News Briefs

Emma Stanford, Roymara Myrtha Louissaint and Cadence Lasher are terrific kids, the Flagler Cares Coalition meets, how violence and repression is working as a government’s strategy.

Flagler’s all a stage this weekend with musicals at Palm Coast’s City Repertory, the Flagler Auditorium with FPC’s “Miserables,” and the Flagler Playhouse with “Best Little Whorehouse in Texas,” plus graduations at Daytona State College and Stetson.

The SMA Healthcare Foundation hosts its 4th Annual Who is Jay? Mental Health Symposium, FPC’s Thespians start their three-day run of “Les Miserables.”

The Public Safety Coordinating Council discusses homelessness, a free legal clinic on Social Security benefits, the Rotary Club raises funds for Alzheimer’s research, Trump in the Panhandle.

Flagler school board talks security–behind closed doors–the homelessness task force meets, Bunnell names a new finance director, and 59 people complete the Palm Coast spring 2019 Mayor’s 90/90 Challenge for Fitness.

Flagler County government recognizes its employees who took part in the dunes restoration project, the county commission holds the first of many budget workshops, Desmond Meade on Amendment 4 now law.

City Repertory Theatre’s devilish “Hand to God” all weekend, The Caribbean Island Festival returns to Nature Scapes, the Culture Club kicks off at AACS, the Palm Coast Songwriters’ Festival returns, Arbor Day in Town center and plenty more.

Cheryl Massaro is honored by the Florida Department of Juvenile Justice, the Flagler Playhouse starts its Best Little Whorehouse run, Ernie Gallo speaks of the USS Liberty at the Democratic Club.

Flagler Supervisor of Elections Kaiti Lenhart is the ACLU’s Civil Libertarian of the Year, the clerk of court and Flagler Bar offer a free legal clinic on family law, Democrats and Republican clubs meet.

Candice Cole’s coolness under pressure, accused murderer Joseph Bova has another date to test his competence for trial, Entrepreneur Night is at Captain’s BBQ, Palm Coast discusses FiberNet.

The Flagler Youth Orchestra’s 350-some students in five ensembles present their final concert of the season at the Auditorium, a Bunnell State of the City recap, raising tobacco’s legal limit to 21.

A funeral and celebration of life of Curtis Gray Saturday and Sunday, the NAACP’s Freedom Fund Banquet, Community Cats spring yard sale, ACLU honors Kaiti Lenhart, “Best Little Whorehouse in Texas” at the Playhouse and much more.

The Flagler Beach City Commission takes up a revised ordinance that would allow more expressive murals and some commercial content, the Flagler Chamber hosts a media panel at a Common Ground breakfast.

The school district inaugurates the law and justice flagship program at Matanzas High School, Compassionate Friends meet, a multi-day hearing about whether former Democratic gubernatorial candidate Andrew Gillum violated ethics laws begins.

The Senate Rules Committee takes up a controversial proposal to limit felons’ right to vote based on financial obligations, Matanzas has its spring band concert, Jerry Medders’ trial day two.

Easter egg hunts in Palm Coast, Bunnell and Flagler Beach, March unemployment numbers, Barnett Newman, an uneventful weekend across Flagler, a full new version of Bach’s St. John Passion.

The Sheriff’s Detective Fiona Ebrill is the 2019 Law Enforcement Officer of the Year, the school district’s scholarship awards at the Auditorium, the sheriff delivers a crime-fighting update.

Teacher and support personnel unions hold “walk-ins” at eight schools in early morning, the county’s tourism council meets for the first time with Amy Lukasik as interim director rather than Matt Dunn, lawmakers talk parental consent.

FPC’s spring concert, auditions for “Spotlight on Flagler,” the annual youth talent show, Food Truck Tuesday in Palm Coast’s Central Park, Stetson Guitar on the Rocks.

The Flagler County Commission discusses picking a new home for the Sheriff’s Operations Center, Bunnell’s Church on the Rock is in court on a negligence suit, Amy Lukasik’s appointment at the tourism office is confirmed.

An incredibly busy weekend with plenty of live theater, art and poetry openings, the annual Picnics and Pops concert with the Jacksonville Symphony in Town Center, a sheriff’s safety expo, and plenty more.

The Flagler Beach City Commission considers another amendment to its Ocean Palms Golf Club lease, sheriff’s volunteers are honored in an award ceremony, Degas at the Lightner Museum, the Florida African American Student Association at BCU.

The annual Carver Gym online auction kicks off, the sheriff’s domestic violence task force meets, a horseshoe pitching tournament in Flagler, a senate panel takes up vacation rentals.

The Flagler County Fair all weekend, Rockin Ribfest on Friday, Mayor Holland delivers Palm Coast’s State of the City, “Tick Tick Boom” at City Repertory Theatre, Turtlefest and Cheer at the Pier in Flagler Beach, and plenty more.

The Flagler County school district hosts the 5th annual Classroom to Careers symposium at Flagler Palm Coast High School, Indivisible Flagler has a protest scheduled on Palm Coast Parkway in case the Mueller report isn’t released, the Daytona Tortugas open their season.

A much-anticipated workshop on a proposed expansion of Captain’s BBQ at Bing’s Landing is scheduled at 8 a.m., the Flagler County Fair kicks off, a St. Johns murderer appeals his case.

Today is Equal Pay Day, Flagler’s homelessness and housing task force meets, the Health Department is providing free HIV and STD testing, yet another attempt to ban red-light cameras is heard in legislative committee.

Frieda Zamba Pool opens for the season, the Flagler County Commission reconsiders a request for storage for the sheriff, remembering Steven Edwin Jones, a swearing-in at beverly Beach Town Hall.

A community clean-up at the Masonic Cemetery off Old Kings Road, a big book sale at the library in Palm Coast, an all Mozart program by Daytona Solisti, Vietnam Veterans Day ‘Welcome Home’ Casino Night.

The Chamber’s Common Ground Breakfast focuses on education, the Flagler Beach Rotary donates $6,250 to Open Door Re-Entry and Recovery Ministries of Bunnell, Bunnell’s Alvin Jackson is the keynote speaker at Drug Court graduation.

The Flagler Humane Society holds a fund-raiser, Apollo 11’s 50th anniversary is the focus of a Flagler Reads Together discussion, Daytona State hosts its spring job fair in Daytona Beach.

A fund-raiser for the Free Clinic in the Hammock, a seminar on internet safety for parents, entrepreneur night at European Village, the Great Organists series and Mandela’s grandson at Stetson.

Rep. Paul Renner’s bill on health-cost savings is discussed, ex-cop Michael Stavris is arraigned on a probation violation, the Palm Coast Arts Foundation dedicates the third turtle in its Turtle Trail.

City and county government leaders talk economic development, Motown Madness to raise money for Carver Gym, open houses at Salvo Art House, Flagler Fire Rescue and UF Extension, and so much more.

The Inspired Mic at Hidden Treasures tonight, “The Modern Gentlemen” at the Flagler Auditorium, a new project at Stetson takes on prison reform, spring begins, it’s Bach’s birthday.

The Palm Coast Planning Board considers an application for a 96-unit apartment complex on an 8-acre site south of Pritchard Drive and east of President Lane, General Ernest Ernie Audino talks Kurds at Tiger Bay.

The Palm Coast council is set to approve a contract with its new manager, the school board meets twice, “Surviving Criminal Justice in America,” a presentation by Alabama death row exoneree Anthony Ray Hinton, at Stetson.

The Flagler County Commission talks security at the public library, an 18-month-long resurfacing project begins on I-95 in Flagler, Captain Bruce Bachman and Karen Dougherty are Anglers of the Year, Ellis Island memories.