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.
News Briefs
Monday Briefing: Steven Edwin Jones, Sheriff’s Evidence Storage, Beverly Beach Swearing In, Vacation Rentals Debated
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.
Flagler Health Department Issues Caution After Emu Tests Positive For Eastern Equine Encephalitis Virus
Last week, an emu kept as a pet in Flagler County tested positive for Eastern equine encephalitis (EEE) virus, a mosquito-borne alphavirus, first recognized in humans in 1938.
Flagler Sportfishing Club to Host 23rd Annual Spring Classic Fishing Tournament Fundraiser
Flagler Sportfishing Club will host its 23rdAnnual Spring Classic Tournament on April 26 and 27. Over 120 anglers will be vying for over $8,000 in cash prizes and merchandise to catch Redfish, Trout and Flounder. Proceeds from the Annual Tournament benefit the local chapter of the Disabled American Veterans (DAV), Chapter 86.
Weekend Briefing: Masonic Cemetery Clean-Up, Library Book Sale, Daytona Solisti Concert Series, Vietnam Vets Casino Night
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.
Thursday Briefing: Flagler Beach Rotary’s Gift to Open Doors, Education Common Ground, Debating Murals, Drug Court
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.
Australian Singer-Songwriter Kylie Sackley Will Perform at Palm Coast Songwriters Festival in May
Tickets are on sale now to the Palm Coast Songwriters Festival. A portion of the proceeds will benefit the Daytona State College Foundation and the Palm Coast Arts Foundation. Celebrate Cinco de Mayo at the Palm Coast Arts Foundation stage.
Wednesday Briefing: Flagler Reads Together on Apollo 11, Humane Society Fundraiser, DSC Spring Job Fair, FCAL Poetry Call
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.
Nearly $300,000 in Grants Help Continue Sheriff’s Domestic Violence Initiative and Victim Advocacy
The grant renewals, just secured, underwrite the cost of an investigator, an analyst dedicated to domestic violence investigations and almost three victim advocates, and additional grants will pay for SWAT members’ helmets.
Tuesday Briefing: Free Clinic Fund-Raiser, Internet Safety, Entrepreneur Night, Ndaba Mandela, FlaglerCares
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.