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Weather: Partly sunny, with a high near 87. Sunday Night: Mostly cloudy, with a low around 64. Breezy.
- 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 Gallery of Local Art’s Bloom and Sip English Tea Party, 1 to 3 p.m. at GOLA, 208 S Central Ave, Flagler Beach, $25 per person. An elegant afternoon of fine teas, finger sandwiches and scones at GOLA’s patio. There will be door prizes, including for the “most whimsical/creative hat.”
Community Chorus of Palm Coast Free Concerts: The Community Chorus of Palm Coast performs at 4 p.m. at the Trinity Presbyterian Church in Palm Coast, 156 Florida Park Drive North. The theme is “From Sea to Shining Sea” and the vocal selections will commemorate the 250th anniversary of the United States. The chorus is supported by the City of Palm Coast and the Flagler County Cultural Council. For more information, visit our web site at: www.Communitychorusofpalmcoast.com.
“Godspell,” Limelight Theatre, 11 Old Mission Avenue, St. Augustine. 7:30 p.m., except Sunday, 2 p.m. Godspell is a vibrant, contemporary musical inspired by the Gospel of Matthew. Framed as a group of strangers who come together to form a joyful community, the show blends storytelling, comedy, and song to explore themes of love, compassion, forgiveness, and faith. Through energetic ensemble numbers and heartfelt moments, the characters share parables that illuminate timeless moral lessons, culminating in a moving portrayal of sacrifice, hope, and the enduring power of unity.
Palm Coast Farmers’ Market at European Village: The city’s only farmers’ market is open every Sunday from noon to 4 p.m. at European Village, 101 Palm Harbor Pkwy, Palm Coast. With fruit, veggies, other goodies and live music. For Vendor Information email [email protected]
“The Sound of Music” at Athens Theatre, 7:30 p.m. except Sunday, 2:30 p.m., 124 North Florida Avenue, DeLand, (386) 736-1500. Cost: Adult $37, Senior $33, Student/Child $17, groups of 8 or more $30 per ticket, all including processing charge. Book here. As the world begins to change, one woman brings something the von Trapp family hasn’t known in a long time—joy. When Maria steps into their lives, she brings laughter, music, and a renewed sense of connection—just as the world outside their home begins to shift in dangerous ways. In a time of rising fear and uncertainty, their bond becomes an anchor—and their courage, a quiet form of resistance. The Sound of Music is a timeless story of love, family, and standing up for what truly matters, brought to life with one of the most beloved scores in musical theatre history. Music by Richard Rodgers, lyrics by Oscar Hammerstein II, book by Howard Lindsay and Russel Crouse. Run time: 2 hours and 45 minutes with a 15-minute intermission
Grace Community Food Pantry, 245 Education Way, Bunnell, drive-thru open today from noon to 3 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.
Diary: It’s not his birthday or anything (he’d have only been in his 83rd year), and heaven knows I had my differences with him, but boy do I miss Jon Netts: his conversation, his patrician cool, his grounding, his humor. He could sometimes be conventionally conservative, but he knew how to synthesize any issue and he wasn’t monomaniacal about much. Extra points if you figure out who appears to be in Nett’s net. Hint: Jon is in a better place than the guy in the net, who is in Arkansas. Tis picture is from 2013, when then-Auditorium Director Lisa McDevitt, who died in 2019, was holding a fundraiser of sorts. Jon died two years later.
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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
For the full calendar, go here.
Nowadays, I see schoolkids bustling along the sidewalk, their large instrument cases strapped to them like diligent coffins, and I know their weight of obedience. Happy obedience, too: that cello or French horn brings lasting joy, and a repertoire more demanding and subtle than rock music’s. But fuck the laudable ideologies, as Roth’s Mickey Sabbath puts it: subtlety is not re-bellion, and subtlety is not freedom, and some-times it is rebellious freedom that one wants, and only rock music can deliver it. And some-times one despises oneself, in near middle age, for still being such a merely good student.”
–From James Wood’s The Fun Stuff and Other Essays (2012).
Laurel says
The maga crowd is shrinking. Allow them to do so without knocking them. We need them in the midterms. To continue to criticize them perpetuates defensiveness. Criticize the oppressors, not the oppressed.
All sides need to try to accept the others. United we stand, divided we fall. The division is required to oppress. It is applied intentionally.
Skibum says
Yes! I hope those like Dennis keep shouting their foaming at the mouth vitriol for all to hear so the sane among us, especially republican and independent voters, continue to see the lost souls insanely trying to defend the indefensible.
Sherry says
Thank You Skibum!
Me, I’ll never forget that Maga cult members TWICE voted for a man that is destroying our country! Those that are still insanely and immorally defending him “may” EARN my forgiveness in time. It depends on how much they help to bring our society and culture back to a reasonable place we can all appreciate in peace.
Remember, trump would not be in power without those supporters. I don’t see them “all” as merely victims.
Laurel says
Some have voted for Trump three times, and are starting to regret it now. That’s important. Some will never let go, like the FDLS, who still believe that Warren Jeffs is their prophet. That’s just how it is.
Name calling will never bring people around. A lesson for me too.
Meanwhile, keep presenting the facts to people. Facts are hard for some to digest, but they do sill sit in their gut!
Sherry says
Right On, Laurel!
For example, “We The People” will always remember the horrors of the Jan. 6 th “INSURRECTION”. . . no matter what trump and Fox does to pretend it didn’t happen!
“The Truth Will Set You Free”! The truth is based on credible facts! Those who continuously insist that “alternative facts” excuse trump’s deplorable/dangerous/immoral/corrupt/criminal behavior are themselves helping to destroy our democracy!
Unfortunately, Maga will likely last beyond trump. Certainly, vance is not an example of intelligence and reason.
VOTE! VOTE! VOTE! Save Our “Democratic’ Republic!
Laurel says
Agreed!
Sherry says
Absolutely disgusting and outrageous! Now trump’s corrupt fascist justice department is trying to pretend that the worst of the Jan. 6th insurrectionists were NOT found GUILTY! Don’t believe “your lying eyes”!
This from Joyce Vance:
The Justice Department has moved to drop the last remaining January 6 insurrection criminal matters: the Oath Keepers and Proud Boys seditious conspiracy cases. It’s a gratuitous move. On the first day of his second term, Trump issued full pardons to more than 1500 people who overran the Capitol on January 6. Then he commuted the sentences of 14 of the Proud Boys and Oath Keepers defendants, the people convicted of the most serious January 6-related offense, seditious conspiracy. Getting clemency got them out of prison, but it didn’t erase their convictions.
So earlier this week, Trump’s U.S. Attorney for the District of Columbia, Jeanine Pirro, moved to vacate the convictions of prominent insurrectionists including Stewart Rhodes and Ethan Nordean. She wrote that doing so was “in the interests of justice.”
Here’s what that means: The government wants to pretend the indictments didn’t occur and juries never convicted these defendants on some of the most serious charges that can be leveled against people in a democracy. Vacating a conviction means it never happened.
Prosecutors need a judge’s permission to dismiss a case after it has been indicted. These cases are on appeal, and the government filed its request to vacate before the defendant/appellants’ first briefs are due. Pirro explained “The government respectfully requests that, before the defendants are required to file their opening brief, the Court vacate their convictions under 28 U.S.C. § 2106 and remand so that the government may move to dismiss the indictment with prejudice.” A defendant’s conviction isn’t final until it has been affirmed on appeal, and these convictions haven’t been, so it’s still possible to do away with them. The government argues that judges “routinely” grant these types of motions.
One might hope that the judges here will inquire further into precisely how fulfilling the government’s requests serves “the interests of justice.” But rejecting them could easily result in mandamus orders from a higher court requiring the judges to do so. It’s likely Trump will get his way.
Ray W. says
The Midland Reporter-Telegram reports on an Enverus Intelligence Research group study of Permian Basin “Play Fundamentals.”
As I interpret the reporting, the study looked at “geologically viable” (GV) resources, i.e., estimated oil deposits that can be accessed using current extraction methods, and “economically viable” resources, i.e., estimated oil deposits that can be profitably extracted using current extraction methods.
If I understand the study, and I may not, there is a difference between geologically accessible oil and profitably extractable oil, which difference can be described as “resource delineation.”
A new mapping tool allows for a significant increase in estimates of Permian Basin crude oil deposits. The tool, which is not described, apparently allows for a more accurate study of geological formations at greater depths. I infer that the new mapping tool involves more precise form of 3D-imaging ground-penetrating technology.
By use of this new tool, the inventory of “high quality” oil deposits has enlarged in number. Now, per the story, 55,000 “high quality” Permian Basin drilling locations have been identified that should allow for extraction of crude oil at a cost at or below $50 per barrel, a number up 10% over the 2025 number.
When “emerging deep zones” are factored into the data, the number of “high quality” drilling sites expands to as many as nearly 100,000 potential drilling locations. Some 5.8 billion barrels of new-found crude oil are believed to be located in these “emerging deep zones.” To provide context, if the world consumes over 100 million barrels of crude oil per day, and it does, that means roughly 58 days worth of worldwide crude oil supply has been newly-found in the Permian Basin over the past year.
This is where “resource delineation” comes in. Just because nearly 100,000 drilling locations have been mapped doesn’t mean that all locations are created equally viable. The concept of plucking the lowest hanging fruit first comes to mind.
Make of this what you will.