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Weather: Mostly sunny, with a high near 67. Northeast wind 6 to 10 mph, with gusts as high as 16 mph. Tuesday Night: Partly cloudy, with a low around 54. Northeast wind around 6 mph becoming calm in the evening.
- 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 Palm Coast City Council meets at 9 a.m. at City Hall. It is voting on a new city manager. For agendas, minutes, and audio access to the meetings, go here. For meeting agendas, audio and video, go here.
Weekly Chess Club for Teens, Ages 10-18, at the Flagler County Public Library: Do you enjoy Chess, trying out new moves, or even like some friendly competition? Come visit the Flagler County Public Library at the Teen Spot every Tuesday from 4:30 to 6 p.m. for Chess Club. Everyone is welcome, for beginners who want to learn how to play all the way to advanced players. For more information contact the Youth Service department 386-446-6763 ext. 3714 or email us at [email protected]
Flagler Beach United Methodist Church Food Pantry: Flagler Beach United Methodist Church‘s food pantry is open today from 9:30 a.m. to noon at 1500 S. Daytona Ave, Flagler Beach. The church’s mission is to provide nourishment and support in a welcoming, respectful environment. To find us, please turn at the corner of 15 Street and S. Daytona Ave, pull into the grass parking area and enter the green door.
The Flagler Beach Library Writers’ Club meets at 5 p.m. at the library, 315 South Seventh Street, Flagler Beach.
Random Acts of Insanity Standup Comedy, 8 p.m. at Cinematique Theater, 242 South Beach Street, Daytona Beach. General admission is $8.50. Every Tuesday and on the first Saturday of every month the Random Acts of Insanity Comedy Improv Troupe specializes in performing fast-paced improvised comedy.
‘Annie,’ at Limelight Theatre, Limelight Theatre, 11 Old Mission Avenue, St. Augustine. The beloved musical about the optimistic orphan who captures hearts (and maybe even saves a billionaire). Perfect for families and the holiday spirit. Book here. (Note: all Sunday matinees are sold out, but there is a wait list you may join.)
Rotary’s Fantasy Lights Festival in Palm Coast’s Town Center: Nightly from 6 to 9 p.m. at Palm Coast’s Central Park, with 57 lighted displays you can enjoy with a leisurely stroll around the pond in the park. Admission to Fantasy Lights is free, but donations to support Rotary’s service work are gladly accepted. Holiday music will pipe through the speaker system throughout the park, Santa’s Village, which has several elf houses for the kids to explore, will be open, with Santa’s Merry Train Ride nightly (weather permitting), and Santa will be there every Sunday night until Christmas, plus snow on weekends! On certain nights, live musical performances will be held on the stage.
Notably: As circle jerks known as Trump cabinet meetings continue the hosannahs over American liberties, here’s just a reminder of how far we’ve fallen in press freedoms in this country. The United States is ranked 57th–57th!–in press freedoms, one notch below Sierra Leone, one notch above Gambia, and below such allegedly shithole countries as Liberia, Panama, Ghana, Mauritania, Belize, Gabon, Costa Rica, Namibia, South Africa, Taiwan, and of course most western European countries, and far, far below the leaders in press freedom: all the Scandinavian countries, including Denmark and yes, Greenland. Have a look while I pay my ADT bill and check on the water in our moat.
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December 2025
Palm Coast City Council Meeting
Flagler Beach United Methodist Church Food Pantry
Weekly Chess Club for Teens, Ages 10-18, at the Flagler County Public Library
Food Truck Tuesday
Flagler Beach Library Writers’ Club
Rotary’s Fantasy Lights Festival in Palm Coast’s Town Center
‘Annie,’ at Limelight Theatre
Random Acts of Insanity Standup Comedy
Contractor Review Board Meeting
Flagler County’s Technical Review Committee Meeting
Separation Chat: Open Discussion
Flagler County Industrial Development Authority Meeting
The Circle of Light A Course in Miracles Study Group
Palm Coast Planning and Land Development Board
Rotary’s Fantasy Lights Festival in Palm Coast’s Town Center
For the full calendar, go here.
Sullivan revolutionized the law of libel, as all recognized at the time. The decision was described as “stunning,” “path breaking,” and “a radical departure from understood law.”3” “Unquestionably,” wrote legal scholar William Prosser, the ruling was “the greatest victory won by the defendants in the modern history of the law of torts.”35 An area of law that had been left to the states was now nationalized, with a constitutional floor established. No longer would localities have the power to censor the national press through libel suits, as Alabama had done. Sullivan made it easier for citizens to criticize government and public officials by diminishing officials ability to recover damages for injury to their reputations. A public official suing for libel now had to prove the falsity of the state-ment and that it was made with actual malice. In one fell swoop, the Court radically shifted the centuries-old balance between the protection of free speech and the protection of reputation.”
–From Samantha Barbas, Actual Malice: Civil Rights and Freedom of the Press in New York Times v. Sullivan (2023)..
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