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Flagler Beach and Flagler County Will Close 18 Miles of Beaches Monday Morning As Florida Infections Soar

March 22, 2020 | FlaglerLive | 57 Comments

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Flagler Beach and Flagler County are closing their beaches to the public starting at 6 a.m. Monday, joining a growing list of coastal communities and counties, in Florida and elsewhere, doing likewise in an increasingly strict response to the coronavirus.

As County Completes 5.75 Miles In Dune Reinforcement, ‘Mobi-Mats’ Give Protective Access to Beaches

July 24, 2018 | FlaglerLive | 10 Comments

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Installation of Mobi-Mats and “Dodge the Dunes” signs at nine beach access points in unincorporated Flagler County are scheduled for completion by the end of the week.

Behind Scott’s Executive Order Protecting Public Beach Access: New Law’s Confusing Signals

July 15, 2018 | FlaglerLive | 4 Comments

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A new law that could potentially restrict public access to beaches prompted an executive order from Gov. Scott that echoes an ordinance Flagler passed last month.

In Big Win For Flagler Beach, U.S. Army Corps Awards $17.5 Million, Reviving Dunes Project

July 6, 2018 | FlaglerLive | 16 Comments

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The unexpected infusion of $17.5 million into Flagler’s beach-rebuilding projects revives a U.S. Army Corps of Engineers plan that appeared dead in 2017.

Raising Faith Over Futility, Flagler Launches Unprecedented $25 Million Dunes-Restoration Feat

January 27, 2018 | FlaglerLive | 28 Comments

County officials gathered for a groundbreaking on a $25 million dunes-restoration project for some 12 to 15 miles of beach. They gathered at Malacompra Park in the Hammock. (© FlaglerLive)

For 50 hours a week for the next 48 weeks, trucks will dump nearly 1 million tons of sand along 12 to 15 miles of Flagler County beaches, rebuilding the dunes hurricanes washed away.

Flagler County Walks Away From $35 Million In Beach-Repair Money: “It’s Them Abandoning Us”

November 7, 2017 | FlaglerLive | 21 Comments

It's not just Flagler Beach: the dunes system has been ravaged all the way up the coast through the Hammock in Flagler County. (© FlaglerLive)

Flagler county officials put the blame squarely on the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers when they explain why they walked away from $35 million, and why county and state dollars must step in as replacement.

Coming to Flagler Beach: No-Parking Barriers and Silt Mounds to Stop A1A Washouts

June 23, 2017 | FlaglerLive | 13 Comments

What Flagler Beach wants to stop. That was last week's washout at the south end of town. (© FlaglerLive)

The city and the state transportation department will block off portions of A1A to parking and build silt mounds to soak up water, though some commissioners are skeptical of silt’s effectiveness.

More Washouts Plague Flagler Beach’s A1A as Commissioners Wonder: Another Year and Half Of This?

June 16, 2017 | FlaglerLive | 33 Comments

The latest washout from heavy rains in Flagler Beach closed a segment of A1A between South 11th and 13th streets this afternoon. (c FlaglerLive)

Heavy rains caused more washouts of the low dunes and rock revetments along State Road A1A this afternoon in what is becoming a recurring problem with almost every heavy rain event.

In Major Shift, County Proposes Rebuilding Beach Without Federal Dollars For Now

April 5, 2016 | FlaglerLive | 11 Comments

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With federal dollars unlikely to share in the $44 million project, Administrator Craig Coffey wants the county commission to share costs with state transportation and environmental agencies instead, though the plan is rife with uncertainties.

U.S. Corps’ Cost to Rebuild 2.5 Miles of Beach: $39 Million and Up, Storms Not Included

April 2, 2013 | FlaglerLive | 12 Comments

The Corps of Engineers is favoring “renourishing” a 2.5-mile segment of beach from South 7th Street to South 28th Street in Flagler Beach five times through 2060 by rebuilding dunes and dumping 320,000 cubic yards of sand five times over, for $39 million. Adding another segment could add $30 million.

In a Brazen Reversal, Flagler Beach Commission Kills Beach-Bonfire Referendum

June 18, 2012 | FlaglerLive | 17 Comments

Just six weeks ago the Flagler Beach City Commission, fractured and indecisive on the matter, voted 4-1 to place a referendum question on beach bonfires on a coming ballot. But two weeks later, the commission voted to ban bonfires during turtle nesting season anyway.

Understated Slivers: The Unique Fragility and Vitality of Barrier Islands

June 9, 2012 | FlaglerLive | 6 Comments

Barrier islands such as the one that hosts Flagler Beach are fragile, diverse and play a vital, understated but often unappreciated role in coastal ecology and protection. Frank Gromling provides a tour.

Ritchey Dauphin, 18, Who Drowned on Memorial Day in Daytona, Is Found in Ormond

May 29, 2012 | FlaglerLive | 14 Comments

Flagler County rescuers were asked to scour the beaches and the surf late Monday after a 19-year-old man was believed to have drowned in Daytona Beach late Monday afternoon. Flagler rescuers were called out because of the force of the current, which could have dragged the victim quite far north.

Florida Audubon Asks for Beachgoers’ Help This Memorial Day Weekend

May 24, 2012 | FlaglerLive | Leave a Comment

This Memorial Day Weekend, Audubon is reminding Floridians to take care with Florida’s original “beach babies,” rare and declining species of waterbirds that nest on Florida’s beaches and mangrove islands.

From Pathways Academy and Matanzas High To Beverly Beach: A Sea Oats Odyssey

May 12, 2012 | FlaglerLive | 3 Comments

Sea oats are important to the ecology of barrier islands because they're resistant to saline air and root deep into sand, stabilizing dunes. Sea oats are a protected grass under Florida law.

Students from Pathways Academy and Matanzas High School planted 750 sea oats along Beverly Beach’s dunes through a University of Florida project and the initiative of Beverly Beach Commissioner–and FlaglerLive columnist–Frank Gromling, who relates the story.

Bonfire Embers Still Crackling in Flagler Beach As 2 Commissioners Plan Clashing Initiatives

May 4, 2012 | FlaglerLive | 13 Comments

Saying she doesn’t want to abdicate her role, Commissioner Kim Carney wants to force an up-or-down vote on bonfires on the beach regardless of a proposed referendum, while Commission Chairman Jane Mealy seeks approval for a bonfire permitting structure that Carney strongly opposes.

A Smoldering Flagler Beach Commission Punts To Voters on Bonfires After a Flagrant Debate

April 30, 2012 | FlaglerLive | 17 Comments

The Flagler Beach City Commission voted 4-1 to let voters decide whether bonfires should be allowed on the city’s beaches after a meeting that featured embarrassing attacks, declaration and fracture.

Return of the Sea Turtles: Flagler’s First Sighting Renews a Million-Year Ritual

April 28, 2012 | FlaglerLive | 6 Comments

They're back: Sea turtle tracks in Beverly Beach on April 24. (© Frank Gromling)

The first sea turtle to scout for a nest on a Flagler beach did so Tuesday, renewing a ritual going back 200 million years. She scouted Columnist Frank Gromling’s beach backyard for her nursery. A report from the sands.

Before You Next Feast on Seafood

March 24, 2012 | FlaglerLive | 6 Comments

Does it really matter what fish we eat? Yes, says Frank Gromling, if health and overfishing are concerns. The Monterey Bay Aquarium’s Seafood Watch programs helps consumers and restaurants figure out how to do their part in preserving fishing stocks.

Turtle Saving Time: Nesting Season Begins on Flagler and Florida Beaches, Lasting Through October

March 14, 2012 | FlaglerLive | 3 Comments

That age-old ritual of turtle-nesting is in full swing on Flagler County’s beaches, where beach-goers will recognize the trademark wooden stakes and thin square-forming ribbons around nests–and steer clear of the sandy nurseries.

In a Switch, Flagler Beach Backs Doggie Dining At Some Restaurants, With Regulations

October 28, 2011 | FlaglerLive | 13 Comments

Dog-friendly dining in Flagler Beach, never exactly absent from some restaurants, is now entirely legal and embraced by the city commission that had sought to ban it just a few weeks ago.

Swell of Surfers Beats Back Flagler Beach Bid to Broaden Pier’s No-Go Zone, For Now

October 27, 2011 | FlaglerLive | 10 Comments

Flagler Beach’s proposal to double the no-surf zone to 300 feet around the Flagler Beach pier petered out before it was considered, with a caveat: commissioners want more self-policing from surfers, or else.

300-Ft. No-Surf Zone Plan Around Flagler Beach Pier Has Surfers Angling for Battle

October 24, 2011 | FlaglerLive | 35 Comments

A season rich in storms, good waves and good fishing resulted in renewed clashes between fishermen and surfers around the Flagler Beach pier, and the latest proposal to extend the no-surf zone around it, priming angers before Thursday’s Flagler Beach City Commission meeting.

Seawall Soul-Searching and Yet More Muddles Over Alternatives in Flagler Beach

October 14, 2011 | FlaglerLive | 7 Comments

The Flagler Beach City Commission shelved state transportation dollars that would have refurbished the seawall along 13th Street and skirted around discussions of alternatives to beach-saving in confusing motions Thursday.

In Flagler Beach, Questions, Ridicule and Anger in Search for Beach-Saving Answers

September 20, 2011 | FlaglerLive | 5 Comments

A three-and-a-half hour town hall meeting on saving the beach renourished a lot of old ideas and complaints without settling the heart of the matter: with what means and what money to stop the shore from eroding.

Seawall and “Renourishment” Alternative: Saving the Beach Without Losing a Town’s Soul

September 13, 2011 | FlaglerLive | 4 Comments

Speaking on behalf of SaveFlaglersBeach.com, Terry Potter argues for an alternative to seawalls, dredging and revetments in Flagler Beach and invites the public to the organization’s seminar on the matter on Sept. 15.

Feared Dead, Man Overboard Washes Up Alive on Cinnamon Beach 9 Hours Later

September 6, 2011 | FlaglerLive | 3 Comments

He’s alive: Brian Oliver, the captain of a charter sailboat, fell in the water at 3 p.m. Sunday, held on to a cooler, and washed up on shore, in good health, at half past midnight Tuesday morning.

Man Drowns North of Flagler Beach, Near Condos Where Family Had Recently Moved In

August 27, 2011 | FlaglerLive | 1 Comment

James Palmer, 55, who was staying at the Oceanside condominiums in Beverly Beach with his family, drowned just before 3 p.m. Saturday afternoon. A 55-year-old surfer also died in New Smyrna Beach three hours earlier.

In Flagler Beach, a Darting Dog, a Swerving Car, a Woman in Critical Condition

August 7, 2011 | FlaglerLive | 5 Comments

State Road A1A in Flagler Beach. (© FlaglerLive)

Maura Nations, 26, a resident of Orlando, was struck by a car that was swerving to avoid her dog, which had darted across State Road A1A in Flagler Beach Saturday afternoon.

Pilot Falls Asleep Aboard Shark-Fishing Boat, Sending It Aground in Flagler Beach

July 24, 2011 | FlaglerLive | 3 Comments

The Lady Maritza, registered to Clearwater-based Demar Fishing Inc., was shark-fishing when its pilot fell asleep, sending the boat aground just before dawn. It was freed by early afternoon.

City Commission Cheers Flagler Beach Turtle Patrol

July 14, 2011 | FlaglerLive | Leave a Comment

The Flagler Beach City Commission’s Alice Baker recognized the city’s Turtle Patrol volunteers, whose work from May to September ensures protecting for nesting turtles.

From Wildfires to Ocean Breakers: Flagler Launches Sea Rescue Unit

July 5, 2011 | FlaglerLive | 19 Comments

The Flagler County Fire Department’s ocean rescue unit will be on the beaches during special events, adding a rapid-response capability that hadn’t been available north of the Flagler Beach pier.

Finally, Flagler Beach Agrees to Long-Term Pier Restaurant Deal With River Grille Owner

June 16, 2011 | FlaglerLive | 11 Comments

Paying the city $3,000 a month in base rent, Ray Barshay, owner of River Grille in Ormond and Crabby Joe’s in Daytona, plans to revamp the Pier Restaurant into an American, Southern, New Orleans cuisine destination.

Lessons Against Drowning: Tom Gillin’s Water Tutorials Before Schools Let Out for Summer

May 26, 2011 | FlaglerLive | 2 Comments

Tom Gillen, Flagler Beach’s parks and recreation director and its life-guard-in-chief, has taken his junior-lifeguard lecture on the road to local schools to prepare children for summer break’s biggest attraction.

Flagler Beach Against DOT’s Seawall: County Joins City’s Opposition, With Conditions

April 11, 2011 | FlaglerLive | 4 Comments

Flagler County doesn’t want a seawall in Flagler Beach either, but the county doesn’t want to lose $6 million in highway funding–earmarked for SR A1A’s protection–that it hopes to shift either toward a study or toward an alternative to the seawall.

Flagler Beach Dog Lovers: “If We Wanted More Rules We’d Go To Palm Coast”

March 24, 2011 | FlaglerLive | 28 Comments

More enforcement of existing rules and more self-policing, but no change in Flagler Beach’s dogs-on-the-beach ordinance, city commissioners decided after hearing from 38 people over 90 minutes Thursday evening.

Their Battle Already Won, Flagler Beach Dog Owners Still Mobilizing to Ward Off Ban

March 22, 2011 | FlaglerLive | 24 Comments

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Flagler Beach resident Vicky Mulvaney kicked off a firestorm of opposition to her proposal to ban dogs altogether from the city’s beaches. The city commission, unlikely to go along, hears from Mulvaney and her opponents Thursday.

Pier Restaurant Lease Hobbling Again As DEP Rejects Permitting a New Deck

March 19, 2011 | FlaglerLive | 8 Comments

The new deck for the Pier Restaurant would have extended 20 feet out and 76 feet across, enabling outdoor dining. (© FlaglerLive)

Flagler Beach was going to pay for and build the $50,000 deck as a concession to potential restaurant owner Ray Barshay. Until DEP’s decision, Barshay and the city were very close to a long-term, deal.

Lifeguard Tower Rises Again in Flagler Beach, Pier Restaurant Lease Falters

February 26, 2011 | FlaglerLive | 8 Comments

The commission reversed itself and voted to build the tower. The decision displeased the prospective owner of the Pier Restaurant. Several other deal-breakers hardened in those negotiations, leaving the restaurant deal in doubt.

Florida Beaches Stay Open Despite Tar Balls and Sicknesses

July 12, 2010 | FlaglerLive | Leave a Comment

Despite EPA warnings that some Florida beaches may be unsafe, people are taking to them–and getting sick.

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