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Weather: Mostly cloudy. Showers likely with a chance of thunderstorms in the morning, then showers with thunderstorms likely in the afternoon. Highs in the mid 80s. Northeast winds 5 to 10 mph. Chance of rain 80 percent. Tuesday Night: A chance of thunderstorms. Showers likely, mainly in the evening. Lows in the mid 70s. Northeast winds 5 to 10 mph. Chance of rain 70 percent.
- 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:
In Court: A 9 a.m. hearing is scheduled before Circuit Judge Terence Perkins in the case of Tonda Royal, who was convicted of unlawful sexual activity with a minor, and is serving 12 years in state prison. Royal is contesting his sentence.
The Community Traffic Safety Team led by Flagler County Commissioner Andy Dance meets at 9 a.m. in the third-floor Commissioner Conference Room at the Government Services Building, 1769 East Moody Boulevard, Bunnell. You may also join virtually by computer, mobile app or room device. Click here to join the meeting. Meeting ID: 276 236 998 121 Passcode: CyEKoW [Download Teams | Join on the web]
The Palm Coast City Council meets in workshop at 9 a.m. at City Hall. For agendas, minutes, and audio access to the meetings, go here. For meeting agendas, audio and video, go here.
The St. Johns River Water Management District Governing Board holds its regular monthly meeting at its Palatka headquarters, 10 a.m. The public is invited to attend and to offer in-person comment on Board agenda items. A livestream will also be available for members of the public to observe the meeting online. Governing Board Room, 4049 Reid St., Palatka. Click this link to access the streaming broadcast. The live video feed begins approximately five minutes before the scheduled meeting time. Meeting agendas are available online here.
The Flagler Beach Library Book Club meets at 5 p.m. at the library, 315 South Seventh Street, Flagler Beach.
The Flagler County Planning Board meets at 5:30 p.m. at the Government Services Building, 1769 East Moody Boulevard, Bunnell. See board documents, including agendas and background materials, here. Watch the meeting or past meetings here.
Random Acts of Insanity Standup Comedy, 8 p.m. at Cinematique Theater, 242 South Beach Street, Daytona Beach. General admission is $8.50. Every Tuesday and on the first Saturday of every month the Random Acts of Insanity Comedy Improv Troupe specializes in performing fast-paced improvised comedy.
| In Coming Days: Sept. 16: NAACP Candidate Forum: The NAACP Flagler Branch hosts a candidate forum featuring local candidates in the Nov. 5 election for Palm Coast City Council, at 6 p.m. at the Palm Coast Community Center, 305 Palm Coast Parkway NE. September 17: Celebrate Constitution Day With County Judge Andrea Totten, 1 p.m. at the Flagler County Public Library, 2500 Palm Coast Pkwy NW, Palm Coast. The special Constitution Day program features the Honorable Andrea K. Totten in the Doug Cisney Room. The event offers a unique opportunity to explore the significance of the United States Constitution and its impact on our lives today. Judge Totten will share her insights into the importance of upholding constitutional principles in our democracy. Engage in enlightening discussions, ask questions, and deepen your understanding of the Constitution’s role in shaping our nation’s history and future. Don’t miss this enlightening and educational event at the heart of our community’s civic engagement. Sept. 19: Sheriff’s Summit to Protect and Serve Seniors, 3 to 5 p.m. at the Sheriff’s Operations Center, 2101 Commerce Pkwy, Bunnell. Participants will benefit from a presentation about frequent scams and frauds, have access to free document shredding and paramedicine, and will get a tour of the Sheriff’s Office Museum. The event is free to the public. Sept. 19: 988 Suicide Prevention Walk: 5:30 at Wadsworth Park, 2200 Moody Blvd., Flagler Beach. The Rotary Club of Flagler Beach will host an Awareness Walk to promote the 988 National Suicide Crisis Hotline at 6:00 p.m. on September 19, 2024. Participants will walk from Wadsworth Park in Flagler Beach, over the Rt. 100 bridge to Veterans Park where we will gather for a brief ceremony. Anyone wishing to participate should arrive at Wadsworth Park at 5:30 pm. After a brief welcome, the walk will begin at 6 p.m. Participants are encouraged, if possible, to wear purple and/or teal, the colors of suicide prevention awareness. Advanced registration is not required. All are welcome at this cost-free event that aims to bring the community together to raise awareness about the importance of mental health and the critical resources available through the 988 hotline. Sept. 25: The Palm Coast Tiger Bay Club presents a candidate forum ahead of the Nov. 5 general election, Sept. 25, 5 to 8 p.m. at the Palm Coast Community Center, 305 Palm Coast Parkway NE. The forum will feature the candidates in three runoff elections for mayor and Palm Coast City Council seats. The forum is free and open to the public, and will be simulcast on WNZF and live-streamed on FlaglerLive, among other media sources. |
Notably: Years ago, as you can see from the image above, the colossal Sunday New York Times (which could reach 1,000 pages) included in its real estate pages a Southern Real Estate section, focused on Florida. With map. Note this one from 1987: Palm Coast, even though it was well on its way to becoming the Nairobi of Northeast Florida, did not yet exist on the map. Not even Flagler Beach, which had been around about 50 years by then. Just Bunnell. I scanned the columns and columns of houses available for sale and rent, but none were offered from Palm Coast, even as ITT was selling them like croissants. The prices were relics: $700 a month for a townhouse in Destin? $265,000 for an oceanfront house in Jupiter?
—P.T.
Now this: A 1970 tourism reel on Florida, compliments of Florida Memory:
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September 2024
Tuesday, Sep 10
Palm Coast City Council Workshop
Tuesday, Sep 10
Community Traffic Safety Team Meeting
Third Floor Conference Room, Government Services Building
Tuesday, Sep 10
St. Johns River Water Management District Meeting
St. Johns River Water Management District
Tuesday, Sep 10
Flagler Beach Library Book Club
315 South 7th Street, Flagler Beach
Tuesday, Sep 10
Flagler County Planning Board Meeting
Tuesday, Sep 10
Random Acts of Insanity Standup Comedy
Cinematique of Daytona Beach
Wednesday, Sep 11
Elks Lodge’s Annual 9/11 Ceremony
Palm Coast Elks Lodge #2709
Wednesday, Sep 11
River to Sea Transportation Planning Organization (TPO) Bicycle/Pedestrian Advisory Committee Meeting
Airline Room, Daytona Beach International Airport
Wednesday, Sep 11
Separation Chat: Open Discussion
Wednesday, Sep 11
The Circle of Light A Course in Miracles Study Group
Wednesday, Sep 11
Weekly Chess Club for Teens, Ages 9-18, at the Flagler County Public Library
Flagler County Public Library
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The finished product, Florida today, is dead flat in most places, as you would expect a shallow sea floor to be, and it still communicates with the sea along the one thousand one hundred and fifty miles of its shoreline. Everywhere there are reminders of the past. In the Kissimmee Valley, for example, fifty miles from either coast, you can stir the sand with your foot and kick up sea shells that are twenty million years old. A much more important reminder of the geological past is the Floridan Aquifer. Lying in a thick bed above the granite and sandstone basement of the Florida plateau thousands of feet down are layers of a highly porous “honeycomb” limestone, holding one of the most abundant reservoirs of fresh water in the world. The limestone is much like a sponge, soaking up more water than it allows to travel over its surface, and of the fifty-three inches of rain that Florida gets in a normal year, only fourteen, or about a quarter of the water, runs off in streams and rivers. The rest percolates down through fissures, crevices, and conduits into vast, water-worn underground chambers.
–From Alex Shoumatoff, Florida Ramble (1974).
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