“Spring Awakening,” a tale of adolescent sexual angst and libido-denial at Palm Coast’s City Repertory Theatre starting this weekend, became a rock musical in 2006 by folkie rocker Duncan Sheik and won eight Tony Awards.
Flagler, Palm Coast & Other Local News
Flagler Beach Commission Set to Impose Steep Increase in Water and Sewer Rates for 5th Year in a Row
The city is proposing a 12.5 percent increase for water and sewer rates and a 12.8 percent increase in the stormwater fee. That’s after water and sewer rates went up 25 percent this year, 34 percent the previous year, 20 percent in 2017 and 13 percent in 2016.
Mark Heinemann, 75, Found Dead: Second Suicide by Gunshot in Two Days in Flagler
Mark Heinemann’s ex-wife told Flagler County Sheriff’s deputies he had been very ill from a lung disease. He was having difficulties breathing and was in a lot of pain.
Thursday Briefing: Judge Graham’s Power, Victor Williams Trial, Sea Rise, Utility Rates in Flagler Beach
The Flagler Beach City Commission again considers aggressive panhandling, the Volusia County Bar hosts cocktails and a dinner honoring Hon. Richard S. Graham, The Free Quit Smoking Now program meets.
Accused Rapist of a 16-Year-Old Boy, and Jury, Witness Mother’s Wrath and Anguish as Trial Takes a Turn
The defense of Victor Williams, 43, will have a difficult time recovering from the testimony of the mother of the boy he is accused of raping, and a from a key detail the prosecution showed the jury through a picture today, and that goes to the heart of the trial’s questions.
Behind Collapse of Furniture Company Deal With Flagler Government, Disarray, Misrepresentations and Premature Boasts
The collapse of a deal between a furniture-assembling company and Flagler County government is the latest setback for an economic development department with a checkered eight-year history and signal failures.
Wednesday Briefing: Free Legal Clinic on Landlord-Tenant Law, Johnston Raises $1,500 for FYO, Transgender in Military
The Flagler Bar and the Clerk of Court concludes their free legal clinics with a focus on landlord-tenant law, Tax Collector Suzanne Johnson and her staff raise $1,500 for the Flagler Youth Orchestra, Sheriff Israel’s fate is decided by the Florida Senate.
Harold Rusty Bourgeois, 51, Is Found Dead by Suicide in the Hammock
Harold Rusty Bourgeois, 51, a long-time resident of Palm Coast and the Hammock, was found dead Sunday at his home, of a self-inflicted gunshot wound. Bourgeois had been living at 6024 North Oceanshore Boulevard in the Hammock.
Now 17, Boy Recalls From the Stand Night of Alleged Rape By 42-Year-Old Man Who Says It Was all Consensual
Victor Williams faces life in prison unless he convinces the jury that, while he concedes having had sex with a 16-year-old boy, the act was not non-consensual, and drugs did not impair the alleged victim. Williams will have difficulties overcoming the boy’s testimony.
Space Study for Sheriff’s Palm Coast Operation Comes In at More Than $30 Million; County Will Scale Back
Flagler County government is not prepared to build a structure larger than 50,000 square feet, at a cost of $15 million at most. That design will take place over the next six months, with groundbreaking expected in the spring of 2020.