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Bunnell’s Sizemore Welding Will Buy Former Sheriff’s Operations Building Ahead of Expansion

December 20, 2022 | FlaglerLive | 13 Comments

Duane Sizemore has been growing his company since he started it when he was 24, four decades ago. He will be moving Sizemore Welding into the former Sheriff's Operations Center on Old Moody Boulevard. (© FlaglerLive)

Duane Sizemore of Sizemore Welding–Bunnell’s largest manufacturer–confirmed that his company will be buying the former Sheriff’s Operation Center off State Road 100, for just over $3 million. The 36,000 square foot facility will be expanded by 15,000 square feet, and will receive a $96,000 incentive from the city.

Planned Hospital on US 1 All But Dead, Mayor Says, as Advent, Baptist and Halifax Vie to Buy Flagler Health

December 20, 2022 | FlaglerLive | 22 Comments

The interiors of AdventHealth Palm Coast's new hospital on Palm Coast Parkway during an earlier phase of construction. AdventHealth used that hospital successfully to block a planned development of a Flagler Health Plus hospital at the edge of Palm Coast Parkway, off U.S. 1. (© FlaglerLive)

Flagler Health+’s plans to build a hospital on a 70-acre parcel west of U.S. 1 and Palm Coast Parkway appear to have died. And the St. Augustine-based company is on the market, with AdventHealth, Halifax Health and Jacksonville-based Baptist Health competing to buy it, according to Palm Coast Mayor David Alfin.

Yes, There May Be Hope in Breakthrough Over Dune Hold-Out, Attorney Seeks to Reassure County

December 19, 2022 | FlaglerLive | 8 Comments

Bankruptcy attorney Scott Spradley addressing the County Commission this evening about the case he's handling for the county, against the lone hold-out in a dune-reparation project in Flagler Beach. (© FlaglerLive via Flagler County video)

Scott Spradley, the attorney Flagler County retained in a bankruptcy case against Cynthia d’Angiolini, the lone hold-out against a U.S. Army Corps of Engineers project to rebuild dunes in the city, sought to reassure county officials that she now has “incentive” to sign the necessary easements.

Flagler’s Cold-Weather Homeless Shelter Facing Staffing Challenge as 4-Night Freeze Coincides With Christmas

December 19, 2022 | FlaglerLive | 4 Comments

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Flagler County’s all-volunteer organization that runs the county’s only cold-weather shelter is facing a steep staffing challenge this week as the National Weather Service is warning of an unusually long, bitter cold spell starting Friday night and coinciding with the Christmas weekend, when many shelter volunteers are away, visiting family. The shelter is planning to open four nights in a row.

Sheriff’s Office’s Ultra-Modern Operations Center Is Dedicated, Ending 4 1/2 Years of Nomadic Existence

December 19, 2022 | FlaglerLive | 8 Comments

A large crowd attended today's opening of the Flagler County Sheriff's Operations Center in Bunnell. (© FlaglerLive)

Sheriff Rick Staly dedicated the $20 million, 51,600 square foot Sheriff’s Operations Center off Commerce Boulevard before hundreds today, ending four and a half years of borrowing space from the courthouse, among other locations, and closing an unhappy chapter in the county’s history.

Flagler County Unemployment Rate of 3.2% Stays Where It’s Been Most of the Year

December 16, 2022 | FlaglerLive | 1 Comment

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Flagler County’s labor force reached nearly 51,000 in August and October, falling back modestly to 50,676 in November, with an employed labor force of 49,000, out of a population of about 120,000, and 1,600 unemployed people.

Perry Mitrano Elected Flagler’s REC Chair, Defeating Renner-Backed Jill Woolbright By Big Margin

December 15, 2022 | FlaglerLive | 9 Comments

Perry Mitrano. (© FlaglerLive)

Internal party elections are not ordinarily newsworthy. This one, however, reflects political dynamics that reverberate beyond the party and the county, especially as Republicans control all but a handful of Flagler’s elected seats, when Renner is House speaker, and in his last term, and when Republicans are cleaved by fierce divisions, in Flagler as elsewhere, over the direction of their party.

Flagler County Sues Cynthia d’Angiolini, Lone Dunes Hold-Out, And Her Attorney Wants Off Bankruptcy Case

December 14, 2022 | FlaglerLive | 19 Comments

The two dune "remnants" at the heart of the dispute are little more than a few square feet of sloping sand from the right of way down to the beach. The land is not buildable. The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers wants to use the land to rebuild dunes there, as the beach has become critically eroded. (© FlaglerLive)

Flagler County government today filed a federal suit against Cynthia d’Angiolini, the lone remaining obstacle to a dune-rebuilding project intended to protest 2.6 miles of shore and State Road A1A in Flagler Beach, asking the court to revoke the discharge from bankruptcy d’Angiolini secured only a few weeks ago. The move occurs as other steps are severely complicating–and darkening–d’Angiolini’s posture against the county, including a motion today by her bankruptcy attorney to stop representing her. 

Florida Senate Approves $100 Million in Beach Erosion Aid, Part of $750 Million Disaster Relief Bill

December 13, 2022 | FlaglerLive | 6 Comments

The bill includes $100 million for beach-erosion recovery, an amount certain to help boost Flagler County’s prospects for tapping many of those millions as it faces vast challenges on 18 miles of its eroded coast.

County Commissioner Dave Sullivan Is Recovering from a Stroke, Hoping to Be Home By Christmas

December 13, 2022 | FlaglerLive | 4 Comments

Flagler County Commissioner Dave Sullivan is at the midpoint of his second term. (© FlaglerLive)

Days after suffering a smaller episode, Flagler County Commissioner Dave Sullivan on Dec. 7 suffered a stroke that numbed his left side and required his hospitalization since, first in Palm Coast, now in AdventHealth’s rehab facility in Ormond Beach.

Palm Coast and County Launch Joint $200,000 Plan to Map Out Parks and Rec Blueprint for Future

December 13, 2022 | FlaglerLive | 14 Comments

Palm Coast government and the county are starting a nearly $200,000, eight-month process to determine how the city’s parks should grow, what they should offer and how they should be marketed to users, including city and county residents and beyond. The city is looking to add to the broader regional appeal of park facilities like the Indian Trails Sports Complex and–assuming it can recover some of its broken amenities–Holland Park.

2,000 Articles, 2 Million Words, Countless Revelations in ’22: Help FlaglerLive Keep You Richly Informed in ’23

December 11, 2022 | FlaglerLive | 7 Comments

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If you are reading these words right now, consider yourself very fortunate: You are NOT a resident of one of the hundreds of U.S. cities, towns and counties that have no local, reliable print or online source of news. But it takes your help to keep your community from becoming a news desert.

Flagler County Accuses Dune Hold-Out of ‘Bad Faith’ and ‘Abomination,’ and Wants Property Seized

December 8, 2022 | FlaglerLive | 16 Comments

The Cynthia d'Angiolini homestead is--ironically--more protected from bankruptcy court than it is from a surging ocean, though she has continued to refuse to sign easements for a beach-front parcel, or dune remnant, in front of the house (across the street), and one other nearby, thus preventing the county from going forward with a dune-reconstruction project. The county learned last week that she had also not disclosed ownership of the remnants in bankruptcy proceedings, as required by law. (© FlaglerLive)

Flagler County government is accusing the lone hold-out in a planned dune-rebuilding project along State Road A1A in Flagler Beach of “bad faith,” “fraud” and deception, and is asking a federal court to revoke her discharge from bankruptcy and enable the government to seize all but her homesteaded assets. Cynthia d’Angiolini, the 71-year-old property owner, today countered that “Flagler County is not a creditor in this case and has no standing.”

Flagler County’s Julie Murphy Earns Distinctive PR Designation

December 8, 2022 | FlaglerLive | 1 Comment

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Julie Murphy has successfully completed the process that awards the professional designation of “Public Information Officer” (PIO). The Commission on Professional Credentialing met on December 5, 2022, to confer the designation. Julie Murphy becomes one of only 17 PIOs worldwide.

18 Arrested Out of 35 Sought in Sheriff’s Latest Round-Up of Suspected ‘Poison Peddlers’

December 8, 2022 | FlaglerLive | 14 Comments

The round-up today netted. (FCSO)

The 11-month undercover operation started in January, culminating today with 24 search warrants and the seizure of drugs with a street value of $5.7 million. The round-up netted 18 arrests at the time of the sheriff’s announcement, out of 35 people sought. Heroin, fentanyl, cocaine, morphine, methamphetamines, marijuana and other drugs were among those seized, along with 13 firearms–seven of them rifles.

Billing Herself as ‘Fiercely Independent,’ Dr. Wendolyn Sneed Will Be District’s Next Medical Examiner

December 6, 2022 | FlaglerLive | 1 Comment

Dr. Wendolyn Sneed during her interview today. (© FlaglerLive)

A panel of powerful law enforcement, judicial and medical officials today unanimously chose Dr. Wendolyn Sneed, the chief medical examiner in Palm Beach county, as the next chief medical examiner for Flagler, St. Johns and Putnam counties, one of the most powerful, least visible jobs in the judicial system. The job pays $320,000 a year.

18 Years in the Works, Commerce Parkway Connection from SR100 to US1 Is Finally a Go

December 6, 2022 | FlaglerLive | 12 Comments

Commerce Parkway in Bunnell as it looks today. It curves to the right, where the Sheriff's Office's Operations Center has gone up. Once construction starts on the road, it will go straight and through scrubland to U.S. 1. (© FlaglerLive)

The $15 million two-lane road (utilities included) will connect State Road 100 to U.S. 1 around Bunnell’s east side, with construction expected to start next summer. The County Commission cleared the project on Monday.

Flagler County Gets $5 Million for Emergency Sand, But It’ll Rebuild Barely 2 Miles of Skinny Dunes

December 6, 2022 | FlaglerLive | 13 Comments

Homeowners along Flagler's shore want help with sand. The county's emergency sand allocation will only go so far. (© FlaglerLive)

Flagler County government secured $5 million in state dollars for emergency sand to rebuild shoreline eviscerated by recent storms. The money will only allow for about 2 miles of thin, not very durable dune reconstruction, but an additional $5 million is expected in federal funds for thicker dunes, but on a much shorter stretch of shore.

Flagler’s Kindergarteners Have Florida’s Highest Rate of Religious Exemptions from Immunization

December 5, 2022 | FlaglerLive | 14 Comments

A notorious Flagler County anti-vaxxer. (© FlaglerLive)

Flagler County’s kindergarteners enrolled in public schools have the highest rate of exemption from immunization on religious grounds in Florida–5.5 percent, according to a new report by the Florida Department of Health. It now appears that disinformation about Covid vaccines, which played a large role in keeping the Covid-immunization rate below 70 percent, is infecting trust in other vaccines. That trust is being undermined even by the Florida Department of Health.

In Stunning Revelation, Dune Hold-Out Had Filed for Bankruptcy–and Not Disclosed Parcels’ Value; County Now Has Leverage

December 5, 2022 | FlaglerLive | 22 Comments

One of the two dune "remnants" Cynthia d'Angioliniowns, and for which Flagler County has been seeking an easement. (Flagler County)

Cynthia d’Angiolini, the only property owner holding out from signing an easement to allow a dune rebuilding project in Flagler Beach, had failed to disclose the value of the two parcels in question in a federal bankruptcy proceeding. That now gives the county great leverage to win her signature, since she now may have to pay creditors a five-figure sum, which she does not have, enabling the county to bail her out–and get her signature.

Matanzas High Teacher Calls Bathrooms a ‘Privilege’ and Threatens to Close Them. District Disavows the Sign.

December 5, 2022 | FlaglerLive | 11 Comments

School officials disavowed a sign calling toilet access a “privilege” and threatening to shut down bathrooms at Matanzas High School. The sign was the work of a teacher frustrated by vandalism and students spending too much time in bathrooms, not school or district policy, officials said, but it’s also a reflection of an ongoing problem with vandalism in school bathrooms, largely attributed to a TikTok “challenge.”

Critical Medical Examiner Choice for Flagler’s District Down to Chief of Palm Beach Office and One of Her Assistants

November 29, 2022 | FlaglerLive | Leave a Comment

State Attorney R.J. Larizza, as chair of the search and interview committee for the next medical examiner for Flagler, Putnam and St. Johns counties, exerts an outsized influence in that role. (© FlaglerLive)

Dr. Wendolyn Sneed is the Chief medical Examiner for District 15 in Florida, which covers all of Palm Beach County. She is also Dr. Catherine Miller’s boss. Miller is an associate medical examiner. On December 6, Sneed and Miller will be vying for the same job: Chief medical Examiner for District 23, which covers Flagler, St. Johns and Putnam counties, and is one of the least visible, most consequential jobs in the criminal justice system.

Flagler County’s Scott Simon Achieves Highest Code Enforcement Certification Level in Florida

November 29, 2022 | FlaglerLive | 7 Comments

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Flagler County Code Enforcement Officer Scott Simon achieved the highest certification level in the State of Florida. The certification is provided through the Florida Association of Code Enforcement (FACE).

City Repertory Theatre Presents Festive Revue for Launch of Flagler County Cultural Council

November 29, 2022 | FlaglerLive | Leave a Comment

City Repertory Theatre, a Palm Coast community theater troupe, will present “A Holiday Treat: A Special Night of Story and Song” as a fundraiser for the Flagler County Cultural Council, which in October was designated the county’s official local arts agency.

As Hurricane Season Ends, Sort of, an Unfond Look Back at Ian and Nicole, and a Special Committee

November 23, 2022 | FlaglerLive | 3 Comments

The Flagler Beach pier, battered but still standing, if inaccessibly so, during Hurricane Nicole's worst. (© FlaglerLive)

Rep. Paul Renner set up a special committee to study lessons learned from Hurricanes Ian and Nicole, and Kevin Guthrie, director of state emergency management, says a second cone of probability should be added to the National Hurricane Center’s forecasts, this one focusing on storm surge.

Pennington and Hansen Are Sworn-In Today as County Commission Bids Joe Mullins Beggarly Farewell

November 22, 2022 | FlaglerLive | 7 Comments

Leann Pennington will be only the third woman ever to serve on the Flagler County Commission after she is sworn-in this afternoon. Greg Hansen will also be sworn-in after winning re-election. (© FlaglerLive)

After her trouncing victories over ex-Commissioner Joe Mullins and Independent Jane Gentile-Youd, Leann Pennington today will become only the third woman ever to serve on the Flagler County Commission, and the first Republican woman to do so. Some of the commissioners gave Mullins a send-off more triumphal than the public’s.

Mosquito-Spraying Boundaries Expand to West Palm Coast and Plantation Bay, Adding New Tax on Bills

November 22, 2022 | FlaglerLive | 3 Comments

The Mosquito District's helicopter will cover a little more acreage. (© FlaglerLive)

Thousands of Flagler County residents and businesses will be paying a new tax to combat mosquitos starting next October. The Flagler County Commission Monday evening unanimously approved the expansion of the East Flagler Mosquito Control District to all of Plantation Bay at the south end of the county and to a 5,000-acre sliver running north-south, west of U.S. 1, mostly in Palm Coast, including the rapidly-growing Sawmill Creek subdivision.

Former Flagler Tax Collector Suzette K. Pellicer Dies at 75

November 18, 2022 | FlaglerLive | 4 Comments

Former Flagler County Tax Collector Dale Brown hired Pellicer in November 1965. She was elected to the position herself in 1980 and took office in 1981. She held the position through 2004 when she decided against running for reelection.

Withering Criticism of Flagler Beach City Manager Divides City Commission Over Claims of Toxicity

November 18, 2022 | FlaglerLive | 20 Comments

Flagler Beach City Manager William Whitson. (© FlaglerLive)

Flagler Beach City Manager William Whitson got hit with yet another storm Thursday evening, this time from waves of witheringly critical residents, business owners and some members of his own commission who spoke of low morale, poor communications, lack of urgency on some projects, a “toxic work environment” and an instance of Whitson hanging up on a resident who was reporting a flooding issue. The criticism inevitably spread to commissioners by association.

What About Flagler Beach’s One Hold-Out Against Dune Fix? County Says December Deadline Will Be Met.

November 17, 2022 | FlaglerLive | 18 Comments

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Almost three years after Flagler County sought property owners’ permission to start a dune rebuilding project on 2.6 miles of beach in Flagler Beach, and despite more recent ravages to the shore, one property owner is still holding out, but County Attorney Al Hadeed stresses that her permission will be secured by December 31 and the Corps project will be on by June.

State Emergency Management Chief Kevin Guthrie Calls for ‘Holistic’ Re-Engineering of Florida Coast

November 16, 2022 | FlaglerLive | 19 Comments

State Emergency Management Director Kevin Guthrie at Tiger bay Club today. It was his third visit to Flagler in four weeks. (© FlaglerLive)

Speaking at Flagler Tiger Bay Club, Kevin Guthrie, the state emergency management director, never used the words “climate change,” but nevertheless addressed needed changes in how Florida manages and re-engineers its coastline in words that would intrigue even Greenpeace activists.

FireFlight’s Chief Dana Morris, Flagler County’s Legend of the Air, Is Retiring After 12,500 Flight Hours

November 15, 2022 | FlaglerLive | 13 Comments

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After 20 years flying Flagler County FireFlight, the emergency helicopter, and more than 12,500 flight hours later, Dana Morris will power down the rotorcraft one last time as its pilot on November 13, five days before his official retirement after 43 years of flying.

Celebrate America at Agricultural Museum Saturday with Music and Handshakes

November 15, 2022 | FlaglerLive | 4 Comments

Freedom Fest, the annual fly-in at the Flagler County airport, was scheduled for Nov. 12, but because of unexpected matters related to Hurricane Ian, it has been moved to March 23. meanwhile, an event will still happen on Npov. 12, Celebrate America, but at the Florida Agricultural Museum. (© FlaglerLive)

Freedom Fest, the fly-in at Flagler County airport, is being postponed to March 23, but a replacement event for Nov. 19, called Celebrate America, will be held that day with all the same vendors, bands and ceremonies as a salute to Veterans, at the Florida Agricultural Museum on Old Kings Road.

State Transportation Department to Flagler Beach: Simply Rebuilding A1A Again Won’t Do

November 14, 2022 | FlaglerLive | 25 Comments

John Tyler, the Florida Department of Transportation's District 5 secretary, speaking with Flagler Beach City Manager William Whitson after tonight's City Commission meeting. District 5 covers nine central Florida counties, including Flagler, Volusia and Brevard. (© FlaglerLive)

John Tyler, the Florida Department of Transportation’s District 5 secretary, told a special meeting of the Flagler Beach City Commission this evening that simply rebuilding A1A until the next storm won’t achieve a different result: it’ll be demolished again. DOT is creating a task force to devise a more durable solution, with all options on the table, including sea walls and moving A1A.

A1A Reopens 4 Days After Nicole Shut It Down as 600 Truckloads Dump 11,000 Cubic Yards of Sand

November 13, 2022 | FlaglerLive | 24 Comments

A repaired segment of State Road A1A south of the Flagler Beach water tower. The road reopened to traffic in both directions Saturday evening. (© FlaglerLive)

State Road A1A reopened to traffic in both directions Saturday evening just four days after Hurricane Nicole made the road impassable, and after two contractors worked frenetically to repair 4.8 miles of road in three segments between Flagler and Volusia counties.

Devastation on Flagler’s Coastline: Houses and Roadbeds Hanging on Sand Cliffs, Vanished Dunes, Yards Turned Beach

November 11, 2022 | FlaglerLive | 56 Comments

A palm tree at the south end of Flagler County teeters on the edge of a vanished dune, three-quarters of its roots exposed, ready to tumble. The tree symbolizes the consequences of Tropical Storm Nicole on Flagler County's coast, where A1A, homes and the county's tourism economy are similarly teetering. (© FlaglerLive)

Flagler County generally survived Tropical Storm Nicole well. The coastline did not. Out of sight, it has been devastated even more than by Hurricane Ian, with houses left teetering on cliffs of sand, A1A’s roadbed left defenseless for most of its length, a dune system now entirely vanished the length of the county, and coastal residents left wondering why officials are not reacting. A documentation of the damage in photographs and video.

Nicole’s Damage to A1A ‘Much Worse’ Than Matthew, Over Longer Stretch; Parts of Flagler Beach Flood

November 10, 2022 | FlaglerLive | 83 Comments

Several segments of State Road A1A in Flagler Beach and south of the city were carved out by waves unleashed by Tropical Storm Nicole, just three years after the Departmnent of Transportation completed a $22.4 millio project to rebuild the road and add a sea wall further north. The sea wall held. The road did not. Two DOT contractors were already at work during the storm Thursday, dumping sand on breaches to stabilize what was left of the road. (© FlaglerLive)

An assessment of Tropical Storm Nicole’s damage of the shoreline from the north end of the county to South 25th Street in Flagler Beach left county officials disheartened at the flooding and the recurring destruction of State Road A1A, which is severe in many places and may require the road to be closed for weeks or months at least in one direction.

Nicole Lashes at Flagler’s Coast, Severely Damaging Parts of A1A as Officials Advise to ‘Hunker Down Today’

November 10, 2022 | FlaglerLive | 18 Comments

State Road A1A in Flagler Beach again sustained heavy damage and was expected to be closed in parts, including at the south end of the county, where damage was similarly heavy. (© Rick Belhumeur for FlaglerLive)

The 500-mile-wide Nicole made landfall as a hurricane near Vero Beach around 3 a.m. Thursday, battering Florida’s east coast with damaging waves that have wrecked parts of State Road A1A in Flagler Beach, while swathing parts of the state in tropical storm conditions.

Tropical Storm Nicole Took a Toll Along A1A Wednesday, With ‘Devastating’ Beach Impacts Still Ahead

November 9, 2022 | FlaglerLive | 21 Comments

An elaborate deck and walkover at the south end of Flagler Beach was in pieces after this morning's high tide, the dunes around it significantly eroded again after the Department fo Transportation only last week had replenished the sands. (© FlaglerLive)

The center of Tropical Storm Nicole was about 300 miles southeast of Flagler Beach in mid-afternoon today, but the vastness of its strength and impacts was apparent up and down Flagler County’s coast, with most pronounced damages to dunes south of the Flagler Beach pier and toward the Flagler-Volusia County line.

Leann Pennington, Theresa Pontieri, Will Furry and Cathy Heighter Win, Half-Cent Tax Passes, Amendments Fail

November 8, 2022 | FlaglerLive | 75 Comments

Theresa Pontieri, left, has won a seat on the Palm Coast City Council, and Leaann Pennington, who walloped Joe Mullions in the primary, defeated Jane Gentile-Youd, an independent, to win a seat on the County Commission, which hasn;t had a woman serving there since Barbara Revels six years ago. (© FlaglerLive)

For Flagler County and Palm Coast, it is an election of new faces: four races, four newcomers to elected office: Leann Pennington won a seat on the County Commission, Theresa Pontieri and Cathy Heighter won seats to the Palm Coast City Council, and Will Furry won a Flagler County School Board seat.

Tropical Storm Nicole: Barrier Island Evacuation Ordered and Shortened School Day Wednesday, Closed Thursday

November 8, 2022 | FlaglerLive | 3 Comments

Tropical Storm Nicole’s path has been edging closer to Flagler County. A hurricane watch was issued for the Flagler County coast late this morning. A tropical storm warning is also in effect for Flagler. Rougher, more hazardous and more damaging effects are expected on the barrier island, but possibly not as violent on the mainland, though rain amounts may be closer to 6 inches for much of the county.

Election Day Opens With Most Ballots Already Cast in Brisk Early and Mail Voting

November 8, 2022 | FlaglerLive | 3 Comments

The voting line at City Hall in Flagler Beach shortly after polls opened this morning. (© FlaglerLive)

Polls opened today for the final day of the 2022 election, with nearly 42,000 votes already cast by mail or in early voting in Flagler County. Only a handful of local races are on the ballot.

After nearly 6,000 Flights, County Hails Dana Morris, FireFlight’s Chief Pilot, on Eve of His Retirement

November 7, 2022 | FlaglerLive | 1 Comment

Dana Morris showing FireFlight to children at the Flagler County airport in 2018. (© FlaglerLive)

After nearly 6,000 flights and 4,300 flight hours, FireFlight Chief Pilot Dana Morris’s career in Flagler is ending. His co-pilot Todd Whaley gifted him a replica of FireFlight today as the County Commission recognized his 20-yuear career in Flagler.

Barrier Island May Be Evacuated Wednesday Morning as Nicole’s Effects on Flagler Could Repeat Ian’s

November 7, 2022 | FlaglerLive | 9 Comments

Tropical Storm Nicole's path has become more defined, and appears to head for a Florida impact later this week. (NHC)

Flagler County emergency management officials are cautioning residents of the barrier island, from Flagler Beach to Marineland, to be ready to evacuate as early as Wednesday as sub-tropical storm Nicole strengthens into a hurricane, making landfall in south Florida in the first hours of Thursday. Talks are ongoing possibly to stand up a shelter at the Palm Coast Community Center.

Tropical Storm Nicole Took a Toll Along A1A Wednesday, (Redirected)

November 5, 2022 | FlaglerLive | Leave a Comment

An elaborate deck and walkover at the south end of Flagler Beach was in pieces after this morning's high tide, the dunes around it significantly eroded again after the Department fo Transportation only last week had replenished the sands. (© FlaglerLive)

The center of Tropical Storm Nicole was about 300 miles southeast of Flagler Beach in mid-afternoon today, but the vastness of its strength and impacts was apparent up and down Flagler County’s coast, with most pronounced damages to dunes south of the Flagler Beach pier and toward the Flagler-Volusia County line.

DOT Dumping Sand at South End of Flagler to Protect A1A, But Heart of Flagler Beach Is Defenseless

November 4, 2022 | FlaglerLive | 26 Comments

Workers today building new dunes in a severely eroded section of shore along State Road A1A, south of the Flagler Beach city limit. (© FlaglerLive)

Workers have been dumping new white sand at the rate of 590 cubic yards a day to buttress the dunes and protect State Road A1A from the Flagler Beach city limit down into Ormond By the Sea. Yet Flagler Beach itself, including the area at the heart of the city that has eroded even more since Hurricane Ian, remains critically defenseless.

Potential Storm Has Flagler Officials Worried About Further Damage to Weakened Dunes

November 3, 2022 | FlaglerLive | 8 Comments

The European forecasting model has the storm striking the northeast coast of Florida on Nov. 9, but not as a tropical storm. And the forecast models right now differ significantly. (Tropical Tidbits)

A storm developing east of the Bahamas has Flagler County officials worried–not about a significant wind or rain event, but about higher tides, high waves and further damage to the already weakened dune system along the county’s 18 miles of coastline.

FEMA Dollars May Not Be Enough to Rebuild Pier, State Emergency Chief Guthrie Tells Flagler Officials

November 3, 2022 | FlaglerLive | 9 Comments

Florida Emergency Management Director Kevin Guthrie, right, with Flagler Beach City Manager William Whitson during Guthrie's last visit to Flagler in mid-October, when he surveyed damage from Hurricane Ian. (© FlaglerLive)

Florida Emergency Management Director Kevin Guthrie told a group of Flagler County and Flagler Beach officials that they’ll need to lobby their state representatives for additional money if they hope to have all the funds necessary for an 800-foot concrete replacement pier.

Flagler Schools Have Been Quietly Banning or ‘Removing’ Many Books Since Summer in Bow to ‘Moms for Liberty’

November 2, 2022 | FlaglerLive | 41 Comments

Last year's ban from Flagler schools' library shelves of a single book drew protests and national attention. But many more bpooks have been banned since in the district, without a word, or even the school board necessarily being aware of them. (© FlaglerLive)

The school district has been quietly and steadily banning books from library shelves at Flagler Palm Coast and Matanzas High, and at Indian Trails and Buddy Taylor middle schools since summer, FlaglerLive has found, with every title part of a list of challenges from just three members of the group known as “Moms for Liberty.” There is no indication that the challengers are reading the books, but they have been asked to join the district’s review committee.

American Legion Post 115 Commander Headlines Flagler-Palm Coast County Veterans Day Ceremony

November 1, 2022 | FlaglerLive | Leave a Comment

The Flagler County Board of County Commissioners and the City of Palm Coast invite residents to gather for a blended Veteran’s Day Ceremony at 10 a.m. Friday, November 11, at Central Park to honor the men and women who bravely served in the country’s military. The “Flagler County Colonel Gary E. DeKay Veteran of the Year” award recipient will be announced.

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