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Amenity city: New rec center now open Southern Recreation Center, along with new Lehigh Trailhead, officially opens to the public. PAGE 3A
Kitchen fire displaces family
Nice nice baby Bronx House Pizza, Vanilla Ice raised $84,000 for Little Smiles charity. PAGE 13A
‘It almost sounded like fireworks’ PAGE 3A INSIDE PROMENADE PROGRESSES
Mixed commercial space, 204-unit apartment building planned for land south of Palm Coast City Hall. PAGE 2A
LIFE-SAVING AWARDS
FCSO dispatcher recognized for helping save 2-year-old found in pool. PAGE 5A
AEDS ADDED, WITH MOM’S HELP Flagler Schools upgrades defibrillator supplies on campuses. PAGE 4A
SPEAKING OF WILD HOGS
Flagler County searches for new methods to deal with nuisance hogs PAGE 6A
NEW SCHOOL RECORD HOLDER Rapper Vanilla Ice with a Jacob Hilliker, 18, and his family: parents Tom and Debbie Hilliker and brothers Ryan Hilliker and Alex King. Photo courtesy of Brad Beam at Bronx House Pizza
Colby Cronk breaks FPC’s shot put record at 20th annual East Coast Classic track meet. PAGE 6B
Pirates rising
ORMOND STATION ADVANCES
Matanzas outlasted Flagler Palm Coast 8-5 for its first win over the Bulldogs in five years.
Flagler County approves next stage in a 76-lot Hunter’s Ridge development. PAGE 10A
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INDEX
Business..................... PAGE 9A Calendar..................... PAGE 2B Cavaliere....................PAGE 12A Comics ........................PAGE 7B Cops Corner............... PAGE 6A The Fine Arts.............. PAGE 3B Letters.......................PAGE 12A Public Notices...........PAGE 10B Sports......................... PAGE 4B Real Estate................PAGE 14A Veterans....................PAGE 12A
History and culture in Flagler Flagler County celebrates ninth annual Native American Festival.
PAGE 1B Wren Gotts, 10, of the Ojibwe-Sokoason Chippewa tribe, dances at the festival. Photo by Sierra Williams
Undefeated Matanzas’ Jordan Mills has a 49-0 record and hopes to end his wrestling career with a state title.
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