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Weather: Highs in the upper 70s. Saturday night: Mostly cloudy. A slight chance of showers after midnight. Lows in the upper 50s.
- 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:
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.
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.
Gamble Jam: Join us for the Gamble Jam—a laid-back, toe-tappin’ tribute to the legendary Florida folk singer and storyteller, James Gamble Rogers IV! Musicians of all skill levels are welcome to bring their acoustic instruments and join the jam. Whether you’re strumming, picking, singing, or just soaking in the sounds, come be part of the magic at the Gamble Jam pavilion! The program is free with park admission! Gamble Rogers Memorial State Recreation Area at Flagler Beach, 3100 S. Oceanshore Blvd., Flagler Beach, FL. Call the Ranger Station at (386) 517-2086 for more information. The park hosts this acoustic jam session at one of the pavilions along the river to honor the memory of James Gamble Rogers IV, the Florida folk musician who lost his life in 1991 while trying to rescue a swimmer in the rough surf.
The Stetson University Concert Choir will collaborate with the Orlando Philharmonic Orchestra for two performances at Steinmetz Hall at Dr. Phillips Center for the Performing Arts in downtown Orlando, 445 S. Magnolia Ave., on Saturday, Jan. 24, at 7:30 p.m., and Sunday, Jan. 25, at 2:30 p.m. Conducted by Orlando Philharmonic Music Director Eric Jacobsen, the program will include Jean Sibelius’ “Finlandia,” Claude Debussy’s “La Mer,” Mozart’s “Overture to ‘Don Giovanni,’” and a special preview of “The Creation” by composer Osvaldo Golijov. A few tickets left for between $100 and $150. Book here.
Notably: The Song of Songs is one of the greatest poems written in any language at any time, probably on any planet: “I am the rose of Sharon, and the lily of the valleys/ As the lily among thorns, so is my love among the daughters./ As the apple tree among the trees of the wood, so is my beloved among the sons.” And so on. But right at the beginning we get this line: “I am black, but comely, O ye daughters of Jerusalem…” or the New International Version, “Dark am I, yet lovely,” or the original King James, “I am dark, but lovely.” But are these “buts,” what is this “yet”? The emphases are mine, except for the King James’s am, emphasized in the original, making matters worse. I prefer the line in Amos (Amos, always the wisest one: he demonized the rich, so he was badass): “Are ye not as children of the Ethiopians unto me, O children of Israel?” Of course I may be misinterpreting the line in Song of Songs entirely: her skin is Black because she has labored, because it is a mark of beauty, because she knows there’s nothing so bland as banal as white skin.
Now this: Why is Tommy Smothers using the N-word, and why did Johnny Carson–or anyone–react?
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April 2026
Flagler Woman’s Club Charity Golf Tournament
Flagler Beach Farmers Market
Coffee With Flagler Beach Commission Chair Scott Spradley
Grace Community Food Pantry on Education Way
Gamble Jam at Gamble Rogers Memorial State Recreation Area
Dead Men Tell No Tales…. Or Do They? Murder Mystery Dinner Show
“The Sound of Music,” at Athens Theatre
‘Line’ and ‘All In the Timing’ At City Rep Theatre
ESL Bible Studies for Intermediate and Advanced Students
Grace Community Food Pantry on Education Way
Palm Coast Farmers’ Market at European Village
Dead Men Tell No Tales…. Or Do They? Murder Mystery Dinner Show
“The Sound of Music,” at Athens Theatre
Al-Anon Family Groups
‘Line’ and ‘All In the Timing’ At City Rep Theatre
For the full calendar, go here.
But to what extent has computer technology been an advantage to the masses of people? To steelworkers, vegetable-store owners, teachers, garage mechanics, musicians, bricklayers, dentists, and most of the rest into whose lives the computer now intrudes? Their private matters have been made more accessible to powerful institutions. They are more easily tracked and controlled; are subjected to more examinations; are increasingly mystified by the decisions made about them; are often reduced to mere numerical objects. They are inundated by junk mail. They are easy targets for advertising agencies and political organizations. The schools teach their children to operate computerized systems instead of teaching things that are more valuable to children. In a word, almost nothing that they need happens to the losers. Which is why they are losers. It is to be expected that the winners will encourage the losers to be enthusiastic about computer technology. That is the way of winners, and so they sometimes tell the losers that with personal computers the average person can balance a checkbook more neatly, keep better track of recipes, and make more logical shopping lists. They also tell them that their lives will be conducted more efficiently. But discreetly they neglect to say from whose point of view the efficiency is warranted or what might be its costs. Should the losers grow skeptical, the winners dazzle them with the wondrous feats of computers, almost all of which have only marginal relevance to the quality of the losers’ lives but which are nonetheless impressive. Eventually, the losers succumb, in part because they believe, as Thamus prophesied, that the specialized knowledge of the masters of a new technology is a form of wisdom. The masters come to believe this as well, as Thamus also prophesied. The result is that certain questions do not arise. For example, to whom will the technology give greater power and freedom? And whose power and freedom will be reduced by it?
–From Neil Postman’s Technopoly (1992).
Pogo says
Dennis C Rathsam says
WOW!!!!!!! TRUMP had a great week,did some terrific deals. Now he has the land he needed to build the Golden Dome, to protect are allies & America.As Irans security forces are raiding hospitals, arresting wounded protesters,actors & athletes. Thousands have been,killed, men woman & children in a relentless Massacre, the likes we’ve never seen. TRUMP is sending Carrier Strike Group 3 to Iran…. President TRUMP has seen enough. After wiping out Irans NUKES , you’d think that MADMAN Ali Khamenei would stop. Seems the mullars have death wish, & the USS ABRAHAM LINCOLN & 132,000 tons of US mightis ready to make thier dream come true.
Ray W. says
According to AAA, today’s national average price for a gallon of regular gasoline at the pump is $2.86. A year ago, that same gallon of gasoline sold for the average price of $3.13.
Make of this what you will.
Me?
Gasoline prices are not down a dollar per gallon. 27 cents is good for consumers, but gasoline prices are down because OPEC significantly increased production last year, which increases started in April.
It is true that American crude oil production rose over the past year. According to EIA data, a four-week rolling average crude oil production figure in January 2025 was 13.551 million barrels per day. Now the rolling average is 13.781 million barrels per day, up just under two percent per day, year-over-year.
Make of this what you will.
Me?
It’s been just over a year since the second Trump term began. An independent marketing service, AAA, has gasoline prices down by nearly 10% over that time period, but not because of Trump’s policies. Electricity prices are up. No one can deny these things.
Given the complexity of the international energy marketplace, who knows where energy prices will be next week, next month, next year?