PALM COAST
Observer YOU. YOUR NEIGHBORS. YOUR NEIGHBORHOOD.
VOLUME 14, NO. 35
PIRATES ROYALTY PAGE 3B THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 28, 2023
County raises taxes, city rolls back County’s tax increase will fund ‘operations, obligations and county mission,’ according to staff. PAGE 2A, 4A
Suicide in county jail Man awaiting drug treatment program dies after he was found hanging in cell. PAGE 4A INSIDE
It’s showtime Students performers dazzle at 2023 FPC’s Got Talent variety show at the Fitzgerald Performing Arts Center on Sept. 26. PAGE 1B
SMALLER PROJECT
Planning Board OKs reduction of unnamed residential and commercial development next to Polo Club West. PAGE 2A
DEPA ISOLATED
Matanzas High attack suspect fights fellow jail inmate. PAGE 8A
UNION VIEWS
Q&A with school union leaders PAGE 9A
ON A ROLL
Matanzas’ volleyball team defeated FPC for its 11th win in its last 12 matches. PAGE 6B
Phaedra Payton sings “A Thousand Years.”
Photo by Jake Montgomery
CARS & PUPS
Cruis’n 4 Paws car show benefits animal rescue group. PAGE 14A
IMAGINE 2050
Residents invited to provide input on city’s future in series of upcoming events. PAGE 2A
TURTLE TRACKS
All the way back for quarterback Dakwon Evans, Matanzas offense take giant leap in 35-7 victory.
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New nests: 0 Total nests: 863 Loggerhead nests: 577 Kemp’s Ridley Nests: 0 Green sea turtle nests: 280 Leatherback nests: 6 Beverly Beach: 64 Flagler Beach: 249 FNFS: 550
Big win for ’Dogs FPC bowlers have a senior night to remember as the boys team upsets Matanzas; girls have 7-0 victory.
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INDEX
Calendar..................... PAGE 2B Cops Corner............... PAGE 6A Letters.......................PAGE 12A Public Notices............ PAGE 8B Real Estate..................PAGE 7B Sports......................... PAGE 4B Veterans....................PAGE 12A
Learning old skills Florida Agricultural Museum’s inaugural Lost Arts Festival features hands-on crafts, skills. Matanzas quarterback Dakwon Evans passed for 207 yards and ran for two touchdowns.
Photo by Brent Woronoff
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