The Flagler County Sheriff’s Chief Steve Cole, an avid runner and bicyclist, represented the Sheriff’s Office in Crimestoppers’ seventh Run to Stop Crime 5K race Saturday (Jan. 14) in Ormond Beach and placed first in his age group, 45-49.
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Weekend Briefing: Drug Court Graduation, Next to Normal Musical, Adam Trent Magic, RPOF Annual Meeting, Democrats’ New Leader
Retired Judge J. David Walsh presides over the 27th Drug Court Graduation ceremony, the fabulous Next to Normal musical at City Repertory Theatre, a magic show and Dave Mason at the Auditorium, MLK Day on Monday.
Thursday Briefing: Flagler Teacher and Employee of the Year, Pirates in Flagler Beach, Trump’s Conflicts
The 2017 Flagler County Teacher of the Year and Service Employee of the Year are crowned at the Flagler Auditorium, a Palm Coast promotion company explores holding a pirates festival in Flagler Beach, Trumpology of the day.
Wednesday Briefing: Humane Society Expansion, Public Safety Council talks Jail Inspection, Bad Journalism
The Public Safety Coordinating Council meets for the first time under its new chairman, Commissioner Nate McLaughlin, and with a new Sheriff, Rick Staly, the Humane Society expands, focusing more on bad journalism than fake news.
Palm Coast’s 2017 Birds of a Feather Fest and Art Show in February
The three-day birding and nature festival invites everyone to enjoy a weekend of birding, photography, workshops, nature art show, social events, and family activities.
Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University Worldwide Ranked 1st For Online Education By U.S. News
Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University Worldwide has been ranked No. 1 in U.S. News & World Report’s 2017 list for best online bachelor’s degrees in the nation.
Tuesday Briefing: Rebuilding Palm Coast Community Center, Flagler Auditorium Update, What Is Woman
The Palm Coast City Council is about to undergo a makeover, the Flagler County School Board holds another workshop with the Flagler Auditorium board, John Paul Stevens on Citizens United.
Weekend Briefing: Top Stories of 2016, First Friday in Flagler Beach, DSC Enrollment Saturday, Orwell
WNZF’s Free For All Friday takes on the top stories of 2016, it’s the year’s First Fridays in Flagler Beach, easy enrollment at Daytona State College, George Orwell on political writing.
Thursday Briefing: Police Fire Pipes & Drums Go to Washington, Salvo Art, Anchor’s Choice, Cinderella
The the Police and Fire Pipes and Drums band is heading to Washington to perform in Donald Trump’s presidential inauguration, Salvo Art gallery holds its final fund-raiser at its current location, Cinderella at the Flagler Auditorium.
Wednesday Briefing: Judge Craig Returns, Takes Over Criminal Court, YPG at Cork & Pint, Optimism v. Pessimism
Circuit Judge Dennis Craig takes over the criminal docket in Flagler, the Young professional Group of Flagler takes its networking social to Cork & Pint, how not to be either an optimist nor a pessimist.
Tuesday Briefing: Inaugurating a New Sheriff, Flagler Beach and County Talk A1A, Crist Goes to Washington
Charlie Crist becomes a Congressman, Flagler Beach and Flagler County talk A1A futures, Rick Staly is inaugurated Flagler County Sheriff, Trumpism as ideology, the world’s oldest surviving piano.
Year-End Briefing: Buy Less, Live More, Merry Christmas
This is the last Daily briefing of the year, so the Briefing will be off until Jan. 3. Happy Hanukkah, Fabulous Festivus, Merry Christmas and Happy New Year, in that order.
Thursday Briefing: Losing Democrats Look Back, Journalism in Age of Trump, Bud Powell
Flagler’s Democrats gather to hear from three of their candidates who lost in November and talk about the future, a man who assaulted police in Flagler Beach goes on trial, how journalists should cover Trump and Trumpism.
Wednesday Briefing: Legislative Delegation Wish List, Beach Restoration Dollars, National Geographic’s Trans Cover
Paul Renner and Travis Hutson hear the county’s wish lists in the annual legislative meeting, seeking tourism dollars to fix beaches, National Geographic breaks ground, belatedly, with a 9-year-old transgender girl on its cover.
Tuesday Briefing: Policing Palm Coast, A Lid on Pot, Historic Bus Tour, Centennial Plans, Trans Homicides
State of law enforcement in Palm Coast, pot-bsiness moratorium in Palm Coast, undercounting transgender homicides, “a fabulous” boat parade, the exquisite Billy Evans and his foolish heart.
Monday Briefing: Revels Farewell, Holly Norris Plea, Florida Presidential Electors, ITMS Concert
Florida electors meet today to cast their vote for Donald Trump, Holly Norris, accused of aggravated manslaughter in her uncle’s death 3 years ago, may plea, the county commission says goodbye to Barbara Revels, Gary Kasparov writes.
Weekend Briefing: Goodbye Gail Wadsworth, Christmas With a Deputy, Boat Parade, Starlight 5K, Obama’s Nation
Flagler County Clerk of Court Gail Wadsworth’s farewell on the courthouse steps, the Palm Coast Boat Parade, Christmas With a Deputy blares its sirens, The Nation marks the Obama years.
Thursday Briefing: A1A’s Various Futures in Flagler Beach, Rebecca Lawless Docket Sounding, Portman’s Jackie Kennedy
The public gets a first look at options for permanent repairs of State Road A1A in Flagler Beach, Rebecca Lawless, accused of DUI manslaughter in the death of Diane Upton on SR100 last year, has a docket sounding in court.
Wednesday Briefing: Flagler Beach Holds Non-Public Meeting to Discuss Marina, Lies of the Past Year
The Flagler Beach City Commission meets behind closed doors to figure out whether, and how, to address a judge’s decision on the Howard Sklar marina, Politifacts looks back at a year of lies.
Tuesday Briefing: Palm Coast’s Medical Pot Bust, Annexation on SR100, Project GS2, Fetal Remains Rule, Humanism
Improv at the Flagler Auditorium, a potential new business is discussed at Economic Development council, Palm Coast’s medical pot moratorium, humanism as the way out.
Monday Briefing: Buddy Taylor Middle Band Concert, Cops’ Militarism, Age of Outrage, Sunset in Bunnell
The Bunnell City Commission sunsets its short-lived parks advisory committee, the Buddy Taylor Middle School band performs, Aasif Mandvi on Trump, the age of outrage.
Weekend Briefing: Starlight Parade, Homeschooling, Handel’s Messiah, DSC Enrollment, Abortion and The Fire Next Time
Another weekend of wall to wall activities with the Starlight Parade in Palm Coast, the search for intelligent life at City Rep Theatre, Handel’s Messiah, enrollment Saturday at DSC, and a lot more.
Thursday Briefing: John Lennon Re-Imagined at Salvo, Future Water Supply, Preparing for Flagler Beach’s Election
“Imagine,” a show at Salvo Art Project tonight, features music performances and art works celebrating John Lennon, Palm Coast’s beautification committee talks water, Flagler Beach talks elections.
Wednesday Briefing: FPC Band and Chorus Festival, Jingle Ball Social, Pearl Harbor at 75, Ta-Nehisi Coates
FPC’s band and chorus take the stage at the Flagler Auditorium, the Young Professionals take to the Island Grille for their holiday party, It’s Matanzas v. FPC in girls’ soccer, and a conversation with Ta-Nehisi Coates.
Tuesday Briefing: Rymfire Winter Concert, Matanzas v. Menendez, Palm Coast Redevelopment Plan
The Palm Coast council this evening is set to approve bringing Wawa to State Road 100 as part of a redevelopment plan, Rymfire Elementary’s winter concert, a word from Reinhold Niebuhr.
Monday Briefing: Flagler’s Wild Tourism Spending, Fame, Between Trumpism and Islamism, Kundera
New county commissioners will contend with expensive requests from the county’s tourism division, Fame: the Musical at the Flagler Auditorium, Slovakia-bound art and Milan Kundera words.
Weekend Briefing: Christmas Parade in Flagler Beach, Arts Foundation Takes the Stage in Town Center, Messiah and Candlelight
An eventful weekend of Christmas performances all over the place, with the Flagler Beach Holiday Parade, the Palm Coast Arts Foundation’s afternoon celebration of its new stage on Town Center, performances of Handel’s Messiah, and plenty more.
Thursday Briefing: Fantasy Lights and Tree Lighting in Town Center, Vaccine Skeptics, That 60s Show, Flagler Audubon
The Rotary Club’s annual Fantasy Lights displays in Palm Coast’s Town Center open just after the 6 p.m. tree-lighting ceremony, where Santa and the mayor make an appearance. Vaccine skeptics like Donald Trump. The 60s at the Auditorium.
Wednesday Briefing: End of Hurricane Season (Good Riddance), Matthew Pile Burns, Gun Violence
The Palm Coast City Council goes on a field trip to its public works facility ahead of a workshop on the subject, the Public Service Commission discusses a settlement that would result in higher electric rates for FPL customers, Bob Graham at UF.
Tuesday Briefing: Palm Coast Council’s Public Works Field Trip, FPL Rates, “America: The Owner’s Manual”
The Palm Coast City Council goes on a field trip to its public works facility ahead of a workshop on the subject, the Public Service Commission discusses a settlement that would result in higher electric rates for FPL customers, Bob Graham at UF.
Monday Briefing: Bunnell Commissioners Want Their Full Salaries Back, We Are the 99%, Rorty’s Suggestion to Lefties
Two years ago the Bunnell Commission cut its own salaries by 10 percent, now it wants that 10 percent back. A relatively quiet day in local government, Richard Rorty on what the Left got right and how it could do better.
Flagler Beach Holiday at the Beach Parade Set for Saturday: Late Participants Welcome
The Rotary Club of Flagler Beach is once again hosting the Holiday at the Beach parade this Saturday, Dec. 3, along resilient State Road A1A in the city and is welcoming last minute parade applicants this week. See the application below.
Weekend Briefing: Richard Schreiner at Salvo, The Rainmaker at City Rep, This and That at Calypso
The late and very great Richard Schreiner’s works are revived at Salvo art gallery, Nash’s “Rainmaker” is staged all weekend at CRT, “This and That,” a new show at Calypso art gallery, and more.
Thursday Briefing: Flagler Connect Golf, 5 Students in Limbo, Josh Crews, Bob Dylan’s Nobel Snub
The Flagler Chamber’s lagler Connect Golf Tournament, drug court, five students still in limbo after getting expelled from school two months ago, Bob Dylan will not go to his own Nobel Prize ceremony.
Wednesday Briefing: Flagler Youth Orchestra In Concert, Tattooing Pine Cone Drive, Deputies’ Fitness
The Flagler Youth Orchestra’s 375 musicians are in concert at the Auditorium tonight, a tattoo parlor wants to open on Pine Cone Drive, a foot chase reveals deputies’ lack of fitness,
Tuesday Briefing: Palm Coast Swears In New Era, Food Truck Tuesday, Animal Control, Muslims in America
It’s a swearing-in like no other at the Palm Coast City Council this morning as a small revolution upends the council, including its mayor, Food Truck Tuesday will benefit volunteer firefighters, what it’s like to be Muslim in America these days.
Monday Briefing: Huge SuperMoon, Flagler Wants Florida Forever Back, Marcia Fine’s Blind Eye, O Canada
Tonight’s supermoon will be 16 percent bigger than usual, and the largest until 2034, the Land Acquisition Committee wants the Legislature to live up to voters’ mandate for more protection, hate assaults on the rise in the wake of Trump’s win.
Weekend Briefing: Vietnam Traveling Memorial Wall, Freedom Fest at Airport, The Rainmaker, Fighting Demons and Mirrors, Bike Run
A very busy weekend of activities from Freedom Fest at the airport to Veterans Day commemorations to both FPC and Matanzas drama clubs staging plays to a hypnosis show and a lot more.
Tuesday Briefing: It’s Election Day, Palm Coast Ends It With Holland Park Contractor, Job Fair, Pope’s Vote
Get out and vote, polls open at 7 a.m., Palm Coast holds a special meeting to end it with the Gainesville contractor on the Holland Park job, the Canvassing Board meets three times, results posted starting at 7 p.m.
Monday Briefing: A1A Reopening, Diabetes Flag-Raising, Post-Hurricane Planning, Debris Pick-Up, Caro on Moses
A1A reopens at the southern end of Flagler Beach, the county commission holds a Hurrricane Matthew post-mortem and looks ahead to recovery projects, 2nd-pass debris pick-up begins in Palm Coast, Robert Caro on Robert Moses.
Weekend Briefing: Last Days of Early Voting, Creekside Festival, Pellicer Creek Raid, Homecoming at Stetson
Last weekend of early voting, Creekside Festival’s rescheduled days at Princess Place, the embattled Ag Museum’s Pellicer Creek Raid, $10 haircuts for a cause.
Thursday Briefing: African American Entrepreneurs Club, Farewell to Jon Netts, Rubio at Houligans, Canvassing Board
The new African American Entrepreneurs Club meets, Palm Coast says goodbye to Jon Netts, Marco Rubio breaks his six-year indifference to Flagler with a campaign appearance at Houligans.
Wednesday Briefing: Live Bombing, Stagg Hearing II, Stetson Guitar Ensemble, Hulu on the Horizon, Palestrina Mass
Some live bombing is scheduled he Pinecastle Range Complex in the Ocala National Forest from 8 a.m. to noon, the second part of Emergency Mnagement’s Jennifer Stagg’s firing hearing takes place this morning, Hulu is coming for your TV.
Tuesday Briefing: Mayors Fête Netts, Mock Election in Schools, Palm Coast’s Garbage, Trump’s Tax Evasions
Mock elections are held in Flagler schools in grades 4-8, the Palm Coast council adopts a new contract with Waste Pro for garbage disposal, the school board talks legislative priorities, Trump’s tax dodging.
Monday Briefing: Hall of Terror, Cheers for Mim Lique, Early Voting Week 2, Divided America In Pictures, Atheists and Elections
Mim Lique, 81, oldest competitor in Sunday’s Pink Army 5K, won her age division, the Hall of Terror culminates on Halloween Night, Early Voting begins Week 2 through Saturday, and a D.H. Lawrence poem.
Weekend Briefing: 2 Beach Clean-Ups, Hall of Terror, Pink Army Run and Walk, Public Option Solution
A weekend of beach cleanings in Flagler Beach and near Varn Park, of ghoulish Halloween terrors in Palm Coast, and more early voting, along with the wonderful S.L. Weiss and his lute.
Thursday Briefing: McLaughlin-Dance Town Hall, Meet the Managers, Crack’s Hold, Is the Race Tightening?
Commissioner Nate McLaughlin and School Board member Andy Dance hold a town hall, the county’s city managers talk at the Hilton Garden Inn, Leary Brock describes cocaine’s hold, fall festival at Rymfire.
Wednesday Briefing: State Road A1A Open House, Early Voting, Rubio-Murphy Debate, Trump and Marx
The open house at Flagler Beach’s City Hall will give the public a closer look at the A1A reconstruction project, Marco Rubio and Patrick Murphy have another televised debate, what Trump and Marx have in common.
Tuesday Briefing: Palm Coast Talks Garbage, Suppressing a DUI Test, Entrepreneur Night at Channel Side, Commission Forum
Palm Coast prepares to approve the next five-year contract with Waste Pro, its garbage hauler, the man charged with killing Michelle Hunter Roberts on Belle Terre Parkway and Pine Grove wants his DUI test thrown out, pot legalization in California could blow open the door to more legalization.
Monday Briefing: Early Voting Begins, Judy Wormeck, 2016 Artist of the Year, Slow Death for Impact Fees in Bunnell
Early voting begins in Flagler and across Florida, at three locations locally, the Bunnell Commission considers indefinitely extending a moratorium on Police, Fire, Parks and Recreation, and Transportation Impact Fees, Trump is in Tampa.