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Palm Coast Considers Sharply Raising One-Time Fire Levies on Future Homes and Businesses

June 10, 2020 | FlaglerLive | 10 Comments

Palm Coast Foire Chief Jerry Forte eyes the future. (© FlaglerLive)

Homeowners would see a negligible impact on fees despite a proposed 65 percent increase in the one-time levy assessed on a new home, a cost generally folded into the price of that new home. The impact fee is not levied on existing homes.

165 Teachers and Other Staffers Qualify for School District’s Offer of Voluntary Early Retirement

June 9, 2020 | FlaglerLive | 4 Comments

Nearly 10 percent of the Flagler County school district’s workforce qualify for an early-retirement offer, the first in a decade as employees contend with Covid-19 anxieties and the district weighs difficult budget years ahead.

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.

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.

Child Vaccination Rate Drops Sharply, Worrying Pediatricians of Public Health Consequences

May 27, 2020 | FlaglerLive | 3 Comments

Signs in exam rooms at a local doctor's office. (© FlaglerLive)

While a growing number of people are refusing to vaccinate their children in Florida, Some attributed the precipitous drop to the cancellation of pediatrician appointments during the pandemic.

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.

Flagler Beach Faces Decision Over Golf Course as Terry McManus Turns Himself In Over Fraud Charge

May 14, 2020 | FlaglerLive | 11 Comments

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The felony charge against Terry McManus raises questions for Flagler Beach government, which owns the golf course he manages, regarding the future of that relationship. The relationship has been rocky from the start.

How Climate Change Is Contributing to Skyrocketing Rates of Infectious Disease

May 8, 2020 | FlaglerLive | 12 Comments

An exhibition of tree trunks from Ghana, drawing attention to worldwide deforestation, at the Natural History Museum, Oxford. (Diana Jeater)

A catastrophic loss in biodiversity, reckless destruction of wildland and warming temperatures have allowed disease to explode. Ignoring the connection between climate change and pandemics would be “dangerous delusion,” one scientist said.

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.

A Woman Disputing Social Distancing Rules at Local Clinic Clashes With Cop and Faces Felony Charges

May 6, 2020 | FlaglerLive | 20 Comments

Claudia Avello Munzo after she was placed in a patrol car. (FCSO)

It was an incident out of Covid-19’s unwritten playbook, escalating from a simple social-distancing request at the Florida Health Care Plans office off Palm Coast Parkway to a scuffle, a woman’s arrest and felony charges and an injury to a Flagler County Sheriff’s sergeant.

Palm Coast Reopens a Few Passive Parks and Trails Monday as Flagler Beach Weighs Limited Pier Access

May 3, 2020 | FlaglerLive | 7 Comments

The Pier's pilgrims await progress on reopening. (© FlaglerLive)

Palm Coast and Flagler Beach governments are reopening a few of their more passive parks, trails and other outdoor amenities Monday while keeping major parks closed and maintaining a strict focus on safety and social distancing.

Brave New Covid World at AdventHealth: Your Car as Waiting Room, Phone Check-Ins, Mandatory Tests and Masks

April 30, 2020 | FlaglerLive | Leave a Comment

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AdventHealth physicians outlined how the system’s hospitals, including AdventHealth Palm Coast, will operate from here on, with significantly new procedures for patients, visitors, staff and physicians and a heavy emphasis on technology, social distancing and the isolation of anything Covid-19, including air.

Rumor Control is Critical and Time-Consuming for States, With No Help From Trump or His Likes

April 27, 2020 | FlaglerLive | 24 Comments

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In addition to battling the coronavirus, states and localities are spending time and increased effort batting down rumors and myths — everything from President Donald Trump’s suggestion last week that injecting poisonous disinfectants might help to rumors that National Guard troops are enforcing stay-at-home orders at gunpoint.

Local Religious Leaders Adapt Congregations to Coronavirus, and Answer the Question: How Does God Allow It?

April 23, 2020 | FlaglerLive | 7 Comments

First United Methodist Church in Palm Coast. (© FlaglerLive)

Flagler County’s religious leaders are trying to keep worshipers connected while most everyone is sheltered-in-place, and wrestling with the theological question of how a deity could allow a pandemic like Covid-19 to so ravage its creation.

American Carnage: How Donald Trump Is Killing Us

April 20, 2020 | FlaglerLive | 121 Comments

Pieter Bruegel the Elder's "The Triumph of Death" (1562). Trump Covid-19

The coronavirus has mutated into ideological variants. We are moving from a natural disaster to a man-made one, from statistically unavoidable deaths to deaths willed by indifference, ignorance, selfishness, and the political calculations of a single man. The consequences will compound rather than mitigate the pandemic.

Covid-19 Advice: 7 Lessons America’s Governors Should Not Ignore as They Reopen Economies

April 20, 2020 | FlaglerLive | 4 Comments

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We spoke to frontline experts from around the globe and have compiled a list of recommendations for reopening U.S. states. Their consensus? It’s tough to find policies that simultaneously save lives and livelihoods.

Florida Infections Spike to Near Peak Again, Flagler Cases at 52; St. Johns Reopens Beaches Partially

April 17, 2020 | FlaglerLive | 12 Comments

Josh, an AdventHealth Palm Coast employee, taking the temperature of a plush gift from Flagler Beach volunteers, who delivered the gifts to the hospital on April 13 as a result of efforts by resident Wanda Duff. (Wanda Duff)

Flagler County Covid-19 cases are expected to spike a little because of increased testing; AdventHealth Palm Coast’s ICU capacity at 28 percent and total capacity at 30 percent. Flagler County government defends its decision to open some trails as St. Johns opens its beaches for four hours a day, with limited use.

Millions of Americans Might Not Get Stimulus Checks. Some Might Be Tricked Into Paying TurboTax to Get Theirs.

April 17, 2020 | FlaglerLive | 12 Comments

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Congress gave the IRS the job of sending out coronavirus rescue checks. But the underfunded agency is struggling, while for-profit companies like Intuit have started circling, hoping to convert Americans in need into paying customers.

Covid-19 Peak Pushed Back to May 3; In Flagler, 47 Are Tested at Drive-Up Site and 400 Households Get Food Aid

April 15, 2020 | FlaglerLive | 15 Comments

From left, Palm Coast City Manager Matt Morton, Mayor Milissa Holland, and Flagler Health Department Chief Bob Snyder, with an interpreter for the hearing impaired, at today's semi-virtual town hall meeting on Covid-19. (© FlaglerLive via Palm Coast's YouTube Channel)

More details about the first Covid-19 infection affecting a Flagler staffer at a nursing home as the county begins drive-up testing, officials warn relaxing distancing measures, and Palm Coast launches its Rise-Up Palm Coast initiative.

Spike in People Dying at Home Suggests Coronavirus Deaths Are Considerably Higher Than Reported

April 15, 2020 | FlaglerLive | 12 Comments

A Covid-19 regional care center in Detroit on April 9. (Scott Thompson)

Coronavirus death counts are based on positive tests and driven by hospital deaths. But data from major metropolitan areas shows a spike in at-home deaths, prompting one expert to say current numbers were just “the tip of the iceberg.”

Covid-19 Tempers: How Palm Coast Residents With No Prior Records Are Ending Up In Jail on Domestic Violence Charges

April 14, 2020 | FlaglerLive | 22 Comments

Flagler County Sheriff's depouties have been busy arbitrating domestic disputes--and arresting first-time offenders (© FlaglerLive)

Even as the sheriff stresses de-escalation before arrests, ordinary family members are losing tempers and acting violently at home in collateral consequences of the coronavirus emergency, as this weekend’s repeated examples from Palm Coast illustrate.

Oceanfront Property Owners Want Beach Closure Lifted. Federal Judge Says No.

April 14, 2020 | FlaglerLive | 28 Comments

Off limit in Flagler, too, until further notice. (© FlaglerLive)

Plaintiffs in the lawsuit, including former Arkansas Gov. Mike Huckabee, argued that the ordinance is unconstitutional on a series of grounds, including that it violates privacy and due-process rights.

How and When to Wear a Mask, and How Not To

April 14, 2020 | FlaglerLive | 4 Comments

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Whether to wear a mask or not to protect against Covid-19, in what circumstances, and in what manners. Here’s what’s known and recommended in those regards as of mid-April.

1st Infection in Flagler Nursing Home; Flagler Opens Covid Testing Site at DSC Tuesday; Big Food Drop For Needy at FPC

April 13, 2020 | FlaglerLive | 6 Comments

The number of families needing help from Grace Community Food Pantry off U.S. 1 every weekend has nearly doubled since the coronavirus emergency began, as was the case with vehicles lining up along the highway last Saturday. (© FlaglerLive)

Flagler opens its first drive-up Covid-19 testing site Tuesday and organizes a major food drop as infection numbers appear to be slowing but local officials say it’s still important to “stay the course” on distancing.

Flagler County’s Crime Rate Falls 19% in 2019, After 22% Drop Year Before; Staly Credits Innovations

April 13, 2020 | FlaglerLive | 18 Comments

Two decades of sheriffs. The crime rate each year includes rates in Bunnell and Flagler Beach, which do not fall under the sheriff's jurisdiction but do not usually substantially alter the overall figures. (© FlaglerLive)

Much of the crime drop was in non-violent crimes, burglaries and larcenies especially. Vehicle thefts increased 26 percent despite the increasing use of license-plate readers. Rapes increased, and murders matched the previous year’s total: three.

Flagler Elections Supervisor Kaiti Lenhart Helping to Lead Push for Expansion of Mail Ballots and Early Voting

April 9, 2020 | FlaglerLive | 15 Comments

Flagler County Elections Supervisor Kaiti Lenhart. (© FlaglerLive)

Flagler County Elections Supervisor Keiti Lenhart is among the Florida supervisors who have asked Gov. Ron DeSantis for emergency measures they say will help them cope with an anticipated “significant statewide shortage” of poll workers later this year because of the coronavirus.

Are You Really Recovered After Overcoming Covid-19? Doctors Can’t Guarantee You Won’t Re-Transmit

April 7, 2020 | FlaglerLive | 1 Comment

In the clear? (Pascal Maramis)

As with so many other aspects of the coronavirus, determining when a patient has recovered is fraught with uncertainties. Federal guidelines are limited. Physicians can’t offer seemingly recovered patients who aren’t retested any guarantees about whether they will be able to transmit the virus.

At AdventHealth, 15 Ventilators and Plans for 66 ICU Rooms; Local Officials Prepare for Surge and Promised Tests Don’t Show

April 3, 2020 | FlaglerLive | 29 Comments

Three wings at AdventHealth Palm Coast may be repurposed into intensive care unit rooms to accommodate a surge of Covid-19 patients, should it happen--or to care for patients from other overrun communities. (© FlaglerLive)

As confirmed Flagler County Covid-19 cases reach 28 Friday evening, local health officials are now stopping short of using reassuring language, saying the worst is yet to come, while various shifts point to the increasing severity of the pandemic.

Fox News’ Jesse Watters Said Travel Bans ‘More Critical In Saving Lives’ Than COVID Testing. He’s Wrong.

April 3, 2020 | FlaglerLive | 13 Comments

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Travel restrictions are most effective in combating viral spread if they are accompanied by targeted, robust testing and quarantining, which are the areas in which the Trump administration stumbled.

HIPAA Heist: Lethal Privacy In the Age of Coronavirus

April 2, 2020 | Pierre Tristam | 14 Comments

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Misapplications and misinterpretations of the federal medical privacy law known as HIPAA are conspiring to kill more of us than otherwise would die from the coronavirus. And officials are taking advantage of the law to cloak their failures.

Covid-19 Study Projects Florida Will See 5,568 Deaths By August, Peaking on May 3; Florida Extends School Closures Through May 1

March 31, 2020 | FlaglerLive | 8 Comments

The view from Covid-19 in Flagler Beach Monday. (© FlaglerLive)

The number of deaths in Florida and the nation from Covid-19 will rise rapidly in April despite social distancing rules in place–but would rise even more if those measures were not in place, the study’s author warns.

What Takes So Long? A Behind-The-Scenes Look At The Steps Involved In COVID-19 Testing

March 30, 2020 | FlaglerLive | 2 Comments

A machine at the UW Medicine Virology laboratory in Seattle extracts genetic material called RNA from patient samples to allow the analysis of potential COVID-19 cases on March 11. (Dan DeLong for KHN)

Even for people who are able to get tested for the coronavirus, and there’s still a big lag in testing ability in hot spots across the U.S., there can be a frustratingly long wait for results — not just hours, but often days. Here are some answers why.

‘Red Dawn Breaking Bad’: Officials Warned About Safety Gear Shortfall Early On, Emails Show

March 29, 2020 | FlaglerLive | 5 Comments

The alarm was rung about lacking personal protective equipment in late February, as President Trump continued to dismiss the dangers of coronavirus. (KHN)

A high-ranking federal official’s messages on the quickly rising urgency in February provide a sharp contrast to President Donald Trump’s statements at the time that the threat the coronavirus posed to the American public remained “very low.”

Palm Coast Data Battles Eviction Lawsuit and Calls “Fraud” on Landlord and Former Owners, Casting Pall on 600 Jobs

March 27, 2020 | FlaglerLive | 15 Comments

Palm Coast Data, one of the city's largest employers, is battling eviction through a bitter dispute with its former owners. (© FlaglerLive)

Both the lawsuit and Palm Coast Data’s answers combine to paint a grim picture for one of Palm Coast’s largest employers, months after losing a major account and now facing yet another major blow from the coming economic consequences of the public health emergency.

Flagler Cases Up to 4; Woman Treated for Covid-19 at Advent Is Released, But Her Son, an FPC Student, Tests Positive

March 24, 2020 | FlaglerLive | 12 Comments

Louise McCourty, a Flagler Palm Coast High School employee, distributing meals today at the school to families with children 18 and younger. (Flagler Schools).

Tuesday was proving to be a day of mixed signals, with resilience and fortitude competing with challenges and more dispiriting numbers as various segments of society were rapidly adapting to life under different degrees of restrictions and still often unclear expectations.

CDC Bungling of Coronavirus Testing Likely To Haunt Nation For Months To Come

March 24, 2020 | FlaglerLive | 14 Comments

A clinical lab technician at the UW Medicine Virology laboratory in Seattle processes patient samples for COVID-19 on March 11. (Dan DeLong for KHN)

The CDC distributed just 200 tests roughly equally to 100 public health labs in all 50 states in early February. That decision presaged weeks of chaos, in which the availability of COVID-19 tests seemed oddly out of sync with where testing was needed.

No School Board Meetings Until July and Potential Extension of School Year to June 30 as Questions Swirl

March 19, 2020 | FlaglerLive | 5 Comments

A new normal. (© FlaglerLive)

The coronavirus-triggered directives are raising questions among local officials about whether in-person school will resume at all this school year, even after April 15, and about the wisdom of not holding board meetings for long stretches of time.

Close the Damn Beach Already

March 19, 2020 | Pierre Tristam | 74 Comments

Visas to the virus: Flagler Beach this week. (© FlaglerLive)

By keeping the beaches open, Flagler and Flagler Beach officials are wanting it both ways. They’re sending contradictory messages and enabling irresponsibility. They’re issuing visas to the virus.

Flagler Circuit’s Chief Judge Issues Order With Potentially Extraordinary Measures as Florida Covid-19 Cases Double in 2 Days to 319

March 18, 2020 | FlaglerLive | 2 Comments

The Flagler County courthouse will be seeing a different sort of docket in the weeks ahead. (© FlaglerLive)

The court system’s new restrictions reveal the potential for extraordinary, court-ordered measures in answer to the coronavirus emergency, pointing to the sort of unprecedented role the courts and law enforcement may be taking on in the weeks and months ahead.

Flagler and Florida Schools Will Remain Closed Through April 15, But With Distance Learning; State Tests Cancelled

March 17, 2020 | FlaglerLive | 12 Comments

Schools will remain closed until April 15. (© FlaglerLive)

All of Flagler’s schools’ physical campuses will remain closed at least through April 15 by order of Gov. Ron DeSantis, but distance learning will be instituted starting March 31. State tests are cancelled for the remainder of the year in response to the coronavirus emergency.

Flagler’s Businesses Bristle as Bars Are Ordered Closed for 30 Days, Restaurants Restricted and Beach Crowds Urged Limited

March 17, 2020 | FlaglerLive | 33 Comments

In Flagler Beach, it's spring break as usual, as was the case in midafternoon today, with mostly young people who are not mindful of virus concerns, according to Eric Cooley, the Flagler Beach city commissioner and owner of the 7-Eleven on the beach. He said he will bring up his concerns at a special meeting of the city commission this week, when the commission will declaring a local state of emergency. (© FlaglerLive)

Restaurant-bars like the Brown Dog and Moonrise Brewing in Palm Coast are facing difficult choices even as they’re allowed to remain open, while business on the beach has been brisk, but for a scarier reason, according to a business owner and commissioner there.

Florida Coronavirus Cases Triple in 2 Days to 64; Floridian Dies in California; AdventHealth Announces Measures

March 14, 2020 | FlaglerLive | 4 Comments

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Coronavirus cases have jumped to 64 as of early Saturday morning, from just 21 two days ago, according to the Florida Department of Health, with nine cases in Florida unrelated to travel and 16 cases whose origins are still under investigation. Four Floridians have died from Covid-19, one of them in California.

Virus Testing Will Vastly Expand in Flagler and Florida, ‘So Things Are Going to Change Drastically in Terms of Numbers’

March 13, 2020 | FlaglerLive | 5 Comments

What Covid-19 looks like in its particulars. (CDC)

Coronavirus testing capacity will expand next week in Flagler County and across Florida, with capacity for some 625,000 tests available starting Monday, but a lot remains uncertain about the extent of the virus’ effects locally, how many people it will affect and whether current measures will be enough to stave off a major local outbreak.

Weekend Briefing: Movies in the Park (Probably), Plant Sale (Maybe), Suffragettes (Cancelled), Fishing 101

March 13, 2020 | FlaglerLive | Leave a Comment

The Suffragettes would know the score. (Library of Congress, Bain news Service, between 1910 and 1915)

Many events were scheduled for this weekend but patrons are advised to check with event organizers before they go as the coronavirus situation is causing cancellations.

AdventHealth Launches Coronavirus Information Line as Palm Coast Fire Chief Urges Fewer In-Person Dr. Visits

March 10, 2020 | FlaglerLive | 3 Comments

AdventHealth's coronavirus call center is focused on Florida for now, but may expand. (AdventHealth)

AdventHealth is launching a free phone service for Floridians who have questions about coronavirus, also known as COVID-19, including the opportunity to speak with a nurse as appropriate. The 24-hour line is in addition to a similar line operated by the Florida Department of Health.

Volusia/Flagler Chapter Marks ACLU’s Centennial With “Future Voters Essay Contest” and $500 Prize

March 9, 2020 | FlaglerLive | 2 Comments

Lin-Manuel Miranda, his father Luis Miranda, and John James have a message on the ACLU's 100th birthday. (ACLU)

The American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) ‘s Volusia/Flagler chapter is celebrating the ACLU’s 100th birthday with an essay contest open to all students, with a $500 prize and publication of the winning essay in FlaglerLive.

Public Responses to 4 Superintendent Candidates Draw Sharp Distinctions on Eve of Board’s Choice

March 9, 2020 | FlaglerLive | 2 Comments

The superintendent candidates and school board members at Thursday's meet-and-greet at Buddy Taylor Middle School. From left,

there is no clear-out, absolute favorite in public responses, but there are certainly sharper opinions, good and bad and in descending order, about Earl Johnson, Vernon Orndorff and Cathy Mitteldstadt.

How the School District Allowed “Rocco” Paffumi To Keep Teaching Despite 5 Violent Incidents

February 28, 2020 | FlaglerLive | 32 Comments

Jeffrey "Rocco" Paffumi at the time of his first arrest in 2012, left, and his arrest in January.

Jeffrey Rocco Paffumi, the former Buddy Taylor Middle School teacher who physically threw a student out of class in January, had a long and documented history of violent behavior in and out of the district, including two arrests and at least five previous instances of violent behavior toward students or adults, men and women–in 2007, 2010, 2012 and 2014. Yet he was allowed to keep teaching.

Weekend Briefing: Keith Johansen, 70s Dance Party, Hammock’s Art In the Garden, Stayin’ Alive

February 28, 2020 | FlaglerLive | Leave a Comment

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A Bee Gees tribute at the Flagler Auditorium, Art in the Garden with the Hammock Community Association, Romeo and Juliet, a 70s dance party at AACS, a wine festival, a safari dinner and a lot more.

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