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Weather: Mostly sunny, with a high near 75. Calm wind becoming southeast 5 to 7 mph in the afternoon. Tuesday Night: Partly cloudy, with a low around 58. Southeast wind around 5 mph becoming calm in the evening.
- 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: The trial on a first-degree murder charge of Stephen Monroe, the last of four defendants involved in the shooting death of 16-year-old Noah Smith on a street in Bunnell three years ago, enters its second day before Circuit Judge Dawn Nichols in Courtroom 401. Monroe alone declined to plead out, as the other three have. See: “Stephen Monroe, Last of 4 Defendants in Murder of Noah Smith, Goes on Trial Monday After Declining Deal.” The trial is expected to take most of the week.
The Palm Coast City Council meets in workshop at 9 a.m. at City Hall. The council takes on an analysis that will result in an increase in water and sewer rates. For agendas, minutes, and audio access to the meetings, go here. For meeting agendas, audio and video, go here.
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 St. Johns River Water Management District Governing Board holds its regular monthly meeting at its Palatka headquarters. The public is invited to attend and to offer in-person comment on Board agenda items. Note: meeting start times vary from month to month. Check here to verify the time. 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 County School Board meets in a closed-door session to discuss insurance rates for employees in the context of collective bargaining, 12:30 p.m. at the Government Services Building, 1769 East Moody Boulevard, Bunnell.
The Flagler County School Board meets at 3 p.m. in workshop to go over the items on its upcoming school board meeting two weeks hence. The board meets in the training room on the third floor of the Government Services Building, 1769 East Moody Boulevard, Bunnell. Board meeting documents are available 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.
Sightings: Palm Coast’s Town Center is beginning to look very different, at least in some parts. A crane has replaced cranes at the corner of Central Avenue and City Place, as you can see from that shot taken from City Hall Monday. The development known as “Promenade at Town Center” broke ground there in July to become the first mixed-use bloc in Town Center, which was originally designed as all mixed-use. It hasn’t turned put that way, and vast parts of it are still looking for concrete and steel and glass. By itself, Promenade will have a hard time. We need a half dozen like it. From a different angle: I prefer the picture below, but it’s less informative and more metaphorical (the arc of development etc.), offsetting the focus on the crane with the contrast between sky and arc, and the broader glimpse of Town Center’s remaining trees. The two pictures give you a sense of how easy it is to manipulate reality and convey two quite different narratives merely by changing the angle. There’s even a wink at Magritte in the one below, at least in the contrasts.
—P.T.
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January 2025
Monday, Jan 13 – Monday, Oct 13
Flagler County Commission Workshop
Government Services Building
February 2025
Tuesday, Feb 11
Palm Coast City Council Workshop
Tuesday, Feb 11
Community Traffic Safety Team Meeting
Third Floor Conference Room, Government Services Building
Tuesday, Feb 11
St. Johns River Water Management District Meeting
St. Johns River Water Management District
Tuesday, Feb 11
Flagler County School Board Workshop: Agenda Items
Government Services Building
Tuesday, Feb 11
Flagler Beach Library Book Club
315 South 7th Street, Flagler Beach
Tuesday, Feb 11
Flagler County Planning Board Meeting
Tuesday, Feb 11
Random Acts of Insanity Standup Comedy
Cinematique of Daytona Beach
Wednesday, Feb 12
River to Sea Transportation Planning Organization (TPO) Bicycle/Pedestrian Advisory Committee Meeting
Airline Room, Daytona Beach International Airport
Wednesday, Feb 12
Separation Chat: Open Discussion
Wednesday, Feb 12
The Circle of Light A Course in Miracles Study Group
Wednesday, Feb 12
Weekly Chess Club for Teens, Ages 9-18, at the Flagler County Public Library
Flagler County Public Library
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In orthodox city planning, neighborhood open spaces are venerated in an amazingly uncritical fashion, much as savages venerate magical fetishes. Ask a houser how his planned neighborhood improves on the old city and he will cite, as a self-evident virtue, More Open Space. Ask a zoner about the improvements in progressive codes and he will cite, again as a self-evident virtue, their incentives toward leaving More Open Space. Walk with a planner through a dispirited neighborhood and though it be already scabby with deserted parks and tired landscaping festooned with old Kleenex, he will envision a future of More Open Space. More Open Space for what? For muggings? For bleak vacuums between buildings? Or for ordinary people to use and enjoy? But people do not use city open space just because it is there and because city planners or designers wish they would.
–From Jane Jacobs’s The Death and Life of Great Cities (1961).
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