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In ‘Baffling’ Votes, County Commission Rejects More Probing Meeting Schedule It Had Adopted Just 3 Weeks Ago

August 3, 2021 | FlaglerLive | 15 Comments

Not big on hard work: County Commissioners Dave Sullivan, Joe Mullins, Donald O'Brien and Greg Hansen aren't interested in pre-scheduled workshops to vet and discuss county business, as Palm Coast and the school board do, and as Commissioner Andy Dance was recommending. After agreeing to such a schedule, the commission, with Dance in dissent, rejected it on Monday. (© FlaglerLive via Flagler County TV)

Not big on hard work: County Commissioners Dave Sullivan, Joe Mullins, Donald O’Brien and Greg Hansen aren’t interested in pre-scheduled workshops to vet and discuss county business, as Palm Coast and the school board do, and as Commissioner Andy Dance was recommending. After agreeing to such a schedule just three weeks ago, the commission, with Dance in dissent, rejected it on Monday.

Flagler Health Department Chief Bob Snyder Reveals He Was a ‘Breakthrough’ Covid Case, But Vaccine Kept Symptoms Mild

August 3, 2021 | FlaglerLive | 11 Comments

Bob Snyder, who heads the Flagler County Health Department, the state agency in charge of the response to the covid pandemic, reveals this morning that he was a recent "breakthrough" case of covid, after making it through the previous 18 months unscathed. (© FlaglerLive)

Bob Snyder, the Flagler Health Department chief, had managed to make it through a year and a half of the pandemic’s most viral trenches unscathed, even when he was unvaccinated for two-thirds of that time.
Today, Snyder revealed he was among the “breakthrough” cases, contracting the delta variant recently despite his January vaccination. The infection barely sidelined him.

80 Hospitalized for Covid at AdventHealth Palm Coast as Infections in Flagler Continue to Soar: 900 in Last 7 Days

August 2, 2021 | FlaglerLive | 34 Comments

Flagler County recorded a record 665 infections in the week ending Friday, and has since recorded over 500 infections, putting it on pace to record another record this week, exceeding 800 infections. click on the image for larger view. (© FlaglerLive)

As many Flagler County residents got infected in the past seven days as did the total number of Flagler residents did in the first seven months of the pandemic last year, from January to Aug. 1, 2020. Two Flagler County commissioners today joined a very small number of elected officials who are asking residents explicitly to mask up and to get vaccinated, as the county’s vaccination rate remains below 50 percent.

Flagler Beach Mayor Suzie Johnston Is 1st County or City Elected Official To Call for Vaccines and Masks

July 30, 2021 | FlaglerLive | 26 Comments

Flagler Beach Mayor Suzie Johnston in her two-minute video statement. (© FlaglerLive via Facebook)

The mayor was acting on her own, representing herself rather than the city of Flagler Beach. The statement was issued within hours of Gov. Ron DeSantis issuing an executive order banning masking requirements in public schools, and as he has continued to counter efforts by communities to institute more restrictive safety measures in the face of Florida’s (and Flagler’s ) unprecedented surge in covid cases.

‘Absolutely’: Health Chief Calls for Masks in Flagler Schools as AdventHealth Goes to Unprecedented ‘Black Status’

July 30, 2021 | FlaglerLive | 55 Comments

Flagler County Health Department Administrator Bob Snyder on Thursday said that whether vaccinated or not, students indoors should be wearing masks. Snyder’s unequivocal declaration stresses similar recommendations by the Centers for Disease Control, the American Academy of Pediatrics, and physicians at AdventHealth.

Construction Begins on $9.5 Million Pedestrian Bridge over State Road 100, Linking Trail Network

July 29, 2021 | FlaglerLive | 5 Comments

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Construction work for a long-anticipated pedestrian bridge crossing over State Road 100 began July 26. When completed, the bridge will link the Lehigh Trail, Old Kings Road sidewalk, conservation lands, and the Flagler County’s Bulow “Parcel D” property.

Pre-Register for Free Virtual Skywarn Storm Spotter Class August 16

July 29, 2021 | FlaglerLive | Leave a Comment

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Kip Bricker, meteorologist with the National Weather Service, will teach the class. It will cover everything from cloud formations to thunderstorm development to visual predictions.

Covid Breaks Flagler Infection Records Daily, Filling Half Advent’s Beds; Community and Local Governments Are Indifferent

July 29, 2021 | FlaglerLive | 59 Comments

Flagler, like Florida, is in covid crisis. Governments and the community at large are mostly indifferent. (© FlaglerLive)

While the Flagler Health Department and AdventHealth Palm Coast are overrun with Covid cases and in-patients, local governments have gone silent, indifferent to the worst wave of the pandemic yet, making a mockery of their claim of a “partnership” with the Health Department or the hospital and amplifying community apathy that multiplies infections.

Flagler Airport Director Roy Sieger Named Chairman of Florida Airports Council 

July 28, 2021 | FlaglerLive | 2 Comments

Roy Sieger. (© FlaglerLive)

Flagler Executive Airport Director Roy Sieger has been installed as the chairman of the Florida Airports Council for the coming year, increasing his leadership role with the organization he has been a member of for 15 years.

Flagler Breaks Weekly Record with 400 Covid Infections, Florida Deaths on Rise Again

July 25, 2021 | FlaglerLive | 23 Comments

Flagler County has broken the weekly record of covid infections, previously set in January. Click on the graph for larger view. (© FlaglerLive)

Flagler County recorded 400 covid infections in the week ending Friday, breaking the previous weekly record set in January, and filling hospital beds as never before during the pandemic. The week’s increase represents a 346 percent increase over averages two weeks ago.

Bunnell Commission Draws 7 Applicants for 2 Vacant Seats, But One Withdraws as County Invokes ‘Conflict’ Policy

July 23, 2021 | FlaglerLive | 10 Comments

Nealon Joseph, a Bunnell resident and county planner with emergency management, was required to withdraw his application for appointment to the Bunnell City Commission. (© FlaglerLive)

The applicants for the two vacant seats on the Bunnell City Commission include two former commissioners, a planning board member, a former candidate for the commission and code enforcement board member, and an employee of county government’s emergency management division. The commission makes the appointments Monday.

Record Covid Surge in Flagler and at Hospital as Variant Slams Unvaccinated, Cleaving Community in 2 Camps

July 22, 2021 | FlaglerLive | 32 Comments

The fourth wave of the covid epidemic has broken over Flagler at the fastest rate yet, and in numbers already apporoaching last winter's records. The health department expects the records--already broken at the hospital--to shatter this week and next. Click on the graph for larger view. (© FlaglerLive)

Palm Coast hospitalizations for covid broke a record Tuesday, with 32 people hospitalized (six in intensive care), and broke the record again yesterday, with 37, all among the unvaccinated, while Flagler County is recording an average of 52 new infections a day, with schools reopening in three weeks.

Flagler’s Unemployment Rate Jumps a Full Percentage Point, to 6%, as Florida’s Only Ticks Up by Decimal

July 19, 2021 | FlaglerLive | 3 Comments

Click on the graph for larger view. (© FlaglerLive)

Flagler County’s unemployment rate jumped by a full percentage point in June, to 6 percent, from a revised 5 percent in May, reaching its highest level since August 2020. The rise appears to be a direct result of an economy unable to keep up with the return of people to the workforce.

End of an Era: Flagler Beach Might Let Palm Coast Take Over July 4 Fireworks and Shift Its Own to New Year’s Eve

July 16, 2021 | FlaglerLive | 63 Comments

The July 4 fireworks off the Flagler Beach pier have been as iconic, on Independence Day, as the pier itself all 364 other days of the year. (© FlaglerLive)

The Flagler Beach City Commission has agreed to an explosive idea–explosive in the best sense and, potentially, in the worst sense: ending the July 4 fireworks, the single-most recognizable and beloved tradition associated with Flagler Beach. Instead, the city will shift its fireworks to New Year’s Eve as a way of helping business in slow winter months.

Citing History, Gov. DeSantis Urges Cuban Military to Overthrow Its Government

July 16, 2021 | FlaglerLive | 18 Comments

Cubans at a crossroad. (MissChampers/Flicker)

Gov. Ron DeSantis told young members of Cuba’s military to “live in the history books” by overthrowing their nation’s communist leadership, as he pushed President Joe Biden to bring Wi-Fi access back to people protesting on the island nation.

Delta Variant Attacks Vaccineless in Flagler and Florida as Covid Cases and Hospitalizations Shape into 4th Wave

July 15, 2021 | FlaglerLive | 50 Comments

Flagler County's weekly positive covid caseload has been on the rise again as the Delta variant affects more people, most of them unvaccinated. Click on the graph for larger view. (© FlaglerLive)

Covid-19’s extremely infectious Delta variant is zeroing in on those without vaccines, who make up the entirety of the 430 hospitalizations in Central Florida’s AdventHealth hospitals alone. The proportion of those vaccinated in Flagler and Florida remains below 50 percent.

Supervisor of Elections Kaiti Lenhart Issues Statement on Election Security

July 15, 2021 | FlaglerLive | 5 Comments

Flagler County Elections Supervisor Kaiti Lenhart. (© FlaglerLive)

Flagler County Elections Supervisor Kaiti Lenhart issued the following statement this morning, in light of the ongoing special election for Palm Coast mayor, which culminates with in-person voting on July 27. Mail balloting has been ongoing, and early voting begins Saturday and runs until July 24.

Their Boat Sank in Minutes 10 Miles Offshore of Flagler Beach: How 4 Men and 2 Boys Kept Their Cool Until Rescued

July 14, 2021 | FlaglerLive | 15 Comments

They floated for 15 to 20 minutes before another fishing boat spotted them. The sixth member of the group is in the water, not visible. (Jason Arnett)

A group of six Palm Coast boaters off on a snapper fishing trip Saturday (July 10) rapidly sank two hours into their trip, 10 miles offshore. Quick action, level heads and a series of fortunate events led to their rescue by another fishing boat, then the Coast Guard. here’s their story.

Flagler Free Clinic Receives $75,000 Donation, Largest-Ever Gift, as AdventHealth Auxiliary Sunsets

July 13, 2021 | FlaglerLive | 1 Comment

Tom Sisti of the AdventHealth Auxiliary gifting the Free Clinic the big check. (© FlaglerLive)

The non-profit Flagler Free Clinic has been providing poorer residents free healthcare since 2005. Friday the clinic received its biggest donation ever, from the AdventHealth Palm Coast Auxiliary. 

Flagler Beach Mayor Throws Marker Against Supporting Organizations Appearing on Joe Mullins Infomercial

July 12, 2021 | FlaglerLive | 45 Comments

A mirror at the Family Life Center's offices. The center runs the county's only shelter for abused people. (© FlaglerLive)

Flagler Beach Mayor Suzie Johnston, with fellow-commissioners’ support, severed her support for the Family Life Center, the shelter for abused people, after the center’s director appeared on Joe Mullins’s partisan infomercial on WNZF, what Johnston described as crossing a line. Mullins recently had slurred Flagler Beach commissioners as “cowards” and has been in an open feud with Commission Chairman Eric Cooley.

County and Whispering Meadows Ranch Draft Roadmap to Move Equine Therapy Non-Profit to Fairgrounds

July 9, 2021 | FlaglerLive | Leave a Comment

Whispering meadows Ranch has operated quietly and to acclaim for 14 years on a property off of John Anderson Highway. It is on the verge of an agreement with the county that would move the ranch to land near the county fairgrounds, off of County Road 13. (© FlaglerLive)

Whispering meadows Ranch and county government are on the verge of an agreement that would set the path for a long-term partnership, leasing land to the ranch at the county fairgrounds and ending the controversy, prompted by a few neighbors, that has surrounded the ranch’s operations in recent months on John Anderson Highway.

Despite Covid, Property Values Jump by 10% in Palm Coast, 9% Countywide, With Revenue Windfall from New Construction

July 1, 2021 | FlaglerLive | 5 Comments

Values are still far from the last decade's crazier years. (© FlaglerLive)

New construction alone means an additional $1.2 million in revenue for Palm Coast, despite the Year of Covid. That will be compounded by millions of new dollars in government coffers drawn from the federal government’s stimulus. The two combined means that tax increases are very unlikely, and tax decreases possible.

Joe Mullins’s Defamatory Attack on Eric Cooley

July 1, 2021 | FlaglerLive | 36 Comments

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Ostensibly proposing a discussion about sexual predators and domestic violence abusers, Joe Mullins in a Facebook posting about his radio infomercial features a screenshot of Bill Cosby over one article, and the image of Flagler Beach City Commissioner Eric Cooley over another, implying an equivalence. 

How Flagler County’s Drunken-Sailor, All-Republican Commissioners Tried to Con You Into a Higher Tax

June 25, 2021 | FlaglerLive | 58 Comments

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The Flagler County Commission’s attempt unilaterally to impose an increase in the sales tax is the latest example of a lazy, bumbling commission addicted to spending, deceptive in its methods and indifferent to the long-term public interest.

Palm Coast Councilman Ed Danko Investigated By City Over Harassment of Employees and Interference With Duties

June 25, 2021 | FlaglerLive | 69 Comments

Palm Coast Council member Ed Danko hours before polls closed on Election Day in November, when he won election. He was running with Alan Lowe, who lost, and Victor Barbosa, who won. Lowe is running for mayor, with Danko as his manager. The two met for lunch with then-City Manager Matt Morton in Morton's final days. The substance of that lunch discussion is in dispute. (© FlaglerLive)

Palm Coast City Council member Ed Danko, elected last November, has been the subject of an internal inquiry triggered by allegations he harassed and bullied employees and was rude to them, records show. The investigation, which remains open, concluded in a draft report that Danko had “inappropriately attempted to influence staff’s administrative duties.” Interference would be a violation of the city charter. Danko disputes the finding.

At Flagler Airport, Freedom Fest Soars Again on Wings of Pride and Memory

June 25, 2021 | FlaglerLive | 4 Comments

After a covid-imposed hiatus last year, Freedom Fest returns to the Flagler County Executive Airport on Independence Day weekend with vintage World War II aircraft, among many other exhibits, and opportunities for visitors to fly above the county. (© FlaglerLive)

A variety of historic and modern aircraft, flying and static, is coming to the Flagler County airport as part of Freedom Fest on Independence Day weekend, with bands, vendors and free admission.

County Administrator May Have to Pay Sheriff’s Lunch Back as Operations Center Is Again Delayed, Almost a Year

June 24, 2021 | FlaglerLive | 10 Comments

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The opening of the 51,000-square-foot facility is now seen no earlier than the end of 2022, instead of next November. By then, the sheriff will have been exiled from the former Sheriff’s Operations Center on State Road 100 for almost four and a half years–longer than a full term in office.

Quietly, and Without Voter Say, Flagler County Readies to Raise Sales Tax on Everyone. Palm Coast Says No.

June 22, 2021 | FlaglerLive | 44 Comments

"Let them learn how to tighten their belts and stop buying moldy buildings, but I don't want them coming to us for cover," Palm Coast Council member Ed Danko said of the county's proposal to raise the sales tax. (© FlaglerLive)

The Palm Coast City Council today rejected a request by county government to support raising the local sales tax from 7 to 7.5 percent. The rejection deals a blow to county government, which is looking to increase the tax to pay for law enforcement and fire operations, but it also replays tensions from 10 years ago when the county’s approach on the sales tax was equally clumsy and unilateral.

Crime Dropped By Half in Staly’s 1st Term, Giving Flagler 4th-Lowest Rate Among Florida Counties of 100,000 or More

June 22, 2021 | FlaglerLive | 12 Comments

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Flagler County’s crime rate in 2020 fell for the 11th straight year, though it’s never fallen as sharply as it has in the last three, when it fell by half since 2017. In 2020, Flagler had the fourth-lowest crime rate in the state for counties of 100,000 or more people, aided in part by the pandemic.

Flagler County Graduates Second Leadership Academy Class

June 21, 2021 | FlaglerLive | Leave a Comment

The graduates. Click on the image for larger view. (Flagler County)

Flagler County Leadership Academy 2021 Graduates: Matt Adams; Jordan Butler; Holly Durrance; Nathan Hockenberry; Nealon Joseph; Joe King; Michael Lagasse; Gina Lemon; Trevor Martin; Christina Mortimer; Michael Orlando; Ashlee Ouellette; Darlene Pardiny; Tishia Peterson; Ryan Prevatt; Roy Sieger; Amy Stroger; and, Jason Wheeler.

With Nod to Continuity, Not Salinas, County Appoints Heidi Petito Interim Administrator for 3 Months

June 21, 2021 | FlaglerLive | 23 Comments

Heidi Petito, Flagler County's latest interim administrator, but the first woman to fill that role in the county's history. In Flagler's city or county governments, only Flagler Beach has had a woman at the help in the past. (© FlaglerLive)

The Flagler County Commission this evening appointed Heidi Petito interim manager for at least the next three months, or long enough to shepherd the county through budget season, but likely for much longer, the commission being uninterested in laboring over a successor. It was a surprise: Jorge Salinas, brought on as chief of staff in January, was widely expected to be named interim. Instead, he now says he is no longer interested in the top job.

Flagler Mosquito Control Launches Plan that would Expand Spraying to Entirety of County By 2026

June 21, 2021 | FlaglerLive | 8 Comments

The mosquito board meeting this morning. (© FlaglerLive)

The plan would expand taxing for mosquito control of property owners countywide. Currently a property with a taxable value of $150,000 pays around $24 a year for mosquito control. Currently the district boundaries include Palm Coast, Bunnell, Flagler Beach and Beverly Beach.

‘Thoughts and Prayers Aren’t Enough’: Flagler Marks Pulse Nightclub Massacre at Year 5 with a March and Vigil

June 14, 2021 | FlaglerLive | 9 Comments

Flagler's second Pride march as it set off over the Flagler Beach bridge Saturday evening, before a vigil at Veterans Park on the other side. (© FlaglerLive)

It has been five years since a gunman ended the lives of 49 people and injured 53 others at the Pulse nightclub in Orlando. Saturday night the Flagler community honored the dead with a march across the Flagler Bridge and a vigil at Veterans’ Park.

Tornado Warning Issued for Bunnell and State Road 100 to Flagler Beach Until 4:15 p.m.

June 13, 2021 | FlaglerLive | 5 Comments

The tornado warning was issued at 3:45 p.m.

The National Weather Service has issued a tornado warning until 4:15 p.m. for the area of State Road 100 from Bunnell to Flagler Beach.

Palm Coast Fire Chief on Joe Mullins: a ‘Wrecking Ball’ who ‘Disgraces the Hard Working Men and Women of Flagler County Fire Rescue’

June 10, 2021 | FlaglerLive | 36 Comments

The Touch-a-Truck event Palm Coast organized in late May, where the city's fire chief, Jerry Forte, said he was approached by County Commissioner Joe Mullins, who spoke to him about Palm Coast taking over the county's fire services. (Palm Coast)

After County Commissioner Joe Mullins spoke to Palm Coast Fire Chief Jerry Forte about Palm Coast taking over county fire services, Forte ripped into Mullins in a scathing email to the county administrator and his deputy, calling Mullins a “hack” who seeks to incite hostility when he “stay in his own lane.”

For Whispering Meadows Ranch, a Slow But Likely Trot Away from John Anderson, to New Site at County Fairgrounds

June 10, 2021 | FlaglerLive | 11 Comments

The five horses at Whispering meadows Ranch on John Anderson Highway, and their many students, may have a new home, if negotiations with the county proceed as constructively as they have in the past few weeks. (© FlaglerLive)

If negotiations between Whispering Meadows Ranch’s owners and county government officials continue on the constructive course they’ve followed for the last few weeks, the ranch appears headed out of its 13-year location at a residential property on John Anderson Highway and will be recreated on the grounds of the Flagler County Fairgrounds off of County Road 13.

One Man Rapes a 13-Year-Old Girl and Walks Free. Another Raped a 16-Year-Old Girl and Is Serving 12 Years in Prison.

June 9, 2021 | FlaglerLive | 30 Comments

Tonda Royal, left, and Bo Sirrine. They each were accused of raping minor girls. Royal is serving 12 years. Sirrine is free. (© FlaglerLive and Flagler jail)

Bo Jeremiah Sirrine, 23, and Tonda Royal, 55, once shared a cell at the Flagler County jail. They also shared a predilection for underage girls and were both charged with raping girls–a 13 year old, in Sirrine’s case, a 16 year old, in Royal’s case. Sirrine walked out of the Flagler jail a free man weeks ago. Royal is serving 12 years in state prison.

Flagler Administrator Jerry Cameron Ends Tenure, Interim Salinas and New Fire Chief Mike Tucker Start July 7

June 7, 2021 | FlaglerLive | 9 Comments

Jerry Cameron, fourth from right, at a recent county event, standing next to Jorge Salinas, the chief of staff and incoming interim county administrator. Cameron is ending his tenure in that role after two years and four months. (© FlaglerLive)

Flagler County Interim Administrator Jerry Cameron will end his tenure at the end of the month and be replaced by Interim Jorge Salinas, as the county commission is uninterested in a search for a new administrator, while new Fire Chief Mike Tucker will take over on July 7, but not before an interim fire chief–Palm Coast’s Bradd Clark–serves at the county until then.

From Drag Queens to Sister Bunny Juju, Throngs Exult in Pride, Joy and Freedom at Flagler’s 2nd Annual LGBTQ Festival

June 6, 2021 | FlaglerLive | 35 Comments

Drag Queen Brittany Moore during her performance at Central Park Saturday evening. (© FlaglerLive)

Saturday’s Flagler Pride Festival and its crowds, which by 9 p.m. had totaled between 600 and 800 people, put the lie to the county’s presumed homogeneity: Palm Coast, a city started in the late 1960s as an integrated, post-racial subdivision, is still more diverse than perhaps assumed, and if anything growing more so.

Flagler Community Paramedic Caryn Prather Honored with Red Cross’ Heroes Among Us Award

June 4, 2021 | FlaglerLive | Leave a Comment

Red Cross Space Coast Chapter Executive Director Rebecca DeLorenzo with Caryn Prather. (Flagler County)

Flagler County Community Paramedic Caryn Prather on Friday was bestowed with the honor “Heroes Among Us” as a frontline worker by the American Red Cross of Central Florida and the U.S. Virgin Islands. The award was presented for her work during the 2020 calendar year to develop a plan for a mass Covid-19 testing site, and later by continuing to individually test residents.

Covid Almost Down, Hurricane Season Up: Flagler Emergency Chief Jonathan Lord Reassures: ‘We’re On the Ball’

June 2, 2021 | FlaglerLive | 1 Comment

Jonathan Lord, who heads Flagler County Emergency Management, is barely done dealing with the covid emergency. Hurricane season is up next. He has a few words of advice, and some reassurances. (© FlaglerLive)

In briefing previewing the hurricane season, Jonathan Lord detailed how Flagler County, fresh from winding down its covid emergency, is ramping up preparations for hurricane or tropical storm emergencies and urging against complacency–or too much attention to statistical probabilities, which mean nothing if that one storm hits.

County Administrator Jerry Cameron as Palm Coast Interim Manager? City Enfevered With Contingency Scenarios.

May 30, 2021 | FlaglerLive | 23 Comments

County Administrator Jerry Cameron, right, had invited Palm Coast City Manager Matt Morton to a county commission meeting in July 2015, a few months into either man's tenures in their jobs. Cameron is now being discussed as an interim replacement for Morton, who resigned this week. (© FlaglerLive via Flagler TV)

The speculation about Cameron is fueling the feverish politicized atmosphere in Palm Coast, an unbridgeable rift on the council, rampant apprehension within city staff ranks, and the manipulative hands of elected officials on and off the council, all in the context of a special election for mayor in less than two months and the government’s budget season starting even sooner.

Flagler County Considering Michael Tucker, a Former Florida and Southeast Fire Chief of the Year, as Fire Chief

May 30, 2021 | FlaglerLive | 7 Comments

Mike Tucker in an image from from E-One, the Ocala manufacturer, in a tweet.

Michael Tucker, 53, has principally been superintendent at Florida State Fire College for the past five years. He’d maintained roles as a consultant for the Oregon-based International Association of Fire Chiefs and as an adjunct instructor at Lake Sumpter State College over several years.

Company Buys Derelict Country Hearth Inn on Old Dixie Highway, Pays Off Fines and Pledges Rehabilitation

May 27, 2021 | FlaglerLive | 12 Comments

Improvements at the Old Dixie motel property this month. (Flagler County)

Two months after Flagler County government took unusual steps to demolish the long-disused and derelict Country Hearth Inn on Old Dixie Highway, a new owner closed on the 8.6-acre property and on May 24 paid off tens of thousands of dollars in health department and code enforcement fines plus back taxes.

Flagler County Public Library celebrates ‘Tails and Tales’ this Summer, kickoff party on Saturday

May 27, 2021 | FlaglerLive | 1 Comment

The Flagler County Pblic Library on Palm Coast Parkway. (© FlaglerLive)

The Flagler County Public Library is embracing all children’s furry friends with its “Tails and Tales” Summer Reading Program that begins with a kickoff party Saturday from 10 a.m. to noon at the Palm Coast Main Branch Library.

Joe Mullins Responds to Lawsuit’s Claims of Fraud and Breach of Contract With List of Denials

May 25, 2021 | FlaglerLive | 35 Comments

Joe Mullins. (© FlaglerLive)

Responding through his attorney, Joe Mullins denies the allegations of a $2.4 million lawsuit and moves for a partial dismissal. The motion argues that the claim fails to state a fraud claim or that RICO was violated.

Rays of Promise: Boston Whaler Marks Reopening of Boating Plant, Projecting 400 Jobs and Orders Into 2023

May 21, 2021 | FlaglerLive | 7 Comments

Ready to go: where Boston Whalers boats are readied for shipping. The plant reopened gradually starting in winter, with its first boat set to ship later this month. (© FlaglerLive)

Brunswick Corp. and Boston Whaler executives today formally reopened the former Sea Ray plant that shut down three years ago, projecting to ramp up over the next 12 to 24 months back to 400 jobs, and likely more beyond that: boat-buying is brisk and demand for Boston Whaler is back-ordered well into 2023, the executives say, ensuring the stability of the plant for years to come.

Flagler Unemployment Flat at 5.3% But Floridians Become a Bit More Optimistic

May 21, 2021 | FlaglerLive | Leave a Comment

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Flatness was the order of the month in April in Flagler County: The unemployment rate didn’t budget from 5.3 percent-a zone where it’s hovered, with bare ticks up and down, for eight months. The number of people on the unemployment rolls barely changed (2,519), so did the number of people with jobs (45,194).

NOAA Predicts Up to 10 Hurricanes and 20 Named Storms as Flagler Emergency Chief Cautions Against Assumptions

May 20, 2021 | FlaglerLive | 3 Comments

This image from NOAA's GOES-16 satellite on September 14, 2020, shows five tropical systems spinning in the Atlantic basin at one time. From left to right: Hurricane Sally in the Gulf of Mexico, Hurricane Paulette east of the Carolinas, the remnants of Tropical Storm Rene in the central Atlantic, and Tropical Storms Teddy and Vicky in the eastern Atlantic. A total of 10 named storms formed in September 2020 — the most for any month on record. (NOAA)

For all the predictions, Flagler County Emergency Management Chief Jonathan Lord cautions that the numbers and forecasts may all be irrelevant, since a single storm can end up severely impacting the community in the quietest–or worst–season, making all else forgettable.

County Authorizes Eminent Domain Action Against Second Property Owner in Quest for Dune Easements

May 18, 2021 | FlaglerLive | 13 Comments

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Flagler County authorized its attorney to begin eminent domain proceedings against Leonard Surles, the homeowner at 2732 South Ocean Shore Boulevard in Flagler Breach, to secure an easement that would allow the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers to proceed with a long-awaited dunes-rebuilding project.

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