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40 Warrants, 23 Arrests in Latest Drug Sweep Across Flagler, This Time With Pleas For Treatment

August 20, 2019 | FlaglerLive | 39 Comments

Sheriff Rick Staly and State Attorney R.J. Larizza today. (© FlaglerLive)

The warrants target almost exclusively Flagler and Palm Coast residents, one of them a Waste Pro employee alleged to have been selling heroin while on the job on his route.

Flagler Unemployment at 4% as Labor Force Continues Steady Growth

August 19, 2019 | FlaglerLive | 1 Comment

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The Flagler-Palm Coast labor force grew by more than 200 people in July, to 48,631, while the number of people with jobs grew by about 250, to 46,701, a growth of more than 2,000 jobs compared to a year ago.

Disciplined Twice, Sued For Defamation, Trespassed, Arrested 5 Times, Builder Now Wants to Be on Contractor Review Board

August 19, 2019 | FlaglerLive | 16 Comments

Dan Priotti got a trespass warning from city offices, where staff felt unsafe. (© FlaglerLive)

Dan Priotti, a general contractor in Palm Coast, is seeking an appointment to the Contractor Review Board months after his licenses were suspended (and stayed) and he was fined $10,000 for violating contracting laws.

‘Hammock Harbor’ Redevelopment Proposing Shops and Boat Storage off A1A Riles New Opposition

August 15, 2019 | FlaglerLive | 11 Comments

A proposed redevelopment of the old Newcastle Marine boat manufacturing site in the Hammock, with a boat-storage facility for 240 boats and a half dozen businesses, is turning into that region’s latest battle between a developer and residents represented by the Hammock Community Association.

Joe Mullins Steps Back From Harsher Homeless and Panhandling Rules After Hearing St. Augustine’s Rigid Approach

August 14, 2019 | FlaglerLive | 14 Comments

St. Augustine City Attorney John Cary addressed the Flagler Public Safety Coordinating Council on St. Augustine's experience with a strict new ordinance cracking down on homelessness and panhandling this morning. Bunnell Police Chief Tom Foster, left, represented the one city in Flagler that followed St. Augustine's lead, with a similar ordinance, though limiting penalties to civil citations, not criminal charges. (© FlaglerLive)

Flagler’s Public Safety Council heard how the homeless and panhandlers have been largely (but not completely) criminalized in St. Augustine, but were not eager to replicate the approach in Flagler.

Two Late Candidates Increase Pool to 24 for Flagler’s County Judge Seat as Speed-Dating Interviews Are Scheduled

August 13, 2019 | FlaglerLive | 4 Comments

Though the Seventh Judicial Circuit's nine-member Judicial Nominating Commission will be short-listing candidates for Flagler County Judge, only one of the nine members is a Flagler County resident: Attorney Raven Sword, above. (© FlaglerLive)

Palm Coast’s Lynette Callender and Jacksonville’s Monique Hawkins are late entrants in what will be speed-dating-like interviews for Flagler County judge on Aug. 24 at the Flagler County courthouse.

Final Tally: Meet The 22 Lawyers Applying to Be Flagler’s Next Appointed County Judge

August 9, 2019 | FlaglerLive | 13 Comments

Raul Zambrano, the seventh circuit's chief judge, will see a new judge appointed to county court in Flagler by year's end, but will not have a say about the appointment. At least not officially. (© FlaglerLive)

The 22 applicants are vying for the new Flagler County Court position just approved by the legislature. A commission will recommend a short list to Gov. Ron DeSantis, who will make the appointment later this year.

Flagler County and Bunnell Governments Lose Their Finance Directors in Middle Of Budget Season

August 8, 2019 | FlaglerLive | 6 Comments

Christopher Campbell's tenure as finance director in Bunnell, was short-lived: City Manager Alvin jackson, right, had hired Campbell in May. (© FlaglerLive)

Bunnell lost virtually the entirety of its finance department when four employees resigned and the new finance chief was forced to resign in an unexpected shake-up, with the county sending in help.

Judge Jim Manfre? Former Sheriff Among Applicants for New Flagler County Judge Seat

August 7, 2019 | FlaglerLive | 26 Comments

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With two days to go before the application window closes, eight candidates have applied to be appointed Flagler County judge, the second county judge seat the Legislature approved in its last session to share the docket of County Judge Melissa Distler.

County Awards $76,000 in Tourism Grants to 24 Organizations But Rejects 8, Raising Questions

August 6, 2019 | FlaglerLive | 1 Comment

The Yacht Club's Boat Parade is Saturday evening. See details below. (© FlaglerLive)

The Flagler County Commission on Monday approved 24 grants totaling $76,000 for mostly local organizations’ cultural and sports events, festivals and professional meetings, money to be drawn from the county’s tourist tax revenue.

Between Mass Shootings and ‘Overkill,’ Flagler’s Elections Office Will Add New Security Barriers

August 5, 2019 | FlaglerLive | 8 Comments

That particular picture doesn;t reflect it, but at one point during last November's recount, the Flagler Elections Supervisor's Office drew some 48 people in attendance. (© FlaglerLive)

Flagler Elections Supervisor asked for and received $15,300 from the county commission to build glass partitions separating her front-desk staff and another area in the office from the public.

Congressman Mike Waltz, Again in Flagler, Gets a Primer on Coastal Reconstruction and Talks Climate Change

August 1, 2019 | FlaglerLive | 6 Comments

U.S. Rep. Mike Waltz, whose district includes all of Flagler, getting a primer from County Engineer Faith al-Khatib today on the county's reconstruction efforts along the coast, with the state transportation department, following the 2016 and 2017 hurricanes. (© FlaglerLive)

U.S. Rep. Mike Waltz was in Flagler County for the second time this week, touring Flagler Beach’s road reconstruction and sea wall projects along A1A and speaking at length in an interview of his views on climate change.

Kimberle Weeks Appeals 8 Felony Convictions, Alleging Court Errors Warrant a New Trial

July 31, 2019 | FlaglerLive | 6 Comments

Kimberle Weeks at her sentencing in May 2018, with her attorney, Kevin Kulik. (© FlaglerLive)

Kimberle Weeks, the former Flagler elections supervisor convicted on eight felony counts of illegally recording conversations, filed the initial brief to her appeal with the Fifth District Court of Appeal almost 14 months after her trial.

In a Flagler First, U.S. Rep. Mike Waltz Holds Probing Round-Table With County Directors

July 30, 2019 | FlaglerLive | 4 Comments

First-year Congressman Mike Waltz did what none of his predecessors have ever done, sitting down with Flagler County government directors and hearing issues and concerns for an hour Monday.

On Notice at 11th Hour, Sheriff Staly and Clerk of Court Bexley Meet and Resolve Courthouse Space Impasse

July 25, 2019 | FlaglerLive | 8 Comments

The officials at the center of the issue: from left, Clerk of Court Tom Bexley, County Administrator Jerry cameron, Sheriff Rick Staly and Sheriff's Chief Mark Strobridge. (c FlaglerLive)

After a wild day of hopeful negotiations, then a declared impasse, Sheriff Rick Staly and Clerk of Court Tom Bexley met and resolve the controversy over space for sheriff’s uses at the courthouse.

County Will Sue Clerk of Court Bexley as Courthouse Space Negotiations for Sheriff Fail ‘Over 200 Feet’

July 25, 2019 | FlaglerLive | 5 Comments

Negotiations broke down over four of those 'windows' above: the sheriff was seeking the space occupied by for cubicles he said were not used by clerk's staff. The clerk said he could not give up the space. (© FlaglerLive)

Flagler County government late Thursday started the process to sue Clerk of Court Tom Bexley as intense negotiations over space for the sheriff reached a final impasse over a mere 200 square feet of space in contention.

Critical Negotiations Over Courthouse Space for Sheriff Down to a Few Hundred Square Feet

July 25, 2019 | FlaglerLive | 3 Comments

It might just take a prayer to seal the agreement: Chief Mark Strobridge, the sheriff's point man on negotiations with the county over space at the county courthouse, outside the courthouse chapel, which the clerk of court ceded to the sheriff's uses. It's been used for the Seniors v. Crime unit. (© FlaglerLive)

Negotiations for a final settlement for the sheriff’s use of space at the county courthouse were down to a few hundred square feet Thursday, with a lot riding on a resolution.

Clerk of Court Bexley Offers 1,000 Extra Square Feet for Sheriff’s Uses, 4,000 Short of County’s Request

July 24, 2019 | FlaglerLive | 5 Comments

Floor space at the county courthouse that would be additionally granted for sheriff's uses, above, was featured earlier this month in an image the sheriff circulated to county commissioners and the media, showing sheriff's personnel crammed around the cubicles during a briefing on a murder investigation. The door to the left is to Cheif Paul Bovino's office. The door to the right is the clerk's records manager's office, who would vacate the space. (© FlaglerLive)

Clerk of Court’s “final offer” consists of 1,000 additional square feet of space for use by sheriff’s personnel at the courthouse, enlarging and segregating the zone used by the agency’s detectives.

So You Want To Be a Flagler County Judge: Nominating Commission Is Fielding Applicants

July 23, 2019 | FlaglerLive | 2 Comments

Flagler County will have a new judge before the end of the year. (© FlaglerLive)

The Judicial Nominating Commission for the Seventh Judicial Circuit is taking applications for the newly created Flagler County Judge seat, leaving Gov. Ron DeSantis to make the appointment likely this fall.

Breakthrough In the Works as Court Clerk Bexley Proposes ‘Generous’ Plan for Sheriff’s Space at Courthouse

July 22, 2019 | FlaglerLive | 11 Comments

The clouds may be lifting from one of the most vexing issues to hamper seamless relations between the county, the clerk of court and the sheriff in the last several months. (© FlaglerLive)

Clerk of Court Tom Bexley made a “Final offer” to the county, proposing new space at the courthouse for the sheriff’s office, potentially ending what had been heading for a legal confrontation between the clerk and the county, and resolving a serious space issue for the sheriff.

What Will Tom Bexley Do? Ultimatum Clock Stops as He Calls For Key Meeting on Courthouse Impasse Monday

July 19, 2019 | FlaglerLive | 13 Comments

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In a sign of a possible breakthrough, Clerk of Court Tom Bexley called County Commission Chairman Donald O’Brien to set a Monday meeting and discuss the county’s ultimatum for a space study and more space for the sheriff at the courthouse.

Firefighters Rescue 2 Dogs in Blaze that Demolishes Half a Home in Beverly Beach Hours After 1-Acre Fire in Seminole Woods

July 19, 2019 | FlaglerLive | 6 Comments

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A blaze demolished much of a mobile home in Beverly Beach hours after firefighters battled a one-acre brush-fire that erupted just after 1 p.m. and spread rapidly at Seminole Woods Boulevard and Citation Parkway.

Dissatisfied, Beverly Beach Quits Waste Pro and Returns to Flagler Beach’s Garbage Haulers

July 18, 2019 | FlaglerLive | 5 Comments

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Eight months after signing on with Waste Pro for garbage service, Beverly Beach is returning to Flagler Beach’s garbage haulers because residents were dissatisfied with Waste Pro.

A Routine Staff Meeting Turns Town Hall on The Gardens Development, Revealing Coming Strategies

July 17, 2019 | FlaglerLive | 11 Comments

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A routine meeting of Flagler County’s Technical Review Committee drew almost 100 people and turned into a quasi-public town hall session, revealing opponents’ legal strategy and the county’s own various concerns about the controversial proposed Gardens Development on John Anderson Highway.

County Agrees To $680,000 Tax Rebate Over 10 Years For an Unnamed Furniture Company

July 16, 2019 | FlaglerLive | 19 Comments

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The unanimous vote capped a brief presentation followed by a nearly hour-long stream of public support and commissioners’ applause, though most elements of the package remain hidden, and, enthusiasm aside, many of the statements were speculative, exaggerated or inaccurate.

County Threatens to Sue Clerk of Court Bexley in 48 Hours Over Space Request for Sheriff at Courthouse

July 15, 2019 | FlaglerLive | 24 Comments

It's not clear if stormclouds are building or receding over the Flagler County courthouse. (© FlaglerLive)

The county commission will sue Clerk of Court Tom Bexley in 48 hours of he does not agree to a space study at the courthouse, and to abide with the study’s results, in the commission’s latest effort to gain extra space for the sheriff.

Chief Judge Warns Against ‘Taking’ of Courthouse As Sheriff’s Picture in Murder Investigation Lobbies Commission on Space

July 15, 2019 | FlaglerLive | 18 Comments

The picture the sheriff's public affairs office issued Saturday in one of its updates to the ongoing investigation of the murder of 17-year-old Elijah Rizvan. The picture shows the sheriff and Chief Paul Bovino, center, with detectives and others huddled outside Bovino's office at the county courthouse, using cubicles intended for clerk of court operations. The sheriff said he 'commandeered' the space due to necessity, but intended the picture to send a message to the county commission. The commission is meeting tonight to discuss the sheriff's space needs at the courthouse.

Chief Judge Raul Zambrano issued a forcefully written, potentially game-changing letter on the sheriff occupying space at the Flagler courthouse even as the sheriff himself was lobbying the county commission with an illustration of constraints on his troops.

County Sends Ultimatum to Clerk of Court, Asking For Additional Space at Courthouse For Sheriff By July 31

July 10, 2019 | FlaglerLive | 18 Comments

County Commissioner Dave Sullivan in front of the courthouse in May. Sullivan's direction to the county administration is the catalyst in an attempt to break an impasse over space needs at the courthouse. (© FlaglerLive)

The ultimatum was prompted by by County Commissioner Dave Sullivan, who pushed the administration to follow through on a county commission vote almost two months old to secure more space for the sheriff at the courthouse.

Dennis McDonald Now Owes County $70,000 Over Frivolous Case, But Says He Won’t Pay

July 10, 2019 | FlaglerLive | 21 Comments

Dennis McDonald, right, during a 2012 election panel, with then-Commissioner George Hanns, left, and Charlie Ericksen, who was a candidate at the time. Ericksen would also be the subject of a frvolous ethics complaint, as was Hanns, but the action against Ericksen wasn't filed by McDonald. (© FlaglerLive)

An administrative law judge is recommending that Dennis McDonald, the former candidate for local office, pay $11,000 to cover the county’s costs in an appeal McDonald had filed against having to pay an earlier judgment of $59,000. So the combined amount he owes is now $70,000.

Flagler Property Values Rise Nearly 9%, Higher in Cities, Providing Windfall For Local Budgets

July 8, 2019 | FlaglerLive | 3 Comments

Property values are getting closer to regaining values lost during the Great Recession, but may have a few more years to go yet. (© FlaglerLive)

Property values are a driver of local government budgets. Generally, as values increase, local property tax revenue rises, assuming governments don’t proportionately reduce their tax rates.

After 3-Month Halt, Work Will Resume On U.S. 1 Roundabout at Old Dixie, With Road Closures

July 3, 2019 | FlaglerLive | 11 Comments

The roundabout at U.S. 1 and Old Dixie Highway today, deserted of workers, as it has been for nine weeks. Work is supposed to resume on July 8. (© FlaglerLive)

Work had stopped on the roundabout project at U.S. 1 and old Dixie Highway in mid-April and won’t resume until mid-July, with further road closures and detours. The $4.1 million project is the work of the state Department of Transportation.

In Big Breakthrough, County and City Will Jointly Accommodate Palm Coast Little League and Other Fields of Need

July 3, 2019 | FlaglerLive | 6 Comments

Fences are coming down between Palm Coast and county fields. Above, watering the fields at the Indian Trails Sports Complex. (© FlaglerLive)

Palm Coast and county governments are drafting an agreement that would significantly relax the proprietary lock on each sides’ fields, instead prioretizing public need, with Palm Coast Little League the vanguard beneficiary.

Flagler Beach Fireworks and “Fabulous Fourth” Parade on July 4

July 3, 2019 | FlaglerLive | 87 Comments

Flagler Beach this year hosts its traditional July 4 celebration, with its Fabulous Fourth parade at 10 a.m. and 9 p.m. fireworks. In Palm Coast, fireworks are on July 3 in Town Center. Both events will feature kid zones and games.

A New Hospital For Flagler? Credibility Gap Yawns Between Commissioner Joe Mullins’s Pledges and County Administration’s Caution

July 2, 2019 | FlaglerLive | 21 Comments

First-year County Commissioner Joe Mullins is self-branding his 'Focused on Flagler' approach, as in this image from his social media platforms. But the approach is keeping a broader picture somewhat out of focus.

The stories told by Mullins’s hyper-optimism and the county administration’s more cautious and deliberate approach illustrate a recurring gulf between the politician’s wishes and promises and what the government administration is in fact delivering (or not).

Boos, Jeers and Defiance as Flagler Beach Voices Its Opposition to The Gardens Development on John Anderson

July 1, 2019 | FlaglerLive | 35 Comments

A crowd far above capacity filled the conference room at the Hilton Garden Inn this evening. (c FlaglerLive)

Some 300 to 400 people turned out at a Palm Coast meeting hosted Monday by the developers of a planned 3,966-unit project on John Anderson Highway, the crowd promising staunch opposition.

Interested In Adding More Longleaf Pine Acreage to Flagler County? Forest Service Wants To Help, Including Incentive Money

June 30, 2019 | FlaglerLive | 1 Comment

Fledgling longleaf pines. (© FlaglerLive)

The Longleaf Pine Incentive Program offers incentive payments for the completion of timber stand improvement, invasive species control, prescribed burning, planting longleaf pine, establishing native plant understory and mechanical underbrush treatments.

The Gardens Project Off John Anderson Highway: The View From the Developers’ Perspective

June 28, 2019 | FlaglerLive | 40 Comments

SunBelt Land Management bought nearly 3,000 acres straddling John Anderson Highway some 13 months ago, for $11.5 million, where the Garden Development is planned. The project had previously been marketed by Bobby Ginn/Lubert-Adler as The Gardens at Hammock Beach.

The Gardens is an 825-acre, 3,966-unit mixed-use development proposed off John Anderson Highway by SunBelt Land Management as a successor to a Ginn proposal a decade ago. Ken Belshe, a member of the development group, describes the scope and intent of the project.

County Prepares to Give One Company $680,000 Subsidy Over 10 Years, Dwarfing All Previous Incentive Packages Combined

June 27, 2019 | FlaglerLive | 28 Comments

A company that assembles and distributes furniture is set to sign an 'incentive' deal with Flagler County government worth $680,000 in subsidies over the next 10 years. The company would build the largest structure in the county, at 250,000 square feet. But the project has been kept largely out of public view. (Billie Grace Ward)

A furniture distribution company would build the largest structure in Flagler, a 250,000 square foot building, off U.S. 1 and provide 50 jobs in exchange for the $680,000 in direct subsidies over the next 10 years, an amount extrapolated from a largely speculative guess of how much the company would be taxed.

Flagler’s HIV Rate More Than Doubled in 2017; Health Department Offers Free Screening on Thursday

June 26, 2019 | FlaglerLive | 2 Comments

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With the HIV infection rate reaching its highest level in Flagler County in 20 years in 2017, the Flagler Department of Health will offer free HIV screenings for county residents at the department’s facility in Bunnell on June 27 in recognition of National HIV Testing Day.

Flagler County Officials Disavow Confederate Flag That Flew at Princess Place Preserve’s Caretaker Grounds

June 25, 2019 | FlaglerLive | 50 Comments

'I don’t go around advertising that flag, I don’t go around advertising nothing.' Gail Durrance said, taking down the Confederate flag she flew at the Princess Place Preserve, against a 'barn' used by county employees for their park vehicles and equipment. (© FlaglerLive)

A Confederate flag hung at the grounds of the caretakers for Flagler County’s Princess Place Preserve even as county employees came and went on the public park’s lands–until a Palm Coast resident noticed it and complained.

Out of Patience, Sheriff Demands County Action on Space Needs: ‘This Situation Cannot Continue’

June 25, 2019 | FlaglerLive | 6 Comments

The sheriff's central operations have been embedded at the county courthouse for over a year, an arrangement Sheriff Rick Staly said was originally thought to last 90 days until more adequate space was found. (© FlaglerLive)

The sheriff’s letter to the county commission chairman echoes the same urgency and call for action that the sheriff used just over a year ago to compel the county to provide a healthier space for employees than the troubled Operations Center.

In Proxy War Over Homeless Shelter, Bunnell Shuts Down Church’s Other Relief Works

June 24, 2019 | FlaglerLive | 15 Comments

The Bunnell commission voted 5-0 to deny First United Methodist Church on Pine Street so much as new showers or new bathrooms, in essence preventing the church from operating as an overnight relief center for volunteer emergency crews during natural emergencies.

Flagler County Crime Falls 20%, Steepest Drop in Decades and Almost 3 Times Larger Than Florida Average

June 24, 2019 | FlaglerLive | 8 Comments

Flagler County's crime rate fell 20.2 percent in 2018, compared with the previous year. Above, the crime rate is represented through the various sheriffs' administrations, starting with Bob McCarthy's last year in 2000, followed by Jim Manfre's first administration, the eight years of Don Fleming, Manfre again for four years, followed by the current administration of Rick Staly. (© FlaglerLive)

Flagler County’s crime index in 2018 fell by 20.2 percent, by far the largest year-over-year drop in at least 18 years, and a decline almost three times the 7.4 percent drop in crime across Florida over the same period.

Bunnell’s Mean Streak

June 24, 2019 | Pierre Tristam | 37 Comments

Bunnell is acting like it's 1913 again. (© FlaglerLive)

The city that calls itself the crossroads of Flagler County is losing its bearings, its heart, and sometimes its mind–over the homeless, over panhandlers, over the sheriff’s office. It is becoming petty. It is becoming mean and resentful, and discriminatory.

To Sue or Not to Sue: County Wrestles With Sheriff’s Space Needs at Courthouse

June 19, 2019 | FlaglerLive | 12 Comments

Whose courthouse? (© FlaglerLive)

Despite a county commission vote ordering its administration to find more space for the sheriff at the county courthouse, the county administrator and the county attorney have demurred.

In Reversal, County Approves 50-Home Development That Will Change Complexion of Hammock’s Jungle Hut Road

June 18, 2019 | FlaglerLive | 32 Comments

It'll be more hut and less jungle along Jungle Hut Road.

The Flagler County Commission approved a zoning change that will enable a 50-home subdivision on a 12-acre parcel between Jungle Hut Road and Hammock Beach Parkway in the Hammock.

Flagler About To Sign 50-Year, $100 Million Deal to Rebuild 2.6 Miles of Dunes in Flagler Beach. It Has Only a Fraction of the Money.

June 14, 2019 | FlaglerLive | 22 Comments

What dredging looks like as a beach is re-nourished: an example from Coney Island, where beach renourishment has been taking place since the 1920s. See the video below. (© FlaglerLive via PBS Newshour)

Flagler County is teaming with the federal government to split the $100 million cost of dune renourishment in Flagler Beach, but the deal is fraught with uncertainties, and Flagler can only pay its first phase.

‘Are You Kidding?’ Deeper Inspection Finds Captain’s BBQ Building Sound and Repairable for $60,000

June 14, 2019 | FlaglerLive | 29 Comments

Captain's BBQ, to the left, appears not to be in as poor shape as assumed for the past year. (© FlaglerLive)

In a dramatic turnaround, an inspection concluded that the Captain’s BBQ building at Bing’s doesn’t have to be replaced or destroyed and can be repaired for a small sum of money, changing a year’s worth of assumptions.

County Calms Bunnell’s Anger Over Sheriff’s Move to Palm Coast, Disarming Threats of Lawsuit

June 13, 2019 | FlaglerLive | 12 Comments

The relic Bunnell doesn't want to lose. (© FlaglerLive)

Sheriff Rick Staly’s and County Manager Jerry Cameron’s joint appearance before the Bunnell City Commission on Monday went a significant distance to disarm the city’s threats of a lawsuit and calm its anger over the sheriff’s move to Palm Coast.

Backers and Foes of Bunnell’s Condemned Homeless Shelter Duel Ahead of Appeal

June 12, 2019 | FlaglerLive | 7 Comments

The homeless at a dinner organized at Bunnell's First United Methodist Church. (Sheltering Tree)

The Bunnell City Commission got a preview of the two sharply divided sides that will appear before it again soon in defense of and in opposition to the preservation of the cold-weather shelter for the homeless at First United Methodist Church on Pine Street.

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