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Judge Quashes Flagler Commission Decision on Hammock Boat Storage Facility, Halting Project for Now

August 17, 2020 | FlaglerLive | 16 Comments

The old Newcastle hangar developer Jim Buckley wants to replace with a 240-boat storage facility and a restaurant on A1A in the Hammock. (© FlaglerLive)

A Flagler County circuit judge quashed a November decision by the Flagler County Commission that had opened the way to a controversial 240-boat storage facility and restaurant in the Hammock, next to Hammock Hardware. The judge ruled that the county reached its decision without substantial evidence.

With Fall Sports Postponed for Now, Flagler Schools Face Mix of Uncertainty and Lack of State Guidance

August 17, 2020 | FlaglerLive | Leave a Comment

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Football players, swimmers, runners, golfers and other student-athletes who normally would be gearing up for a season they’ve worked years for are now faced with an uncertain future.

Raising $40,000 in 40 Hours, Flagler Beach Residents Throw Down Greenback Gauntlet to Dunes Project Hold-Outs

August 14, 2020 | FlaglerLive | 36 Comments

Protecting the beach to protect a road to protect homes and businesses along it, and with it the economy and lifestyle that's made Flagler Beach. (© FlaglerLive)

A remarkable fund-raising effort in Flagler Beach aimed at breaking a stalemate in a dunes-rebuilding project raised $40,000 in less than two days. The money would be parceled out to 11 property owners who have so far refused to sign easements and allow the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers to rebuild the beach, a project 15 years in the works. 

Flagler Records 14th Covid Death; 15% of Flagler Children Tested Are Positive a Week Before School

August 14, 2020 | FlaglerLive | 8 Comments

Covid cases are down in Flagler, but so is testing. (© FlaglerLive)

Florida and Flagler continues to add new infections at elevated rates even as the overall numbers have fallen from their July peak. Despite the decline, the state is experiencing new cases at a rate of nearly 7,000 a day, averaged out over the past seven days.

Behind Façade of Flagler Schools as ‘Family,’ Bitter Discontent from Teachers, and Orders Not to Open Windows

August 12, 2020 | FlaglerLive | 33 Comments

Katie Hansen, president of the Flagler County Education Association, during a bargaining session with the district's management team on Tuesday. Many employees attended by Zoom. (© FlaglerLive)

Teachers returned to Flagler’s nine public schools today amid bitter disputes over their safety and options while the district contends with innumerable and at times competing concerns, with somewhat diminished ranks and no additional resources to make it all stick. It’s going to be a difficult year.

The Gardens Development on John Anderson Highway Clears Key Planning Board Hurdles in Near-Unanimous Votes

August 12, 2020 | FlaglerLive | 20 Comments

One of the many maps of the proposed Gardens development on either side of John Anderson Highway.

The Gardens, the big development proposed to go up on the two sides of John Anderson Highway, and that’s galvanized strenuous opposition from residents in Flagler Beach cleared the Flagler County Planning Board with near-unanimous recommendations Tuesday. The proposal goes before the county commission next, possibly in September. 

In Good Shape? If Flagler Were Its Own Country, We’d Have the 10th Worst Covid Rate in The World

August 10, 2020 | FlaglerLive | 39 Comments

Not all there: detail from Constantin Brancusi's 'Socrates' (1922), at the Museum of Modern Art in New York. (© FlaglerLive)

Flagler County officials often speak triumphantly of the county’s lower covid numbers compared to the rest of the state. It’s a deceptive and reckless comparison that denies the severity of the local pandemic when placed in its proper context.

Bryan Says City Manager’s Letter on The Gardens Made ‘Total Clowns’ of Flagler Beach Commissioners and Wants It Rescinded

August 7, 2020 | FlaglerLive | 14 Comments

Flagler Beach City Commissioner Ken Bryan. (© FlaglerLive)

Flagler Beach City Commissioner Ken Bryan was sharply critical of City Manager Larry Newsom over a letter Newsom wrote assuring The Gardens developers that the city has capacity to provide water and sewer to some 355 proposed homes along John Anderson Highway.

Flagler Crosses the 1,000 Mark in Covid Cases as It Edges Past Peak, But Significant Load Persists

August 7, 2020 | FlaglerLive | 4 Comments

The number of new cases has been falling in Flagler, but so has testing. (© FlaglerLive)

Even as Flagler crossed past 1,000 covid cases, key trends have been falling from the peak of mid-July, though if numbers are stabilizing, they are doing so at still high numbers relative to the April wave.

Bob Jones, Flagler County Commission Candidate: The Live Interview

August 7, 2020 | FlaglerLive | 5 Comments

Bob Jones did not answer. (© FlaglerLive)

Bob Jones is running against Donald O’Brien in the Republican primary on Aug. 18. The winner will face two independents in the Nov. 3 general election. Jones, like other members of the local Trump Club, is not answering questions.

Down to 11 Owners Holding Out, Army Corps May Decide on Aug. 19 Whether To Kill Dunes Project

August 6, 2020 | FlaglerLive | 22 Comments

What new dunes would prevent, at least until the next severe storm. (© FlaglerLive)

County government is dueling with 11 property owners in Flagler Beach who are refusing to sign easements that would allow the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers to rebuild dunes along 2.6 miles of beach. Without the easements, a $25 million projects 15 years in the works could be cancelled.

Flagler Beach’s Bruce Garrison One of 2 More Covid-Related Deaths, Bringing Flagler’s Total to 14

August 3, 2020 | FlaglerLive | 14 Comments

Weekly tests and positive cases for Flagler. (© FlaglerLive)

Bruce Garrison, 66, had been a supervisor at Flagler Beach’s city-run sanitation department. His death and that of a 69-year-old man bring Flagler County’s total to 14, including two non-residents, as covid-19 cases nearly tripled locally since the beginning of July.

‘Phew, We Dodged One,’ Storm Surge ‘No Longer an Issue’ and Evacuations Unnecessary as Isaias Threat Diminishes

August 3, 2020 | FlaglerLive | 31 Comments

Tropical Storm Isaias will not be much of an issue anymore and evacuations in Flagler won;t be required as emergency personnel ramped down their response Sunday afternoon.

Despite Building Fiascos, County Now Wants ‘Due Diligence’ On Buying Old $1 Million Bank of America in Flagler Beach

July 31, 2020 | FlaglerLive | 47 Comments

The Bank of America Flagler County's tourism department is eyeing the Bank of America Building in Flagler Beach as a visitor center and as the home of the tourism office. (© FlaglerLive)

Despite a nightmarish history of buying old buildings and having to unload them at a loss, the Flagler County Commission Monday will hear a proposal from its tourism department to gather information on buying the 40-year-old $1.1 million former Bank of America building on State Road A1A in Flagler Beach, opposite the pier. 

Donald O’Brien, Flagler County Commission Candidate: The Live Interview

July 31, 2020 | FlaglerLive | 8 Comments

Donald O'Brien. (© FlaglerLive)

Donald O’Brien, a first-term incumbent, is a Republican candidate for Flagler County Commission, District 5, facing Bob Jones in the Aug. 18 primary.

Flagler Commissioner Joe Mullins Pays $750 Fine in Settlement of Campaign Finance Violations Claim

July 30, 2020 | FlaglerLive | 36 Comments

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Flagler County Commissioner Joe Mullins paid the Florida Elections Commission a $750 fine on April 17 to settle allegations that he had accepted illegal campaign contributions during his 2018 run against then-Commissioner Nate McLaughlin.

Kim Carney, Flagler County Commission Candidate: The Live Interview

July 30, 2020 | FlaglerLive | 16 Comments

Kim Carney. (© FlaglerLive)

Kim Carney is candidate for the Flagler County Commission, challenging District 3 incumbent Commissioner Dave Sullivan. The Aug. 18 election is open to all Flagler County registered voters regardless of party or geography.

Flagler Health Department’s Medical Chief Rebukes ‘Covid Minimizers’ as Deaths Surge and Hospitalizations Persist

July 29, 2020 | FlaglerLive | 9 Comments

Flagler Health Department staffers setting up a new covid-19 testing location at Cattleman's Hall at the county fairgrounds earlier this week. The location is open three days a week, six hours a day. (DOH)

Dr. Stephen Bickel, the medical director at the Flagler and Volusia health departments, criticized “covid minimizers” for seizing on rogue data to diminish the gravity of the coronavirus pandemic, hurting efforts to fight it.

Dave Sullivan, Flagler County Commission Candidate: The Live Interview

July 29, 2020 | FlaglerLive | 13 Comments

Flagler County Commissioner Dave Sullivan. (© FlaglerLive)

Dave Sullivan is an incumbent candidate for Flagler County Commission, District 3, facing Kim Carney in the Aug. 18 primary. All registered Flagler County voters may cast a ballot in the race regardless of address or party affiliation.

Kimberle Weeks, a Convicted Felon 5 Times Over, Is Sentenced to 30 Days in Jail and 18 Months of Probation

July 28, 2020 | FlaglerLive | 18 Comments

Kimberle Weeks appearing by Zoom today for her sentencing hearing before Circuit Judge Margaret Hudson. (© FlaglerLive)

The five-year old case against Kimberle Weeks ended today as a circuit judge sentenced the former Flagler County Elections Supervisor to 30 days in jail and 18 months of probation on each of five felony counts of illegally recording and transmitting phone conversations when she was a supervisor.

Flagler Adds 2 More Covid Deaths, for Total of 12; Flagler Children’s Overall Positivity Rate at 10%

July 27, 2020 | FlaglerLive | 17 Comments

Flagler County cases increased significantly for the sixth successive week ending Saturday. (© FlaglerLive)

Since the beginning of the pandemic, 55 Flagler County children ages 17 or younger have tested positive out of 545 tested, yielding a positivity rate of 10.1 percent–a rate higher than commonly assumed.

Underfunded and Under Threat: Hollowed-Out Public Health System Faces More Cuts Amid Virus

July 26, 2020 | FlaglerLive | 8 Comments

Public Health departments across the county, including Flagler's, are operating on vastly diminished budgets compared to 10 years ago. (© FlaglerLive)

The U.S. public health system has been starved for decades and lacks the resources to confront the worst health crisis in a century. In Florida, 2% of state spending goes to public health. Spending by local health departments in the state fell 39%, from a high of $57 in inflation-adjusted dollars per person in the late 1990s to $35 per person last year.

Flagler Covid Cases Set New Record for the Week, Including 6 Children 14 Or Younger; 22 in Treatment at AdventHealth

July 24, 2020 | FlaglerLive | 19 Comments

The number of new cases in Flagler County set a new record this week, with one day to go in the week's reporting. (© FlaglerLive)

The latest Flagler County residents to test positive include girls age 2, 5 and 8 and boys age 8, 9 and 14, which raises concern for school and health officials looking at the reopening of local schools.

5th Covid Death in Eight Days in Flagler; 9 Year Old Dies in Putnam; Florida Reports Record 173 Deaths

July 23, 2020 | FlaglerLive | 13 Comments

Gov. Ron DeSantis calls it "stabilization." (© FlaglerLive)

The latest person to die locally is a 73-year-old man, bringing the total number of Covid-related deaths in the county to at least 10. Flagler has recorded 112 new cases in five days this week, with a rising positivity rate.

Flagler Reports Another Covid Death; School District Postpones All Fall Sports Indefinitely

July 22, 2020 | FlaglerLive | 7 Comments

The week ending July 25 includes four of seven days' reporting by the state Department of Health. (© FlaglerLive)

The Health Department said a 92-year-old woman who’d been hospitalized with Covid died in hospice. The school district announced that all fall sports, including football and volleyball, are postponed until further notice.

Student Athlete Tests Positive at Matanzas High as FHSAA Opts for Regular-Season Schedule Against Advice

July 21, 2020 | FlaglerLive | 6 Comments

A student athlete has tested positive at Matanzas High School. (c FlaglerLive)

Athletes in several school sports have been preparing for the fall season, which is set to resume at the same time as school’s resumption on Aug. 10, though Covid-19 cases are surging in Flagler and Florida.

Flagler Covid Cases Jump By 38 In a Day; Positive Staffers at 2 Assisted Livings; Older Children Just as Infectious, Study Finds

July 19, 2020 | FlaglerLive | 12 Comments

Only Brazil and India have Covid numbers worse than Florida in July, though Brazil has a population of 210 million and India a population of 1.3 billion. Florida's rate of infection is significantly higher. (© FlaglerLive)

Flagler has seen 157 new cases in the last seven days, a quarter of its total since March and by far the most accelerated pace of new infections since the pandemic began, with a positivity rate of 10.6 percent. The largest study to date on the subject finds that older school-children are just as likely to be infectious as adults.

‘We’re Getting Clobbered’: Woman, 50, Is 3rd Covid Death in 3 Days in Flagler as Local Cases Break Records

July 17, 2020 | FlaglerLive | 32 Comments

Flagler County reported 26 new cases today, a record, in a week that also broke a record, with 126 cases, and 16 hospitalizations for Covid-19 at AdventHealth Palm Coast.

50-Year-Old Man Is Flagler’s 2nd Covid Death in 2 Days as Florida Sets Another Single-Day Fatality Record: 156

July 16, 2020 | FlaglerLive | 30 Comments

The 5,000 masks stored at the Flagler County Health Department before the department started distributing them free at Palm Coast Fire Station 25 off Belle Terre Parkway. Palm Coast, Bunnell and Flagler Beach all enacted mask mandates last week. (© FlaglerLive)

Flagler County has seen a surge of 102 cases in the last five days in tandem with a continuing surge in the state, with local residents complaining of long delays in getting Covid-19 test results.

Facing Ultimatum from County Administrator, Petito Is Out as Flagler County Fire Chief After 15 Years

July 15, 2020 | FlaglerLive | 26 Comments

Don Petito at the scene of a fire. (© FlaglerLive)

Employees have been aware of Petito’s departure since last week. County Administrator Jerry Cameron gave Petito an ultimatum: retire, resign or be fired. Petito chose to retire. He leaves a department in disarray.

6th Covid Death in Flagler; Florida’s Fatalities Surge and Cases Exceed 300,000; School District Announces Remote Option

July 15, 2020 | FlaglerLive | 17 Comments

The week of July 18 includes only four days of reporting. (© FlaglerLive)

Flagler County is coming to terms with a situation more serious than some officials–more particularly, a few county elected officials–have acknowledged, with the school district on Tuesday announcing what amounts to a return to remote instruction for all those who want it come Aug. 10.

County Decisively Rejects Settlement With Captain’s BBQ, Refusing Special Favors and Low Rent

July 13, 2020 | FlaglerLive | 26 Comments

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The proposal was almost bizarrely generous to Captain’s, providing for continued low rent decades, giving Captain’s first refusal rights on a pavilion on six national holidays, and committing the county to vast repairs and maintenance.

County Sells Long-Plagued Sheriff’s Building at $400,000 Loss, With Substantial Debt Remaining

July 13, 2020 | FlaglerLive | 29 Comments

The Sheriff's Operations Center as it was undergoing its costly makeover from a hospital six years ago. (© FlaglerLive)

The sale unloads a burdensome white elephant and political eyesore from the county’s inventory, if at a dear price, and preempts the need for the county to demolish the building and try to sell the property itself.

Explicitly Rejecting ‘Mandate,’ Flagler County Commission ‘Strongly Encourages’ Use of Masks Indoors

July 13, 2020 | FlaglerLive | 12 Comments

County Commission Chairman Dave Sullivan at today's meeting. He had been pushing for a mask mandate, but settled for a resolution that eschews the word 'mandate' in favor of strongly encouraging residents to wear masks.

Last week Palm Coast, Flagler Beach and Bunnell all approved mask mandates but without enforcement provisions. Commissioners rejected the use of the word, saying it would not be enforceable.

15,300 News Cases in Florida Exceed New York’s High; Flagler Sets New Record; Schools Prepare to Open

July 12, 2020 | FlaglerLive | 36 Comments

A grim surge. (© FlaglerLive)

Flagler County set a single-week record of 104 cases with a positivity rate of 10 percent as Florida shattered all single-day records across the nation, yet the Flagler school district is preparing to resume in-person classes on Aug. 10, along with most districts across the state.

Schools, Do Not Play Russian Roulette with Our Lives

July 11, 2020 | FlaglerLive | 35 Comments

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We should not reopen schools until the county where the district is located reports zero new Coronavirus cases for two weeks. That would be taking safety seriously, argues teacher and author Steven Singer. It shouldn’t be too much to ask because other countries have been able to do such things.

Settlement Generous to Captain’s BBQ Termed at ‘Impasse’ as it Heads to County Commission

July 10, 2020 | FlaglerLive | 56 Comments

The controversy about Captain's BBQ is not over at Bing's Landing. (© FlaglerLive)

The settlement is remarkably generous to Captain’s, and in key parts even more generous than the controversial 2018 lease amendment the county eventually killed under pressure from a public backlash.

Circuit Judge Rejects Challenge to Mask Mandate, Seeing No Constitutional Violation

July 10, 2020 | FlaglerLive | 13 Comments

Flagler Health Department Chief Bob Snyder has been an advocate of universal masks and urged local governments to adopt mask mandates. (© FlaglerLive)

A circuit judge Friday rejected a challenge to the constitutionality of a Leon County ordinance that requires people to wear face masks in businesses to try to prevent the spread of the coronavirus.

Flagler Beach and Bunnell Join Palm Coast in Requiring Masks, But Also Skirt Enforcement

July 9, 2020 | FlaglerLive | 35 Comments

A sign in a local doctor's office may become more ubiquitous as Bunnell and Flagler Beach this evening joined Palm Coast in requiring masks in public places to fight coronavirus infections. (© FlaglerLive)

All three governments’ resolutions passed unanimously, but all three expressly said they were not interested in a “mask police,” or having law enforcement involved in enforcing the requirement.

120 Deaths In a Day, 8,930 New Infections as Florida Is Nation’s Covid Epicenter; Bed Capacity Under 6% in Flagler

July 9, 2020 | FlaglerLive | 10 Comments

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Florida’s seven-day daily average of deaths, at 56, is the highest since the pandemic began in late February. AdventHealth Palm Coast had just one ICU bed available today and four non-ICU beds.

Sheriff Issues Desist Letter to Ex-COP Featuring Lynching Symbol and FCSO Patrol Car on Facebook

July 8, 2020 | FlaglerLive | 16 Comments

One of the images on the Facebook page attributed to Scott van Ostran, who was issued a cease and desist letter by the Flagler County Sheriff's Office.

The man, whose Facebook page name is Scott van Ostran, was never a sheriff’s deputy, Sheriff Rick Staly said, but may have been a volunteer with the department’s C.O.P., or Citizens on Patrol, program several years ago.

Flagler Department of Health Expands Covid-19 Testing to Six Sites

July 7, 2020 | FlaglerLive | 7 Comments

The testing site at the Flagler Department of Health on Dr. Carter Boulevard. (© FlaglerLive)

The new sites are drive-up or walk-up and do not require appointments or particular symptoms. They are compelled by an ongoing surge in coronavirus cases in Florida, and in Flagler County, where the number of cases has doubled since the state went to Phase 2 of reopening on June 5.

Flagler’s Covid Cases top 400, Two More at Long-Term Care Facilities; Palm Coast Eyes Mask Mandate Like New Smyrna Beach’s

July 7, 2020 | FlaglerLive | 8 Comments

The last week includes only three days of reporting. (© FlaglerLive)

Covid-19 cases in Flagler spiked in the last 24 hours by 18 cases, one of the largest-single-day spikes, as the Palm Coast City Council this evening considers a mask mandate, but it carries no penalties for violators.

Sheriff Staly Floats Compromise on Mandatory Masks, Minimizing Policing as 3 Cities Vote on Mandates This Week

July 6, 2020 | FlaglerLive | 32 Comments

Flagler Beach City Commissioner Eric Cooley, behind mask and plexiglass at the 7-Eleven he owns in the city, isn;t interested in becoming a mask policeman anymore than is Sheriff Rick Staly. (© FlaglerLive)

Sheriff Rick Staly proposes using the powers of trespassing and code enforcement rather than policing to enforce mask-wearing as Palm Coast, Flagler Beach and Bunnell prepare to vote on their mandates this week.

Florida Exceeds 200,000 Coronavirus Cases, Just 13 Days After Topping 100,000

July 6, 2020 | FlaglerLive | 6 Comments

Testing for the coronavirus has increased but does not account for the surging infections in the country, where three days saw a spike of 250,000 cases over the July 4 weekend. Cases exceed 200,000 in Florida. (National Guard)

Hitting 200,000 cases this weekend would have seemed unlikely — if not unthinkable — a month ago: On June 5, Florida totaled 61,488 cases, after adding another 1,305 positive results that day. Flagler had 195 cases by June 5, and now has double that.

Make Masks Mandatory Anywhere Public

July 4, 2020 | FlaglerLive | 146 Comments

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As Covid-19 infections continue to surge, Palm Coast, Flagler County and all other local governments should do what Orange and Osceola counties have already done: make masks mandatory anywhere public, including shops and restaurants.

Flagler Sets New Infection Record With 90 in a Week, Florida Sets New Single-Day Record With 11,458

July 4, 2020 | FlaglerLive | 46 Comments

Florida yet again broke a record for single-day infections, according to the state Health Department, with 11,458 reported today. (© FlaglerLive)

Flagler’s total broke the previous record of 61 set at the end of April, with almost half the county’s cumulative total infections occurring since Phase 2 reopening. Palm Coast Mayor Holland still intends to pursue a mask mandate after administrative officials on Friday said they would not.

Palm Coast, Flagler Beach and County Leaders Will Seek Mask Mandate as Covid Infections Keep Surging

July 2, 2020 | FlaglerLive | 114 Comments

Flagler and Florida cases, with Florida's June surge, continuing into July, mirrored by a surge of cases in Flagler. Flagler's cases for the week of July 4 include only six of seven days' reporting. (© FlaglerLive)

As coronavirus infections continue to surge, Palm Coast Mayor Milissa Holland, Flagler Beach Commission Chair Jane Mealy and County Commission Chair Dave Sullivan will be asking their respective governments to approve a mandatory mask mandate in coming days.

3 Flagler Deputies Shoot White Man in Mondex in First Officer-Involved Shooting in 8 Years

July 2, 2020 | FlaglerLive | 22 Comments

The location of the officer-involved shooting, 6262 Sabal Palm Street at the southwest end of Daytona North in Bunnell, is well known to Flagler County Sheriff's deputies as the home of one of the probationers they check on, and discuss at the weekly Crimemaps meeting, as in the slide from one of those meetings, above.

Three Flagler County Sheriff’s deputies fired and wounded a man who was a passenger in a car during a traffic stop in the Mondex, or Daytona North, just before midnight Wednesday in the first officer-involved shooting in the county since December 2012.

Flagler Beach Has No Plans to Close Beach Over July 4 Weekend, and Will Make Free Shuttle Buses Available

June 30, 2020 | FlaglerLive | 92 Comments

Flagler Beach has no plans to close its beach over the July 4 weekend, as several counties in South Florida are doing. (© FlaglerLive)

As several counties in South Florida close their beaches over Independence Day weekend, Flagler Beach will keep its beaches open and make free shuttle buses available for visitors, to alleviate traffic and parking on the island.

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