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Weather: Sunny. A chance of showers and thunderstorms in the afternoon. Highs in the mid 90s. North winds near 5 mph, becoming east during the afternoon. Chance of rain 40 percent. Heat index values up to 108. Friday Night: Partly cloudy during the evening, then becoming clear. Lows in the mid 70s. Southeast winds near 5 mph in the evening, becoming light and variable.
- Daily weather briefing from the National Weather Service in Jacksonville here.
- Drought conditions here. (What is the Keetch-Byram drought index?).
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- tropical cyclone activity here, and even more details here.
Today at a Glance:
Almost all government offices and courts are closed today.
Free For All Fridays with Host David Ayres, an hour-long public affairs radio show featuring local newsmakers, personalities, public health updates and the occasional surprise guest, starts a little after 9 a.m. with guests Pastor Charles Silano, the county’s David Lyndon of veterans affairs and Rep. Mike Waltz. FlaglerLive Editor Pierre Tristam’s Reality Check is off today. See previous podcasts here. On WNZF at 94.9 FM and 1550 AM.
First Friday Garden Walks at Washington Oaks Gardens State Park, 6400 North Oceanshore Blvd., Palm Coast, 10 a.m. Join a Ranger the First Friday of every month for a garden walk. Learn about the history of Washington Oaks while exploring the formal gardens. The walk is approximately one hour. No registration required. Walk included with park entry fee. Participants meet in the Garden parking lot. The event is free with paid admission fee to the state park: $5 per vehicle. (Limit 2-8 people per vehicle) $4 per single-occupant vehicle. Call (386) 446-6783 for more information or by email: [email protected].
The Blue 24 Forum, a discussion group organized by local Democrats, meets at 12:15 p.m. at the Palm Coast Community Center, 305 Palm Coast Parkway NE. Come and add your voice to local, state and national political issues.
First Friday in Flagler Beach, the monthly festival of music, food and leisure, is scheduled for this evening at Downtown’s Veterans Park, 105 South 2nd Street, from 5 to 9 p.m. The event is overseen by the city’s Community Redevelopment Agency and run by Laverne M. Shank Jr. and Surf 97.3 cancelled
Free Family Art Night: “Textured Turtles”, Ormond Memorial Art Museum and Gardens, 78 East Granada Boulevard, Ormond Beach. All art supplies are provided. No art experience is needed, and all ages are welcome. Free Family Art Night is a popular, monthly program typically scheduled on the first Friday of each month to coordinate with the free, family-friendly movie shown outdoors at Rockefeller Gardens. The two programs offer a stimulating evening for families, at no charge, in the heart of downtown Ormond Beach. Our art program takes place in the OMAM Classroom, rain or shine, but the City’s outdoor movies are weather dependent. Movie information can be found here or call The Casements at 386-676-3216.
Etymologies: It would have been a nice finale to July 4 to see Joe Biden appear on television and channel LBJ in March 1968. Johnson’s approval was a dismal 36, lowest of his presidency, his disapproval was 52, almost exactly where Biden is today: 37-57, lowest of his presidency, but falling. Or plummeting. Or vanishing. What will it take? 25? 20? Every day since last week’s debate has been an unnatural disaster for his campaign. He’s done nothing to convince anyone that his performance was just a one-off. He’s scurried off behind Jill Biden’s justifications. He’s dug in. He’s fired up the petulance. He may not be as old as he looks in his workdays–and I sincerely still believe he’s a workhorse and getting done what has to get done–but he’s acting like the two old men on the Muppets combined. No one questions what he achieved. He pretty much saved the country four years ago. But even Christ knew his time was up 40 days after the crucifixion, that it was time to make room for the living, not just the saintly. Day after day Biden has sunk lower in stature and relevance, but the pressure doesn’t seem to be enough. It’s as if he’s taking a page from the playbook of Arab despots: who cares about public opinion? Trump meanwhile for once has played it cool, letting Biden hang himself. But I can’t help thinking there’s a sense of inevitability about this. It doesn’t seem possible that Biden will stick it out. He’s stubborn. He’s arrogant. He’s not mad. But the longer he stays the madder the decision. He has to give way. He will give way. Johnson had called his decision “completely irrevocable” when he addressed the nation on March 31, 1968 (where are you on that final volume, Robert Caro?). Biden made the necessity of withdrawing irrevocable last week.
—P.T.
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January 2026
ESL Bible Studies for Intermediate and Advanced Students
Grace Community Food Pantry on Education Way
Palm Coast Farmers’ Market at European Village
Stetson University Concert Choir in Concert with Orlando Philharmonic
Al-Anon Family Groups
Temple Beth Shalom Blessing of the Pets
Nar-Anon Family Group
Palm Coast Charter Review Committee Meeting
Bunnell City Commission Meeting
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There is division in the American house now. There is divisiveness among us all tonight. And holding the trust that is mine, as President of all the people, I cannot disregard the peril to the progress of the American people and the hope and the prospect of peace for all peoples.
So, I would ask all Americans, whatever their personal interests or concern, to guard against divisiveness and all its ugly consequences.
Fifty-two months and 10 days ago, in a moment of tragedy and trauma, the duties of this office fell upon me. I asked then for your help and God’s, that we might continue America on its course, binding up our wounds, healing our history, moving forward in new unity, to clear the American agenda and to keep the American commitment for all of our people. United we have kept that commitment. United we have enlarged that commitment.
Through all time to come, I think America will be a stronger nation, a more just society, and a land of greater opportunity and fulfillment because of what we have all done together in these years of unparalleled achievement. Our reward will come in the life of freedom, peace, and hope that our children will enjoy through ages ahead. What we won when all of our people united just must not now be lost in suspicion, distrust, selfishness, and politics among any of our people.
–From LBJ’s speech to the nation, March 31, 1968.
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Lynn says
So, P.T., look at the crook we got for President when LBJ stepped down. Is that what you are promoting???
Pogo says
@Elsewhere in Florida
Powerful Florida family sold DeSantis administration toxic land, lawsuit alleges
By Alexandra Glorioso Herald/Times Tallahassee Bureau
Updated July 05, 2024 9:41 AM
https://www.miamiherald.com/news/politics-government/state-politics/article289731459.html
Laurel says
Florida has been repeatedly raped since access was achieved. It is still being relentlessly raped today.
Ray W. says
Yet another comment about the genius of the inquisitive scientific mind.
Researchers developed a solar cell technology that is in a real-world testing phase. Transparent organic photovoltaic film (OPV), which is flexible, has been installed in a building in California. The film, made in part of carbon instead of the traditional silicon, permits most of the visible light spectrum through and captures energy from photons in the ultraviolet and infrared spectrums, which we cannot see, converting that range of energy into electricity.
Imagine a 10-story commercial building that uses large window exteriors. Each window can generate electricity while at the same time letting visible light into the building. Closer to home, imagine the large, covered fields in Pierson in which ferns grow. Ferneries could be converted to solar fields without missing a beat, selling the electricity to FP&L. Farmers in Canada could erect large greenhouses with OPV roofs to grow vegetables year-round. Of course, if tomatoes or ferns grow best in UV or IR light, then that lessens my imagined future.
Right now, the transparent film captures 5.3% of the energy striking the film covering the window, far less than the norm of 15% – 20% captured by traditional utility-grade solar panels. 82% of the visible light passes through the film.
One of the articles suggests that scaled up production might yield build costs below that for silicon solar cells. If that can be accomplished, what with carbon being a very common substance, this technology might be environmentally superior at a cheaper price. Dog owners that let their dogs scratch on sliding doors to be let outside might have to change that pattern of behavior, though.