PALM COAST
Observer YOU. YOUR NEIGHBORS. YOUR NEIGHBORHOOD.
VOLUME 17, NO. 27
FCSO honors employees PAGE 8A
FREE ON NEWSSTANDS | THURSDAY AUGUST 6, 2026
City Council takes first vote to annex 7,000 acres But, six-hour meeting ends by tabling more substantive votes on westward expansion until Aug. 25. PAGE 3A
Budget cuts begin: Code manager is laid off Palm Coast restructuring ends six jobs to save money. PAGE 6A INSIDE PUSHING PAUSE
Flagler County approves oneyear data center moratorium. PAGE 4A
LET’S GET THIS DUNE Beach restoration project moves ahead despite Camptown seawall concerns PAGE 4A
School starts next week! Flagler gets head start with Back to School Jam. PAGE 1B
SUPER SPEEDER
Luna Lopez poses with members of Costumers with a Cause at the Flagler Schools’ Back to School Jam. Photo by Brent Woronoff
INDEX
Youth movement
Sheriff Staly arrests 125 mph super speeder while off duty PAGE 2A
Business..................... PAGE 9A Calendar..................... PAGE 2B Cops Corner................PAGE 2A Crossword.................. PAGE 2C Letters.......................PAGE 10A Public Notices............ PAGE 5C Schools....................... PAGE 3B Sports......................... PAGE 8B Real Estate................. PAGE 4B
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Bookend freshmen classes have energized FPC girls soccer. PAGE 8B Freshman Sierra Higgs, eighth grader Kailani Raby and freshman Emily Brocksmith at FPC’s Go To Goal Camp. Photos by Brent Woronoff
Focus on Faith
Q+A: Palm Coast Seventh-day Adventist Church Pastor Amalia Goulbourne reflects on her lifelong commitment to faith.
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