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Today at a Glance:
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. Today: all about Bunnell, with Bunnell City Manager Alvin Jackson and City Commissioner John Rogers. See previous podcasts here. On WNZF at 94.9 FM, 1550 AM, and live at Flagler Broadcasting’s YouTube channel.
The Scenic A1A Pride Committee meets at 9 a.m. at the Hammock Community Center, 79 Mala Compra Road, Palm Coast. The meetings are open to the public.
The Friday Blue Forum, a discussion group organized by local Democrats, meets at 12:15 p.m. at the Flagler Democratic Office at 160 Cypress Point Parkway, Suite C214 (above Cue Note) at City Marketplace. Come and add your voice to local, state and national political issues.
Acoustic Jam Circle At The Community Center In The Hammock, 2 to 5 p.m., Picnic Shelter behind the Hammock Community Center at 79 Mala Compra Road, Palm Coast. It’s a free event. Bring your Acoustic stringed Instrument (no amplifiers), and a folding chair and join other local amateur musicians for a jam session. Audiences and singers are also welcome. A “Jam Circle” format is where musicians sit around the circle. Each musician in turn gets to call out a song and musical key, and then lead the rest in singing/playing. Then it’s on to the next person in the circle. Depending upon the song, the musicians may take turns playing/improvising a verse and a chorus. It’s lots of Fun! Folks who just want to watch or sing generally sit on the periphery or next to their musician partner. This is a monthly event on the 4th Friday of every month.
“Once on This Island,” a musical, at Limelight Theatre, 11 Old Mission Avenue, St. Augustine. Book tickets here. 7:30 p.m. except on Sunday, 2 p.m. Once on This Island is a vibrant Caribbean-inspired musical that tells the story of Ti Moune, a peasant girl who rescues and falls in love with a wealthy boy from the other side of her divided island. Guided by watchful island gods, her journey explores love, class, sacrifice, and destiny. Blending folklore, rhythmic music, and heartfelt storytelling, the show celebrates resilience, community, and the transformative power of hope.
Notably: In a review of Herbert Lottman’s 1979 biography of Camus I was surprised to read the reviewer, John Sturrock, who did not seem to like Camus, write: “His culture came to him in class, it was the official culture; so it is small wonder that the French he learned to write should have been so formal, even priggish. His is the language of the brilliant examinee, proving his mastery of a skill acquired against the odds.” I read those lines the same day I read this, from an essay Camus wrote when he was 22: “As they receded, the midnight trams drained away all the hope that comes to us from other men, all the certainties bestowed upon us by the noise of the city. The house still resonated with their passing, and, by degrees, everything faded away.” That we should all be so priggish in our writings.
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June 2026
Free For All Fridays With Host David Ayres on WNZF
Coffee and Conversation with Palm Coast City Manager Michael McGlothlin
Friday Blue Forum
Food Truck Friday on the Farm: At the Ag Museum
‘The Battle of Shallowford,’ at Limelight Theatre
Phoenix Crossings Charity Golf Tournament
Flagler Beach Farmers Market
Coffee With Flagler Beach Commission Chair Scott Spradley
Grace Community Food Pantry on Education Way
Second Saturday Plant Sale at Washington Oaks Gardens State Park
American Association of University Women (AAUW) Meeting
Gamble Jam at Gamble Rogers Memorial State Recreation Area
‘The Battle of Shallowford,’ at Limelight Theatre
For the full calendar, go here.
He was soon left alone, despite his efforts—and his lies—to make his story more engaging. Without a second thought, the young people had walked away. Alone once more. To be listened to no longer: that is what is truly terrible when one is old. He was being condemned to silence and solitude. He was being given notice that he would soon die. And an old man on the verge of death is useless—even a nuisance, insidious. Let him be gone. Failing that, let him hold his tongue: it is the least one can expect. And he suffers, for he cannot remain silent without being reminded that he is old. Yet he rose to his feet and walked away, smiling at everyone around him.
–From Camus’ “irony,” from L’Envers et l’endroit (The Wrong Side and the Right Side, 1937).
Dennis C Rathsam says
Once again TRUMP has out smarted the democrats. TRUMP dropped his 10 billion dollar law suit, & got1.8 billion fund for the Capital rioters. PELOSI & her team of jackasses tried to turn the riots on TRUMP, blaming him for everything! Thing of it is the 1/6 commission found nothing against TRUMP. 1/6 was all Nancy Pelosi, & her vile hate for TRUMP! After months of stonewalling the public on thier findings…. they suddenly disappeared into the night. These Democrats are a distastefully lying scum. They cheat at the drop of a hat! So all you TRUMP haters out there….Answer 1 question….. Where oh where did all the information go? How did it disappear? Who made the call, after months of them bashing TRUMP on TV! No wonder why the jackass party smells like dead fish. Americans aren’t fooled , by Pelosi & co. TRUMPS team is catching them all….90 million Medicare fraud, Mr Mohammad Omar, caught! Aimee Block stole $ 250million, ment for hungry kids, caught! What’s really sad, there’s more fraud in Minn under Biden/Harris then any other administration. Instead of lying on the beach every weekend, he should have done his job!
BillC says
Thank you Mr Rathsam for once again for revealing the workings and beliefs of the MAGA mind for all to see.
Jim says
I would love to see you MAGA people jump to Trump’s defense on this $1.776B slush fund Trump wants set up for those “wronged” by the government under Joe Biden. Please, get on this forum and lay out a reasonable, logical and fact-based justification for this. While you’re at it, justify why the DOJ would agree to not pursue any of the Trumps or their companies over any possible legal concerns over their taxes.
I sincerely hope some of you try. You can’t do it but the things you might include will be so hilarious as to give all of us a good laugh.
Trump is the king of grifters. Trump did insider trading this year to the tune of somewhere north of $220M according to reports. Why, Trump is so busy this weekend that he won’t be able to attend his son’s (Donald, Jr.) wedding. This is due to the war in Iran. But, thankfully, he will go to his Bedminster golf course. And I’ll be he has time to play golf. (Note: he’s played golf over 100 of the 400+ days he’s been in office).
There’s so much crap and crime with Trump that it gets exhausting trying to keep up.
But there is hope. Apparently, Trump is about to find out that when you get one senator eliminated in a primary and pick a crooked Texas attorney general over a seated Republican senator, why, some of the Republicans in the Senate feel offended and are starting to wonder what Trump will do to them – even though they follow his lead like the sheep they are. They’re seriously considering not funding his slush fund nor his ballroom. Maybe this is a small sign that Republican senators might start doing their job for a change. They won’t be doing it for democracy or for the American people. They’ll be doing it in hopes that they can survive the next election. And in the House, Mikey Johnson had to cancel the vote on the War Powers regarding Iran because they did not have the votes to stop it. Ah, the courage of Mikey and his fellow Republicans.
November is coming. And gas prices will not come down fast enough to save the Republicans. I’m thinking we might have the best Christmas we’ve had in a long, long time!!!
The dude says
Dennis already has.
Laurel says
Just once, I would love to see Dennis provide factual links to all, or any, of his claims. Just once! But, alas…
Laurel says
He needs to be removed from office, and sent directly to prison. I’ve never seen such blatant corruption.
If you are going to defend this too, don’t bother me. Not only have you lost your minds, your moral compass, but your sense of direction too.
Pogo says
Lilies do not need gilding…
https://www.google.com/search?q=Lilies+do+not+need+gilding
Case in point: trump — what has he ever improved, or accomplished, with his gold mania, and perpetually exaggerated and falsified existence?
A rose by any other name…
https://www.google.com/search?q=A+rose+by+any+other+name
Joe says
Notice $1.776 B is the sign he wants a revolution to stay in power.
Trump wants everyone’s hand in the cookie jar, so they all are guilty of crimes.
Guilty people will stay loyal together and fight to stay in power and out of jail
It’s going to pay for Trump’s private army that will interfere with Midterms.
Stop the Grifting! Stop the Madness!
Pogo says
One of the most astute comments I’ve seen in a long time.
I agree completely, but I’m afraid that in the end, when someone from the future is summarizing this epoch, they will call it another murder and suicide—and move along.
Sherry says
THANK YOU JOE!
Tony Mack says
Trump is a criminal, a convicted felon, and he never does any deal unless it puts money in his pocket. So, try this on — Trump picks and chooses the insurrectionists he pardoned to now receive their “bonus” for their crimes with one condition — anyone receiving the money has to “contribute” to a Trump Political Fund or whatever the hell he calls it now…just 10 percent. Put the money up front…”Hey, I gave you the pardon…now pay up…”
There is no way Trump is going to let $1.7 Billion slip through his fingers and not get a taste…absolutely no way!