Toys for Tots registration begins this weekend, the Halloween Boo Bash is at Belle Terre Park, Haunted Trails at the Agriculture Museum, Ivanka Trump and the signing of the Louisiana Purchase.
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Thursday Briefing: County Take-Over of Agriculture Museum, Costume Party at Beachfront Grill, Obama in South Florida
The County Commission considers taking over the Florida Agriculture Museum, which is out of money, Flagler Democrats hold happy hour, Beachfront Grill in Flagler Beach hosts a costume party, President Obama campaigns for Clinton in South Florida.
Wednesday Briefing: Palm Coast Founders Day, Bill Nelson at the Pier, Caution on A1A’s Detours, Writers’ Tips
Palm Coast’s Founders’ Day gathers three city mayors, U.S. Sen. Bill nelson comes to see the damage from Hurricane Matthew and talk with officials, Hispanics in the 2016 election, a feature-length movie on Trum to the tune of Pink Floyd’s The Wall.
Tuesday Briefing: Last Day for Voter Registration, Food Truck Tuesday, Palm Coast Trees, Trump’s Smearing Playbook
Last chance to register to vote in the Nov. 8 election, Food Truck Tuesday in Palm Coast’s Central Park benefits the Dolly Parton Library, the school board gets a Hurricane Matthew update, insights into Trump’s smear playbook.
Monday Briefing: Food Donations at Airport, 2 More Days for Voter Registration, Staly-Jones Debate, Rubio-Murphy Debate
A fresh-food giveaway at the county airport by the state’s best food bank, the only sheriff’s candidate debate, between Rick Staly and Larry Jones, next-to-last day for voter registration before the Nov. 8 election, Erich Maria Remarque.
Weekend Briefing: Art of Jazz, Movie in the Park, Bob Dylan’s Nobel, Solar and Medical Pot, White Christian America
The Palm Coast Arts Foundation celebrates the Art of Jazz, Hotel Transylvania 2 in Palm Coast’s Central Park, the Atlantic on the end of white Christian America, and the recovery continues.
Thursday Briefing: Brisk Recovery Center, Voter Registration, Pot Arrests Outrun Violent Crime, Rudest Question About Trans
Flagler County’s assistance center drew 400 people Wednesday and will remain open this week at the public library in Palm Coast, pot arrests outnumber arrests for violent crime, the Nobel for literature is announced.
Wednesday Briefing: It’s Back to School, Assistance Center Opens, Give Us Mica Back, If Only Women Voted
County government opens an assistance center ahead of an anticipated FEMA center at the public library, U.S. Rep. John Mica’s visit to Flagler Beach reminded the county how much it misses his influence and appropriations, schools resume regular and after-school schedules today, Donald Trump hits Florida.
Wednesday Briefing: Agronomy Lab at Buddy Taylor Middle Cancelled, Felon Voting Rights, Eyes on Matthew
The day will be dominated by studying Hurricane Matthew’s path, with a ribbon cutting at an agronomy lab at Buddy Taylor Middle School, code enforcement and beautification meetings in palm Coast, and Orhan Pamuk on Istanbul.
Tuesday Briefing: Cops’ National Night Out Cancelled, State of Education Address, Trump’s Chiquitas
As Flagler keeps its eyes on nervy Hurricane Matthew, cops hold their annual Night Out event in Flagler Beach, Superintendent Jacob Oliva delivers the State of Education Address in the evening, and Trump contends with the scandal of the day.
Monday Briefing: Donuts With Doughney, Pink Army Flag-Raising, Transgender Soldiers, Biden in Orlando
The breast cancer awareness Pink Army flag is raised at the Government Services Building, commissioners snip a ribbon at the county airport, the News-Journal’s Derek Catron’s first novel, more livable lives for transgender soldiers.
Weekend Briefing: International Festival, Animal Adop-A-Thon, Lady Bulldogs Fundraiser, Charlie Brown
The fifth International Festival is Saturday in Town Center’s Central Park, the Elks Lodge hosts an animal adop-a-thon, FPC’s lady Bulldog basketball team holds a fund-raising golf tournament, Trump’s Cuba trip.
Thursday Briefing: Last of the Tax Hearings, Zika Pow-Wow, FPC v. University High, Banning Malcolm X
The Flagler County Health Department hosts a meeting of local governments on the Zika virus, the county commission holds the last of the season’s tax hearings, how Malcolm X landed on banned-books lists.
Wednesday Briefing: Beach Belly Bobs, Holland Park History, Trump’s Excellent Temperament, Twitter Automation
Donald Trum’s excellent temperament is reviewed, learn all about Twitter automation, ribbon-cutting at Beach belly Bobs in Flagler Beach, and the Vivaldi-Bach concerti.
Tuesday Briefing: Dedicating Frank Meeker Field, FPC v. Matanzas in Volleyball, Bill Nelson Representatives in Flagler Beach
A soccer field is dedicated to Frank Meeker at Indian Trails Sports Complex, Palm Coast buys a pumper truck, FPC and Matanzas face off in volleyball, the whistleblower court case against Sheriff Manfre is delayed.
Monday Briefing: Banned Books Week, John Sbordone, Covering “Black Rage”
The Flagler County Public Library marks Banned Books Week starting with an Ed Murrow documentary, Bunnell holds a tax hearing, City Repertory Theatre’s John Sbordone is profiled.
Weekend Briefing: Kaepernick’s Time, Charlie Brown Vets Special, Native American Day, FPC Open House, Cop Tattoos
Charlie Brown, the musical, at City Rep, this time with a veterans’ special, a campus-wide open house at FPC Friday, should cop tattoo policies be relaxed, Jane Jacobs remembered.
Thursday Briefing: 2 New Detention Deputies, A Lobbyist for Flagler Beach, Milissa Holland’s Designs
The Flagler Beach City Commission will pay $30,000 for a state lobbyist, Milissa Holland tells the News-Journal of her plans as Palm Coast’s new mayor, and Paolo Restani playing Mendelssohn’s Capriccio Brillante.
Wednesday Briefing: The Observer’s Jeff Dawsey, Tax-Setting Hearings, Northwest Crack-Up, Unsinkable Trump
Palm Coast and Flagler Beach set your tax rates for next year, The Northwest Passage has melted, the Observer’s Jeff Dawsey’s journey from drug dealer to minister, Trump’s unsinkable campaign.
Tuesday Briefing: FPC’s Car Sale, Bed Race Prep, Food Truck Tuesday, Prison Jobs Fair, Old Yacht Club’s New Tenants
The Flagler County School Board discusses the controversial car sale that took over the campus of Flagler Palm Coast High School earlier this month, it’s Food Truck Tuesday in Central Park, and does God want Trump to be president?
Monday Briefing: John Schenone Trial, An Extended Runway for Flagler Airport, Trump in lee County, iPhone’s New Coke
John J. Schenone, 21, of Palm Coast, goes on trial for an alleged sex assault of an 11-year-old girl, the county commission moves forward on building a $12 million runway extension at the county airport, why the new iPhone risks being Apple’s New Coke.
Weekend Briefing: Peter Cerreta’s New Show at Salvo, “Mutable” at ZinkZank, Charlie Brown at CRT, Bergen’s Profanities
The great Peter Cerreta shows new work at Salvo Art Project, City Repertory Theatre presents another weekend of “Charlie Brown,” the musical, “Mutable: Temporality and the Fickle Nature of Art Making,” at ZinkZank Gallery, a fundraiser at the Flagler Auditorium, Benjamin Bergen on the scientific purposes of profanity.
Thursday Briefing: County Property Taxes, School Open Houses, Trump’s Hissy Fits, Filming Private Ryan
The Flagler County Commission holds the first of two public hearings on next year’s taxes, Trump’s hissy fits get less attention than Hillary’s caughing fits, how Saving Private Ryan’s battle scenes were filmed.
Wednesday Briefing: Cultural Arts Grants, Joe Arpaio’s Posse, Elizabeth Ann Seton Canonization, Incomes Zoom, Finally
Ever wonder who on earth was Elizabeth Ann Seton? Today is the anniversary of her canonization, Americans’ incomes zoom up finally, Joe Arpaio’s posse may be in trouble, Ford’s self-driving car.
Tuesday Briefing: Crashing Players Club, Grading on a Curve, Renner Kick-Off, Cost of Incarceration
Three buildings at the old Players Club are demolished, ending the nuttiness of grading on a curve, Flagler Palm Coast High School meets Pine Ridge, Matanzas High School meets DeLand in Bowling, the staggering costs of incarceration.
Monday Briefing: A Taxing District for Malacompra Basin, A Tax Hearing for Bunnell, Live Bombing, Salamander Update
The Malacompra and Marineland basin area residents get a new annual tax to pay for drainage problems, Bunnell sets its tax rate for next year, Jules Verne, garden club talks bees, and how to read sheet music in two minutes flat.
Weekend Briefing: 9/11, African Art, Senior Games, Beer Arising, Chess Jax, Women of Jazz, Intracoastal Clean-Up
A busy weekend with a new musical (Charlie Brown) opening at CRT, women of jazz at the African-American Center, lectures on African art by the Palm Coast Arts Foundation, the Senior Games all week, and quite a bit more.
Thursday Briefing: Flagler Restaurant Week Kick-Off, Flagler Beach’s Taxi Update, Journalism’s Lost Generation
The third annual Restaurant Week kicks off at Marineland Dolphin Adventure, the Flagler Beach City Commission updates its taxi ordinance, what a journalism professor learned of the craft’s lost generation.
Wednesday Briefing: Youth Orchestra Open House, Budget Hearings in Palm Coast and Flagler Beach, Manfre’s Whereabouts
The Flagler Youth Orchestra’s open house at Indian Trails Middle School welcomes new enrollments and lays out the season ahead, at 5:30 p.m., Palm Coast and Flagler Beach governments hold the first of their budget hearings, setting next year’s tax rates.
Tuesday Briefing: Councilman Robert Cuff, School Taxes, FPC Sports, Trump’s Immigrants, Su Meng’s Guitar
Robert Cuff, who won election to the Palm Coast Council last week, is appointed to the seat early to fill the spot vacated by Bill McGuire, the school board adopts next year’s taxes and talks bathrooms at Indian Trails Sports Complex.
Labor Day Weekend Briefing: Schools Close For Hermine, Political Correctness on Campus, Pentatonic Scale
Flagler County schools get a four-day weekend compliments of Hermine and Labor Day, a case of political correctness on campus, Plein air artist William Lurcott at Ocean Art, Bobby McFerrin and more.
Thursday Briefing: Hermine Visits, Pot Forum, Marineland Acres Special Taxing District, Corporal Punishment
The Flagler County Young Republicans host a forum on Amendment 2, the proposed constitutional amendment to legalize medical marijuana, end of the Daily Tar Heel’s daily schedule, Marineland Acres taxing district.
Election Day Briefing: It’s Primary Day, Tyler Harrison’s Status, Palm Coast Tax Rate, 10,000 Syrians, Vaping
Polls are open from 7 a.m. to 7 p.m., the Palm Coast City Council will decide where to set next year’s property tax rate, the United States gets its 10,000th Syrian refugee, vaping is as bad as smoking.
Monday Briefing: Last Day to Vote by Mail, Bunnell Budget, HPV Vaccine, Chomsky, Unambiguously Great Guitar Duo
You can still pick up a vote-by-mail ballot today, Bunnell wraps up its budget workshops, the HPV vaccine protects against cancer but not enough parents are vaccinating their children, João Luiz e Douglas Lora guitar duo.
Weekend Briefing: Early Voting Through Saturday, I Have a Dream Sunday, St. Thomas Episcopal Festival
Friday and Saturday are the last days for early voting, Sunday marks the 53rd anniversary of the March on Washington and MLK’s I Have a Dream Speech, family faith and fun festival at St. Thomas Episcopal Church.
Thursday Briefing: A Flagler Sheriff’s Deputy’s Memorial, School Strategy, 33,000 Gun Deaths, Phone Pacing
The name of Flagler County Sheriff’s deputy Homer Brooks, who died in 1965, is added to the sheriff’s memorial today, early voting continues, what to do about gun deaths.
Wednesday Briefing: More Early Voting, Hosseini’s ICI Homes Lands in Town Center, Cops Like SUVs, Messing With Muslims
An arresting statement by Judge Foxman at a sentencing, keep voting, ICI homes places parcels under contract in Town Center, Black Lives Matter still, how New York cops regularly violate rules in investigations of Muslim groups.
Tuesday Briefing: Youth Orchestra Recruiting, Zaire Roberts Sentencing, Solar’s Amendment 4, Shield Laws
The Flagler Youth Orchestra recruits at Wadsworth and Belle Terre Elementaries with its quartet, Zaire Roberts is sentenced for the shooting of Phillip Haire in 2015, a primer on shield laws for journalists.
Monday Briefing: Future of Bunnell’s Fire Department, Stamps and Coins, Bad Bail, Good Burkinis, Mozart’s 27th
Bunnell Commissioner Elbert Tucker tries again to convince his colleagues to let Flagler County absorb the Bunnell Volunteer Fire Department, the burkini is making waves, FPL tries for another rate hike.
Weekend Briefing: Shock of Syria Again, Kim Weeks in Court, Surfers for Autism, Lochte’s Lie, Trump’s Health
Ex-elections supervisor Kim Weeks is in court for a pre-trial again, Robert Zetrouer, accused of raping a 13-year-old girl, is expected to be sentenced, the 7th annual Surfing for Autism day is Saturday, reading between the lines of Trump’s health.
Thursday Briefing: Bears Among Us, Schools’ Town Hall, Breitbart’s Trump, Golf Club Costs
Early voting continues, a Fish and Wildlife bear specialist offers a primer on how to deal with bears in Palm Coast, spotting bullshit, Breitbart takes over Donald Trump, Fire Station 25 provides car seat checks.
Wednesday Briefing: Tourism Budget, New Voting Laws, Hospital Deaths, Veterans Court, Symphonie Fantastique
Early voting continues today, the Flagler County Tourist Development Board reviews the coming year’s budget, how new voting laws could affect the election, the complete Berlioz Symphonie Fantastique.
Tuesday Briefing: Vote Early, Zika Update, Bunker Budgeting, Food Truck Tuesday, Lies and Trump
Early voting continues today, the Flagler County Health Department’s administrator gives a Zika virus update, Food Truck Tuesday in Central Park, Wynton Marsalis.
Monday Briefing: Start Voting Today, Meeker’s Soccer Fields, DuBose Tries Again for Planning Board, Netts Goes TDC
Whatever your registration–Independent, Democrat, Republican, Socialist–there’s plenty of races for you to vote in even though it’s a primary. The county commission dedicates soccer fields to Frank meeker at Wadsworth Park and talks Veterans Court.
Weekend Briefing: Movie in the Park, Observer Endorsements, Berlin Wall Anniversary, From Chevrolets to Cadillacs
The Observer offers up its endorsements for the Aug. 30 primary–and Observer and FlaglerLive editors and publishers talk about them on WNZF, the 55th anniversary of the Berlin Wall, Olympic fanfare.
Thursday Briefing: Gun Buy-Back, Chamber’s Hob-Nob With Candidates, Flagler Beach Montessori, Fluoridated Water
The sheriff’s office takes back any guns you want to give up today, last major candidate gathering before the Aug. 30 primary, Flagler Beach’s Montessori school hopes to get a lease, a busy day in circuit court.
Wednesday Briefing: Back to School, Back to Pot, Back to Phelps, Nagasaki at 71, Latino Voting Power
School’s back earlier than ever, the advisory council crafting an ordinance that would create a civil citation program for some pot users tries again to vote on the ordinance, Latino voting power in Florida, Dvorak’s American Quartet.
Stewart-Marchman-Act Foundation Raises $129,000 for Adolescent Care Facility
Proceeds benefit the Huger Adolescent Campus Project, which includes major renovations of SMA’s facility on Tiger Bay Road to create a new Adolescent Campus that will re-imagine what it means to deliver an exceptional experience for a child going through a difficult time of life.
Tuesday Briefing: Rick Scott’s Slash of Mosquito Control Dollars, School Open Houses, Refugees Moved and Unmoved
School open houses at Buddy Taylor, Wadsworth, Bunnell and Rymfire, Palm Coast’s city-funded golf course looks at a $200,000 bill for bunker repairs, Team Refugees moves everyone, refugees do not.
Monday Briefing: Sheriff Candidates Face Off, Freshman Orientation at FPC, Bunnell and Civil Citations
The News-Journal hosts a sheriffs’ candidate forum at Buddy Taylor Middle School this evening, the Bunnell City Commission considers going easier on first-time pot offenders (but don;t hold your breath), it’s freshman orientation at FPC.