PALM COAST
Observer YOU. YOUR NEIGHBORS. YOUR NEIGHBORHOOD.
HALL OF FAMER’S ACE PAGE 6B
VOLUME 14, NO. 27
THURSDAY, AUGUST 3, 2023
Council rejects franchise fee Palm Coast City Council may require referendum vote for any future FPL franchise fee proposals. PAGE 2A
New city manager Flagler Beach commission approves Dale Martin’s contract. PAGE 9A INSIDE SRD CONTRACT
School Board approves $1.88M agreement with Flagler County Sheriff’s Office for school resource deputies. PAGE 5A
MOURNING ERICKSEN
Former two-term county commissioner dies at 80. PAGE 4A
NEW PRINCIPAL
Bunnell Elementary’s Marcus Sanfilippo takes district role; Donelle Evensen becomes principal. PAGE 9A
TAX RATE APPROVED
School Board OKs tentative tax rate, $325 million budget. PAGE 4A
Turtley awesome
Turtle Patrol volunteers check empty nests for surviving sea turtle hatchlings. PAGE 1B
NEW COACH
Photo by Sierra Williams
Turtle Patrol volunteer Lori Ottlein cleans out a loggerhead nest, looking for any remaining hatchlings. Some eggs, like this one, never hatched.
Travis Boone named Matanzas girls basketball coach. PAGE 5B
TURTLE TRACKS New nests: 83 Total nests: 779 Loggerhead nests: 537 Kemp’s Ridley Nests: 0 Green sea turtle nests: 236 Leatherback nests: 6 Beverley Beach: 48 Flagler Beach: 240 FNFS: 491
Back on the football field
INDEX
Calendar..................... PAGE 2B Cops Corner............... PAGE 6A The Fine Arts.............. PAGE 3B Public Notices............ PAGE 8B Sports......................... PAGE 4B Real Estate..................PAGE 7B Veterans....................PAGE 12A
Mills joins his Pirates teammates on the first day of football practice.
PAGE 4B Matanzas senior Jordan Mills catches a pass in traffic on July 31.
Photo by Brent Woronoff
Help for veterans Ormond Beach resident’s nonprofit trains service dogs for veterans.
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