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In-Person Jury Trials Suspended in Flagler Until at Least Late January as Covid Trolls

December 29, 2020 | FlaglerLive | Leave a Comment

Precautions aren't enough: Flagler County's judicial personnel will not be holding in-person trials until at least the latter end of January due to Covid-19. (© FlaglerLive)

There will be no in-person jury trials in Flagler County until at least January 19 due to the very high incidence of coronavirus cases in the county. The county in the week ending last Saturday broke yet another record in confirmed cases for the previous seven days, with a total of 270, and a cumulative total exceeding 3,500.

More Than 1,000 Covid Vaccines Arrive at Flagler Health Department, Inoculations of 1st Responders Start Tuesday

December 28, 2020 | FlaglerLive | 19 Comments

Flagler County Health Department Chief Bob Snyder, right, with Dawn Kamen, the registered nurse who oversees the department's immunology program

The Flagler County Health Department on Monday took delivery of more than 1,000 vials of Moderna Covid-19 vaccine. Inoculations begin Tuesday and Wednesday with first responders and health care workers. It’s still not exactly known when doses will arrive for people 65 and over, who are next in line for the vaccine, but it’ll be soon.

The Trump Administration’s Final Push to Make It Easier for Religious Employers to Discriminate

December 28, 2020 | FlaglerLive | 5 Comments

Unequal treatment ahead. (photos.de.tibo)

Last-minute policies on religious freedom clear the way for employers to hire on the basis of faith. Some of the changes won’t be easy for Biden to undo.

Ahead of Frigid Christmas Nights, Beachfront Grille Cooks Up 150 Meals for Homeless and Needy

December 24, 2020 | FlaglerLive | 8 Comments

Sydney Adams

Beachfront Grille in Flagler Beach teamed up with the Sheltering Tree, the cold-weather shelter for the homeless, and Mayor Linda Provencher to provide 150 Christmas meals for the homeless and the needy.

Sheriff’s Deputies and Fire Flight Searching for Man in Palm Coast’s R-Section Following Armed Disturbance

December 24, 2020 | FlaglerLive | 1 Comment

The incident took place on Rainbow Lane.

The Flagler County Sheriff’s Office this morning responded to a disturbance call on Rainbow Lane, involving a weapon. The firearm was located and not discharged, and there were no injuries. But the suspect fled on foot.

56-Year-Old Flagler Beach Man Surrenders Peacefully After Night of Threats and Barricading Himself For a Siege

December 23, 2020 | FlaglerLive | 13 Comments

Timothy Gibson.

Timothy Gibson, 56, who has a significant criminal history in the county, was arrested after a night of allegedly threatening to kill three women (his wife and daughter among them) and barricading himself with weapons against law enforcement in a siege of several hours.

Going Against CDC, DeSantis Orders Vaccine Priority for 65 and Older, Not Teachers and Other Essential Workers

December 23, 2020 | FlaglerLive | 32 Comments

Gov. Ron DeSantis addressing reporters today in Pensacola in a still from a WFLA video posted on the Governor's Facebook page.

The DeSantis order contradicts Centers for Disease Control guidelines issued on Tuesday that recommend that, once health care and long-term care workers and residents have received the vaccine, the next groups should not be defined only by age, but also by critical front-line jobs, including teachers and school employees, and underlying conditions.

Local Governments Seek Re-Hearing in Federal Case That Allowed ‘Conversion Therapy’ Targeting LGBTQ Youths

December 23, 2020 | FlaglerLive | Leave a Comment

In May 2017 then-Connecticut Gov. Dannel Malloy signed into law legislation protecting LGBTQ youth in the state from what his office called "the destructive and discredited practice of conversion therapy. The so-called treatment, which seeks to change a person’s sexual orientation or gender identity, has been discredited by nearly every credible medical and psychiatric group in the country and oftentimes includes destructive practices that are harmful to children, such as electric shock therapy. The legislation is House Bill 6695, An Act Concerning the Protection of Youth from Conversion Therapy."

Local Florida ordinances that a federal court found unconstitutional had barred therapists from providing treatment or counseling that is designed to change minors’ sexual orientation or gender identity. Critics of such therapy say it harms minors who are lesbian, gay, bisexual or transgender.

Internal Tally Puts Flagler’s Covid Deaths at 50, Two More Than Public Dashboard; 4 Connected to Social Club

December 22, 2020 | FlaglerLive | 3 Comments

Coronavirus temperature checks at the Government Services Building in Bunnell, where some officials have occasionally boasted of the county's lower Covid numbers, relative to the rest of the state. (© FlaglerLive)

The internal Florida Health Department spreadsheet, obtained by FlaglerLive, consolidates some previously undisclosed information and much information that had been disclosed to some extent in different ways and places previously.

Covid Deaths in Flagler at 47, Week’s Positive Cases Shatter Record in Evidence of Thanksgiving Spike as Vaccines Arrive

December 21, 2020 | FlaglerLive | 3 Comments

The week ending Dec. 19 shattered the record for positive cases in Flagler County, with a total of 220 confirmed. (© FlaglerLive)

The 220 confirmed positive coronavirus cases in Flagler County in the week ending Saturday set a new single-week record in the county since the pandemic began in February. Local health officials caution that the numbers may get worse with Christmas and cold weather ahead, and broad-based vaccination still weeks away.

Covid Testing Schedule and Locations in Flagler-Palm Coast Through the End of the Year

December 21, 2020 | FlaglerLive | 2 Comments

A coronavirus test. (© FlaglerLive)

The Florida Department of Health in Flagler County  reaffirmed its weekday Covid-19 testing schedule for the weeks leading up to and following the Christmas and New Year holidays.

Taser Twice Fails to Stop Alleged Assailant as Flagler Sheriff’s Deputies Faces Suicide-by-Cop Situation

December 21, 2020 | FlaglerLive | 19 Comments

The Taser model Flagler County Sheriff's deputies carry. (© FlaglerLive)

Flagler County Sheriff’s deputy Benjamin Stamps and other deputies on Sunday morning had a perilous encounter with a seemingly suicidal individual who would have normally been Baker Acted, but ended up facing numerous charges for allegedly assaulting the officers as he sought to be shot by the deputies. Stamps’s Taser twice failed to stop the individual in the encounter.

Court’s Conservatives Are Right: Pandemic Limits on Houses of Worship Are Unconstitutional

December 20, 2020 | FlaglerLive | 8 Comments

Let them worship. (© FlaglerLive)

The Supreme Court’s ruling overturning its own recent precedent to forbid attendance limits at houses of worship because of Covid was not an ideological decision so much as a victory for the First Amendment that liberals should be thankful for.

Man, 61, Killed in Midnight Crash at US 1 and Royal Palms; ‘Alcohol and Cocaine All Over the Car’

December 19, 2020 | FlaglerLive | 4 Comments

The crash was reported at 12:29 a.m. Saturday morning just north of Royal palms Parkway on US1 in Palm Coast.

A 61-year-old man was killed in a single-vehicle crash on U.S. 1 and Royal Palms Parkway in Palm Coast shortly after midnight this morning. The cause of the crash is not known for now.

TR, as FPC Principal Tom Russell Was Known to Most, Is Celebrated as Learner, Leader, Tweeter and Jovial, Heroic Dad

December 18, 2020 | FlaglerLive | 4 Comments

Tom Russell in a photo shown at this evening's memorial, with a grandchild.

James Tom Russell, who died on Dec. 9 after leading Flagler Palm Coast High School for just a year and a half after a long career in leadership of Volusia County schools, was celebrated at a memorial at Jackie Robinson Stadium Friday evening with broad-ranging affection and admiration.

Man Arrested in Armed Road Rage Incident on Belle Terre Faces New Charge of Armed Burglary

December 18, 2020 | FlaglerLive | 11 Comments

Robert Wilson.

The new charge against Robert Wilson, 21, of Palm Coast was related to a May 26 incident where Wilson is alleged to have threatened individuals with an ax after entering their home on Rolls Royce Court in Palm Coast, uninvited.

DeSantis Passes Over Rendzio and Names Kenny Janesk Judge in 7th Judicial Circuit, Which Includes Flagler

December 18, 2020 | FlaglerLive | 2 Comments

Kenny Janesk has been the assistant state attorney's managing partner at the Putnam County office. (Jennifer Dunton)

Janesk has been a prosecutor in the Seventh Circuit State Attorney’s Office since 2011, working as the managing attorney of the Putnam County office. The appointment fills the position vacated by Circuit Judge Patti A. Christensen, who stepped down at the end of September.

Flagler’s Unemployment Rate Ticks Back Up, Florida’s Stalls as Covid’s Effects Take Economic Toll

December 18, 2020 | FlaglerLive | 3 Comments

Flagler and Florida's economies have stalled since late summer. (© FlaglerLive)

Flagler County’s unemployment rate in November rose slightly to 5.9 percent, from a revised 5.5 percent in October, as Florida’s rate remained unchanged at 6.4 percent, signaling a deepening stall of economic activity since summer’s end as the coronavirus continues to take a human and economic toll in the state: seasonal hiring has not materialized as it has in less diseased years.

On Eve of Tom Russell Memorial, School Board’s McDonald Downplays Covid Deaths and Calls for ‘Backing Off This Fear’ of Virus

December 17, 2020 | FlaglerLive | 36 Comments

Janet McDonald has on several occasions used her school board seat to disseminate false, misleading or inaccurate information about Covid-19. She did so again on Tuesday. (© FlaglerLive)

Flagler County School Board member Janet McDonald falsely claimed at a workshop that overall deaths are down this year, that masks are harmful, testing unreliable, and that the district should focus on “wellness” rather than additionally “ramp-up” safety measures. She did so days from the memorial for Tom Russell, the FPC principal who died of complications from Covid.

Flagler Schools Will Replace Most Covid-Positive Alert Letters With Web-Based Dashboard Updated Daily

December 17, 2020 | FlaglerLive | 1 Comment

Covid testing at the Flagler Health Department in Bunnell. (© FlaglerLive)

A new dashboard tracking positive Covid cases throughout the school district will go live Jan. 4. Parents and others have grown increasingly jaded with the Flagler school district’s drizzle of notification letters whenever positive Covid cases are confirmed.

Flagler Beach Commissioners Narrow Manager Applicants to 5, Aiming for February Appointment

December 16, 2020 | FlaglerLive | 3 Comments

Ken Parker, left, is the retired Port Orange City Manager. He's been helping the Flagler Beach City Commission filter through its list of applicants for managers. (© FlaglerLive via YouTube)

The Flagler Beach City Commission on Tuesday evening shuffled and narrowed its list of prospective city managers from seven to five. The commission is on pace to hire a new manager, replacing the late Larry Newsom, by February. 

Nathaniel Shimmel, 25, Sentenced to 50 Years in Stabbing Death of His Mother, Michele, at Their Palm Coast Home

December 16, 2020 | FlaglerLive | 1 Comment

Nathaniel Rider Shimmel getting finger-printed this morning after being sentenced to 50 years in prison in the stabbing death of his mother, Michele, three years ago. (© FlaglerLive)

Shimmel had faced the possibility of life in prison. His 50-year sentence will be followed by lifetime probation. Between time served and early release, he may be eligible to leave prison in 2060, when he will be 64. The family of the victim agreed to the plea deal to bring closure to the homicide case of longest date on the court’s docket.

At Groundbreaking on $23 Million Sheriff’s Operations Center, County Hopes ‘Difficult’ Years of Errors Are Over

December 16, 2020 | FlaglerLive | 25 Comments

Ready shovels today on the site of what will become the Sheriff's Operations Center in Bunnell, south of the Government Services Building complex. (© FlaglerLive)

Sheriff’s, county, Bunnell and Flagler Beach officials broke ground today on a 51,000-square foot, $23 million Sheriff’s Operations Center on the future Commerce Parkway in Bunnell, possibly ending eight years of costly errors and misjudgments and what will be a four-year exile for the sheriff’s agency from a place of its own.

At Government Services Building, a Covid Cluster Closes Flagler Property Appraiser Office All Week

December 16, 2020 | FlaglerLive | 5 Comments

covid closes property appraiser's office

Property Appraiser Jay Gardner said at least three people were confirmed positive in an office of 25 employees (other employees work in the field and are not affected), though he said “that number could be wrong because some of them might not have told us.”

Trevor Tucker, in Remarkable Shift, Provides 3-2 Majority to Add ‘Gender Identity’ to Long-Sought School Protections

December 15, 2020 | FlaglerLive | 24 Comments

Flagler County School Board Chairman Trevor Tucker. (© FlaglerLive)

The Flagler County School Board this evening reversed its April vote and added “gender identity” to its anti-discrimination policy, ending a year-long and at times controversial and embittered debate over the identity and rights of LGBTQ students.

Palm Coast Council Awards Jacksonville University $2.5 Million to Open Town Center Campus, But Without Unanimity

December 15, 2020 | FlaglerLive | 4 Comments

Jacksonville University President Tim Cost addressing the Palm Coast City Council this morning.

While the Palm Coast City Council’s majority supported the subsidy with enthusiasm, Council members Ed Danko and Victor Barbosa opposed awarding some or all of the money to the University of Jacksonville for different reasons, a split that did not exist when the council welcomed the University of North Florida with a $1.5 million subsidy.

18 Years Later, Flagler Finally Recognizes Firefighter John Keppler Jr.’s Line-of-Duty Death With a Memorial

December 15, 2020 | FlaglerLive | 5 Comments

A family photo of John Keppler and his sons, also firefighters, at a state memorial honoring Keppler's line-of-duty death in 2002. (Keppler family)

An 18-year effort to get Flagler County to recognize former county firefighter John R. Keppler Jr.’s line-of-duty death in 2002 finally ended Monday evening with the county commission’s decision to rename the fire rescue training facility on Justice Lane after Keppler. But he will still not get benefits owed those who fall in the line of duty.

Cell Tower Proposal at Palm Harbor Golf Club Delayed After Intense Opposition and Questions of Location

December 15, 2020 | FlaglerLive | 24 Comments

A group opposed to locating a 150-foot cell tower on the Palm Harbor Golf Club grounds produced a map showing the tower "moving" from an original location near the Green Lion restaurant to a different location.

The decision to table the proposal until January 19 followed almost an hour of tense, at times embittered public comment and interactions with Mayor Milissa Holland, including the threat of a lawsuit, as opponents claimed the city or its contractor had illegally moved the proposed location.

County Approves $20 Million Loan to Build Sheriff’s Operations Center, With Groundbreaking Wednesday

December 14, 2020 | FlaglerLive | 13 Comments

Jay Glover, the county's financial adviser, addressing the commission this evening. (© FlaglerLive via YouTube)

The Flagler County Commission voted 5-0 this evening to approve a $20 million commercial loan with CenterState Bank to finance a 51,000-square-foot Sheriff’s Operations Center south of the Government Services Center in Bunnell.

County Scraps Rent-Free Space for Senior Meals in Flagler Beach to Pay $3,000 a Month, With $1,200 Yearly Increases

December 14, 2020 | FlaglerLive | 26 Comments

Senior services no more at Wickline in Flagler Beach. (© FlaglerLive)

County commissioners Monday evening were set to approve a plan that would move the senior meals program from the Wickline Center in Flagler Beach to Church on the Rock in Bunnell and pay the church $3,000 a month in rent the first year, rising by $100 a month per year over the potential 15-year life of the lease, ending a 38-year, rent-free relationship.

Federal Felon and 2 Teens Arrested in Armed Home Invasion-Robbery on Palm Coast’s Prospect Lane

December 14, 2020 | FlaglerLive | 21 Comments

Korie Jones, 16, one of the four alleged assailants in the home-invasion robbery, as he was located by a search dog and deputies early the morning of Dec. 13 in brush. (© FlaglerLive via YouTube)

Carlos Dupree, 34, a felon on probation, Korey Jones, 16, and Darius Watts, 15, were arrested early Sunday following an alleged armed home-invasion robbery at a house on Prospect Lane in Palm Coast where seven victims sustained injuries and were robbed at gunpoint.

Why Was Flagler’s County Administrator Allowed to Illegally Start a Public Meeting With a Christian Prayer?

December 12, 2020 | FlaglerLive | 82 Comments

jerry cameron prayer county commission

A county commissioner read out a long and explicitly Christian prayer prepared by County Administrator Jerry Cameron at Monday’s commission meeting, breaking decades of precedent without prior legal review, public discussion or commissioners’ prior knowledge.

Fred Griffith, Flagler Beach’s City Engineer, Abruptly Announces Retirement ‘Under Duress’ After Reprimand

December 11, 2020 | FlaglerLive | 23 Comments

Fred Griffith, Flagler Beach’s city engineer since 2017, said he was retiring “under duress” after getting a written reprimand, following a complaint by City Commissioner Rick Belhumeur that Griffith had directed “contempt” at him. Griffith was not known to have easy public relations.

As Covid Deaths Reach 46 in Flagler, Local Officials Detail Vaccination Plans and Refute Anti-Vaxxers’ Disinformation

December 11, 2020 | FlaglerLive | 9 Comments

Flagler's weekly positive-coronavirus case load through last Saturday. In the five days since, 99 cases have been confirmed, with two days of reporting left. (© FlaglerLive)

Dr. Stephen Bickel and Bob Snyder of the Flagler Health Department outlined the logistics of vaccinating all residents and refuted disinformation about the dangers of vaccines, describing how individuals may feel after getting vaccinated and what the chances are of having adverse reactions.

Jacksonville University Plans Major Campus Expansion in Palm Coast in City’s 2nd Higher-Ed Partnership

December 11, 2020 | FlaglerLive | 7 Comments

Jacksonville University opened its campus in 1934. It is planning its first-ever expansion in Palm Coast by next fall. (Facebook)

Jacksonville University and Palm Coast announced a joint partnership that will open a JU campus in town–the university’s first-ever expansion beyond Jacksonville in its 86-year history–and enroll 150 to 200 full-time students within 24 months. The focus will be health-care education, and more specifically, nursing.

Flagler Beach Commission Unanimously Clears a Step Toward Flagler Beach Hotel Construction in Center of Town

December 10, 2020 | FlaglerLive | 18 Comments

The Flagler Beach Hotel around 1950. (Florida Memory)

The vote was unanimous. The discussion–what there was of it–took all of eight minutes. There was no discussion among commissioners, no controversy, and aside from one public voice opposed, no dissent, clearing yet another hurdle for the planned hotel.

Project Share, Flagler Beach Rotary’s Christmas Gift-Giving to 1,000 Children, Needs Your Help in a Difficult Year

December 10, 2020 | FlaglerLive | 2 Comments

The Giving Tree needs your help ensuring that toys and other gifts will brighten children's Christmas this year.

Rotary Club of Flagler Beach Project Share is now in its 22nd year of providing toys, clothing and bicycles to families in need at Christmas. But Covid-19 has impacted just about everything this year, and Project Share’s ability to raise funds for the annual Christmas toy drive is no exception.

Advisers Recommend Checkered Shortlist of 7 for Flagler Beach City Manager, Out of Motley Field of 57 Applicants

December 10, 2020 | FlaglerLive | 4 Comments

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An advisory group of retired city managers has recommended a short-list of seven candidates for Flagler Beach city manager, but city commissioners are free to decide for themselves who they will choose to interview when they discuss the pool of 57 candidates Thursday evening. The candidate will replace the late Larry Newsom.

Tom Russell, Flagler Palm Coast High School Principal, Dies of Covid Complications, Leaving ‘Legacy of Kindness and Decency’

December 9, 2020 | FlaglerLive | 32 Comments

James Tom Russell, Flagler Palm Coast High School’s principal since 2019 and a former superintendent in Volusia County, where he built a 30-year career in education, died today of complications from covid-19. Russell had been diagnosed with Covid-19 on Nov. 16 and more recently was hospitalized.

$21 Million Sheriff’s Building Would Be Financed With 15-Year CenterState Bank Loan at 1.83% Interest

December 9, 2020 | FlaglerLive | 19 Comments

County Administrator Jerry Cameron, left, gave County Commissioner Dave Sullivan inaccurate or confused information on Monday when asked about the financing of the proposed Sheriff's Operations Center. (© FlaglerLive)

Flagler County commissioners on Monday will consider approving a $20 million loan from a commercial bank to finance the proposed Sheriff’s Operations Center in Bunnell, significantly adding to the county’s current debt load of $142 million and annual debt servicing of more than $11 million.

Matanzas’s Jeff Reaves and Buddy Taylor’s Stacia Collier Are Principal and Assistant Principal of the Year

December 8, 2020 | FlaglerLive | 2 Comments

Matanzas High School Principal Jeff Reaves. (© FlaglerLive)

Jeff Reaves has been principal at Matanzas High School since 2017. He’s been in education for 15 years, 12 of those in Volusia County. Stacia Collier is a 2000 graduate of Flagler-Palm Coast High School.

Fifth New Cell Tower in 2 Years, at Palm Harbor Golf Club, Draws Less Than Beaming Reception

December 8, 2020 | FlaglerLive | 12 Comments

The year-and-a-half-old cell-tower monopole on Palm Coast Parkway, near Heroes Park. A similar pole is planned for a parcel on the city's Palm Harbor Golf Club.

A new, 150-foot monopole off of 20 Palm Harbor Drive, on the grounds of the city’s golf club, drew a little bit of resistance from a council member and a few residents, though the Palm Coast City Council appears ready to approve construction later this month.

Officials Discredit False Rumors About FPC Principal Tom Russell as His Covid Battle Continues

December 8, 2020 | FlaglerLive | 5 Comments

A Tom Russell selfie he posted to his Twitter feed in August after voting in the primary.

Sometime on Monday a rumor started flying around Volusia County that Tom Russell, the Flagler Palm Coast High School principal and former Volusia County superintendent, had died. By evening the rumor was rampant in Flagler County as well. The rumor, which has upset Russell’s family, is false.

He Stalked and Harassed a Judge. He’s Now in Jail Without Bond–on a Pair of Misdemeanors.

December 7, 2020 | FlaglerLive | 6 Comments

Darrell E. McDonough.

It is extremely unusual that a person facing misdemeanor charges be held without bond. But when Darrell E. McDonough was arrested on Friday on a misdemeanor charge of stalking and a misdemeanor charge of harassing phone calls, he got booked at the Flagler County jail and is being held there on no bond by order of Circuit Judge Terence Perkins. His alleged victim: County Judge Melissa Distler.

$21 Million Flagler Sheriff’s Operations Center Unveiled, But Questions About Financing Remain Unanswered

December 7, 2020 | FlaglerLive | 19 Comments

The Flagler County Commission approved a $21 million, 51,000 square-foot Sheriff’s Operations Center. But questions remain unanswered about the project’s financing, which was not presented to the commission today, and its ultimate cost, which would reach nearly $23 million when financing it over 15 years is included. 

16-Year-Old Flagler Beach Boy Faces 11 Counts of Possession and Promotion of Child Sexual Abuse Images

December 7, 2020 | FlaglerLive | 1 Comment

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A 16-year-old Flagler Palm Coast High School student and resident of North Daytona Avenue in Flagler Beach faces 11 felony counts of possessing and promoting images of child sexual abuse following an investigation by the Flagler County Sheriff’s Office.

Pistols, a Hearse and Trucks Playing Chicken: Why Some Voters Felt Harassed and Intimidated at the Polls

December 6, 2020 | FlaglerLive | 14 Comments

Across the country, people complained about threats, aggressive electioneering and racist language both at early voting locations and on Election Day. We’ve corroborated some of those accounts.

Flagler Sheriff’s Detective Agustin Rodriguez, New Face of Progressive Policing, is 2020 Officer of the Year

December 4, 2020 | FlaglerLive | 6 Comments

Augustin Rodriguez has been with the Flagler County Sheriff's Office since 2012. He is the 2020 Crime Stoppers Officer of the Year. (© Carmen Rodriguez for FlaglerLive)

Flagler County Sheriff’s Detective Agustin Rodriguez, Crime Stoppers’ 2020 Officer of the Year, was a Bunnell Police Officer for two years before joining the Sheriff’s Office in 2012, and joining the Major Cases Unit in 2019. This year he was responsible for closing three violent-crime cases with six arrests.

43rd Flagler Resident Dies of Covid; Local Covid Hospitalizations at 15; Fire Chief Out Sick, County Refuses to Say Who’s In Charge

December 4, 2020 | FlaglerLive | 11 Comments

The number of Covid-related hospitalizations is reaching highs last seen in summer. (© FlaglerLive)

Some 47 Palm Coast city government employees are currently out either directly or indirectly affected by Covid, but the county is refusing to disclose numbers, or say who’s leading the fire department, whose interim chief, Joe King, has been out with a covid diagnosis.

Community Cats of Palm Coast Holds 2nd Annual Auction at Bings Landing Saturday

December 4, 2020 | FlaglerLive | Leave a Comment

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Community Cats of Palm Coast hosts its second annual “Pawsitively Purrfect Auction” Saturday at Bings Landing, the county park in the Hammock, from 2 to 5 p.m. The auction features animal-related artwork, jewelry, pottery, home decor and much more, donated by local artists, artisans and gift shops.

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