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Weather: Mostly cloudy. Highs in the mid 80s. Lows in the lower 60s.
- 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 three-member East Flagler Mosquito Control District Board meets at 10 a.m. at District Headquarters, 210 Airport Executive Drive, Palm Coast. Agendas are available here. District staff, commissioners and email addresses are here. The meetings are open to the public.
The Flagler County Commission meets in workshop at 1 p.m. to discuss the replacement of retiring County Attorney Al Hadeed, an update to the beach management plan, which is teetering, and a presentation from the fire department on its needs in the coming year.
The Flagler County Commission meets at 5 p.m. at the Government Services Building, 1769 E. Moody Boulevard, Building 2, Bunnell. Access meeting agendas and materials here. The five county commissioners and their email addresses are listed here.
Nar-Anon Family Groups offers hope and help for families and friends of addicts through a 12-step program, 6 p.m. at St. Mark by the Sea Lutheran Church, 303 Palm Coast Pkwy NE, Palm Coast, Fellowship Hall Entrance. See the website, www.nar-anon.org, or call (800) 477-6291. Find virtual meetings here.
Notably: What the shah of maralago is really pissed about. From Statista: “While China’s status as the world’s largest manufacturing hub seems to be a law of nature these days – one only challenged by President Trump – that hasn’t always been the case. In fact, as recently as 2009, the U.S. trumped China in manufacturing output as measured by total value added in the sector. China’s manufacturing output climbed from roughly $134 billion in 1980 to roughly $4.8 trillion in 2023. During that time, China’s share of global manufacturing output climbed from 5 percent to around 30 percent, while former manufacturing leader the United States saw its share drop from 21 to 17 percent. In 2001, the U.S. share of global manufacturing peaked at 28 percent, but China’s accession to the WTO in 2001, which opened the country up to the world economy, quickly changed the balance of power.”
—P.T.
Now this:
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April 2025
Monday, Apr 21
East Flagler Mosquito Control District Board Meeting
Monday, Apr 21
Flagler County Commission Evening Meeting
Government Services Building
Monday, Apr 21
Nar-Anon Family Group
St. Mark by the Sea Lutheran Church
Tuesday, Apr 22
Palm Coast City Council Workshop
Tuesday, Apr 22
Flagler County School Board Information Workshop
Government Services Building
Tuesday, Apr 22
Book Dragons, the Kids’ Book Club, at Flagler Beach Public Library
315 South 7th Street, Flagler Beach
Tuesday, Apr 22
Budgeting by Values: A Virtual Class to Learn Budgeting Skills
Tuesday, Apr 22
NAACP Flagler Branch General Membership Meeting
Tuesday, Apr 22
Flagler County School Board Meeting
Government Services Building
Tuesday, Apr 22
Stetson University’s 2025 Holocaust Memorial Lecture
Carlton Student Union Building, Stetson University
Tuesday, Apr 22
Random Acts of Insanity Standup Comedy
Cinematique of Daytona Beach
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Now that Harvard University has decided to defy the Trump administration, the stage is set for an epic struggle, one that has already defied the expectations of cynics on both sides. After being presented with new demands, Columbia is refusing to comply. No thanks to our fair-weather friends, our acting president, Claire Shipman, has vowed to reject any agreement in which “the government dictates what we teach, research or who we hire” as well as one that would “require us to relinquish our independence and autonomy as an educational institution.” Columbia alumni are rallying in support. The greatness of American universities is at risk because anti-intellectuals are undermining the foundation of academic excellence: the ability of teachers and researchers to work without political micromanagement in the pursuit of truth, even when these truths are unpopular. Colleges and universities should join a mutual defense pact, as faculty members at several universities, including Rutgers and Indiana University have proposed. If we speak with one voice, we can better articulate the essential importance of universities to the American way of life.
–From From Matthew Connelly’s “I’m a Columbia Professor. Here’s the Really Disheartening Part of This Mess,” The New York Times, April 16, 2025 .
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