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Weather: A 20 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms after 2pm. Sunny, with a high near 89. Light and variable wind becoming southeast 6 to 11 mph in the afternoon. Winds could gust as high as 16 mph. Thursday Night: Mostly clear, with a low around 74.
- Daily weather briefing from the National Weather Service in Jacksonville here.
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- Tropical cyclone activity here, and even more details here.
Today at a Glance:
Drug Court convenes before Circuit Judge Dawn Nichols at 10 a.m. in Courtroom 401 at the Flagler County courthouse, Kim C. Hammond Justice Center 1769 E Moody Blvd, Bldg 1, Bunnell. Drug Court is open to the public. See the Drug Court handbook here and the participation agreement here.
The Oversight ILA Committee on School Facilities Planning meets at 1 p.m. in Training Room 3 on the third floor of the Government Services Building, 1769 East Moody Boulevard, Bunnell. The committee meets twice a year to go over development trends and impacts on district school construction planning.
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 City Commission meets at 5:30 p.m. at City Hall, 105 South 2nd Street in Flagler Beach. Watch the meeting at the city’s YouTube channel here. Access meeting agenda and materials here. See a list of commission members and their email addresses here.
Model Yacht Club Races at the Pond in Palm Coast’s Central Park, from noon to 2 p.m. in Central Park in Town Center, 975 Central Ave. Join Bill Wells, Bob Rupp and other members of the Palm Coast Model Yacht Club, watch them race or join the races with your own model yacht. No dues to join the club, which meets at the pond in Central Park every Thursday.
Evenings at Whitney Lecture Series hosted by the University of Florida Whitney Laboratory for Marine Bioscience at 6 p.m. This free lecture will be presented in person at the UF Whitney Laboratory Lohman Auditorium, 9505 Ocean Shore Boulevard, in St. Augustine. Those interested also have the option of registering to watch via Zoom live the night of the lecture. Go here to register for this month’s lecture. See previous lectures here.
The Battle of Shallowford, a play at Limelight Theatre, 11 Old Mission Avenue, St. Augustine. 7:30 p.m. except on Sunday, 2 p.m. Buy tickets here (generally $37.60 for adults). The play centers around the dramatic events that unfold when the residents tune into Orson Welles’ famous “War of the Worlds” radio broadcast. The locals, who rely on the radio for news and entertainment, are thrown into a frenzy when they believe an actual Martian invasion is taking place in their own town.
The Palm Coast Democratic Club holds its monthly business meeting at noon at the Flagler Democratic Party Headquarters in City Marketplace, 160 Cypress Point Parkway, Suite C214, Palm Coast. This gathering is open to the public at no charge. No advance arrangements are necessary. Call (386) 283-4883 for best directions or (561)-235-2065 for more information. For further information, please contact Palm Coast Democratic Club’s President Donna Harkins at (561) 235-2065, visit our website at http://palmcoastdemocraticclub.org/ or Facebook at https://www.facebook.com/groups/palmcoastdemclub/permalink
The Circle of Light Course in Miracles study group meets at the United Methodist Church, 1520 Daytona Ave, Flagler Beach every Thursday at 1:30pm. Please bring your own book if you have one, a drink, a $2 donation which goes to the church for their room. Also please come a bit early as we start on time. Taught by Aynne McAvoy, reachable at 315-481-9073 or [email protected].
World Cup: Mexico v. South Africa, 3 p.m. from Estadio Banorte, Mexico City, on Fox. South Korea v. Czech Republic, 10 p.m. from Estadio Akron, Guadalajara, Mexico, FS1.
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Notably: I had no idea, as we watched “The Green Book” for the first time a few nights ago–Driving Miss Daisy in reverse–that it was released in 2018. I thought it was a 2026 product. Or that it was a theatrical release. I thought it was a Netflix production (it had the feel of a $23 million production). Or that it won three Oscars, including Best Picture. The movie is named after The Negro Motorist Green-Book, so called for no other reason than that its original publisher was Victor Green, who wanted to give Blacks a safer (there was no safe) way to travel in the land of the free and the home of the brave and know where to stay, eat, get gas without getting lynched. As the introduction to the 1949 edition put it, “it has been our idea to give the Negro traveler information that will keep him from running into difficulties, embarrassments and to make his trips more enjoyable.” The book started as a guide for the New York metropolitan area in 1936, and turned national the next year. The 1949 edition lists for Daytona Beach tourist homes, the C&B Restaurant at 566 Campbell Street, but there were no entries for anything in St. Johns County, the KKK’s Club Med, or Flagler County. The word amiable kept occurring to me as I watched the movie, which I found too neatly made, too safe, too intent on a “Trains, Planes and Automobiles”-type happy ending after what amounted to a buddy movie. I liked it. But I don’t think it’s the sort of theme that should be handled with so much comfort for the viewer. The jolts are predictable but are left hanging. I don’t know that we need reassurance these days that everything will be all right, that there was a time when a Bobby Kennedy could bail a Black pianist out of a Southern jail by way of a governor (I’m not sure a Southern governor would have given a shit what Bobby Kennedy thought).
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July 2026
Flagler Beach United Methodist Church Food Pantry
Flagler County Drug Court Convenes
Story Time with Miss Kim at Flagler Beach Public Library
Model Yacht Club Races at the Pond in Palm Coast’s Town Center
The Circle of Light A Course in Miracles Study Group
Free For All Fridays With Host David Ayres on WNZF
First Friday Garden Walks at Washington Oaks Gardens State Park
Friday Blue Forum
First Friday in Flagler Beach
Free Family Art Night at Ormond Memorial Art Museum and Gardens
Flagler Beach Farmers Market
Flagler Beach All Stars Beach Clean-Up
Coffee With Flagler Beach Commission Chair Scott Spradley
Independence Day Events in Flagler Beach and July 4 Fireworks in Palm Coast
Grace Community Food Pantry on Education Way
For the full calendar, go here.
There will be a day sometime in the near future when this guide will not have to be published. That is
when we as a race will have equal opportunities and privileges in the United States. It will be a great
day for us to suspend this publication for then we can go wherever we please, and without embarrassment. But until that time comes we shall continue to publish this information for your convenience each year.
–From the 1949 Negro Motorist Green Book.
Pogo says
100%
Laurel says
The Gods are laughing at us, shaking their heads, and going home.
Brynn Newton says
The Editor’s Blog today paved a memory lane that took me back to Pappy’s restaurant in the KKK’s Club Med, in the triangle formed at the intersection of S.R. 207 and U.S. 1 in St. Augustine where, post-Civil Rights Act, even the ketchup was made in-house so that management could state that the business was not engaged in interstate commerce and could thus refuse seating to whomever they chose. Genuinely “locally sourced.”
Koyote says
Well, everyone knows the Donald is petty as hell ….
But I just read an article from the BBC that shows that no matter how low he goes in the scale of insane thuggishness, he can always go lower ….
https://www.bbc.com/news/videos/clyrvrde160o
Skibum says
Thanks for the link. I would not have known about this otherwise. The orange faced menace is truly an idiot of historic proportion.
Sherry says
Thanks so much Koyote! I had no idea of the existence of this library/opera house that sits straddling the US-Canadian border. A touching video, and yet a tragic state of affairs. It’s just awful to think of how far our country has fallen since trump took office. How embarrassing, how terrible!
Ray W. says
Windward maintains a daily report on international shipping traffic. On June 10, 2026, one westbound ship traversed the Strait of Hormuz and four eastbound ships made it through the Strait. More than 60 IRGC fast-attack boats were observed as active in and around the Strait. Normal pre-war traffic was as high as 140 ships per day.
Since outbreak of war over a hundred days ago, 40 ships have been attacked, with six near misses and 34 strikes.
Make of this what you will.
Me?
From many other sources, ceasefire exists in name only. Missile strikes and drone attacks continue. Peace talks founder. Threats blossom. Deadlines vanish. Competing claims magically see-saw. Exactly what should be considered trustworthy?
If Iran’s navy is all at the bottom of the sea, how are so many IRCG fast-attack boats still operating in the region?
Laurel says
Trump posted on Truth Social that the Straight of Hormuz has be open for some months now, the press doesn’t report it.
And so it goes.
Sherry says
Elect a criminal, corrupt, narcissistic megalomaniac as “Maga” President, and this is what you get: an embarrassing, low life, gaudy, tacky display of chest pounding and lying to celebrate or country’s 250 anniversary! SOP!!! trump “Get Out”!!!
Skibum says
I’m smiling and chuckling at the insanity of a man who thought his orchestrated cover-up of the Epstein Files would prevent America from finding out the true scope of his sex abuser support and complicity with another rapist friend of his. And just to add icing on that cake, now he orders a cover-up of the scaffolding next to the wall at the Kennedy Center while workers pry each letter of his name off of that Memorial to JFK. It is as if he is really that stupid to think a curtain will prevent all of us from knowing what is going on behind it. Just lie the Epstein Files.
We see you. We know who and what you are. And we DESPISE you!