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Weather: A 40 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms after 2pm. Mostly sunny, with a high near 93. Sunday Night: A 30 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms, mainly before 8pm. Partly cloudy, with a low around 75.
- 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 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.
World Cup: All games on Telemundo, and in English on Fox or FS1 or 2.
Group E: Germany vs. Curaçao (Houston), 1 p.m.
Group F: Netherlands vs. Japan (Arlington, Texas), 4 p.m.
Group E: Ivory Coast vs. Ecuador (Philadelphia), 7 p.m.
Group F: Sweden vs. Tunisia (Guadalupe, Mexico), 10 p.m.
ESL Bible Studies for Intermediate and Advanced Students: 9:30 to 10:25 a.m. at Grace Presbyterian Church, 1225 Royal Palms Parkway, Palm Coast. Improve your English skills while studying the Bible. This study is geared toward intermediate and advanced level English Language Learners.
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]
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.
Al-Anon Family Groups: Help and hope for families and friends of alcoholics. Meetings are every Sunday at the Bridges United Methodist Fellowship at 205 North Pine Street, Bunnell (through the gate, in room 8), and on zoom. More local meetings available and online too. Call 904-315-0233 or see the list of Flagler, Volusia, Putnam and St. Johns County meetings here.
Notably: Country Highway, the best new newspaper-looking journal of the last 10 years, ran the “2026 Fifa World Cup Events By State” in its latest issue. Here are a few:
Alabama — Burning effigy of Lionel Messi at “It Ain’t Football!” monster truck rally
Alaska — Giant soccer-ball-sized snowball fight with catapults
Colorado — Rich people play soccer behind electric fences guarded by armed drones
Delaware — Visa/Mastercard promotional 24.78% interest rate on all youth soccer equipment
Florida — Soccer Moms versus MAGA Moms Spring Break Wet T-Shirt Contest
Idaho — Carving swastikas into soccer balls with a KA-BAR knife at Hayden Lake
Illinois — Barack Obama Presidential Library neighborhood street soccer party (donors only)
Kansas — “Wake the fuck up, Ronaldo” event introduces Portugese mega-star Christian Ronaldo to the rule American football
New York — No-rules challenge match in Corona Park between Iranian national soccer team and Israeli moving truck guys
South Carolina — Saudi Arabia plays Haiti in battle of countries with a palmetto on their flag
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July 2026
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
Book Dragons, the Kids’ Book Club, at Flagler Beach Public Library
Random Acts of Insanity Standup Comedy
ESL Bible Studies for Intermediate and Advanced Students
Grace Community Food Pantry on Education Way
Palm Coast Farmers’ Market at European Village
Al-Anon Family Groups
For the full calendar, go here.
Readers of the London Review of Books who like football probably like football so much that, having begun the present article, they will be obliged to finish it. This suits me down to the ground. Intellectual football-lovers are a beleaguered crew, despised by intellectuals and football-lovers alike, who regard our addiction as affected, pseudo-proletarian, even faintly homosexual. We have adapted to this; we keep ourselves to ourselves – oh, how we have to cringe and hide! If I still have your attention, then I assume you must be one of us, pining for social acceptance and for enlightened discussion of the noble game. This puts me in the happy position of not really caring what I write. You will read me anyway. Ho-hum. If I could render a whistle on the page (a strolling, nonchalant whistle, hands in pockets, head held high), then that is what I would render … But let’s talk football for a while.
–From the opening to Martin Amis’s “Football Mad,” London Review of Books, Dec. 3, 1981.
The dude says
It’s TACO Sunday!!!
Will the orange shit stain complete his surrender to Iran as a birthday present to himself? (then demand a Nobel Peace prize?)
Will we go back to decimating what we’ve already decimated like 38 times?
Will the Nodfather drop a nuke on Iran like a big birthday candle to himself, then put on a fresh diaper and waddle out to his little bread and circus show, all the while rage tweeting out the dank memes that the MAGA morons love?
The suspense is killing me!!!
Skibum says
I’m sure old orange leathery faced idiot will claim some imaginary “victory” once again. After all, so far he has claimed 55 times that he “defeated Iran”. We are still at war. He has stated at least 35 times that “Iran is destroyed”. It is not. He has stated 38 times over the past 100+ days that a peace deal is imminent. Where, oh where is it???
Now, if he stood in front of the American people and stated “I’m a degenerate old man who lies my ass off every day… at least whenever I’m not preoccupied with stealing from the federal treasury or consumed with thoughts of doodling young girls with my pal who’s no longer with us”, THEN we would believe him for once!
The dude says
The demand for his “Noble Peace Prize” will be tweeted out by lunch.
His schedule is off today since the bread and circus thingy was delayed by the weather.
Other than that, everything I predicted yesterday came to pass.
There’s many many pallets of cash en route to Iran right now.
Laurel says
This really big, really tall woman had a smaller than average baby, walked into the gynecologist’s office, walked up to the receptionist’s window, placed the baby on the pass through shelf and stated “I want a refund.” It’ was hilarious! I’ll never forget it!
Jim says
Trump says we’ll “sign the deal” with Iran “today”. Iran seems to think otherwise…. And, in fairness to Iran, Trump has claimed the deal is “close” over 40+ times now. In this deal, I’ll look forward to seeing what Trump has given up just to get the Iranians to agree to “keep talking” for the next 60 days. Not much of a deal to me. And will DJT give the Iranians all or part of the $24Billion they want? Obama gave them $1.7Billion and the Republicans thought the world had ended. Ah, the anticipation….
Trump “fixed” the reflecting pool (or “lake” as Trump has called it). Within a week, algae is back and the pool/lake is turning green. And only somewhere between $13-14Million spent.
Trump is entertaining the UFC Freedom 250 tonight. I’m glad he hasn’t invested in the UFC. Wouldn’t want any perception of grifting associated with this president…
Price of gas is up about 30% from last year or even four months ago. I’m glad Trump is so good for the economy.
Anybody know where the rest of the Epstein files are now? I’m pretty sure they were all supposed to be released many months ago. And I’d like to hear more from the woman who claims Trump abused her. MAGA knows that’s a lie but the rest of us would like the hear the facts before making that call. After all, Trump isn’t exactly clean in this regard (heard of E. Gene Carrol?)
How are those Trump phones working out?
Also, isn’t it great that Trump puts tariffs on countries that hurt his feelings. Ah, what a man.
And let’s not forget pulling 5,000 troops from Germany because they hurt his feelings as well. The truth hurts…
When can we see the new Trump battleship that the Navy did not want?
And I wish they’d take down that barrier on the John F. Kennedy Center. Could it be that Trump is so embarrassed that he got rebuked that he doesn’t want the world to see? A small man might take that position. Oh, yeah….
Where’s that Trump $250 bill we all so desperately want and need?
When will we break ground on the Arch de Trump that will tower over other real monuments?
Are the Trump banners still hanging of US government buildings?
Have all the government phones used by employees been uploaded with the Trump app? Hope so. Nothing like feeding propaganda to the government employees. I’ll bet China is jealous.
I’m sorry Trump’s slush fund for the January 6th “patriots” didn’t make it. Thank God they were all pardoned for beating Capitol police and breaking into the Capitol. By the way, how’s that “back the Blue” thing going?
Ah, that’s enough. I’ve got a headache and I’ve got some Tylenol but should I take it? Trump and RFK, Jr. say no. (I’ll take it.)
Anyway, I’d really like to return Trump to a place where no one can find him and we don’t have to listen to his insane blabbering. But, on the bright side, with the cankles and bruising and frequent nappy times, maybe that won’t be too far away!
Ray W. says
New Zealand’s Ministry of Business, Innovation and Employment publishes a quarterly energy assessment.
During the last quarter of 2025, renewables (hydropower, wind and solar) met more than 90% of the nation’s electricity needs. During the first quarter of 2026, renewables hit 94.5% of all electricity generated , despite in increase in national electricity demand of 2.2%.
Researchers attributed some of the first-quarter 2026 gains in renewables output to ample rainfall and brisk wind conditions.
From March 2025 to March 2026, quarterly measured solar generating capacity in New Zealand increased by 50.2%.
Coal-fired electricity generation over the same period was reported as down by 65.6% and natural gas electricity generation fell by 67.4%. Even though fuel imports are ordered months in advance, wrote the researchers, thereby mitigating the effects of the closure of the Strait of Hormuz, fuel prices in New Zealand did rise during the first quarter of 2026.
Make of this what you will.
Me?
Of what economic value energy independence?
New Zealand’s electricity grid operators, at onset of war, have had to have already begun to shift grid reliance away from fossil fuel electricity generation toward renewables. Can the rest of the world passively ignore the potential wild fluctuations in economic costs that can come from too great a reliance on fossil fuels for electricity generation?