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Caution: Palm Coast Will Resurface 10 Miles of Roads Spread Around 33 Segments in the City

May 15, 2014 | FlaglerLive | 5 Comments

The scaled-back resurfacing program, at a cost of $865,160 this year, is a far cry from the 50-mile-a-year resurfacing that the city accomplished between 2003 and 2012, when all 550 miles of roads in the city were repaved. That allowed the city to take a breather. But that breather may be ending.

Drive to Scrap Red-Light Cameras by Referendum Ends as Palm Coast Grapples With Consequences of Severing Contract

May 14, 2014 | FlaglerLive | 24 Comments

Palm Coast’s contract with ATS to run the city’s red-light cameras runs through September 2019 but is mostly silent on monetary penalties should the city opt out. An earlier version of the contract had granted Palm Coast the authority to end it without cause, but the city inexplicably scrapped that provision in 2012.

Palm Coast Memo on Red-Light Camera Clash With Court Shows Missteps and Assumptions

May 13, 2014 | FlaglerLive | 13 Comments

The City of Palm Coast today submitted a 16-page memo to Flagler County Judge Melissa Moore-Stens explaining, without apologies, its absence from a hearing before the judge on April 30, an absence it sought to justify while hinting at blaming the court for being unclear about its intentions.

Suspect Fights K-9 and Threatens Deputy at The End of a Night of Violence in W Section

May 13, 2014 | FlaglerLive | 2 Comments

Michael P. Chancery, a 25-year-old resident of 92 Fort Caroline Lane in Palm Coast, ended a night of confrontations with his father and two of his neighbor by battling a sheriff’s K-9 unit and threatening to kill a deputy.

Call For Entries: Palm Coast’s Find Your Florida 2014 Photography Contest

May 12, 2014 | FlaglerLive | Leave a Comment

There are just two weeks remaining in the City of Palm Coast’s Find Your Florida 2014 Photography Contest. All entries are due by May 31. A $200 1st Prize and $100 Second Prize will be awarded. Photographs submitted for the contest will be used by the City for marketing, promotional and public relations purposes.

Palm Coast Approves Zoning Changes to 749-Home Grand Landings Development on Seminole Woods

May 8, 2014 | FlaglerLive | 14 Comments

Grand Landings is a 749-home, 774-acre development in Seminole Woods, about two miles south of State Road 100 (and less than two miles from the Flagler County Airport), that had fallen into bankruptcy. Its new developers have spurred more new construction activity there than in most places in Palm Coast.

Palm Coast Will Expand Indian Trails Sports Complex Again to Capitalize on Tournament Growth

May 7, 2014 | FlaglerLive | 3 Comments

Indian Trails Sports Complex has been scoring high marks with visitors and local residents. (© FlaglerLive)

The Indian Trails Sports Complex is expanding for the second time in three years, a reflection of Palm Coast’s success in attracting quality sports tournaments that draw thousands of out-of-town visitors to the county, filling restaurants and hotels. The Palm Coast City Council Tuesday evening unanimously approved expanding the complex from eight fields to 10, just three years after the complex was expanded from four fields to eight.

Palm Coast Council May Consider Red-Light Camera Referendum, But Wants More Talk

May 6, 2014 | FlaglerLive | 31 Comments

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There were no dramatic moves Tuesday evening among council members or from the city manager. A dozen members of the public addressed the issue, as did City Manager Jim Landon, as did most of the council members and the mayor. But in the end, the most conclusive action was that the council should talk the matter over more thoroughly at a workshop soon.

Joint Restaurant Experiment Ends as Palm Coast’s Red Lobster Closes and Olive Garden Grows Larger

May 6, 2014 | FlaglerLive | 23 Comments

Three years after Darden Restaurants opened a combined Red Lobster and Olive Garden restaurant at the Target shopping center, the company announced that it would close Red Lobster as it prepares to either sell or spin off the brand, which has been losing customers.

Palm Coast Calls on Local Contractors to Apply For City Hall Project

May 5, 2014 | FlaglerLive | 6 Comments

The Vendor Roundtables will be held Tuesday, May 13, from 5:30 to 7:30 p.m. and Tuesday, July 22, from 5:30 to 7:30 p.m. at the Flagler-Palm Coast Campus of Daytona State College. Contractors will be given information on the scope of work for the new City Hall and the anticipated schedule of bidding and construction.

Mayor and City Manager Rethink Red-Light Cameras’ Fate as Council Member Proposes Referendum

May 2, 2014 | FlaglerLive | 69 Comments

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With City Manager Landon saying drivers are feeling harassed by red-light cameras, Mayor Netts losing faith in their original purpose and council member Bill McGuire proposing an outright referendum on the matter, the backlash against ATS’s cameras has become so strong that the council will next week discuss the possibility of eliminating them.

For 2nd Time in 6 Weeks, a Flagler Judge Declares Palm Coast’s Red-Light Camera System “Improper” and Issues Stern Order

April 30, 2014 | FlaglerLive | 42 Comments

Flagler County Judge Melissa Moore-Stens on Wednesday was displeased by Palm Coast not showing up at its own red-light camera hearing, but said the matter will be resolved one way or the other. (© FlaglerLive)

After a hearing on red-light camera citations where Palm Coast was, inappropriately, a no-show, Flagler County Judge Melissa Moore-Stens on Wednesday ordered the city to show why it was circumventing the court’s authority by telling drivers they could settle their camera citations by directly paying the city rather than follow legally required steps–and pay fines–through the court system.

Cyclist Janet Schutte, 77, Critical After a Collision With an SUV on Palm Coast’s White View Parkway

April 29, 2014 | FlaglerLive | 19 Comments

Janet Schutte, 77, was struck by an SUV as she was cycling across Ravenwood Drive, going west on White View Parkway, The cars shown here are traveling east on White View. (© FlaglerLive)

Janet Schutte, 77, a long-time resident of Wood Cedar Drive in Palm Coast, was struck by an SUV as she rode her bicycle on White View Parkway in Palm Coast early Tuesday morning, though she rode along the parkway’s well-marked bike paths.

Disturbance Call Leads Cops to Trove of Thefts in Flagler Beach, Including a Palm Coast Solar Panel

April 25, 2014 | FlaglerLive | 24 Comments

Hunter S. Watson, 24, of 1636 South Daytona Avenue in Flagler Beach was arrested and charged with grand theft and burglary Thursday in connection with a series of thefts that allegedly included a golf cart and a solar panel that belongs to the city of Palm Coast.

A Film Studio Grows in Palm Coast: 10th Voyage Nurtures Zombies and Ambitions

April 21, 2014 | FlaglerLive | 3 Comments

Three men and a baby: from left, Patrick Appolonia, Lenny Mosco Jr. and Scott hope to turn 10th Voyage Studios into Palm Coast's full-fledged film studio. (© FlaglerLive)

Operating from a plain-looking office complex in Palm Coast’s Hargrove Grade, 10th Voyage Studio is the creation of three young men–Patrick Appolonia, Scott Nance, and Lenny Mosco–who believe that the days of bigness in film-making are over: they’re poised to make technology and versatility pay in a city with little competition.

A Rabbi, a Priest and a Bible Walk Into a Seminar: An Interfaith Class in Palm Coast Delivers Weekly Punchlines

April 20, 2014 | FlaglerLive | 7 Comments

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Every week since December at St. Thomas Church in Palm Coast, Rabbi Merrill Shapiro and Rev. Robert Elfvin have led an interfaith seminar, open to all, on the Bible as it is read through Jewish and Christian eyes. No ideas are out of bounds and some are off the wall, but participants find it bracing, eye-opening and overdue. Ezra Salkin reports.

Raising Hope: Indian Trails Guardian Angels Lift Awareness of Teen Suicide and Depression

April 17, 2014 | FlaglerLive | 1 Comment

The Guardian Angels, one of two Indian Trails Middle School Service Learning groups doing projects in conjunction with Palm Coast’s annual Arbor Day celebration on May 3, are raising money to dedicate a walkway at the Children’s Memorial Garden in Waterfront Park.

Trap, Neuter and Return: Feral Cat Program Makes Progress in Flagler Beach, But Not in Palm Coast

April 14, 2014 | FlaglerLive | 21 Comments

The Flagler Humane Society is on pace to trap, neuter and return some 600 cats in Flagler Beach through a program that avoids killing the animals, though not without creating frictions among some residents. Attempts to to bring the TNR approach to Palm Coast continue to falter.

Palm Coast Voters Lose Again: The City Of Low Turnout Gets a Spoiled Election

April 11, 2014 | FlaglerLive | 17 Comments

Palm Coast's 2014 elections may have been spoiled before they began. (Keith Bacongco)

Even if Palm Coast and Supervisor of Elections Weeks work out their differences, as it now looks like they have, voters have already lost as this months-long manufactured controversy will become election campaign fodder for candidates who don’t have anything more substantial to offer.

Palm Coast Prepares to Run Its Own Elections, But Cost Would Rise and Turnout Drop

April 8, 2014 | FlaglerLive | 20 Comments

Supervisor of Elections Kimberle Weeks and Palm Coast have been in talks to resolve their differences, but in case they don’t, Palm Coast is planning on running its own elections in 2014, with paper ballots and at a single location only, which would most likely hurt turnout significantly.

My Agreement Or Else: Elections Supervisor Weeks Bluntly Rejects Palm Coast Proposals

April 7, 2014 | FlaglerLive | 27 Comments

Reaffirming a stalemate, Weeks’s refusal to conduct the Palm Coast elections on any terms but hers means the city may have to go it alone, triggering costs and confusion.

Two Conjugal Quarrels Lead to Violence and Arrests on Child Abuse Charges for Man and Woman

April 7, 2014 | FlaglerLive | 2 Comments

Ruth A. Dubber, left, and William Colaci.

Two separate incidents on Thursday and Saturday involving two unrelated couples led to the arrests of a Flagler Beach man and a Palm Coast woman when each was alleged to escalate a domestic spat into violent acts involving children.

Single-Family Home Permits Up 29% in 1st Quarter as Construction in Palm Coast Churns

April 2, 2014 | FlaglerLive | 9 Comments

Some 126 construction permits were issued for single-family homes in Flagler County in the first three months of the year, 88 of them in Palm Coast and 34 in the unincorporated part of the county.

Weeks Against the World: Elections Supervisor Holds Out on Palm Coast Elections Despite Secretary of State’s Admonition

March 31, 2014 | FlaglerLive | 33 Comments

The only higher official who hasn’t yet told Flagler County Supervisor of Elections Kimberle Weeks to move beyond her feud with the Palm Coast City Council over the city’s 2014 elections is Gov. Rick Scott. Sill, Weeks remains obstinate as time runs short for Palm Coast to decide who will run its 2014 elections.

Farewell To Bookstores:
Why I Won’t Miss Books-A-Million

March 30, 2014 | FlaglerLive | 28 Comments

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The closure of Books-A-Million is not as bad as it sounds: the chain bookstore was not living up to its billing as a cultural hub, and bookstores these days are becoming irrelevant thanks to Amazon, audio books and Google, which make the world’s libraries immediately accessible at a click.

For Pizza and Chicken Wings: Matanzas Football Star and 3 Teens Accused of Robbing Delivery Woman in F-Section

March 28, 2014 | FlaglerLive | 42 Comments

Al’kwazi J. Spencer, a star player on the Matanzas High School football team, and two teens, were arrested early this morning and charged with robbing a pizza delivery woman in Palm Coast’s F Section just after midnight. The boys had allegedly taken the pizza and chicken wings to a house near where the alleged robbery took place and ate the goods with other friends, minus the crust.

Flagler Unemployment Creeps Up Again, to 9.4%, But Labor Force and Net Jobs Grow

March 28, 2014 | FlaglerLive | 9 Comments

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Flagler County’s unemployment rate again rose in February, to 9.4 percent, a decimal-point increase over the previous month and some 80 more people went on unemployment. But The county’s overall employment went up sharply, by 364 (for a total of 31,976), and the county’s labor force went up even more, by 442–both signs of growing strength in the local economy as more workers seem encouraged to join the labor force, and more workers are actually finding jobs.

The End: Palm Coast’s Books-A-Million, Flagler’s Only General-Interest Bookstore, Is Closing

March 27, 2014 | FlaglerLive | 71 Comments

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Books-A-Million in Palm Coast on Wednesday announced an everything-must-go sale ahead of closure, ending the town’s very brief romance with a bookstore larger than an attic. The company lost money in 2013. There is no known replacement for the store, a mainstay of the Target shopping center.

Red-Light Cameras Won’t Be Repealed This Year, But Restrictions on Profits May Yet Pass

March 27, 2014 | FlaglerLive | 16 Comments

Despised as they may be, red-light cameras have powerful lobbies behind them, and are not going anywhere, for now. (James Morris)

Red-light cameras’ powerful lobby defeated Senate Transportation Chairman Jeff Brandes’s attempt to end the use of the devices, but several proposed restrictions are still moving through the Legislature, such as limiting profits to safety uses and requiring safety studies before cameras can be installed.

Judge Refuses to Revoke $400,000 Bond on European Village’s Would-Be Shooter; Bova Behaves

March 25, 2014 | FlaglerLive | 3 Comments

Daniel Noble, accused of attempted murder in the March 15 European Village incident, was in court today, as were the men who disarmed him, as prosecutor tried unsuccessfully to revoke his bond. Joseph Bova, the accused murderer of Mobil Mart store clerk Zuheily Rosado, was also in court, subdued this time, and is scheduled for a pre-trial hearing in May.

Measure to Cut Local Red-Light Camera Revenue Falters as Cities Cry Foul

March 24, 2014 | FlaglerLive | 10 Comments

Not going anywhere yet. (Scott Akerman)

A lawmaker had initially proposed that the state ban new red-light cameras while reducing the fine from $158 to $83, eliminating the money local governments could collect. The outcry from local governments over his initial proposal to eliminate the money demonstrated that the issue is strictly about money, he said.

Palm Coast Cancels Special Meeting as Conflict With Elections Supervisor Again Flares

March 24, 2014 | FlaglerLive | 19 Comments

Tuesday’s special meeting between the Palm Coast City Council and Elections Supervisor Kimberle Weeks was to have ironed out a mutual agreement for Weeks’s office to run the city’s municipal elections this year. Weeks, however, is demanding that the city approve the agreement she drafted without such a meeting, and virtually without changes, something to which the city is not likely to agree before the April 2 deadline set by Weeks.

Malcolm P. Clevenstine, 71, a Palm Coast Industrialist, Is Dead From Injuries in Saturday’s Plane Crash in Palatka

March 22, 2014 | FlaglerLive | 11 Comments

Malcolm Clevenstine, 71, of Palm Coast, the owner of Warfab Corp., died late Saturday after a plane crash in Palatka. Richard Carrara, 73, of Old Oak Drive in Palm Coast, was piloting a 2008 Cessna 400, which he owns, and practicing touch-and-go maneuvers at Kay Larkin Airport.

Spurred By Judge Craig’s Drubbing of Palm Coast, Rep. Hutson Calls for Repeal of Red-Light Cameras

March 21, 2014 | FlaglerLive | 31 Comments

Rep. Travis Huston, whose district includes all of Flagler County, is calling for the repeal of all red-light traffic cameras. (© FlaglerLive)

Calling himself “in complete opposition to the use of red light cameras in Florida,” Rep. Travis Hutson, whose district includes all of Flagler County, took the unusual stop of criticizing Palm Coast’s method of unduly punishing vehicle owners who are cited even though they may not be driving the cited vehicle. He called attention to two measures that would repeal ca,eras or change the rules in drivers’ favor.

Judge Craig Indicts Palm Coast’s “Bad Faith” Red-Light Cameras and Exposes City’s Legal Flaws as He Contests Violation

March 20, 2014 | FlaglerLive | 51 Comments

Flagler County Circuit Judge Dennis Craig making his case before the red-light camera hearing officer Thursday morning at Palm Coast's city offices. (c FlaglerLive)

In a half-hour hearing before Palm Coast’s red-light violations officer, Flagler Circuit Judge Dennis Craig on Thursday ridiculed the city’s guilty-until-proven-innocent standard as well as the council’s claim that cameras are intended to improve safety. The city dismissed his citation not on the grounds he raised, but by inventing a case of “prudent” driving that the evidence did not show.

Marketing 2 Go, Palm Coast Pioneer in Social Media, Celebrates 4 Years in Business

March 19, 2014 | FlaglerLive | 3 Comments

It was four years ago this month that Cindy Dalecki launched Marketing 2 Go, her own start-up in the emerging but often intractable world of social media–a world almost everyone needs, especially in business, but few understand, and fewer still can navigate to their advantage.

Attempt to Bribe Flagler Deputy Leads to Arrest; DUI Chase Up Old Kings; Knife-Wielding Over Facebook Punishment

March 17, 2014 | FlaglerLive | 10 Comments

From left, Anthony Vilomar, Brandon Smith and Jerlisha Curry.

Flagler Beach resident Brandon Michael Smith allegedly tried to bribe a Flagler County Sheriff’s deputy during a traffic stop in which Smith was not implicated. A car chase and an arrest over a Facbook argument round out the weekend’s principal arrests, other than the European Village incident.

Saviors of European Village: How Vassili Mironov and Friends Prevented a Bloodbath

March 16, 2014 | FlaglerLive | 24 Comments

Bloodied but relieved: Vassili Mironov, right, with Joshua Auriemma, center, and Roman Dubinschi, just back from Halifax hospital Sunday morning, their wounds still raw. (© FlaglerLive)

In their first interview just back from the hospital, Vassili Mironov and two friends describe how they neutralized the assault-rifle-carrying Daniel Noble Saturday night at European Village, as Nolan was threatening to shoot into the crowd.

Shots Fired and 2 European Village Patrons Stabbed after Uzi-Wielding Man Enters Europa Lounge Restaurant

March 16, 2014 | FlaglerLive | 26 Comments

Daniel Noble of Palm Coast faces an attempted first-degree murder charge and three aggravated battery with a deadly weapon charge after an incident at European Village Saturday night.

Daniel Noble, a 37-year-old Palm Coast resident, is at the Flagler County jail on an attempted first-degree charge and three aggravated battery charges after he walked into a restaurant at European Village with a rifle late Saturday night (March 15), where two patrons jumped on him, the Flagler County Sheriff’s Office said.

Federal Lawsuit Against Palm Coast Code Enforcement Charges Search and Due Process Violations

March 13, 2014 | FlaglerLive | 48 Comments

The Thomas lawsuit charges Palm Coast Code Enforcement personnel of violating property and privacy rights to obtain evidence. (Zen Sutherland)

Linda Thomas, a retired attorney in Palm Coast, filed the lawsuit in federal district court, charging the city’s code enforcement division with violations of the 4th and 14th amendments. Flagler County circuit court in two rulings already found the code enforcement division had improperly and arbitrarily cited Thomas, but the court did not address constitutional issues.

First Look at Palm Coast’s New City Hall Revives Old Questions About Cost and Taxes

March 12, 2014 | FlaglerLive | 20 Comments

The Palm Coast City Hall plan drew pointed questions about security measures and cost controls as the city administration continued to pledge through accounting sophistry that taxes will not be raised or that property tax dollars will not be used for the project.

State Election Supervisors’ Attorney Told Kim Weeks a Month Ago That Palm Coast Was on Firm Ground

March 12, 2014 | FlaglerLive | 15 Comments

Despite a clear opinion from Ronald Labasky, the general counsel for the Florida State Association of Supervisors of Elections, telling Weeks to follow Palm Coast’s lead, Weeks a month later was still publicly casting doubt on Palm Coast’s legal standing and delaying her announcement that she would handle the city’s 2014 elections.

Sheriff Defends Weekend Use of Code Red Alert For Missing Boy But Initiates Review

March 11, 2014 | FlaglerLive | 57 Comments

Code Red alerts are tyransmitted to residents' cell phones, land lines and email accounts, but residents must sign up for the alerts first. (© FlaglerLive)

Future Code Red alerts will have to be approved by the sheriff himself, though the two Code Red calls that went out Saturday night, including the one that told residents that the Palm Coast boy was found, were both matters of public safety, emergency officials said. Some 30 people asked to be dropped out of 150 people who called emergency services to complain.

Palm Coast Dedicates Third Bike Maintenance Station, This Time in Frank Celico’s Memory

March 11, 2014 | FlaglerLive | 1 Comment

It is Palm Coast’s third maintenance station. The Celico Foundation also donated one at the Lehigh Trail on Belle Terre Parkway and Royal Palms Parkway, near the fire station. The Palm Coast Observer and PC Bike donated the first one, located at Waterfront Park. The stations are part of Palm Coast’s emphasis on its trails.

Les 400 Coups: Missing for 11 Hours on Saturday, 14-Year-Old Boy Was Picking Up a Seashell For His Mom

March 10, 2014 | FlaglerLive | 22 Comments

Francois Truffaut’s 'The 400 Blows' ('Les 400 coups'), a classic in the history of cinema, features the misunderstood Antoine Doinel (Jean-Pierre Léaud) and ends with Antoine running away, and running a very long distance, to the ocean.

Alex Michael Cargo walked 20 miles after leaving home in Palm Coast’s B-Section following an argument with his mother Saturday, triggering a search involving several K-9 units, police agencies and Flagler County’s emergency helicopter. Alex was unaware, and made it as far as the ocean, where he picked up a seashell for his mother before beginning the trek home.

Palm Coast’s Red-Light Cameras: How the City Council Locked In a Fraud on Taxpayers Through 2019

March 7, 2014 | FlaglerLive | 62 Comments

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Palm Coast’s red-light cameras siphon off more than $2.5 million out of the local economy every year, in the share that goes to the state and to ATS, the company that runs the scheme, yet the city council quietly approved the deal through 2019, long past the terms of every one of the council members and some of their successors.

How County Engineer Faith Alkhatib Saved Taxpayers $600,000 and Returned 12 Acres to Palm Coast and Flagler

March 7, 2014 | FlaglerLive | 4 Comments

The hard hat at the top of the bookshelf is not just for show: Flagler County Engineer and Public Works Director Faith Alkhatib maps out innumerable local infrastructure projects without which the county could not function. (© FlaglerLive)

County Engineer Faith Alkhatib detected a recent state rule change that enabled a redesign of the coming Matanzas Woods Parkway interchange with I-95, netting a $600,000 saving and the return of 6 acres to Palm Coast and 6 acres to the county.

Palm Coast Scrambles To Right Its Way After Discovery That Bulldog Drive Is a County Road

March 5, 2014 | FlaglerLive | 46 Comments

Palm Coast has staked a claim on Bulldog Drive even though since the right-of-way has been county property, never ceded to the city. Gus Ajram's GEA Auto business is in the near distance, and has been at the center of a long battle with the city. (© FlaglerLive)

Palm Coast has never owned Bulldog Drive, a county road since 1956, though the city is widening the street, has acquired land alongside it and has engaged in an epic battle with business owner Gus Ajram as if the right of way were Palm Coast’s. City and county are speeding toward formalizing the city’s ownership.

The Thaw Cometh: Kimberle Weeks Pledges To Oversee Palm Coast Elections After All

March 5, 2014 | FlaglerLive | 13 Comments

Weeks did not tell the city that she would work with Palm Coast, but rather took to the pages of the Palm Coast Observer to pen a caustic OpEd, essentially coloring her concession by painting herself as the election’s white knight. The city welcomed the breakthrough anyway.

Palm Coast’s Entrepreneur Night Taps Into a Diversity of Niches, Pollinating Local Business

February 28, 2014 | FlaglerLive | 2 Comments

In its two years on the Palm Coast business scene, Ky Ekinci's monthly Entrepreneur Night has grown from a gathering of 20 people who knew each other to an event that consistently draws more than 100 people from all walks of business.

In its two years on the Palm Coast business scene, Ky Ekinci’s monthly Entrepreneur Night has grown from a gathering of 20 people who knew each other to an event that consistently draws more than 100 people from all walks of business.

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