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County Ready to Settle Lawsuit With Captain’s BBQ at Bing’s Landing, With Concessions From Both Sides

May 19, 2020 | FlaglerLive | 35 Comments

Flagler County and Captain's Barbecue at Bings Landing may be near a resolution on a year-long legal battle. (© FlaglerLive)

The county would make numerous financial and building concessions to Captain’s. In exchange, Captain’s agrees to remain at the current location, end its litigation, and pay a somewhat higher rent over time. 

Ex-Tourism Chief Matt Dunn Did Business With Friends, But No ‘Kick-Backs’: FDLE Drops Investigation

May 19, 2020 | FlaglerLive | 8 Comments

Matt Dunn in 2017. (© FlaglerLive)

Flagler County’s ex-tourism director Matt Dunn was suspended 13 months ago and fired in October following allegations of embezzlement. The Florida Department of Law Enforcement Agency now says no evidence warrants a criminal investigation.

Flagler Beach Cancels July 4 Parade and Fireworks, Palm Coast Does Likewise in Latest Covid Casualties

May 19, 2020 | FlaglerLive | 29 Comments

No way to social distance: Flagler Beach will not host its traditional parade and fireworks on July 4 this year. (© FlaglerLive)

For the first time in 22 years, Flagler Beach will not hold its traditional July 4 parade and fireworks, nor will Palm Coast hold its own Independence Day festivities, which would have normally taken place in Central Park on July 3.

14-Year-Old Girl Takes Deputies on High-Speed Chase Through Palm Coast’s P-Section

May 18, 2020 | FlaglerLive | 30 Comments

The girl complying with deputies' commands as she stepped away from the Jeep she had sped through various areas of Palm Coast's P Section early this morning. (FCSO)

The 14-year-old girl was driving a Jeep Wrangler at high speed through the P Section, with a 15-year-old passenger, before stop sticks forced her to pull over. She was arrested.

Food Drops Are Not Enough. Expand Food Stamps Programs Now.

May 17, 2020 | FlaglerLive | 38 Comments

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Big food drops like Palm Coast’s effort to feed 5,000 families are fine, but only an expanded SNAP (or food stamps) program can reach all families in need with an existing system that also acts as an economic stimulus for local business.

AdventHealth Acknowledges 25,000 Covid-19 Tests Were Unreliable, Putting Recent Results In Doubt

May 16, 2020 | FlaglerLive | 34 Comments

The Covid-19 testing site at Daytona State College's Palm Coast campus first operated under the county's umbrella, above, then was taken over by AdventHealth Palm Coast in cooperation with the county and other partners, before being again turned back to the county starting next week. (Flagler County)

AdventHealth blamed the unreliability of some 25,000 tests, including over 1,000 provided in Palm Coast, on Orlando-based MicroGenDX, a company that won emergency FDA approval to provide spit tests on the promise of accuracy and quick turn-arounds.

Gyms Reopen Monday at 50% Capacity, Restaurants and Shops Expand to 50%, Theaters Remain Dark

May 15, 2020 | FlaglerLive | 9 Comments

Gyms may pump it up again. (© FlaglerLive)

Gov. Ron DeSantis today announced what he described as a “full Phase 1” reopening of society and the economy even as the state recorded more than 40 deaths from Covid-19 for the fourth straight day, and an average of 600 daily infections in the past two weeks.

Why You’re Not Hearing Back on Your Covid-19 Test Results

May 15, 2020 | FlaglerLive | 21 Comments

Soldiers with the Florida National Guard work with the Jacksonville Fire and Rescue Department to test residents for COVID-19 at a walk-up testing site at the Bob Hayes Sports Complex and Legends Center in Jacksonville, Fla., May 9, 2020. The site allows those without vehicles to get tested.

Numerous residents in Palm Coast and Flagler County have been complaining of not getting back Covid-19 test results. The problem issued from a backlogged lab in Texas AdventHealth was using, but no longer is.

Flagler Beach’s $571,000 Fire Truck Buy Delayed Until Public Can Voice Concerns In Person

May 15, 2020 | FlaglerLive | 5 Comments

Flagler Beach's $568,000 'quint' fire truck, delivered at the beginning of 2016, sustained significant public opposition before the city commission voted to buy it. (© FlaglerLive)

The decision to delay a decision followed a 40-minute discussion on the truck by the city commission, including a presentation by Fire Chief Bobby Pace, who defended the purchase.

DeSantis Signals Restaurant Seating Capacity Will Expand and Gyms Will Reopen

May 14, 2020 | FlaglerLive | 11 Comments

European Village pines for the old days. (© Jon Hardison for FlaglerLive)

Gov. Ron DeSantis said he will announce Friday additional “phase one” measures to reopen the state’s economy, with the moves expected to include allowing more people to be seated in restaurants and allowing gyms to operate.

Flagler Beach Faces Decision Over Golf Course as Terry McManus Turns Himself In Over Fraud Charge

May 14, 2020 | FlaglerLive | 11 Comments

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The felony charge against Terry McManus raises questions for Flagler Beach government, which owns the golf course he manages, regarding the future of that relationship. The relationship has been rocky from the start.

Mask-Wearing Is Not About Personal Liberty but Communal Health, Palm Coast Town Hall Experts Say

May 14, 2020 | FlaglerLive | 77 Comments

If society is to effectively stave off resurgences of Covid-19 infections, masks are not an option but a universal necessity, experts say.

Is wearing a mask in public too much to ask for as Palm Coast and Flagler reopen? Does it infringe on individuals’ liberties? Two physicians, the Flagler Health Department’s chief and Palm Coast’s fire chief give an unequivocal No.

“Idiots” Remark Comes Back to Haunt Jack Howell as Fellow-Councilman Branquinho Berates Him

May 13, 2020 | FlaglerLive | 20 Comments

Eddie Branquinho. (© FlaglerLive)

Palm Coast City Council member Eddie Branquinho excoriated fellow-Council member Jack Howell for six minutes at the end of Tuesday’s council meeting, over an article Howell wrote, proposing financial measures in light of the Covid-19 emergency. Branquinho said the article was politically motivated.

Palm Coast Man Accused of Raping Girl, 16, Denies Having Sex With Her Despite DNA Evidence

May 13, 2020 | FlaglerLive | 6 Comments

Kwentel Moultrie.

Kwentel Lakelvrick Moultrie, 21, of Palm Coast, seemed to borrow the argument of another man on trial for having sex with a minor the week detectives interviewed Moultrie, claiming he never touched his 16-year-old victim.

Caesar DePaço, Portugal’s Honorary Consul in Palm Coast Since 2014, Resigns Indignantly

May 13, 2020 | FlaglerLive | 2 Comments

Caesar DePaço, right, during the ceremonial opening of the honorary consulate in Palm Coast in 2015, with José Cesário, Portugal’s secretary of state of Portuguese Communities Abroad, left. (© FlaglerLive)

Citing “unacceptable conduct” and “irreconcilable” differences with the Portuguese ambassador to the United States, Caesar DePaço resigned abruptly Tuesday evening, leaving the future of the honorary consulate in Palm Coast in doubt.

Flagler Beach’s Plan to Buy $571,000 Fire Truck Draws Opposition Over Timing and Recent History

May 12, 2020 | FlaglerLive | 19 Comments

The fire truck the Flagler Beach Fire Department is looking to replace, in a picture from 2013. The truck has since been renamed Engine 111. (© FlaglerLive)

The Flagler Beach Fire Department’s proposal to buy a $571,000 fire truck is triggering the sort of opposition mobilized against the 2015 purchase of a $600,000 “quint” fire truck, an odyssey that took 18 months. That truck was eventually delivered.

Rampant Covid Infection at Choir Practice Points to Dangers of Groups, Even Without Contact

May 12, 2020 | FlaglerLive | 18 Comments

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As Gov. Ron DeSantis weighs when to move ahead with lifting additional coronavirus restrictions, a report issued Tuesday by the federal Centers for Disease Control and Prevention highlighted how contagious the virus can be in group settings.

Manhunt in Palm Coast’s E-Section After Man Pulls Gun on Wife and Son Over a Dog

May 12, 2020 | FlaglerLive | 11 Comments

Deputies close in on Larry Briggene Batson Saturday night after he surrendered in the E Section, in a still from footage from Air One.

Larry Briggene Batson, a 41-year-old resident of 31 Ebb Tide Drive in Palm Coast, had allegedly pulled a gun on his wife because she would not turn the car around so he could go fetch his dog.

Flagler Beach and County Commissioners Call Out Joe Mullins Over a Baseless, Inflammatory Claim

May 11, 2020 | FlaglerLive | 39 Comments

Parking along Flagler Beach's boardwalk and pier has been closed as a means of controlling large gatherings of people. (© FlaglerLive)

Flagler County Commissioner Joe Mullins over the weekend made unsubstantiated accusations that unnamed Flagler Beach officials are hurting business and tourism in the city with their “stay on your side of the bridge mentality.” City commissioners corrected him.

Verdego Donates $32,000 to Grace Community Pantry after Diverting 5 Days’ Revenue

May 11, 2020 | FlaglerLive | 5 Comments

TJ McNitt, president and owner of Verdego, with his family and with Pastor Charles Silano, right, with the ceremonial $32,000 check. (Verdego)

Verdego’s donation, more money than any amount Grace Community Food Pantry receives in a year, will translate into more than 236,000 pounds of food.

500 Images and Videos of Child Sexual Abuse Found in 46-Year-Old Palm Coast Man’s Tablet

May 11, 2020 | FlaglerLive | 10 Comments

Mario Arter.

The investigation reveals the extent to which law enforcement and at least some online platforms and internet service providers are cooperating with police to tip off, track down and facilitate investigations of individuals involved in child exploitation or abuse.

Palm Coast’s Grand Oaks Rehab Rejects Health Department’s Testing of Patients and Staff, Then Relents

May 8, 2020 | FlaglerLive | 26 Comments

The Flagler Health Department's strike team, including members of the National Guard, at Market Street, the memory care facility in Palm Coast, today. The team conducted some 100 Covid-19 tests of residents and staff there. (© FlaglerLive)

After its corporate office overrode local resistance, Grand Oaks Rehab in Palm Coast agreed to have its 100 patients and 100 staff members tested for Covid-19 next week. The Flagler Health Department’s strike teams conducted 200 tests today at two other large nursing home facilities.

Florida’s Hair and Nail Salons and Barber Shops Reopen Monday, But Guidelines Are Scant

May 8, 2020 | FlaglerLive | 13 Comments

What used to be: a barber shop in Tampa in 1920. (William Arthur Fishbaugh, Florida Memory)

The reopening will follow what the governor called “enhanced safety protocols,” but the governor and state agencies had not issued guidelines for hair salons and barber shops as of Friday.

Terry McManus, Who Runs Flagler Beach’s City Golf Course, Wanted on Felony Insurance Fraud Charge

May 8, 2020 | FlaglerLive | 16 Comments

Terry McManus addressing the Flagler Beach City Commission in 2017, when his company, which was running the Ocean Palms Golf Club, was in a dispute with the city. (© FlaglerLive)

Terry McManus, the 54-year-old operator of Ocean Palms Golf Course, the Flagler Beach-owned 9-hole course, is accused of making up a bogus insurance claim and lying about a Caterpillar Skid Steer allegedly stolen at the golf course.

2 Suspects Face Felony Charges in BB Gun ‘Shooting Spree’ On I-95 in Palm Coast, Volusia and Jacksonville

May 8, 2020 | FlaglerLive | 9 Comments

21-year-old Deon Jones (DOB 9/2/1998) and 22-year-old Tiyana Anderson

Deon Jones, 21, and his girlfriend Tiyana Anderson, 22, are accused of shooting BB’s that shattered drivers’ vehicle windows and frightened them as they drove along I-4 and I-95 in Flagler, Duval and Volusia counties.

Flagler Health Officials Pledge to Keep Up Covid Testing as AdventHealth Phases Out Drive-Up Sites

May 7, 2020 | FlaglerLive | 4 Comments

A nurse with the Florida Department of Health explains the process of specimen collection to a nursing home resident in northeast Florida last week. The Flagler Health Department has deployed strike teams to 71 local assisted living facilities and nursing homes to examine compliance with Covid-19 recommendations and provide material support where needed. On Friday, the department will conduct 300 Covid-19 tests of local facilities' residents and staff. (Michael Baltz)

There is some confusion about how much testing should take place–2 percent of the population per month or overall–and whether it will be available to the extent recommended as society reopens. The guideline from the federal government of testing 2 percent is a monthly goal, not an overall goal.

Florida’s Universities Weigh What May Be an Altered Reopening This Fall, With Emphasis on Remote Classes

May 7, 2020 | FlaglerLive | Leave a Comment

The University of Florida and other universities are weighing how and when to reopen this fall in light of the coronavirus emergency. (Facebook)

FSU Provost Sally E. McRorie told faculty members in an email that it is likely the school will only offer in-person courses that cannot be done remotely. Many universities are considering keeping at least some instruction online.

Richard Adams, Who Carried Palm Coast’s Water for 43 Years, Retires as He Worked: Quietly

May 7, 2020 | FlaglerLive | 14 Comments

Richard Adams, Palm Coast’s towering but famously modest utility director since 2003 and a presence in the city’s water infrastructure for 43 years, retired at the end of last week to remote accolades and an honorary flush.

Flagler Health Department and Palm Coast Mayor Recognize Heroes of a Pandemic: Nurses

May 6, 2020 | FlaglerLive | 1 Comment

American Red Cross volunteers during the flu pandemic of 2018. (Oakland Public Library)

The Flagler Health Department is joining Palm Coast and thousands of organizations across the country in celebrating National Nurses Week starting today and through From May 6 through May 12.

A Woman Disputing Social Distancing Rules at Local Clinic Clashes With Cop and Faces Felony Charges

May 6, 2020 | FlaglerLive | 20 Comments

Claudia Avello Munzo after she was placed in a patrol car. (FCSO)

It was an incident out of Covid-19’s unwritten playbook, escalating from a simple social-distancing request at the Florida Health Care Plans office off Palm Coast Parkway to a scuffle, a woman’s arrest and felony charges and an injury to a Flagler County Sheriff’s sergeant.

Lumber Truck Driver Killed, Woman Seriously Injured in I-95 Crash North of Matanzas Interchange

May 6, 2020 | FlaglerLive | 61 Comments

The scene of the crash this morning. Lumber was strewn on both sides of the highway before it was swept from the northbound lanes first, to the right. (© FlaglerLive)

A lumber truck driver was killed and a woman was seriously injured in a two-vehicle crash in the southbound lanes of I-95 early this morning (May 6), just north of the Matanzas Woods Parkway intersection.

Flagler’s Covid-19 Deaths Rise to 4 But New Positive Cases Slow as Broader-Criteria Testing Increases

May 5, 2020 | FlaglerLive | 9 Comments

The last six weeks of testing and positive cases in Flagler County.

Flagler’s deaths add to a statewide tally approaching 1,500 as one of the models most closely watched by state and federal officials revised significantly upward its estimate of deaths for Florida now that the state has begun reopening.

35-Year-Old Palm Coast Man Accused of Pushing His Daughter, 5, Off Her High Chair

May 5, 2020 | FlaglerLive | 10 Comments

Thomas Myers.

Thomas Myers, of Blare Drive in Palm Coast, was arrested on a felony child abuse charge and two misdemeanor counts of assault and booked at the Flagler County jail on $4,500 bond.

‘Like Someone Went to Class and Didn’t Come Back’: Florida Universities Contend With Students’ Belongings

May 5, 2020 | FlaglerLive | 1 Comment

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Universities across the state will allow students to have items delivered to them or return to campus at a safe time to pick up belongings. Some universities are even preparing to dispose of unwanted items at the students’ request.

The Joe Mullins Smear

May 4, 2020 | FlaglerLive | 46 Comments

Joe Mullins during today's county commission meeting. (© FlaglerLive via YouTube)

Joe Mullins is a distasteful man whose behavior as an elected official is dangerous and should be held to account. But not by reporting as unsubstantiated as the allegations it’s based on. To play into them without strict and uncompromising authentication legitimizes them and gives journalism a bad name.

Eligible for Re-Trial, Dorothy Singer Pleads in 2017 Murder of Her Husband and Is Sentenced to 32.5 Years

May 4, 2020 | FlaglerLive | 1 Comment

Dorothy Singer during her plea hearing today as she sat at the Flagler County jail, connected via Zoom to Circuit Judge Terence Perkins. (© FlaglerLive)

She was eligible for a new trial. But facing daunting evidence against her, Dorothy Singer, formerly of west Flagler, pleaded to second-degree murder in the shooting death of her husband Charles in 2017.

Surprise Proposal to Raze Moldy Sheriff’s Ops and Build There Anew Introduces New Uncertainties in Projects

May 4, 2020 | FlaglerLive | 18 Comments

The Sheriff's Operations Center off State Road 100 when it was close to completion, after its reconstruction from a hospital, in September 2015. (© FlaglerLive)

The Flagler County Commission chairman on Monday discussed the possibility of razing the building and constructing anew there–either a sheriff’s operations center or a south branch public library. That approach would nullify a recent agreement to locate both the operations center and a south branch library off Commerce Parkway in Bunnell. 

At Gargantuan Feed Palm Coast Food Drop, Tears, Solidarity, and the Reality About Those ‘Late-Model Cars’

May 3, 2020 | FlaglerLive | 25 Comments

No government, no military contingent, no church or any other private organization had ever attempted what Palm Coast government and Parkview Church did Saturday: the distribution of 5,000 boxes packed with a week’s worth of groceries, and thousands of additional boxes of snacks and Easter candy, for families that streamed through the two drop locations.

Palm Coast Reopens a Few Passive Parks and Trails Monday as Flagler Beach Weighs Limited Pier Access

May 3, 2020 | FlaglerLive | 7 Comments

The Pier's pilgrims await progress on reopening. (© FlaglerLive)

Palm Coast and Flagler Beach governments are reopening a few of their more passive parks, trails and other outdoor amenities Monday while keeping major parks closed and maintaining a strict focus on safety and social distancing.

Hair Salons, Barber Shops, Bars, Gyms and Theaters Will Remain Closed for Now

May 3, 2020 | FlaglerLive | 4 Comments

Epic loneliness. (© FlaglerLive)

The governor said more consideration of employee and customer safety is needed before he can give the go-ahead for salons and barber shops to turn on the lights again.

Palm Coast Plan Will Allow Restaurant Use of Sidewalks and Parking Lots For Less Restricted Outdoor Seating

May 1, 2020 | FlaglerLive | 3 Comments

Taking a creative approach that lessens the emphasis on code rules while maintaining an emphasis on public health, Palm Coast wants to see many signs like this reviving its restaurant sector starting Monday. (© FlaglerLive)

Palm Coast government is devising a plan that, in its broad outlines issued late this afternoon, would significantly relax rules on restaurant use of sidewalks and even parking lots, enabling restaurants to place tables there and compensate for the loss of business they would otherwise continue to suffer if they were limited to the 25 percent rule.

Saturday in Flagler: 3 Massive Food Drops at 4 Locations In Unprecedented Reflection of Aid and Hardship

May 1, 2020 | FlaglerLive | 21 Comments

Thousands of families will line up in cars for food distributions at Palm Coast City Hall, Parkview Church, on Education Way off U.S. 1 and at Wickline Center in Flagler Beach in a day of aid reflecting the crushing needs provoked by the coronavirus emergency.

Graduates, Start Your Engines: FPC and Matanzas Will Have In-Person Graduation at the Speedway on May 31

May 1, 2020 | FlaglerLive | 45 Comments

The plan is for Matanzas and Flagler Palm Coast Graduates to drive their cars across the finish line in a graduate ceremony at the International Speedway on May 31. (© FlaglerLive)

Flagler Palm Coast High School and Matanzas High School will hold their graduation ceremonies on May 31 at the International Speedway in Daytona Beach following a committee’s work on devising an original plan to ensure a safe, in-person event despite the coronavirus emergency.

Brave New Covid World at AdventHealth: Your Car as Waiting Room, Phone Check-Ins, Mandatory Tests and Masks

April 30, 2020 | FlaglerLive | Leave a Comment

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AdventHealth physicians outlined how the system’s hospitals, including AdventHealth Palm Coast, will operate from here on, with significantly new procedures for patients, visitors, staff and physicians and a heavy emphasis on technology, social distancing and the isolation of anything Covid-19, including air.

More than a Fifth of Americans Unemployed as 1st Time Claims Keep Surging and Checks Keep Lagging

April 30, 2020 | FlaglerLive | 1 Comment

The total number of first-time claims filed in Florida since the start of the coronavirus emergency totals 1.6 million in a civilian labor force of 10.5 million, placing the state’s unemployment rate at over 15 percent.

Facing Bankruptcy, Flagler County Chamber of Commerce Prepares to Dissolve, Ending 60-Year Run

April 30, 2020 | FlaglerLive | 12 Comments

Diana Minotti in a screen shot from the liquidation sale she was conducting for the Chamber of Commerce since last week. She tood in the familiar lobby of the chamber, which will no longer operate at the Airport Road location.

The Flagler County Chamber of Commerce board is meeting this afternoon to dissolve the 60-year-old organization as the coronavirus crisis tipped it into bankruptcy. The move follows several years of struggles, downsizing, and layoffs as recent as early February, before the crisis struck. 

Restaurants Can Reopen at 25% Capacity, Many Restrictions Will Remain as Florida Moves to Reopening on Monday

April 29, 2020 | FlaglerLive | 33 Comments

Gov. Ron DeSantis at today's news conference.

Citing Florida as weathering the coronavirus crisis much better than many other states, especially those hardest hit, Gov. Ron DeSantis today said the state will begin reopening starting on May 4, except for three South Florida counties. But many existing restrictions will remain in effect.

County Elections Supervisors Describe Struggles With Felons’ Voting Law and Lack of Reliable Data

April 29, 2020 | FlaglerLive | 7 Comments

Waiting for voters: equipment at the Flagler County Supervisor of Elections' office. (© FlaglerLive)

The state lacks a single database where felons, lawyers or elections officials can determine whether people have outstanding court-ordered financial obligations. Florida’s new but restrictive felon-voting law is the subject of a nationally watched trial this week.

Reality Check: What Antibody Studies Can Tell You — and More Importantly, What They Can’t

April 29, 2020 | FlaglerLive | Leave a Comment

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Coronavirus antibody studies and what they allegedly show have triggered fierce debates, further confusing public understanding, especially about fallacies about herd immunity. Here is some clarity and fact-checking around these crucial surveys.

AdventHealth Foundation Donates 5,000 KN95 Masks for Distribution During Feed Palm Coast May 2

April 28, 2020 | FlaglerLive | 15 Comments

Donations in the age of coronavirus. (© FlaglerLive)

Palm Coast government this afternoon took delivery of 5,000 high-quality face masks from AdventHealth Palm Coast’s foundation. The masks will be distributed to 5,000 families during the major Feed Palm Coast food drop on May 2 at City Hall and at Parkview Church on Belle Terre Parkway.

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