Daily Briefing

Absent scheduling changes due to the storm, Michael Bowling, the former Mondex man serving 20 years in prison for molesting a girl at his stepdaughter’s sleepover, is in court arguing for a lesser sentence.

The Palm Coast City Council goes over its final budget for next year, A celebration of the life of the late Charlie Ericksen, keeping score on Donald Trump’s indictments and civil lawsuits.

The Flagler County Commission holds a 2:30 p.m. workshop to discuss its beach management plan, the Flagler County Beekeepers Association meets, a cop beats a man with a tennis racket as the man is being attacked by a police dog.

Palm Coast Farmers’ Market at European Village, how the FBI, not the Washington Post, brought down Richard Nixon, and once again, Pacho Flores’s performance, on the trumpet, of Arturo Marquez’s superb “Autumn Concerto.”

The Saturday Flagler Beach Farmers Market, “Jerry and Moly and Sam,” a story by Raymond Carver, the Commitments at the dark end of the street.

The Blue 24 Forum, the A1A Pride Committee meets, the death of Lolita, the The 57-year-old whale at the Miami aquarium, Susan Orlean on Willie.

School Board workshop on the hiring of LaShakia Moore as superintendent, Florida Humanities Speakers Series:  “Respect: Soul Music and the Civil Rights Movement” at AACS, Yasser Arafat and Jorge Luis Borges.

The Flagler County Public Library Book Club takes on “The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo,” Separation Chat, Open Discussion, memories of Baalbek and the Temple of Jupiter.

The NAACP Flagler Branch’s General Membership meeting this evening, cry the oil companies a river of oil, H.L. Mencken on the American press, the Cast of Curb Your Enthusiasm with Brian William.

The Flagler County Commission takes on the final plat approval for Veranda Bay, the Mosquito Control District Board meets, the day the Mona Lisa was stolen for the second time.

Sunday Chess Club at Chabad of Palm Coast, Palm Coast Farmers’ Market at European Village, William Maxwell’s “Over By the River,” Charles Portis on taking in an intellectual woman.

The Saturday Flagler Beach Farmers Market, Grace Community Food Pantry, Bill Clinton’s 77th, with rewinds to Clinton on Letterman and Michiko Kakutani on Clinton.

Waterfront Park Ribbon Cutting, Pete Davidson and Friends in Ponte Vedra Beach, Midnight Mayhem at One Daytona, E.B. Sledge and With the Old Breed: At Peleliu and Okinawa.

Flagler Tiger Bay Club’s fifth annual Wine Tasting Meet and big reveal, Creative Writing for Adults at the Public Library, Democratic Women’s Club meeting, “Florida Soul” at the African American Cultural Society, the futility of beach renourishment.

The Palm Coast Planning and Land Development Board takes on the Cascades development in Seminole Woods, Separation Chat, Open Discussion, George Carlin at the National Press Club, E.B. Sledge’s portrait of Sgt. Haney.

Food Truck Tuesdays, The Flagler County School Board has its monthly pair of meetings, the Palm Coast City Council meets, the Barbie movie is banned in Lebanon and is celebrated on SNL.

“Summer of Soul,” part of AACS’s film presentations of classic Black cinema, this afternoon, the Bunnell City Commission meets, Ian McEwan on civilization, on Bach, and on Ian McEwan.

Sunday Chess Club at Chabad, Jason Mraz at the St. Augustine Amphitheatre, your fuel consumption against a plane’s, Google’s AI efforts against contrails, reading a book in public in the United States.

The Saturday Flagler Beach Farmers Market, Gamble Jam, Steve McQueen and Cornel West in Conversation, Spottswood Rice’s letter, a shooting incident on Staten Island.

LGBTQ+ Night at Flagler Beach’s Coquina Coast Brewing Company, celebrating Britt Hobo Days, also known as the National Hobo Convention, the John T. Davis documentary, Jack London’s The Road.

Flagler County schools are back in session for students today. The Flagler Beach City Commission meets. A few thoughts on going back to school from George Bernard Shaw and John Updike. And Sam Kinison, of course.

More dangerous heat today, Separation Chat, Open Discussion, Weekly Chess Club for Teens, Johnny Cash’s greatest love affair, Christopher Niemann and Bach on coffee.

The Palm Coast City Council meets in workshop, the Flagler County Planning Board decides whether to allow less rain to seep through at the Cornerstone strip mall, Donald Hall and thoughts of oblivion in the middle of the night.

The Flagler County Commission holds a pair of meetings, the Beverly Beach Town Commission just one, only in America, a Texas Supreme Court decision ridiculing the fanaticism of the Second Amendment.

“Firebringer” at City Repertory Theatre, Sunday Chess Club at Chabad of Palm Coast, how the bombing of Hiroshima was reported the day after, how Enrico Fermi experimented during the blast of the first atomic bomb.

Back to School Jam, “Firebringer” at City Repertory Theatre, Monthly Volunteer Clean-Up Day at the Florida Agriculture Museum, Sunshine and Sandals Social at Cornerstone, Maupassant’s “Inheritance.”

“Firebringer” at City Repertory Theatre, Superintendent LaShakia Moore on Free For All, First Friday in Flagler Beach, the future of abortion and a moment with Margaret Atwood.

The incorrigible L’Darius Smith is back in court on a plea, a status hearing is scheduled in the case of Reba Lynn Johnson, who assaulted a teacher, Marjorie Taylor Greene, Lawrence Friedman on law.

Flagler Beach’s Margaritaville Hotel public meeting, the Flagler County Republican Club meets, Separation Chat’s open discussion, the ins and outs of juries and jury selection.

The Palm Coast City Council will consider the management contract for a new cell tower at Ralph Carter Park, remembering Charlie Ericksen, Jack Reacher solves the mystery behind why hookers always carry big purses.

Heat index again at dangerous levels, stormwater and the Flagler County Commission, a celebration of the American language on the cusp of Gulden Draak.

Sunday Chess Club at Chabad of Palm Coast, Shifted, at Limelight Theatre, Grace Community Food Pantry, A tribute to Jason Epstein, Nathaniel Hawthorne.

Annika Chambers & Paul DesLauriers at Blues & Brews Bistro in Ormond, the Saturday Flagler Beach Farmers Market, taking stock of our Barbie world.

Scenic A1A Pride meets, John Fogerty at the St. Augustine Amphitheatre, Bonkerz Comedy Night, the sound of a tank, what 3 degrees of warming looks like.

The Flagler Beach City Commission has a full agenda–new manager’s contract, impact fees, sales tax increase, and more. The Teron trial may conclude. Joan Didion on Charlie Rose.

Separation Chat, Day three of Monserrate Teron’s trial, The Flagler County Public Library Book Club takes on Kim Michele’s “Woman of Troublesome Creek,” Paul Robeson.

Monserrate Teron’s trial Day Two, the school board holds a pair of meetings, the Volusia-Flagler Sierra Club hosts a group social, taking on the multiverse.

Monserrate Teron again goes on trial on charges of raping his 7-year-old niece, the Bunnell City Commission meets, Delmore Schwartz On Marilyn Monroe, the Library of America does Virginia Hamilton.

Sunday Chess Club at Chabad of Palm Coast, Michael Franti & Spearhead at the St. Augustine Amphitheatre, a world shrugs at the Women’s World Cup, Mary Wilson Thompson’s anti-suffrage letter to Woodrow Wilson.

Gamble Jam, Rolling Stones Tribute, Cat in the Hat, The Saturday Flagler Beach Farmers Market, celebrating Bernard Malamud through “The Mourners” and other works.

The Blue 22 Forum at the Beverly Beach Town Hall, Young the Giant in St. Augustine, the life and death of Ernest Hemingway, a Michael Lewis interview.

A public meeting about the planned resurfacing of State Road A1A in Flagler Beach from South 8th to North 18th streets, celebrating World Chess Day with Kasparov and Topalov, Charles Portis’s menopause.

The Palm Coast Planning Board talks about Coquina Shores, the planned 750-home subdivision off Old Kings Road, Weekly Chess Club for Teens, John Locke on clear writing.

The Palm Coast City Council considers adopting a franchise fee on your utility bill, the Flagler school board talks about hiring a new superintendent, Food Truck Tuesday, Ted Koppel and Nelson Mandela.

Nysean Giddens goes on trial on a first-degree murder charge in the overdose drug death of Shaun Callahan, the Flagler County Commission and the Flagler County Planning Board meet jointly, Disneyland turns 68.

Sunday Chess Club at Chabad of Palm Coast, Barenaked Ladies at the St. Augustine Amphitheater, Bach’s wedding cantata, Whitman on the vanished the proud boasts.

The St. Augustine Craft Beer Festival, the Democratic Women’s Club meets, Men’s Fish Fry at First Church of Palm Coast, the barbarous practice of civilians bearing arms.

The second annual Food-a-Thon is today, a status hearing is scheduled in the case of Monserrate Teron, LGBTQ+ Night at Flagler Beach’s Coquina Coast Brewing Company, a journalism festival in France kicking off on Bastille Day, Charles Portis.

Public Meet and Greet with finalists for Flagler Beach City Manager at 5:30 p.m. at City Hall, the Palm Coast Democratic Club meets, remembering Milan Kundera.

Separation Chat, Open Discussion, a pre-trial for Brendan Depa, Social Security heists, did Paul Renner whitewash an allegation of sexual harassment against one of his freshman House members?