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Weather: Showers and thunderstorms. High near 89. Chance of precipitation is 80%. Saturday Night: Showers and thunderstorms. Low around 75. Chance of precipitation is 80%.
- Daily weather briefing from the National Weather Service in Jacksonville here.
- Drought conditions here. (What is the Keetch-Byram drought index?).
- Check today’s tides in Daytona Beach (a few minutes off from Flagler Beach) here.
- Tropical cyclone activity here, and even more details here.
Today at a Glance:
The Saturday Flagler Beach Farmers Market is scheduled for 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. today at its new location on South 2nd Street, right in front of City Hall, featuring prepared food, fruit, vegetables , handmade products and local arts from more than 30 local merchants. The market is hosted by Flagler Strong, a non-profit.
Coffee With Commissioner Scott Spradley: Flagler Beach Commission Chairman Scott Spradley hosts his weekly informal town hall with coffee and doughnuts at 9 a.m. at his law office at 301 South Central Avenue, Flagler Beach. All subjects, all interested residents or non-residents welcome. The gatherings usually feature a special guest.
Peps Art Walk, 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. every second and fourth Saturday, Beachfront Grille, 2444 South Oceanshore Boulevard, Flagler Beach. Step into the magical vibes of Unique Handcrafted vendors gathering in one location, selling handmade goods. Makers, crafters, artists, of all kinds found here. From honey to baked goods, wooden surfboards, to painted surfboards, silverware jewelry to clothing, birdbaths to inked glass, beachy furniture to foot fashions, candles to soaps, air fresheners to home decor and SO much more! Peps Art Walk happens on the last Saturday of every month. A grassroots market that began in May of 2022 has grown steadily into an event with over 30 vendors and many loyal patrons. The event is free, food and drink on site, parking is free, and a raffle is held to raise money for local charity Whispering Meadows Ranch. Kid friendly, dog friendly, great music and good vibes. Come out to support our hometown artist community!
Grace Community Food Pantry, 245 Education Way, Bunnell, drive-thru open today from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. The food pantry is organized by Pastor Charles Silano and Grace Community Food Pantry, a Disaster Relief Agency in Flagler County. Feeding Northeast Florida helps local children and families, seniors and active and retired military members who struggle to put food on the table. Working with local grocery stores, manufacturers, and farms we rescue high-quality food that would normally be wasted and transform it into meals for those in need. The Flagler County School District provides space for much of the food pantry storage and operations. Call 386-586-2653 to help, volunteer or donate.
Notably: Samer Abouhamad is the American-born son of Lebanese imigrants who, both graduates of the American University in Beirut, left Lebanon for the United States in 1984–two years after the latest Israeli invasion that killed 18,000, a year after the bombing of the French and American barracks in Beirut and Reagan’s “redeployment” away from a mayhem Reagan, like Trump with Ukraine today, thought he could resolve. Samer’s mother, according to 961, Lebanon’s FlaglerLive, is renowned photographer Rania Matar. Samer graduated Wake Forest University. At 28, he was living in New York, shut-in by Covid, when he re-visited Lebanon soon after the August 4 port explosion. He volunteered his help. Then he started biking around the country to rediscover it. Then he decided to bike from Boston to Patagonia. Then he decided to bike around the world in an abbreviated version of Heinz Stucke’s 600,000-mile biking journey over 50 years. Samer did 70,000, chronicling it all on Instagram (handle: lion.samer). He started in 2022. “Week 1: 431 miles, 5 states (MA, CT, NY, NJ, PA). I left home one week ago. I’m typing this from a tent in [] an abandoned outdoor bingo fair in my sleeping bag. Things have been good so far. Despite less than ideal weather, I have been hosted at peoples’ homes 3 nights so far where they fed me and gave me a shower. I feel myself getting stronger each day on the road and am feeling more confident. I know I still have a long way to go though… Today I’m feeling lazy, I’m gonna sit in my tent for a few more hours and then get back on the road.” This was from April 10, 2022. 61 countries later, he was in Lebanon. Last week. He made it to the summit of Qurnet-el-Saouda, at 10,100 feet the highest point in Lebanon, just above The Cedars. “I just like dreamed of this moment for so long,” he said in his perfect American “It’s like, you know, I’m actually here now. So it’s like, awesome, but it’s also scary. It’s like what–what next, you know? But, so, yeah, it’s fucking awesome.” He was choked up. So are we all. See below.
—P.T.
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May 2026
Flagler Beach Farmers Market
Coffee With Flagler Beach Commission Chair Scott Spradley
Palm Coast Spring Arts Festival
Grace Community Food Pantry on Education Way
Second Saturday Plant Sale at Washington Oaks Gardens State Park
Caleb Hathaway on Antebellum Flagler: A Palm Coast Historical Society Lecture
American Association of University Women (AAUW) Meeting
Gamble Jam at Gamble Rogers Memorial State Recreation Area
‘The Curious Savage” at Daytona Playhouse
ESL Bible Studies for Intermediate and Advanced Students
Grace Community Food Pantry on Education Way
Palm Coast Farmers’ Market at European Village
‘The Curious Savage” at Daytona Playhouse
Al-Anon Family Groups
Nar-Anon Family Group
For the full calendar, go here.
When the five bells sounded, Mays dredged up, instead of the memory he was after, a spontaneous tune from out of his old church hymnal: “Now Thank We All Our God.” He did not know that it had been the German national hymn, sung spontaneously by Berlin crowds on August 1, 1914, the day of mobilization. Nor could he imagine how it sounded on the clarinet. It was merely his way of giving thanks for the end of another thankless day.”
–From Richard Powers’s Three Farmers on Their Way to a Dance (1985).
Dennis C Rathsam says
Most of Americans have a brain, most don’t use it. But the tide has changed dramatically ! Democrats lost 2.1 MILLION voters, in 30 states from 2020 til 2024. While the GOP gained 2.4 MILLION…..Now as TRUMP cleans up the Nations capital, & there citizens are now free to leave thier homes, without fear of being mugged. Who,s next? Boston? NY? Portland? The Orange crush is on a mission to clean up America,s great cities, BIDENS tent cities are no more. There’s a new sheriff in town! The revolving door at the cop shop, only opens 1 way now. The way it was when I was a kid. Its time for the lawless hoodlums to reap what they sew.
Pogo says
@P.T.
“… He was choked up. So are we all. See below.”
Me too — thank you.
Sherry says
Judge Rules Shut Down of ALLIGATOR ALCATRAZ:
US judge orders shutdown of Trump’s ‘Alligator Alcatraz’ detention centre
1 day ago.
BBC News
Much of US President Donald Trump’s controversial “Alligator Alcatraz” migrant detention centre in Florida must be dismantled, and no more migrants should be taken there, a judge has ruled.
The ruling stated that the facility was causing severe environmental damage to the Florida Everglades – a Unesco World Heritage Site – and gave the Trump administration 60 days to wind down its operations.
The judge used a preliminary injunction, which temporarily restricts operations at the facility while a lawsuit brought by environmental groups against it is heard.
The state of Florida, which is partnering with the Trump administration in the building of the site, has already filed an appeal.
The 82-page ruling said no more detainees could be brought to the centre and it prohibited any new construction work or expansion at the site.
The decision is a major legal blow to Trump’s plans for the centre, which has attracted widespread criticism for allegedly harsh conditions and potential harm to the local ecosystem.
In Thursday’s ruling, District Court Judge Kathleen Williams, an appointee of former President Barack Obama, said the facility was causing irreparable harm to the Florida Everglades and its endangered species.
She also ordered the shutdown of “all generators, gas, sewage, and other waste receptors”, which would greatly affect the centre’s ability to operate.
Judge Williams cited a 1960s plan to build a tourist airport in the Everglades that was rejected due to fears of the environmental harms it could cause.
“Since that time, every Florida governor, every Florida senator, and countless local and national political figures, including presidents, have publicly pledged their unequivocal support for the restoration, conservation, and protection of the Everglades,” she wrote.
“This order does nothing more than uphold the basic requirements of legislation designed to fulfil those promises.”
Environmental groups that mounted the legal challenge welcomed the ruling.
“This is a landmark victory for the Everglades and countless Americans who believe this imperilled wilderness should be protected, not exploited,” said Eve Samples, executive director of Friends of the Everglades.
“It sends a clear message that environmental laws must be respected by leaders at the highest levels of our government – and there are consequences for ignoring them”.
Robjr says
Something is wrong with the image.
Putin should have been bent over, his pants down, and trump’s lips firmly attached.
That would have been a big kiss, a really big kiss, a huge kiss, the biggest kiss in the history of the world.
A kiss the likes no one has ever seen.