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Princeton Village Resident Among 31 New Flagler Covid Cases in Last 3 Days; Florida Adds 6,000 Monday and 58 Deaths

June 30, 2020 | FlaglerLive | 15 Comments

Cases for the current week, ending July 4, include only three days of reporting by the Florida Health Department. (© FlaglerLive)

Flagler County recorded 55 new cases last week and a total of 115 new cases since Phase 2 reopening began on June 5 as the surge of coronavirus cases across Florida reached Flagler.

Consequences of Florida’s Careless Reopening: 8,933 Cases in 1 Day; Surge Reaches Flagler With 50 Cases in 6 Days

June 26, 2020 | FlaglerLive | 63 Comments

Covid Cases in Flagler are rising sharply again: The week ending July 27 has one more day's reporting yet. (© FlaglerLive)

The numbers are a grim reflection of the consequences of Florida’s rapid and largely haphazard and careless reopening of society and the economy since the end of April, and of dangerous complacency among residents.

Flagler’s Covid Numbers Spike by 26 in 4 Days Even as Testing Slows; Florida Sees Record 5,500 in 1 Day

June 24, 2020 | FlaglerLive | 30 Comments

Each week's totals for Flagler County, with the week ending on Saturday. The current week is through five days of totals from the Department of Health. (© FlaglerLive)

After rising by 20 cases last week, the highest total since the end of May, Flagler County has recorded another 26 Covid-19 infections in the first four days of this week, while Florida cases continue to break records, turning the state into a leading national hot spot.

Flagler Fire Chief Don Petito on Leave Pending Investigation of ‘Discrimination and Retaliation’ Complaint

June 23, 2020 | FlaglerLive | 16 Comments

Flagler County Fire Chief Don Petito. (© FlaglerLive)

Flagler County Fire Chief Don Petito has had a rocky relationship with County Administrator Jerry Cameron since Hurricane Dorian last year and is now embroiled in serious employment matters.

Florida Again Shatters Record With 4,049 New Covid Cases in One Day as Alarming Spike Continues

June 20, 2020 | FlaglerLive | 51 Comments

A graphic rendition of Florida's spike. (Google)

Florida’s cumulative total is near 94,000. Flagler’s total is 224, a one-day jump eight cases–one of the largest one-day increases since the beginning of the pandemic, and a warning sign that the county’s relative success in containing the disease may be eroding.

Staffer at Grand Oaks and Resident at Tuscan Gardens Test Positive; Florida Cases Again Soar to New Record

June 19, 2020 | FlaglerLive | 15 Comments

A nurse at the Flagler County Health Department prepares to administer a nasal Covid-19 test this week. (© FlaglerLive)

The Covid cases at local long-term care facilities break a streak of negative testing as Flagler officials wearily eye surging numbers around the county and plan some strategies to keep Flagler’s low.

Flagler Unemployment at 14.8% in Slight Improvement from April, But Florida Rate Rises to 14.5%

June 19, 2020 | FlaglerLive | 1 Comment

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Flagler County’s unemployment rate was at 14.8 percent, a slight decline from the 15.2 percent rate in April but a smaller decline than expected as the economy began swiftly reopening at the beginning of the month.

18% of Florida’s Total Covid Cases Have Been Recorded Just in Last 7 Days in ‘Astronomical’ Spike

June 17, 2020 | FlaglerLive | 26 Comments

Local officials at noon today preparing for the last weekly Palm Coast town hall on Covid-19, which Mayor Milissa Holland had been anchoring since near the start of the pandemic locally. From left, Palm Coast Fire Chief Jerry Forte, City Manager Matt Morton, Holland and Health Department Director Bob Snyder. (© FlaglerLive)

Flagler County public health, emergency and government officials are concerned about sharply rising Covid-19 numbers across the state, even though locally numbers have been kept in check for now. But Gov. Ron DeSantis says there is no rolling-back on reopenings.

Scaled Back Gardens Development, at 453 Homes, Expected to Clear Regulatory Hurdle

June 16, 2020 | FlaglerLive | 7 Comments

An earlier application by The Gardens drew standing-room-only opposition when it was considered by the county's usually somnolent Technical Review Committee last July. Wednesday's meeting is expected to draw a crowd, but mostly through zoom. (© FlaglerLive)

The Gardens, at one point a 3,966-home and apartment development planned for the two sides of John Anderson Highway in Flagler County, is now almost a tenth the original proposal.

Fecal Matter Detected in Plantation Bay Water, Requiring Boil-Water Alert Until Further Notice

June 15, 2020 | FlaglerLive | 18 Comments

The PlantatioN Bay utility has been trouble since Flagler County government acquired it in 2013.

The detection of E. Coli was in one of the Plantation Bay wells supplying the system, based on a test conducted late last week. The well was shut down.

Sheriff Staly Calls Defunding Police ‘Knee Jerk’ as Study Calls for 70 More Flagler Deputies by 2025

June 15, 2020 | FlaglerLive | 20 Comments

Sheriff Rick Staly at a crime scene in Palm Coast last year. (© FlaglerLive)

If in Flagler, the school board, Palm Coast and the county are nowhere near defunding law enforcement, Sheriff Staly credits a policing approach focused on collaboration rather than confrontation.

Don’t Let Bogus Claims Fool You: Voting By Mail in Flagler County Is Safe and Secure

June 14, 2020 | FlaglerLive | 27 Comments

Flagler County Elections Supervisor Kaiti Lenhart at her office this week. (© FlaglerLive)

Flagler County Supervisor of Elections Kaiti Lenhart counters bogus claims and misinformation by explaining the safety, reliability and accuracy of voting by mail.

Bexley, Johnston, Gardner and Lenhart Re-Elected Without Opposition in Near-Sweep for Flagler Constitutionals

June 12, 2020 | FlaglerLive | 5 Comments

From left, Supervisor of Elections Kaiti Lenhart, Tax Collector Suzanne Johnston, and Property Appraiser Jay Gardner, shortly after they'd been re-elected at midday today. (© FlaglerLive)

Three dozen candidates will contest local Flagler County and Palm Coast elections, while Clerk of Court Tom Bexley, Tax Collector Suzanne Johnston, Property Appraiser Jay Gardner, and Elections Supervisor Kaiti Lenhart were re-elected without opposition.

$6.6 Million Headed to Flagler County and Cities as DeSantis Releases Covid Aid After Withholding It 2 Months

June 11, 2020 | FlaglerLive | 14 Comments

Palm Coast is in line for up to half the $6.6 million in Covid-related aid allocated to Flagler County and its cities. (© FlaglerLive)

More than two months after Florida received the money, Gov. Ron DeSantis announced Wednesday that the state will start to release nearly $1.3 billion in federal funds to cash-strapped counties struggling amid a recession caused by the COVID-19 pandemic.

Replacing Mullins, Sheriff Takes Leadership of Public Safety Council and Pledges More Focused, Productive Approach

June 10, 2020 | FlaglerLive | 15 Comments

Sheriff Rick Staly was elected chairman of the potentially powerful Public Safety Coordinating Council, replacing County Commissioner Joe Mullins. The sheriff is seeking a panel more focused on accomplishments. (© FlaglerLive)

Sheriff Rick Staly was elected chairman of the potentially powerful Public Safety Coordinating Council, which in the past couple of years had “wandered” away from its mission. The Family Life Center’s Trish Giaccone is vice chair.

A Confederate Flag Is Spray-Painted on a Gym Wall At Matanzas High School

June 9, 2020 | FlaglerLive | 63 Comments

The graffiti on the south side of a Matanzas High School gym wall. (FCSO)

The Confederate flag graffiti, left at Matanzas High School over the weekend, stands in aberration to the more civil and conciliatory atmosphere of the last few days in the county.

Flagler Keeping New Covid-19 Cases In Check Better Than Florida, Where Cases Are Rising

June 9, 2020 | FlaglerLive | 5 Comments

Testing has been surging in two of the last three weeks in Flagler County, but case-positives have not. (© FlaglerLive)

Flagler County has tested 3,000 people in the last three weeks, more than the total for the previous eight weeks, with just 1.3 percent of those testing positive for Covid-19, and not a single person testing positive in a nursing home or assisted living facility.

Flagler County Courthouse and Proceedings Reopen to the Public, With Limits

June 8, 2020 | FlaglerLive | 1 Comment

The Flagler County Courthouse can get a little busier again. (© FlaglerLive)

Starting at 8 Monday morning, most courthouse and court facilities in Flagler, Volusia, St., Johns and Putnam counties reopened to the public, in line with Gov. Ron DeSantis’s “Phase 2” reopening, but with several restrictions still in place.

Flagler’s Taxable Values Rise at Slowest Pace in 4 Years, But Still Enough to Help Budgets

June 5, 2020 | FlaglerLive | 2 Comments

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Local governments are looking to keep tax rates flat. Flagler Beach’s valuations increased 5.3 percent, Palm Coast’s by 5.8 percent, Bunnell’s by nearly 10 percent and the school board’s by 4.7 percent.

Throngs Impassion Flagler Beach March Against Racism as Teach-In Forms Around Bullhorn

June 4, 2020 | FlaglerLive | 7 Comments

The second march of the day, in Flagler Beach, drew upwards of 300 people and featured a series of speakers at Veterans Park, among them Henry. (© FlaglerLive)

Flagler Beach’s late afternoon march Wednesday to protest the murder of George Floyd at police’s hands drew upwards of 300 people and briefly turned into a teach-in at Veterans Park.

In Palm Coast, More Fervor than Fury, More Solidarity than Rage in March for George Floyd

June 3, 2020 | FlaglerLive | 72 Comments

The march in Palm Coast drew upwards of 200 people. Another was held in Flagler Beach later in the day. (© FlaglerLive)

The first of two marches in Flagler County against racism and the murder of George Floyd at the hands of police drew upwards of 200 people in Palm Coast and unfolded peacefully through the heart of town.

Flagler Sheriff Addresses Killing of George Floyd and Wednesday Protests in Palm Coast and Flagler Beach

June 2, 2020 | FlaglerLive | 36 Comments

The George Floyd Memorial at Chicago Avenue and 38th Street in Minneapolis. On May 25, Minneapolis Police officers arrested George Floyd, handcuffed him, then held him down on his stomach while Derek Chauvin put a knee on his neck as Floyd pleaded for breath. George Floyd died soon after. The four officers at the scene have been fired. Derek Chauvin has been arrested and charged with 3rd degree murder and 2nd degree manslaughter. (Fibonacci Blue)

“Policing should not be policing the community but instead it should be policing with the community, which is the model we use in Flagler County,” Sheriff Rick Staly said in the statement. Palm Coast Mayor Milissa Holland also issued a statement.

Wearing a Mask Is “BS” Says Flagler Commissioner Hansen in Latest Reflection of Mixed Signals and Division

June 2, 2020 | FlaglerLive | 88 Comments

County Commissioner Greg Hansen in the yellow shirt with other local officials at last month's big food distribution in Palm Coast. (© FlaglerLive)

A discussion about mask-wearing between Flagler County commissioners exposed continuing but fundamental misunderstandings about the purpose of masks and why they are intended to protect.

As Hurricane Season Begins on Top of Pandemic, Flagler Prepares for Battle on Two Fronts

June 1, 2020 | FlaglerLive | 1 Comment

Flagler County Emergency Management Chief Jonathan Lord. (© FlaglerLive)

Flagler County’s emergency and public health officials are preparing for an unprecedented battle on two fronts, with reconfigured shelters and rules but the same stress on compliance with evacuation orders if and when they’re issued, regardless of Covid-19 fears.

County, Flagler Beach and School Board Resuming In-Person Meetings, With Some Mask Requirements

May 29, 2020 | FlaglerLive | 8 Comments

The good days: the school board's last in-person meeting, last February, which drew a capacity crowd. It'll be much different when the school board starts meeting again in person next month. The county commission holds its meetings in the same space. (© FlaglerLive)

Local governments and the school board are preparing to resume in-person meetings in June, some starting next week, but with varying degrees of limitations and requirements–from distancing rules to attendance limits to mask requirements.

Countywide Burn Ban Lifts Saturday, and Parking Restrictions End Along Flagler Beach’s Boardwalk

May 29, 2020 | FlaglerLive | 13 Comments

Flagler Beach's boardwalk in pre-distancing days, last fall. (© FlaglerLive)

More normalcy returns starting this weekend as Flagler Beach will end its parking restrictions along the boardwalk, while the county will lift the burn ban that’s been in effect just one week. But the pier and Wadsworth park remain closed.

Glass Menagerie: Lee Richards Slices His Way to Flagler County Artist of the Year

May 28, 2020 | FlaglerLive | 2 Comments

Working in his home studio, Lee Richards ponders his hand-sketched pattern for “Iguana on a Branch.” (© FlaglerLive)

Two exhibits that would have featured Artist of the Year Lee Richards’s works were cancelled–one because a gallery closed, the next, scheduled for this month, because of the pandemic.

FDLE Finds No Grounds for Criminal Investigation Into Allegations Involving Commissioner Joe Mullins

May 28, 2020 | FlaglerLive | 9 Comments

Commissioner Joe Mullins. (© FlaglerLive)

The Florida Department of Law Enforcement closed a 10-day investigation into what it termed “unverified information” about Commissioner Joe Mullins, finding no corroborating evidence of improprieties.

Palm Coast’s Crystal Clear Pool Owners Carlos and Romina Longo Arrested on 12 Counts of Fraud

May 27, 2020 | FlaglerLive | 31 Comments

Carlos and Romina Longo of Palm Coast's Crystal Clear Pools.

Carlos Hernan Longo and his wife Romina Campanella De Longo, who together have owned Crystal Clear Pool of Central Florida since 2010, were arrested today and each charged on 11 counts of fraud and a count of organized scheme to defraud, a first-degree felony.

In Daytona North, $1.9 Million Repaving of 3 Miles of Mahogany Boulevard Set for June

May 27, 2020 | FlaglerLive | 14 Comments

Road work ahead. (© FlaglerLive)

Crews will finally begin repaving the 3.2-mile stretch of Mahogany Boulevard from County Road 305 to Water Oak Road in Daytona North starting next month, county government announced this week.

Flagler Declares County-Wide Burn Ban, Including Prohibition on Fireworks and Charcoal Grills

May 22, 2020 | FlaglerLive | 49 Comments

Flagler County Fire Flight, the emergency helicopter, and its water bucket. Emergency personnel hope to use the helicopter as little as possible as the fire season ramps up, with a burn ban intended to minimize emergencies. (© FlaglerLive)

Flagler County is enacting a countywide burn ban, including in all cities, starting Saturday, as the drought index continues to rise and firefighters are being deployed on an increasing number of fires.

Flagler County’s Unemployment Vaults to 15.4%, 6th Worst in Florida, With Record 7,000 Jobless

May 22, 2020 | FlaglerLive | 13 Comments

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In April, the number of jobless Flagler County residents was at 6,795, a number never seen in Flagler’s or Palm Coast’s history. The figure is an undercount: many more have filed for unemployment since, according to weekly initial claims.

L&M Farms in Flagler, St. Johns and Putnam Gets $1.9 Million to Provide 200 Tons of Produce a Week to Food Banks

May 22, 2020 | FlaglerLive | 4 Comments

Feeding Flagler. (© FlaglerLive)

The program will help alleviate the pressure food banks have experienced from the crush of people whose breadwinners have lost jobs since the beginning of the coronavirus emergency.

Flagler County Reopens Vacation Rentals as State Approves Safety Plan, With Restrictions

May 21, 2020 | FlaglerLive | 6 Comments

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Flagler County’s vacation rentals may operate again after a two-month hiatus forced by a governor’s order in response to the coronavirus emergency. Rentals may resume immediately.

Joe Mullins Wanted Sheriff to Fix Speeding Ticket in 2017; He Invoked Staly’s Name in Traffic Stop Last Week

May 20, 2020 | FlaglerLive | 64 Comments

Though he was a passenger, Flagler County Commissioner Joe Mullins almost immediately identified himself as "Joe Mullins" to a sheriff's deputy when pulled over last week on Belle Terre Parkway, then invoked the name of Sheriff Rick Staly. (© FlaglerLive via FCSO bodycam video)

Flagler County Sheriff Rick Staly said he refused to fix a speeding ticket for Commissioner Joe Mullins three years ago. Last week, Mullins invoked both his own name and Staly’s during a traffic stop in Palm Coast.

New Sheriff’s HQ in Bunnell Will Be Built On Site Formerly Reserved for New Branch Library

May 20, 2020 | FlaglerLive | 18 Comments

The acreage Flagler County government would like to acquire from First Baptist Church of Bunnell would allow for a branch public library to be built there. Across the street--in back of the camera angle--would go the Sheriff's Operations Center. (© FlaglerLive)

A new Sheriff’s Operations Center will be built on an 8.4-acre site south of Commerce Parkway in Bunnell, but that bumps out a library planned for that site. The library will be built across the street, assuming negotiations with a church that owns the acreage are successful.

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

May 19, 2020 | FlaglerLive | 35 Comments

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

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

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

May 19, 2020 | FlaglerLive | 8 Comments

Matt Dunn in 2017. (© FlaglerLive)

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

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

May 19, 2020 | FlaglerLive | 29 Comments

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

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

Shuttered Almost Two Months, Vacation Rentals May Reopen, With County and State Approval

May 18, 2020 | FlaglerLive | 8 Comments

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Counties can submit vacation-rental reopening plans to the Florida Department of Business and Professional Regulation, which will have to sign off on the proposals.

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

May 17, 2020 | FlaglerLive | 38 Comments

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

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

May 16, 2020 | FlaglerLive | 34 Comments

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

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

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

May 13, 2020 | FlaglerLive | 2 Comments

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

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

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

May 11, 2020 | FlaglerLive | 39 Comments

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

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

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

May 8, 2020 | FlaglerLive | 26 Comments

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

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

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

May 7, 2020 | FlaglerLive | 4 Comments

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

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

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

May 5, 2020 | FlaglerLive | 9 Comments

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

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

The Joe Mullins Smear

May 4, 2020 | FlaglerLive | 46 Comments

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

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

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

May 4, 2020 | FlaglerLive | 18 Comments

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

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

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

May 3, 2020 | FlaglerLive | 25 Comments

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

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