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Jury Convicts Man Who Turned Down 1-Year Plea Deal for Hit-and-Run; He Faces Up to 15 Years in Prison

Circuit Judge Dawn Nichols had warned Joao Paulo Fernandes just five weeks ago: don’t go to trial. You’ll lose. Fernandes, a 50-year-old Palm Coast ...

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Florida Fronts $450 Million for ‘Alligator Alcatraz’ Amid Scarce Information on Prisoners

By Mark Schlakman The state of Florida has opened a migrant detention center in the Everglades. Its official name is Alligator Alcatraz , a ...

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Palm Coast Council, with 2nd Censure Vote, Will Ask Governor to Remove ‘Toxic’ Mayor Norris

The Palm Coast City Council in a 4-1 vote today censured Mayor Mike Norris for the second time in three months and agreed to ...

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Palm Coast Council’s Five Charter Review Picks Reflect Politics and Experience, Not Diversity

The Palm Coast City Council today appointed five residents–five men, four white, one Hispanic–to the Charter Review Committee, along with five alternate members, out ...

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The Meaning of ABC’s and CBS’s Surrender

By Michael J. Socolow It was a surrender widely foreseen. For months, rumors abounded that Paramount would eventually settle the seemingly frivolous lawsuit brought ...

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County Money for Flagler Beach’s Lifeguards Survives for One More Year After Outcry

To Flagler Beach’s relief, the Flagler County Commission today agreed to reverse course from a plan to eliminate paying for half the salaries of ...

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Flagler Beach Commission Votes 4-1 to Start Negotiating Sale of Ocean Palm Golf Club, But Residents Skeptical

To more skepticism than support from residents, the Flagler Beach City Commission on Thursday voted 4-1 to enter into negotiations to sell its chronically ...

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Flagler School Board’s Lauren Ramirez Challenges Ethics Commission’s Pending Restrictions on Her Private Business

Flagler County School Board member Lauren Ramirez is contesting a proposed finding by the Florida Ethics Commission that would severely restrict local public school ...

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The Texas Flood Is a Preview of the Chaos to Come

By Abrahm Lustgarten On July 4, the broken remnants of a powerful tropical storm spun off the warm waters of the Gulf of Mexico ...

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Self-Censorship Is Silencing Americans in Public

By James L. Gibson For decades, Americans’ trust in one another has been on the decline , according to the most recent General Social ...

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