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Flagler Beach Commission Votes to Build 800-ft., $12.5 Million Concrete Pier Replacement

October 28, 2021 | FlaglerLive | 18 Comments

The Flagler Beach pier when it was last reconstructed in 2017. (© FlaglerLive)

The Flagler Beach Pier will be demolished and rebuilt as an 800-foot concrete pier, with $10 million in federal funds already allocated, and $2.5 million in money the city must still find. The city hopes the new, more hurricane-resistant pier will be completed by the time Flagler Beach marks its centennial in 2024.

Attention Flagler Beach: Your Parking Areas Are Shrinking, and That’s a Problem on July 4

October 27, 2021 | FlaglerLive | 10 Comments

Until 9 p.m., traffic is almost all one way into Flagler Beach on Independence Day. (© FlaglerLive)

The reconstruction of State Road A1A in Flagler Beach meant the elimination of a slew of parking spots, worsening the difficulty of managing July 4 crowds, traffic and parking. A city commission-appointed committee is wrestling with the challenge.

Barry Brady and Daniel VanDeusen Promoted to Flagler Fire Rescue Battalion Chief

October 23, 2021 | FlaglerLive | 2 Comments

Barry Brady, right, and Daniel VanDeusen. (Flagler County)

Barry Brady and Daniel VanDeusen were promoted of the 10 applicants who tested. Barry Brady was hired by Flagler County in May of 2007. Daniel VanDeusen began his career in Flagler County over 16 years ago in 2005.

Flagler Surpasses Pre-Pandemic Employment Levels For 1st Time Since, Breaking Record of Job Holders

October 22, 2021 | FlaglerLive | 1 Comment

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In February 2020, some 46,560 Flagler residents held jobs. In September, 46,653 did so, the highest-ever number of jobs recorded in the county’s history. The figure does not represent job creation in the county, but rather the number of residents holding jobs anywhere.

Controversial 240 Boat-Storage Proposal in Hammock Is Moving Forward with Renewed Development Application

October 21, 2021 | FlaglerLive | 15 Comments

An image from the real estate prospectus on the proposed Hammock Harbour development near Hammock Harware. The hangar would be replaced with a dry-storage boat facility.

Hammock Harbour, the controversial plan for a 240-boat dry-storage facility next to Hammock Hardware in the Scenic A1A corridor, is moving forward with a new development application within the month despite recent hurdles, its developer says. And the parcel is up for sale with a $5 million price tag. It was purchased just three years ago for $850,000.

Flagler Beach Opponents Appeal Ruling that Cleared The Gardens for Development Along John Anderson Highway

October 20, 2021 | FlaglerLive | 9 Comments

Preserve Flagler Beach and Bulow Creek--seen above leading a community meeting in late 2019--was organized as a community group two years ago to oppose The Gardens. (© FlaglerLive)

Preserve Flagler Beach and Bulow Creek, the group opposing The Gardens development along John Anderson Highway, is asking the Fifth District Court of Appeal to quash a decision by Circuit Judge Terence Perkins that found the County Commission acted within the law when it cleared the development in November 2020.

MedNexus in Palm Coast: ‘It’s Really About 6 Hands,’ Szymanski Says of Medical-Education Hub in Town Center

October 20, 2021 | FlaglerLive | 1 Comment

MedNexus CEO David Szymanski, second from left, at the end of today's speaking engagement at Flagler Tiger Bay. With him from left was Tiger Bay Vice President Don Madden, with the two bottles of wine Szymanski was about to receive, Club President Greg Davis, with the tiger he earned for asking the question rated most compelling, and Karen Bowling, the University of North Florida's first Vice President of Jobs. (© FlaglerLive)

David Szymanski, the CEO of the University of Florida’s MedNexus–the emerging medical education innovator with a foothold in Palm Coast–was the keynote speaker at Flagler Tiger Bay’s monthly lunch series today, outlining what Palm Coast can expect of the initiative in Town Center.

Commission Approves Heidi Petito’s Administrator Contract, With a $14,000 Raise That Draws an Objection

October 18, 2021 | FlaglerLive | 20 Comments

County Administrator Heidi Petito at today's meeting.

Flagler County Administrator Heidi Petito will be paid $179,000, or $14,000 more than her predecessor, a raise Commissioner Andy Dance said had not been discussed by the commission. He was interested in setting up goals and incentives and a stronger evaluation process for the administrator. His four colleagues were not interested.

First Friday, Christmas Parade and Starry Nights Are Returning to Flagler Beach in December as Grinch Variant Wanes

October 15, 2021 | FlaglerLive | 10 Comments

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The Flagler Beach City Commission signed off on returning the city’s popular holiday-season events and First Friday, kicking off on Dec. 3 and 4. The city will also launch the second edition of Starry Nights, lighting up the pier, Veterans park and participating businesses, also starting on Dec. 3.

Flagler’s 1st Domestic Violence Conference Confronts Myths and Silences Often Complicit With Abusers

October 15, 2021 | FlaglerLive | 4 Comments

Trish Giaccone, who heads the Family Life Center, moments before launching the conference this morning at the Palm Coast campus of Daytona State College. (© FlaglerLive)

Panels at the conference, called Rise Up 2021, was organized by Daytona State College and the Flagler County Domestic Violence Task Force, delved into religious organizations’ silence toward or complicit enabling of domestic violence, the mechanics of stalking, trauma on children and other prevalent but rarely discussed fallout from a widespread problem.

Flagler Health Department Chief Tells Cities and County: Decision to Hold Events Is Yours, Not Health Department’s

October 14, 2021 | FlaglerLive | Leave a Comment

Flagler Health Department Chief Bob Snyder during a vaccination clinic at the county airport earlier this year. (© FlaglerLive)

The Flagler County Health Department is making it clear to local city and county governments: the department is no longer in the business of telling them whether to hold events or not. That goes for the Christmas parade in Flagler Beach. That was true of the Creekside Festival last weekend. That goes for events at the Flagler Auditorium and anywhere else.

Panel Discusses Eliminating Flagler Beach’s July 4 Parade, or at Least Significantly Scaling It Back

October 13, 2021 | FlaglerLive | 14 Comments

The Flagler Beach July 4 parade is more ingrained in the city's traditions than its fireworks show. (© FlaglerLive)

Flagler Beach City Manager William Whitson suggested doing away with the Independence Day parade, an idea that gained little traction among July 4 committee members today, but there was more unanimity about significantly scaling back the parade and eliminating politicians and most businesses from participation.

In Swap Deal With Developer of 450 Homes, Citation Boulevard Will Extend to Seminole Woods, Saving Cost of New Firehouse

October 12, 2021 | FlaglerLive | 9 Comments

Right now Citation Boulevard just ends. It will soon be extended all the way to Seminole Woods Boulevard. (Google)

Plans are being laid out to stretch Citation Boulevard from Belle Terre Boulevard all the way to Seminole Woods Boulevard, creating one of those rare east-west thru-ways in Palm Coast, and possibly saving the city the need to build a firehouse, at least in the longer run.

Sheriff Staly Elected Chairman of State Board that Sets Policing Standards Across Florida

October 11, 2021 | FlaglerLive | 9 Comments

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Law enforcement accreditation by the legislatively-created state organization is both a sign of distinction among law enforcement agencies and of reassurance to the public:, while Sheriff Rick Staly’s election as its chairman “speaks very clearly about how trusted and respected Sheriff Staly is here and across the State of Florida,” in a former agency director’s words.

Big Crowds, Bigger Blasts, Biggest Hearts: Flagler Broadcasting’s Creekside Festival Raises $22,500 for Community Food Pantry

October 11, 2021 | FlaglerLive | 5 Comments

It was like old times at the Creekside Music and Arts Festival last weekend, just bigger. (© FlaglerLive)

Pastor Charles Silano had no idea the Creekside Music and Arts Festival would turn out to be one of the biggest-ever fund-raisers for Grace Community Food Pantry, which he runs. Not long after the two-day festival at Princess Place Preserve was over this past weekend, Flagler Broadcasting general Manager David Ayres, who’d produced the event, called Silano and told him the goal of raising $20,000 for the pantry was met–and exceeded.

Despite Delays and Nervousness on County’s Part, Motel on Old Dixie Is Moving Toward Renovations

October 7, 2021 | FlaglerLive | 7 Comments

Flagler County officials have required of the new owners of the old Country Hearth Inn on Old Dixie Highway to pay a $250,000 cash bond and reassure the county that the renovation project of a property that has long vexed officials and residents is still on track, after missing a key August deadline.

‘Marinas Are Dead for Now!’ County Rejects Proposal That Would Have Facilitated Huge Boat-Storage Facility in Scenic A1A

October 4, 2021 | FlaglerLive | 15 Comments

John Russell, who's co-owned Hammock Hardware for over four decades and whose property adjoines that of the proposed, controversial boat-storage facility at the heart of a land-use amendment, had one message for the County Commission today as he lifted a petition containing 1,200 names:

The Flagler County Commission today voted 3-1 to reject adoption of a controversial land-use amendment that would have allowed marinas in such areas as Scenic A1A, in essence further clearing the way for a controversial 240-boat storage facility next to Hammock Hardware. The vote was the latest victory for the Hammock Community Association, which has been opposing the already litigated facility.

Flagler Commission Appoints Heidi Petito Permanent County Administrator, if Less Aptly Than 1 Commissioner Wished

October 4, 2021 | FlaglerLive | 9 Comments

On the job: Flagler County Administrator Heidi Petito last month with Palm Coast Mayor David Alfin, during the filming of AdventHealth Palm Coast's groundbreaking on the hospital getting built on Palm Coast Parkway. Petito has developed working relationships with colleagues in local government. (© FlaglerLive)

Commissioner Andy Dance wasn’t opposed to Heidi Petito’s appointment, which was not a surprise, but to the haphazard manner in which Commissioner Greg Hansen brought it up, at the end of the meeting, when the matter was not on the agenda. It was yet another reflection of a commission inclined to bypass process for improvisation.

With 99.05% of Dunes Project Shoreline Secured, Flagler Extends Hold Harmless Branch in Bid to Secure Last 3 Easements

October 4, 2021 | FlaglerLive | 16 Comments

What it's all about: one of the three dune "remnants" still in contention along State Road A1A in Flagler Beach. (© FlaglerLive)

With $25 million still sitting idle, awaiting a go-ahead to rebuild 2.6 miles of dunes in Flagler Beach, Flagler County government is down to securing signatures for easements from just two hold-outs after two years of efforts. The county is hoping it will keep its 104-year streak going of never having to invoke eminent domain proceedings against a county property owner.

Why is the Flagler County Commission Holding New School Construction Hostage?

September 30, 2021 | FlaglerLive | 12 Comments

The Flagler County Commission is posing an unexpected and unnecessary challenge for Cathy Mittelstadt, the Flagler Schools superintendent. (© FlaglerLive)

Pandering to home builders, the Flagler County Commission is rashly scuttling the school district’s plan to double impact fees on new construction for the first time since 2005, even though the county is doubling its own impact fees. It’s an unjustified and hypocritical assault on district planning and future student needs.

Flagler Commission Expected to Approve Marinas in Scenic Hammock, Clearing Way for Warehouse-Like Boat Storage

September 30, 2021 | FlaglerLive | 16 Comments

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The Flagler County Commission is preparing to approve an amendment to a land-use ordinance that would allow marinas in the Scenic A1A district, opening the way for a 240-boat storage facility that court decisions and the Hammock Community Association have blocked for over two years.

Seven Flagler County Fire Rescue FireFlight Medics Complete Shallow Water Egress Training (SWET)

September 27, 2021 | FlaglerLive | 1 Comment

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All seven Flagler County Fire Rescue FireFlight medics trained September 18 to complete their Shallow Water Egress Training (SWET) to ensure they can escape from the helicopter’s cockpit should an accident leave it and its crew upside down in the water.

County Goes Over Redistricting Boundaries in ‘Numbers Game’ That Will Barely Affect Voters, Maps or the Elected

September 27, 2021 | FlaglerLive | 2 Comments

Flagler County's current districts, which apply both to the county commission and the school board.

The process is formal and obviously important as a reflection of fairness in elections and representation. But at the local level, it is far less consequential than at the state and federal level, especially in counties like Flagler, where school board and county commissioners serve at-large–meaning they are elected by voters across the county, not just by voters in their districts.

Hunger in 2020 Sharply Affected Even Middle-Class Americans

September 25, 2021 | FlaglerLive | Leave a Comment

The massive food distribution Palm Coast government organized on May 2, 2020. It would turn out to be the only one organized by a local government, though weekly distributions took place before and have continued to take place since through Grace Community food pantry on Education Way. (© FlaglerLive)

Americans in households with annual incomes from $50,000 to $75,000 experienced the sharpest increase in food insufficiency when the COVID-19 pandemic began – meaning that many people in the middle class didn’t have enough to eat at some point within the previous seven days.

‘We’re Running Out of People’: Flagler’s Covid Case Load Drops Sharply, But Vaccinations Also Plummet

September 24, 2021 | FlaglerLive | 4 Comments

Just over 200 people were confirmed to have tested positive for Covid in Flagler this week, the lowest weekly total since early July. Click on the graph for larger view. (© FlaglerLive)

Flagler County recorded just over 200 covid cases in the week ending today, the lowest total since early summer, but vaccinations have plummeted to a new low since after the initial rollouts. While school cases have also dropped, the Flagler school district is struggling through significant teacher and other staffing shortages.

Anti-Maskers Turn Another Flagler School Board Meeting Into Virulent, at Times Bigoted and Threatening Spectacle

September 21, 2021 | FlaglerLive | 53 Comments

Members of the Flagler County School Board in a huddle with Flagler County Sheriff's deputies before this evening's meeting as they were being cautioned--and directed--on following deputies' directions in case the meeting turned chaotic. It was an unprecedented caution. (© FlaglerLive)

Even though there was no chance of a mask mandate, the Flagler County School Board meeting Tuesday evening again devolved into an ugly spectacle of anti-mask militancy that at times turned threatening, homophobic, Islamophobic and covid-denying, and required the meeting again to be briefly recessed and board members sent to a safe room.

Flagler District Prepares to Re-Zone Schools for the First Time in Over a Decade in Face of Some Sharp Objections

September 20, 2021 | FlaglerLive | 3 Comments

A hallway at Indian Trails Middle School, where, along with Buddy Taylor Middle, sixth graders will be attending starting next year. The shift is making the two middle schools the front runners in the district's rezoning. (© FlaglerLive)

The Flagler County School Board will vote on a rezoning plan in December, and on Tuesday will hear an updated, phased-in approach that will focus on the two middle schools first, where sixth graders will be shifted starting next year. Localized but intense opposition to rezoning plans compelled the administration to propose a more phased-in approach than a county-wide rezoning.

Covid Numbers Fall Across the Board in Flagler and Florida, Now Matching Winter Peak; Experts Stress Continued Caution

September 20, 2021 | FlaglerLive | 7 Comments

(© FlaglerLive)

The covid numbers are falling across the board: in the community, in schools, in hospitals locally and across Central Florida, but with a caveat: the numbers today, while falling, are at the exact point where they were at the height of the winter wave–the third and until then most severe wave of the coronavirus pandemic.

School District’s Request to Double Impact Fees Turns Into Hostile Inquisition by County Commission and Builders

September 16, 2021 | FlaglerLive | 11 Comments

School Board Chairman Trevor Tucker, seen here in a different context, was left pleading last Tuesday with members of the County Commission to grant the district's request for a new schedule of impact fees. He did not get a warm reception. (© FlaglerLive)

In an unexpected turn, what the Flagler County school district thought was a mere formality before the County Commission turned into a 90-minute grilling by commissioners and a parade of doubt by builders who consider the district’s request to double impact fees ill-thought and ill-timed.

The Gardens Development Wins Key Battle as Court Finds County Commission Acted Properly in Clearing Project

September 16, 2021 | FlaglerLive | 2 Comments

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Preserve Flagler Beach, the grass-roots group opposing The Gardens development on John Anderson highway, had sued the county commission and the developer, charging that the commission’s Nov. 16 decision clearing the way for the development was illegal. Circuit Judge Terence Perkins disagreed.

Number of Potential Victims Up to 57 in Bob Newsholme Tax Fraud Case as Slew of Schemes Involving Big Sums Emerge

September 10, 2021 | FlaglerLive | 15 Comments

Flagler Tax Services' storefront office at the Bunnell Business Center near the Chicken Pantry. Robert Newsholme owns the whole center. (© FlaglerLive)

Innumerable reports by his clients pointing to hundreds of thousands of dollars in fraud paint a picture of Bob Newsholme, the long-time owner of Flagler Tax Services, as a versatile but clumsy schemer. Newsholme seemed to have boxed himself in in a Ponzi scheme of his own making, hoping to stay ahead of the inevitable reckoning by enlarging his circle of fraud. But as it began to unravel, it unraveled very quickly. But his clients are now left to pick up the pieces–and pay what they owe to the IRS.

Sharp Drop in Covid Cases at Schools, Hospital and Community, But Flagler Deaths Have Nearly Doubled to 201 in 4th Wave

September 10, 2021 | FlaglerLive | 12 Comments

Vaccinations are still lagging in Flagler. (© FlaglerLive)

The fourth and gravest wave of the Covid pandemic has crested in Flagler County, with case loads in schools, at the hospital and in the community falling sharply, but at a heavy price: deaths from Covid-19 in Flagler have reached 201, according to the Centers for Disease Control. The county has coordinated a video PSA to push vaccinations, with the cooperation of every local government.

Gov. DeSantis, in Palm Coast, Opens Federally-Funded Monoclonal Center at Daytona State College Campus

September 8, 2021 | FlaglerLive | 24 Comments

Gov. Ron DeSantis appearing at Daytona State College's Palm Coast campous this morning, with Sen. Travis Hutson, right. (© FlaglerLive via TampaBay 10)

Continuing his tour across the state, Gov. Ron DeSantis this morning stopped at Daytona State College’s Palm Coast campus to announce the opening of a free monoclonal treatment center made possible by federal funds. The treatment will be open seven days a week starting Thursday, from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. The treatments do not require a prescription.

Can There Ever Be Common Ground in Communities Torn by Polarization? A New WNZF Show Attempts an Answer.

September 7, 2021 | FlaglerLive | 6 Comments

Rabbi Merrill Shapiro, left, and "Common Ground" host Shelly Ragsdale, who heads the Flagler branch of the NAACP, in the radio show's first episode, which aired Sunday. (WNZF)

Flagler NAACP Branch President Shelley Ragsdale is hosting a new weekly show on Flagler Broadcasting’s WNZF called “Common Ground,” an exploration of bridge-like themes that may narrow the deep divisions cutting through communities.

Embrace ‘Prepare to Protect’ National Preparedness Month

September 5, 2021 | FlaglerLive | 1 Comment

Hurricane Irma's wreckage in Beverly Beach in 2017. (© FlaglerLive)

Flagler County urges residents to do as it has and recognize September as National Preparedness Month, which is done to raise awareness about the importance of preparing for disasters and emergencies that could happen at any time. This year’s theme is “Prepare to Protect.”

Leaders Gather to Film Groundbreaking at AdventHealth Palm Coast’s New Hospital, Now a Larger, $145 Million Project

September 2, 2021 | FlaglerLive | 9 Comments

AdventHealth's top executives after filming today at the 11-acre site oif the new, $145 million hospital and medical office building on Palm Coast Parkway. From right, AdventHealth Palm Coast COO Wally de Aquino, Central Region CEO David Ottati, AdventHealth Palm Coast CEO Ron Jimenez, Chief Nursing Officer Kathy Gover, and Chief Financial Officer Mark Rathburn. (© FlaglerLive)

AdventHealth executives, Palm Coast Mayor David Alfin and County Administrator Heidi Petito gathered this morning at the construction site of the new hospital, now a $145 million project on Palm Coast Parkway, to film what will be a virtual groundbreaking ceremony airing on Sept. 14. Here’s a sneak preview.

Flagler Schools Have 3rd Highest Covid Infection Rate Among 38 Florida Districts Reporting Figures; Masked Districts Fare Better

September 1, 2021 | FlaglerLive | 21 Comments

The Flagler County School Board when it last considered a mask mandate, on Aug. 17, after the chamber was cleared when members of the public were deemed to have broken the board's decorum rules. No decision meeting is scheduled until the third week of September unless the board holds an emergency meeting (© FlaglerLive)

The Flagler County school district has the third-highest rate of Covid infections among students and staff out of 38 Florida school districts that are reporting their Covid numbers since the resumption of the school year less than four weeks ago, a FlaglerLive analysis finds. There is still no “appetite” for changing course and adopting a mask mandate, according to the school board member who tried enacting one two weeks ago, though data points to a direct correlation between masks and lower infection rates in Florida districts.

Covid Hospitalizations in Flagler Crest, But Schools See 173 Infections in 3 Days and County Adds 10 Deaths

August 31, 2021 | FlaglerLive | 21 Comments

Covid testing at the Flagler County Health Department on Friday. That day, the county recorded 107 positive confirmations. (Health Department)

Admissions at AdventHealth Palm Coast hospitals in central Florida, which had reached record levels in the fourth Covid wave, crested seven days ago, and have been falling each day since–slightly, but visibly. Covid deaths in Flagler and school district infections are another matter.

Lawmaker and Non-Profit Sue Department of Health Over Its Refusal to Release Previously Available Covid Data

August 31, 2021 | FlaglerLive | 10 Comments

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The Florida Center for Government Accountability and House Rep. Carlos Guillermo Smith, an Orlando Democrat, late Monday sued the Florida Department of Health and Surgeon General Scott Rivkees over the department’s refusal to provide Covid-related statistical records it used to make public daily.

Flagler County FireFlight and Paramedics Practice Marine Rescue Techniques in Intracoastal

August 31, 2021 | FlaglerLive | Leave a Comment

FireFlight in a previous exercise. (© FlaglerLive)

Flagler County Fire Rescue Marine Rescue Team and FireFlight last week (August 25) practiced marine rescue techniques on the Intracoastal Waterway to hone their skills should they be called out to save a swimmer or boater. Would-be rescuers also used the county’s jet ski as part of the training exercise.

Flagler Lands 25 projects on State Transportation’s 5-Year Project Priority List, Many in Western Flagler

August 28, 2021 | FlaglerLive | 2 Comments

The projects include paving, resurfacing, and reconstruction of roadways, as well as traditional bridge replacement among other projects – many of which are in the western reaches of Flagler County. county.

Covid’s Casualties: Sheriff’s Deputy Paul Luciano Dies in Flagler, Circuit Judge Steven Henderson Dies in Volusia

August 27, 2021 | FlaglerLive | 21 Comments

The Flagler County Sheriff's Paul Luciano, left, and Circuit Judge Steve Henderson.

Flagler County Sheriff’s Correction Deputy Paul Luciano was 60. Volusia County Circuit Judge Steven Henderson was 49. Both were still in their prime, at work as professionals and at home as family men. Neither fit the profile of Covid casualties, at least not of previous covid waves. Henderson died of the disease on Thursday at a hospital in Volusia County. Luciano died the same day at AdventHealth Palm Coast.

Judge Rules DeSantis Had No Authority to Ban School Mask Mandates or Punish School Boards That Adopt Masking

August 27, 2021 | FlaglerLive | 36 Comments

The judge issued his ruling in a zoom hearing today. (© FlaglerLive via Florida Channel)

Judge John Cooper of the 2nd Judicial Circuit Court of Florida ruled today that Gov. Ron DeSantis had no legal authority under the recently-enacted Parental Bill of Rights to prohibit local school boards from adopting mask mandates that did not include opt-out provisions. The judge found DeSantis’s order “capricious” and not based in evidence, but rather based on an incomplete reading of the Bill of Rights.

Flagler Schools Covid Cases in 3 Weeks Exceed All of Last Year’s; County Shatters Weekly Record; Florida Adds 1,727 Deaths

August 27, 2021 | FlaglerLive | 4 Comments

Flagler County shattered its record of weekly cases this week, with 936 confirmed cases. Click on the graph for larger view. (© FlaglerLive)

The county recorded 936 confirmed cases of covid in the week ending today, breaking last week’s record by over 200 cases. The health department is unable to conduct systematic contact tracing because it’s overwhelmed by the numbers. As of Thursday, 155 Flagler County residents had died of covid since the beginning of the pandemic, 41 of them in the last four weeks.

In Maskless Flagler, We’re All Covid’s Sitting Ducks

August 26, 2021 | FlaglerLive | 64 Comments

The prevailing mood at last week's Flagler County School Board meeting. (© FlaglerLive)

Flagler County is in the worst public health crisis it has known in its history, with at least 10 covid deaths a week as many school infections in 3 weeks as all of last year combined, yet the debate remains immobilized by a war on masks that defies science and daily grim realities.

Carla Cline’s New Project: Raise 1,000 Local Restaurant Gift Cards of $20 for Hospital’s Overworked Health Care Staff

August 26, 2021 | FlaglerLive | 5 Comments

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Carla Cline, the Flagler Beach philanthropist, is raising a thousand $20 restaurant gift-cards to distribute to health care workers at every level at AdventHealth Palm Coast (and beyond) in an effort to counter the indifference and “nonsense” that has overwhelmed the public debate about the pandemic.

Florida House Rep. Sabatini Threatens Flagler School Board of Legal Action in Letter Laced in Fabrications Over Covid Rules

August 25, 2021 | FlaglerLive | 25 Comments

His colleagues know to be masked. (Florida House)

Florida House Rep. Anthony Sabatini wrote a letter to Flagler Superintendent Cathy Mittelstadt and the school board today falsely claiming Indian Trails Middle School students are “being deprived of their right to a public school education,” and building on fabrications about the illegal quarantining of a child at Indian Trails Middle School that began pinballing around local social media pages last week.

8 Days After Revealing Daughter’s Infection, Commissioner Joe Mullins Says He Has Covid–Again

August 24, 2021 | FlaglerLive | 19 Comments

County Commissioner Joe Mullins embraces Gov. Ron DeSantis's militant opposition to masking or other covid-safety mandates, calling them a choice. He revealed today getting his second covid infection this year. (© FlaglerLive)

Mullins revealed that he is a so-called breakthrough infection–getting infected with covid despite having been vaccinated in March and April. He boasted of changing his car’s tire just before getting monoclonal therapy treatment.

Flagler Beach Appoints Committee to Rethink July 4 Fireworks While Aiming for a Show on New Year’s Eve Too

August 23, 2021 | FlaglerLive | 10 Comments

Picture it reading 2022 on New Year's Eve. (© FlaglerLive)

Five residents and the mayor make up the committee that will study the continued feasibility of July 4 fireworks, while the city will ask the county’s tourism bureau for twin allocations of $25,000 next year, to pay for both July 4 and New Year’s Eve fireworks.

Flagler’s Legislative Delegation Meeting Set for Oct. 1

August 23, 2021 | FlaglerLive | Leave a Comment

Sen. Travis Hutson, right, and Rep. Paul Renner are Flagler County's legislative delegation. (© FlaglerLive)

The purpose of the meeting is to elect a Chair and Vice Chair of the Flagler County Delegation and take public testimony on legislative issues, appropriations and local bills.

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