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Despite the county-wide lifting of a mask mandate, including in government buildings, the director of a Florida health department threatened to call the police when a mother refused to put on a mask. On Oct. 6, Casey Goff—a Flagler Beach resident and mother of four—went to the Flagler County Health Department with her 3-year-old daughter to apply for a religious exemption. The effort was part of a proactive measure to opt out of any future efforts by the Flagler County School Board (FCSB) to impose mask mandates on her children. “I walked in and a lady offered me a mask,”...

As schools reopened in Florida, several parents in Flagler County received weekend phone calls saying their children were on “a list” because they “may” have been exposed to someone who “may” have had COVID-19. Some parents were told their children could not return to school until they passed a series of COVID-19 tests. Other children were pulled from class and placed in isolation while parents were called and told to come pick them up “immediately.” The process has caused confusion and raised legal questions, leaving many parents feeling very angry. On Aug. 8, Jessico Bowman—a director of the Florida Liberty...

The Flagler County Sheriff’s Office will hold the county’s first gun buy back on Aug. 11, from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. at Town Center. “This is a no questions asked–amnesty opportunity for anyone to turn in unwanted, operational firearms,” Fleming said. Individuals will receive a $50 gift card for each firearm turned in, up to a maximum of three. Additional guns will be accepted, but gift cards will be limited to three, while supplies last. Other weapons, such as knives, swords, brass knuckles, etc., will also be accepted. The program is being funded through a $7,000 crime prevention grant...

Flagler County Judge Ignors The Charlie Crist Florida Election Law

They called it "Flagler's Folly," the wondrous work of concrete, steel and wood stretching 128 miles from the Florida mainland to Key West, in a place where nature never intended for a railroad to run. But exactly 100 years ago Sunday at 10:43 a.m., a 110-ton Schenectady-built locomotive, powered by steam heated by oil, rolled over the last length of track on a dusty and stark Key West, bearing the ailing man dubbed the island's savior, oil baron Henry Flagler. He was greeted by applause, cheers, band music and choirs of schoolchildren, this man whose final dream was realized by...

Airport expansion takes flight By AARON LONDON Staff Writer Last update: 14 March 2004 BUNNELL -- The sky might be the limit for pilots taking off from the Flagler County Airport, but county officials draw the line at forcing people to give up their property to expand the facility. County commissioners reviewed an updated master plan last week for the airport that included five scenarios for growth. In the end, commissioners decided to pursue the most ambitious option, a $28.4 million, 20-year plan to move the airport's main runway 400 feet south and lengthen it by 2,000 feet, begin...