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Flagler County Youth Center Marks 10 Years in Continuing County-School Board Partnership

October 1, 2015 | FlaglerLive | 3 Comments

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Flagler County government built the $1 million youth center as part of a tax-supported referendum 10 years ago. The school board staffs it, under the leadership of Cheryl Massaro, its one and only director.

Sheriff Shows Off New HQ to Public, But Commissioners Who Bought It Are No-Shows

September 30, 2015 | FlaglerLive | 3 Comments

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None of the four county commissioners who voted for the $6.5 million acquisition and transformation of the old Memorial Hospital into the sheriff’s operations center showed up at Wednesday’s open house.

Flagler Fire Rescue Join Florida National Guard at Camp Blanding Search and Rescue Training

September 30, 2015 | FlaglerLive | Leave a Comment

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The 7th annual exercise, dubbed “Operation Integration,” involved statewide deployment of urban search and rescue teams with the Guard’s 83rd Troop Command.

Tuesday Briefing: Banned Books Week, Entrepreneur Night at Black Cloud, Why ISIS Demolishes History

September 29, 2015 | FlaglerLive | 1 Comment

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It’s Banned Books Week, the Palm Coast City Cpouncil holds a special meeting to buy a dozen vehicles, Area entrepreneurs gather for their monthly meet-up, this time at Black Cloud,

Assistant State Attorney Jason Lewis Escapes Serious Injuries in 2-Vehicle Wreck on US1

September 28, 2015 | FlaglerLive | 10 Comments

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The wreck at U.S. 1 and Royal Palms Parkway in Palm Coast also involved Lauren Mack, co-founder of The Well-Written Woman, a local blog with a national following.

Fearing Costs of Long and Losing Battle, Flagler Beach Surrenders to Sea Ray

September 28, 2015 | FlaglerLive | 8 Comments

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Flagler Beach government approved a settlement agreement, 3-2, that ends its challenge of Sea Ray’s parking lot plans and the county’s land use changes.

Monday Briefing: Open House For Sheriff’s New Home, Free Clinic Fund-Raiser, Bunnell in the Money Again

September 28, 2015 | FlaglerLive | Leave a Comment

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The Flagler County Free Clinic holds a fund-raiser at the Turtle Shack in Flagler Beach from 6 to 8 p.m., Bunnell commissioners vote themselves a little money back, Carly Fiorina’s disasters.

“He Kept Pushing Me Mentally”: Anna and John Pehota’s Life Before She Shot Him

September 25, 2015 | FlaglerLive | 9 Comments

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Anna Pehota shot dead her husband John in their Hammock trailer Sept. 23. John’s best friend recalls four decades of knowing the couple he calls “the sweetest in the world.”

Anna Pehota, 75, Charged With 2nd-Degree Murder for Shooting Husband in Hammock

September 23, 2015 | FlaglerLive | 18 Comments

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The woman–Anna Pehota, who has owned the trailer with her husband John since 1993–called 911 just after 4:30 p.m. to say that she thought she’d killed her husband, and that she’d shot him three times.

Commissioners Ax Planning Board Chairman Who’d Opposed Controversial Developments, Replace Him With a Developer

September 23, 2015 | FlaglerLive | 9 Comments

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The Flagler County Commission booted off Russ Reinke who’d long chaired the planning board and replaced him with developer Art Barr after Reinke had opposed several recent controversial developments.

Trash Bandits: Sheriff Looking for Rogues Who Dumped 18 Tons of Tires Off Old Kings Road

September 21, 2015 | FlaglerLive | 12 Comments

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The 18 to 19 tons of use tires (37,000 pounds) were dumped off North Old Kings Road, between Matanzas Woods Parkway and Princess Place Preserve. Flagler government removed them.

FHP’s Cpl. Pete Young, Flagler’s Longest-Serving Cop By Far, Earns Singular Medal

September 17, 2015 | FlaglerLive | 13 Comments

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With 500 traffic homicide investigations and into his 5th decade in law enforcement, Pete Young is the longest-serving uniformed cop in Flagler-Palm Coast. He has no plans to stop.

Thursday Briefing: Obama Likes Ahmed’s Coo Coo-Cop Clock, Maya at the GSB, Dexter Gordon’s Tunisia

September 17, 2015 | FlaglerLive | Leave a Comment

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The Flagler Commission holds its final budget and tax hearing, the annual Maya at the Playa conference kicks off at the GSB, Obama invites Ahmed Mohamed to the White House, with the clock that scared a teacher and cops.

Palm Coast Manager Apologizes for Ordering Work Without School Board Approval First

September 16, 2015 | FlaglerLive | 9 Comments

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City Manager Jim Landon ordered utility work to proceed without securing an easement from the Flagler County School Board, though he’s been critical of the county over a similar issue.

Flagler Airport Pilot Flies Historic Cuba-Bound Flight From the United States

September 16, 2015 | FlaglerLive | 1 Comment

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Local pilot Galin Hernandez’s historic flight to Cuba over Labor Day was among the first of its kind from the American mainland, though it took off from Hollywood.

County Approves Indefinite Halt to Road Impact Fees, May End Them in East Flagler

September 15, 2015 | FlaglerLive | 5 Comments

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A moratorium has cost cost the county $810,000 in transportation impact fees and $145,000 in parks and recreation fees as a result.

Tuesday Briefing: County Talks Cell Towers, School Board Takes Up 5-Year, $16-Million Construction Plan

September 15, 2015 | FlaglerLive | Leave a Comment

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The Flagler County Commission is still hunting for an alternative site for a 320-foot cell tower near John Anderson Highway. The school board and Palm Coast City Council meet.

Wimbledon Champ Reilly Opelka Coming Home to Palm Coast Tennis Center Friday

September 14, 2015 | FlaglerLive | Leave a Comment

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The public is invited to the Palm Coast Tennis Center this Friday (Sept. 18), from 11 a.m. to noon, to welcome home 2015 Wimbledon Junior tennis champion Reilly Opelka. The Tennis Center is located at 1290 Belle Terre Pkwy.

County Rejects One Jumbo Cell Tower, Approves Another and Hedges On Third

September 9, 2015 | FlaglerLive | 19 Comments

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The Flagler commission was responding to concerns about the height and visibility of three proposed communications towers rising between 320 and 350 feet–more than twice the allowable size under county rules.

County Declares Dangerous Dog That Bit 8-Year-Old Boy, Rejecting More Clement Recommendation

September 9, 2015 | FlaglerLive | 10 Comments

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The commission’s 4-1 vote went against the recommendation of a hearing officer, who found that the dog was acting in defense of its owners’ home and was reacting to what amounted to a trespassing, uninvited person walking into the house.

Flagler’s Push For Trio of Cell Towers Rising Higher Than Statue of Liberty Beams Alarms

September 8, 2015 | FlaglerLive | 17 Comments

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Flagler County Emergency Services wants the three towers, including an especially controversial one on John Anderson Highway in Flagler Beach, to improve its communications network, but residents and environmentalists are raising questions.

Dog Bites 8-Year-Old Boy: Should It be Declared Dangerous, Or Does Castle Doctrine Apply? County Commission Will Decide.

September 3, 2015 | FlaglerLive | 32 Comments

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The Flagler County Commission on Sept. 9 must decide whether to declare a 2-year-old Labrador dangerous, or whether to rule that the dog was merely defending its home from an intruder.

Gov. Scott and Florida Cabinet Honor 3 From Flagler: John Seth, Rick Staly and Ed Wolff

September 2, 2015 | FlaglerLive | 3 Comments

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Rick Staly until spring was the undersheriff in the Jim Manfre administration, John Seth is the long-time band director at Flagler Palm Coast High School, and Ed Wolff is the county’s teacher of the year.

Flagler, Among Top 10 Counties With Most Concealed-Weapon Licenses, Will Fast-Track Permitting

August 31, 2015 | FlaglerLive | 31 Comments

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Flagler has 8.24 concealed carry permits for every 100 residents. Starting Jan. 1, the Flagler Tax Collector’s office will accept concealed-weapon permit applications for $134 and renewals for $72.

Disaster Economics 101: Flagler Businesses Are Made Part of County’s Recovery Plans

August 27, 2015 | FlaglerLive | 1 Comment

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Kevin Guthrie, the county’s emergency services director, told some 80 Flagler business leaders what role they must play in the immediate recovery after a disaster to ensure that the local economy returns to normal.

Overselling Flagler: How County Tourism and Government Zeal Lost the Spartan Race Before It Started

August 26, 2015 | FlaglerLive | 45 Comments

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An examination of the documents behind the Spartan Race proposed for Princess Place show tourism chief Matt Dunn repeatedly getting ahead of the process, showing little awareness of policy and protocols and virtually no appreciation for the political context that ultimately sank his biggest pet project to date.

Princess Place Saved Again: Flagler Pulls Extreme Race Out of Preserve and Looks Elsewhere

August 23, 2015 | FlaglerLive | 62 Comments

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County Administrator Craig Coffey, conceding to the outpouring of opposition to holding such a race at the preserve—and to a majority of county commissioners’ categorical opposition to the event there—informed commissioners Sunday that the race would be pulled.

How County Government Is Pimping Princess Place While Spinning Fairy Tales

August 22, 2015 | FlaglerLive | 51 Comments

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Flagler County’s justifications for holding a Spartan extreme-sport race at Princess Place Preserve fails the smell test on all counts and raise questions about how tourism chief Matt Dunn and County Administrator Craig Coffey got the deal so far to start with.

Princess Place Preserve Slated for Extreme-Sport-Type Endurance Race, and 6,000 Racers

August 19, 2015 | FlaglerLive | 108 Comments

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The Spartan extreme-sport race in March will cover 8-10 miles and feature nearly 30 landscape-altering obstacles, with 6,000 racers and 2,000 spectators expected. The county is subsidizing the race.

For Fire Chief Don Petito, a Family Matter Escalates Into Confrontations and Complaints

August 18, 2015 | FlaglerLive | 22 Comments

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Don Petito was seeking to help his father move out of a house when a deputy forbade either to enter the house, causing the fire chief to become “very animated,” in his own words.

County Government Will Take Over Flagler Tourism Office From Chamber in Latest Expansion

August 17, 2015 | FlaglerLive | 17 Comments

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The tourism office’s four employees have been under contract through the Flagler chamber of commerce. By next fall, they’ll be county employees, but their budget will still be underwritten by the 4 percent surtax on short-term rentals.

Boat-Dock Permits Revoked, Flagler Re-Ignites Urgency to Finish Manatee Protection Plan

August 17, 2015 | FlaglerLive | 11 Comments

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Federal officials have revoked all boat-dock permits for non-residential homes in Flagler because a manatee protection plan and an additional speed zone are not in place.

House Committee Approves District Joining Flagler, Volusia, Drips of Lake and St. Johns

August 13, 2015 | FlaglerLive | Leave a Comment

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The shift may be reflective of the weakness of the region’s legislative delegation: neither Sen. Travis Hutson nor Paul Renner, rookies both, has pull in his respective house, neither has bargaining chips to deal with.

3 Weeks After Announcing His Resignation, Airport Director Roy Sieger Says He’s Staying After All

August 13, 2015 | FlaglerLive | 9 Comments

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Citing personal and professional reasons, Flagler County Airport Director Roy Sieger told his airport advisory board this afternoon that he was staying in Flagler County after all, three weeks after announcing his resignation to take a job with the Hillsborough County Airport Authority.

New Congressional Maps Proposed in Face of Criticism, One Restoring Flagler’s Right Tilt

August 12, 2015 | FlaglerLive | 1 Comment

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Changes to a proposed map of Florida’s 27 congressional districts emerged Wednesday, a day before key hearings in the House and Senate about how to comply with a court order finding the current map violates the anti-gerrymandering “Fair Districts” requirements.

Sen. Travis Hutson Joins Chorus of Opposition to New Congressional Map, Objecting to Split

August 12, 2015 | FlaglerLive | 1 Comment

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Sen. Travis Hutson opposes changes to the congressional district that include Flagler because they would split St. Johns, Hutson’s base, while taking in all of Volusia.

Report on Active-Shooter Exercise at FPC Points to Serious Flaws in Command, Communications and Cooperation

August 11, 2015 | FlaglerLive | 15 Comments

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The unvarnished after-action report paints a troubling picture of sheriff’s and fire rescue operations that worked poorly as a coordinated, cooperative and unified response, though they worked well in their individual parts.

Jailhouse Porn
Fort Apache: Flagler

August 8, 2015 | FlaglerLive | 46 Comments

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There’s nothing to be proud of in the pornography of incarceration: Flagler had no reason to triple the size of its jail other than to amplify an indefensible architecture of disproportionate punishment.

Ex-Supervisor Kimberle Weeks Billed Taxpayers $12,500 For 3 Lawyers and Misled Media

August 7, 2015 | FlaglerLive | 14 Comments

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The bills include $5,000 to defend herself in a state investigation that resulted, after she resigned, in 12 felony counts against her. She charged the bills to taxpayers.

Matanzas Woods Parkway Re-Opening on Monday, 2 Weeks Before School Resumes

August 7, 2015 | FlaglerLive | 2 Comments

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Though more lane closures are projected, none will be allowed on Matanzas Woods Parkway between 7 and 8:30 a.m. or between 1:30 and 2:30 p.m. on days when school is in session.

In Setback for Sea Ray, Flagler Beach Votes 3-2 to Challenge Land Use Change Over Parking lot

August 6, 2015 | FlaglerLive | 27 Comments

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A divided Flagler Beach City Commission voted 3-2 Thursday to take a challenge to the state of a county land use amendment enabling Sea Ray Boats to build a parking lot on 24 acres south of its property off Colbert Lane in Palm Coast.

In Latest Round of County-City Water War, Flagler Now Objects to 25% Surcharge From Palm Coast

August 6, 2015 | FlaglerLive | 7 Comments

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The county is giving Palm Coast 30 days to consider reducing or waiving the surcharge while also exploring importing water from Bunnell to serve the county airport, which is surrounded by Palm Coast.

Flagler’s Congressional District Would Lose Putnam and Most of St. Johns But Pick Up Volusia

August 5, 2015 | FlaglerLive | 1 Comment

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The change suggests that the district would tilt left somewhat, compared to its current makeup, which could favor Democrats. A special session of the Legislature will decide the final boundaries in accordance with a Supreme Court Order.

Case Dismissed: No Penalty Against Brian Szmitko, Responsible for Death of Elisa Homen in Whiteview Wreck

August 5, 2015 | FlaglerLive | 39 Comments

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Because of a technicality on the careless driving citation, Szmitko walked off free of any penalty or so much as points on his license for the crash, let alone a license suspension.

In Latest Fallout from Factious Weeks Era, Hutson Files Bill to Clarify Attorney Role on Canvassing Boards

August 4, 2015 | FlaglerLive | 3 Comments

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The Hutson bill would designate the county attorney as the canvassing board’s counsel absent a two-third vote by the board to appoint a different attorney.

Commissioner Revels Saves 13 Jobs, Rejecting Privatization at Expense of Lowest-Paid Employees

August 3, 2015 | FlaglerLive | 17 Comments

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The county administration had proposed to privatize cleaning services for $500,000, allegedly saving $174,000 a year, but employees hired by the private company would have lost all benefits, and many would have lost their jobs outright.

County Seals Final Approval for Sea Ray Parking Plan, This Time With a Caution

August 3, 2015 | FlaglerLive | 3 Comments

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The County Commission gave final approval today for Sea Ray Boats’s planned 24-acre parking lot south of its plant off Colbert Lane, but not without words of caution from several commissioners.

Flagler Chamber Launches School For Business-Minded Political Candidates, But Behind Closed Doors

July 31, 2015 | FlaglerLive | 18 Comments

The two-day school, held in private, will train a dozen potential candidates chosen by a secret chamber committee for their business focus. The sessions are scheduled for September.

What Flagler Beach Got Wrong About “Crowd Managers,” and What the Auditorium Got Right

July 30, 2015 | FlaglerLive | 11 Comments

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Flagler Beach City Commissioner Kim Carney misinterpreted and exaggerated a fire code about “crowd managers” to her colleagues. The code does not require such managers at First Friday events, as she suggested.

Lawsuits Accuse Air Traffic Controllers of Negligence in 2013 Crash That Killed 3 On Palm Coast’s Utica Path

July 30, 2015 | FlaglerLive | 8 Comments

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The plane was misled to Flagler airport instead of the nearer Ormond airport when the emergency began, the two daughters of the pilot and two sons of a passenger claim in their federal lawsuits.

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