor of its narcotics unit, is at the center of an allegation that he had a physical altercation with a bar patron and flaunted and abused his power while drunk at a Flagler Beach bar early this morning, claiming he runs the town.

Flagler County’s Local Government Leadership Academy Graduates 13 Professionals

May 26, 2023 | FlaglerLive | 1 Comment

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Thirteen executives, managers and professionals from a half dozen local government agencies graduated from the Flagler County Local Government Leadership Academy at a special ceremony at the Flagler County Sheriff’s Office Operations Center last week.

Peggy Border, For 17 Years Flagler’s Exact and Far-Seeing Elections Supervisor, Dies at 78

May 26, 2023 | FlaglerLive | 4 Comments

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Peggy Rae Border, who ran the Flagler County Supervisor of Elections office for 17 years with foresight and meticulousness to great acclaim, died on Tuesday surrounded by family, following a long illness. She had been living locally at an assisted living facility for the last few months, and was 78.

Mistrial: Jury Deadlocks in Teron Trial On Rape Charges, Questioning Where Crime Took Place

May 25, 2023 | FlaglerLive | 17 Comments

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A 12-member jury this evening deadlocked in Monserrate Teron’s trial on charges that he raped his 7-year-old niece at his Palm Coast home in 2019. Absent a plea, which he has previously turned down, or the victim’s decision not to testify again, the Army veteran and nurse will be tried again.

Palm Coast Fines Waste Pro $125 For Every Recycling Bins It’s Taking Back and Threatens Litigation

May 25, 2023 | FlaglerLive | 82 Comments

A Waste Pro recycling truck followed by a flatbed truck in a Palm Coast neighborhood today, where the company's workers stacked residents' emptied recycling bins to haul away. (Palm Coast)

Waste Pro, in its final week as Palm Coast’s garbage hauler, is driving through neighborhoods and taking back the recycling bins it freely provided residents over the years. The city is considering litigation, and fining the company for every bin it claims.

A Shattering Day for Teron’s Trial on Child Rape Charges as 2 Other Alleged Victims Make Similar Accusations

May 24, 2023 | FlaglerLive | 1 Comment

The couch in a special office where child victims of sexual assault are interviewed. The 12-member jury in Monserrate Teron's trial on charges of raping a 7-year-old child watched that child take her seat on that couch and speak to a forensic psychologist for nearly an hour, and describe how Teron allegedly raped and abused her since she was in kindergarten. (© FlaglerLive)

The prosecution in the trial of Monserrate Teron, 59, rested Wednesday after a series of setbacks for the defense, including two adult women who testified that Teron had done to them, when they were 7 or 8, what he is accusing of doing to a 7-year-old girl in palm Coast in 2019. He faces life in prison if convicted.

Florida Will Publish Annual Index of Books Banned or Challenged in Schools

May 24, 2023 | FlaglerLive | 10 Comments

Banned or challenged titles in Flagler schools were displayed at a protest outside a school board meeting in November 2021. (© FlaglerLive)

The State Board of Education on Wednesday approved a new rule that will lead to Florida officials publishing an annual list of library books and instructional materials that have drawn public objections, in a move that the board’s chairman said will “provide transparency for our families.”

On Flagler Schools’ Ban List: The Upside of Unrequited, a Review and a Recommendation

May 24, 2023 | FlaglerLive | 4 Comments

The Upside of Unrequited is Becky Albertalli's second novel. ban list

Becky Albertalli’s “The Upside of Unrequited,” about a fat girl’s desperate quest for a date after 26 unrequited crushes, is one of 22 titles on Flagler’s ban list, and the last to be considered by a school-based committee at FPC on Thursday.

11 Year Old Tells Jury Her Uncle Raped Her ‘Multiple Times’; Defense Fails to Impeach Her Credibility

May 23, 2023 | FlaglerLive | 9 Comments

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In the trial of Monserrate Teron, accused of raping his 7-year-old girl niece in Palm Coast in 2019, the alleged victim, now 11, testified today, as did her mother, in a powerful day for the prosecution. The defense tried but failed to undercut the girl’s credibility.

In Seminole Woods, 42 Acres of Greenbelt Are Converted to Allow 180-Home Subdivision

May 23, 2023 | FlaglerLive | 51 Comments

The Seminole Woods acreage, roughly delineated in red, is currently zoned greenbelt. The Palm Coast City Council approved its rezoning to residential, with a second reading later this month. (Google Earth)

The Palm Coast City Council last week approved rezoning 42 acres of greenbelt-designated land to make room for a 180-home single-family residential development that will expand the built-out footprint of Seminole Woods.

Jurors Seated in Teron Sex Abuse Case After a Day of Triggered Anxieties and Traumas

May 22, 2023 | FlaglerLive | 2 Comments

Monserrate Teron standing before prospective jurors today during jury selection at the Flagler County courthouse. He faces life in prison if convicted. (© FlaglerLive)

A panel of 12 jurors and two alternates was seated this afternoon at the end of the first day of trial for ​​Monserrate Teron, the 59-year-old man accused of sexually assaulting his 7-year-old niece in Palm Coast in November 2019. 

Captain’s BBQ Trial Delayed to February as Both Sides Ask for More Time

May 22, 2023 | FlaglerLive | 13 Comments

Captain's BBQ, to the left, at Bing's Landing. The lawsuit it filed against the county is four years old. (© FlaglerLive)

The two sides asked for the delay jointly, but not necessarily because a resolution is pending. Rather, each side still has adversarial motions that have yet to be heard in court. Captain’s is also attempting to bring the county back to the mediation table. The county had been resisting. A trial would have been premature, the two sides agreed. The judge granted the delay two weeks ago. 

Law Requiring Later School Start Times Is Causing Significant Push-Back from Local Boards

May 22, 2023 | FlaglerLive | 7 Comments

Local school officials across the state are not thrilled with a new law requiring later start times for middle and high school students. (NSF)

Several members of the Flagler County school board as elsewhere in Florida districts are not thrilled by the late start time for middle schools, or the earlier start for elementary schools. Opposition is focused on expected additional costs.

Hang 8 Dog Surfing Brings Out Throng of a Thousand in Flagler Beach’s Zaniest Contest Yet

May 20, 2023 | FlaglerLive | 13 Comments

A drone view of just one half the segment of beach taken up by the Hang 8 Dog Surfing competition at its height this morning in Fl;agler Beach, showing the huge crowd. (© Scott Spradley for FlaglerLive)

The second annual Hang 8 Dog Surfing contest in Flagler Beach this morning drew spectators in the low thousands, double or triple last year’s turnout, as big and small dogs surfed in rough waves then donned costumes for the red-carpet competition. Fifty dogs were registered in total.

School Board’s Sally Hunt Feels Unsafe in Workshops and Asks for Permanent Deputy Security

May 19, 2023 | FlaglerLive | 33 Comments

Sally Hunt at the May 2 workshop of the school board listened to the man who, like eight or nine others, implored the board to keep the Belle Terre Swim and Racquet Club open to the public. That speaker singled out Hunt, asking for her supporting vote. Hunt later objected to being singled out as a swing vote. (© FlaglerLive via Flagler Schools TV)

Without explaining why, and to her colleagues’ surprise, Flagler County School Board member Sally Hunt told the board she feels unsafe in workshop settings on the third floor of the Government Services Building, and has requested the posting of a deputy there, which would cost the district at least $2,600 a year.

At 2.9%, Flagler Unemployment Continues in Same Low Range for 13th Month, With More than 50,000 Employed

May 19, 2023 | FlaglerLive | 4 Comments

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For 13 months running, Flagler County’s unemployment rate has remained steady, fluctuating by a few decimal points between 2.6 and 3.4 percent. In April, it was 2.9 percent in the seasonally unadjusted calculation the state’s labor department released today.

A Tattoo Studio Is Approved Off Old Kings Road in Palm Coast, But Outdated Stigmas Endure

May 19, 2023 | FlaglerLive | 4 Comments

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The fact that Supreme Custom Tattoo on Old Kings Road required a special exception and planning board approval reflects enduring stigmas and stereotypes that still attach to tattoo and body piercing studios, though in studios’ cases, the city is far more accommodating than landlords, who often arbitrarily discriminate against them.

2023 Sheriff’s Gala Raises $130,000 for Employee Assistance as Attorney General Ashley Moody Headlines

May 19, 2023 | FlaglerLive | 3 Comments

Attorney general Ashley Moody at the gala. (FCSO)

More than 180 guests attended the 5th Annual Sheriff’s Gala to benefit the Flagler Sheriff’s Employee Assistance Trust at the Hammock Beach Resort including Florida Attorney General Ashley Moody and Florida House Speaker Paul Renner, raising $130,000.

Palm Coast’s Population at 98,411 in Latest Census Estimate, 18th-Fastest Growing in U.S.

May 18, 2023 | FlaglerLive | 23 Comments

Palm Coast's official municipal flower. (© FlaglerLive)

Palm Coast grew 10.3 percent between 2020 and 2022, to 98,411 people, according to the Census Bureau’s latest estimate, released today. The city is on pace to cross well past the 100,000 threshold this year, and based on the last two years’ trend, likely did so in February or March. 

LaShakia Moore Is Flagler Schools’ Interim Superintendent. Why Would She Want Permanent Post?

May 18, 2023 | FlaglerLive | 10 Comments

Flagler County schools' Lashakia Moore in her office some months ago. She will be the district's interim superintendent starting July 1, in a different office. (© FlaglerLive)

The question LaShakia Moore isn’t yet answering is whether she will apply for the permanent position, which the board hopes to fill by Jan. 1. She enjoys district and community support and respect. Yet the more valid question, given this school board’s volatility, may be: why would Moore want to be the permanent superintendent?

3-2 Vote to Keep Belle Terre Swim Club Open Is Only One More Uncertain Reprieve for Troubled Facility

May 18, 2023 | FlaglerLive | 6 Comments

The Belle Terre Swim and Racquet Club is again facing deficits. (© FlaglerLive)

The Flagler County School Board’s 3-2 vote Tuesday to keep the Belle Terre Swim and Racquet Club open to the public is only one more extension of uncertain length. The board has yet to decide how long it will keep it open, and on what terms, in essence leaving fundamental questions that have bedeviled the club for years unanswered.

A Federal Lawsuit Is Filed Against Florida School District, Calling Book Bans Unconstitutional

May 17, 2023 | FlaglerLive | 7 Comments

Toni Morrison's The Bluest Eyes has been banned in numerous school districts, including in Florida. (Max McCoy/Kansas Reflector)

The lawsuit is against the Escambia County School District and its local school board. Plaintiffs include PEN America, powerhouse publisher Penguin Random House, several authors, and parents of children. A remedy: Return books to school library shelves, particularly books considered “targeted,” according to the lawsuit.

In Trial of Man Accused of Raping 7 Year Old, Judge Will Allow Evidence ‘Devastating to Defend’

May 17, 2023 | FlaglerLive | 8 Comments

Monserrate Teron in court in Bunnell this afternoon. (© FlaglerLive)

Monserrate Teron, a 59-year-old nurse and Army veteran, goes on trial Monday on charges of raping a 7-year-old girl. Today, a judge let stand an order allowing the prosecution to question two adult sisters who will testify that Teron abused them in the 1980s similarly to the way he abused the younger girl more recently, complicating the defense.

A Different ‘Battle of the Books’ Cheers Competing Students at Rymfire Elementary

May 17, 2023 | FlaglerLive | Leave a Comment

Members of the teams that placed first, second and third were invited to the stage at the end of the Battle of the Books to accept their gift bags--every participant got a goodie bag--and gift cards. (© FlaglerLive)

At Rymfire Elementary this morning, it was a very different “Battle of the Books” from the kind that’s been crumpling Flagler County’s school libraries for the last couple of years: this battle was all about the love and joy of reading, as 80 students competed to match blind quotes with any of the 15 books they’d read this year.

Federal Judge Signs Order Releasing Flagler County Dunes Easement It Sought for 3 Years

May 16, 2023 | FlaglerLive | 2 Comments

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A federal judge late this afternoon signed the order approving a settlement agreement between the county and Cynthia d’Angiolini, who for three years had held out from signing an easement that would allow the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers to rebuild 2.6 miles of dunes south of the Flagler Beach pier.

750-Home Gated Community Called Coquina Shores to Rise North of SR100, Along Old Kings Road

May 16, 2023 | FlaglerLive | 30 Comments

A Google Earth view of the Coquina Shores' 505 acres, eith State Road 100 to the left, and Old Kings Road and I-95 running north and south. The development is called Coquina Shores after that elongated lake in the middle.

Though a 750 single-family home development on 505 acres, Coquina Shores will be a vastly scaled back development from what JX Properties had planned there in 2006 and 2007–2,400 homes, most of them apartments, and 80,000 square feet of retail and office space. All of that will be reduced to the single family homes.

Metronet’s Ultra-Speed Broadband Now Available in 4 Palm Coast Neighborhoods

May 16, 2023 | FlaglerLive | 30 Comments

A spool of Metronet fiber ready to be deployed. (© FlaglerLive)

Metronet’s ultra-high-speed service is now available in Pine Lakes, Matanzas Woods, Palm Harbor and Indian Trails, with the network spreading in Palm Coast by some 20,000 to 25,000 feet per week. Flagler Beach and Bunnell are down the line.

Palm Coast Adopts 75% Stormwater Rate Increase Over 5 Years, Then Cap on Future Hikes

May 16, 2023 | FlaglerLive | 26 Comments

Despite serious rain events, like the one above, in previous years, Palm Coast's stormwater system has kept homes dry. But at a rising price. (© FlaglerLive)

The Palm Coast City Council this morning voted 3-2 to adopt a stormwater fee increase of residents’ monthly bill from $22.27 currently to $39.10 by 2028, a 76 percent increase. Increases after 2028 will be limited to the rate of inflation.

240-Unit Apartment Complex Planned Next to BJ’s Wholesale Club on State Road 100 in Palm Coast

May 15, 2023 | FlaglerLive | 82 Comments

Republic Properties Corporation is planning to build an eight-building, 240-unit apartment complex on State Road 100 in Palm Coast, between Aldi and the future BJ's Wholesale Club. Republic is currently building the Avida apartment complex in Orlando, above. (Republic Properties rendering)

The Flagler County Commission Monday evening unanimously approved rezoning 28 acres just east of what will be the BJ’s Wholesale Club shopping center, clearing the way for an eight-building, 240-apartment complex called Republic Palm Coast there.

When Prison Is Preferable to Probation: Holly Norris’s Case and How Probationers Must ‘Walk on Water’

May 15, 2023 | FlaglerLive | 9 Comments

Holly Norris. (© FlaglerLive)

The case of Holly Norris, 44, illustrates how long probation terms can unreasonably trip up defendants even for minor violations, preventing them from reintegrating society. That’s why defense attorneys at times ask for prison instead. Norris was sentenced to a two-year prison term and 10 years on probation in the negligent death of her uncle in 2013.

Jeffrey Giancaspro, 60, Dies in Single-Vehicle Crash on Landing Boulevard in Town Center

May 13, 2023 | FlaglerLive | 2 Comments

The crash was reported by a witness near the senior-living apartment complex on Landing Boulevard in Palm Coast's Town Center. (© FlaglerLive)

A 60-year-old Palm Coast man was found unresponsive at the wheel of his car in Town Center, after it crashed into brush on Landing Boulevard Friday evening. Jeffrey Giancaspro was pronounced deceased shortly afterward at AdventHealth Palm Coast.

Andrew Mintz Turns Himself In to Jail and Is Released on $100,000 Bond in Flagler Beach Pier Crash

May 13, 2023 | FlaglerLive | 25 Comments

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Andrew Craven Mintz, the 34-year-old Palm Coast man at the center of a three vehicle crash that narrowly missed several local officials and a child near the pier in April, turned himself in at the Flagler County jail Friday evening, six weeks after he was charged.

Taylor Manjarres Pleads Out in R-Section Home Invasion Murder, and Faces Up to 20 Years Instead of Life

May 12, 2023 | FlaglerLive | 6 Comments

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Taylor Manjarres, 19 at the time, had teamed up with Kwentel Moultrie and Zaire Roberts for a drug deal with Danial Marashi at Marashi’s parent’s home on Regent Lane in Palm Coast in December 2021. Marashi shot and killed Roberts. Manjarres and Moultrie were charged for murder. Manjarres will now testify against Moultrie, who faces life in prison.

At Sheriff’s Ceremony: ‘Behind Every Fallen Officer, a Family Who Bears the Burden of Loss’

May 12, 2023 | FlaglerLive | 3 Comments

The Flagler County Sheriff’s Office held the annual Fallen Heroes Memorial Candlelight Vigil Thursday evening, the first time the ceremony was held at the new Sheriff’s Operations Center in Bunnell.

In Flagler Beach, Jane Mealy Warns Eric Cooley of ‘Consequences’ Over Conduct. He Doubles Down.

May 12, 2023 | FlaglerLive | 40 Comments

Flagler Beach City Commissioner Jane Mealy warned Commission Chairman Eric Cooley of unspecified “consequences” if he were to ever treat her the way he did at a special meeting last week. Cooley conceded that he had been “spitting fire,” doubled down, dismissing Mealy’s criticism as “armchair quarterbacking” and accusing her of not behaving like an adult.

Indian Trails Teacher JaWanda Dove Loses Her Attorney Over Refusal to Settle Discrimination Suit Against District

May 11, 2023 | FlaglerLive | 21 Comments

JaWanda Dove, now a dean at Rymfire Elementary, seen here in an image from a brochure by the African American Entrepreneurs Club, where she was a guest speaker in 2018.

Almost three years after filing an employment discrimination suit against Flagler County schools, and a few settlement offers that even her attorney implored her to accept, Indian Trails Middle School teacher JaWanda Dove may now head for trial representing herself, as her own attorney asked the court to be relieved of representing her.

FPC Removes 2 Books Under Challenge Without Review, Abruptly Cancelling 2 Committee Meetings

May 11, 2023 | FlaglerLive | 47 Comments

The April 17 joint meeting of two book review committees, from Matanzas High School and Flagler Palm Coast High School, was the last to convene. That one, for Ellen Hopkins's Crank, was attended by School Board member Will Furry. (© FlaglerLive)

Flagler County’s three book-banners are getting their way the easier way: the books they’re challenging are now getting removed without committee review, even though such a process is set out in district policy. Twice in the last three weeks, Flagler Palm Coast High School abruptly cancelled scheduled challenge-review committee meetings at the last minute, “weeding” the books instead.

Wadsworth Principal Paul Peacock Ordered on Leave Over Employee Complaints as District Hires Investigator

May 10, 2023 | FlaglerLive | 26 Comments

Paul peacock, with Chris Tincher, Wadsworth Elementary's assistant principal, at right, in a recent appearance before the school board. (© FlaglerLive via Flagler Schools TV)

Wadsworth Elementary School Principal Paul Peacock has been placed on administrative leave with pay and barred from all district campuses or from contact with any employees pending the resolution of an independent investigation stemming from several employee complaints about Peacock, internal documents show and school officials say.

Court Disputes Behind It, Community Cats of Palm Coast Set for Grand Re-Opening at City Marketplace

May 10, 2023 | Michael Lewis | 14 Comments

Volunteers getting Community Cats' thrift store ready for its grand opening Saturday at palm Coast's City Marketplace. (Community Cats)

Community Cats of Palm Coast, which operates the City Marketplace adoption shelter at 160 Cypress Point Parkway, Suite B-110, and a thrift store there at Suite C-101 (upstairs and downstairs), has been in business for 10 years, helping rescue, trap and deal with feline problems in the area.

T-Bone Crash at County Road 302 and CR305 Results in ‘Incapacitating Injuries’ for Both Drivers

May 10, 2023 | FlaglerLive | 20 Comments

The crash-prone intersection of County Road 305 and County Road 302 at the northeast corner of Daytona North in west Flagler. (Google)

A two-vehicle collision at the crash-prone intersection of County road 302 and County Road 305 in western Flagler County Tuesday evening resulted in two injuries, one critical, one serious, according to the Florida Highway Patrol.

At Charter School, DeSantis Signs Bills Against Teacher Unions and For School Board Term Limits

May 9, 2023 | FlaglerLive | 23 Comments

Union-busting with a smile. (Facebook)

The bill (SB 256) bars public sector unions, including those for teachers but not for police or firefighters that tend to support the governor, from deducting dues from members’ paychecks, requiring employees to write checks instead. Furthermore, unions’ membership would have to constitute 60% of a bargaining unit, an increase from the old threshold of 50%.

On Flagler’s Ban List: Elana K. Arnold’s What Girls Are Made Of, a Review and a Recommendation

May 9, 2023 | FlaglerLive | 11 Comments

What Girls Are Made Of, a 2017 National Book Award finalist, is on Flagler County schools' list of books a trio of residents want banned. (Carolrhoda Lab)

“What Girls Are Made Of,” Elana K. Arnold’s deconstruction of a 16-year-old girl’s being and nothingness, is one of 22 titles three Flagler County residents want banned from high school libraries. A Flagler Palm Coast High School committee takes up the challenge on Thursday.

Hang 8 Dog Surfing Contest Returns to Flagler Beach in All Its Ridiculous and Timely Exuberance

May 9, 2023 | FlaglerLive | 2 Comments

One of the larger dogs catching a wave at last year's Hang 8 Dog Surfing competition in Flagler Beach. The event returns later this month. (Hang 8)

This time the Hang 8 Surfing Contest’s organizers are better prepared than they were last year, when they expected 50 people, maybe 100 at most, and got overrun with about 500. Hang 8 since its first edition last year has caught waves of attention, and gives Flagler Beach a break from seriousness, polarization and mountains of challenges.

9 Arrested on Federal Indictments in Phoenix-to-Palm Coast Drug Pipeline

May 8, 2023 | FlaglerLive | 20 Comments

A more-than-yearlong federal and local investigation into a drug pipeline from Mexico, Los Angeles, Phoenix and Palm Coast led to the indictment on federal trafficking and conspiracy charges of nine individuals, including two from Palm Coast and three from Bunnell. 

Later Start Time for Middle and High School Students in Flagler Means Earlier Start for Younger Ones

May 8, 2023 | FlaglerLive | 10 Comments

Starting school later for middle and high school students means starting earlier for elementary school students. The Flagler County school district isn't pleased with that choice. (© FlaglerLive)

A bill awaiting the governor’s signature would ban school start times before 8:30 a.m. for high schools  and 8 a.m. for middle schools, starting in the 2026-27 school year. The Flagler County School Board had been reconsidering its own start times–but in the other direction. Now, it may be faced with making tough choices regarding elementary-school start times, which would go from latest to earliest starting times in the county. 

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