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FPC Activities Director Evana Fretterd welcomes back students. Photo by Brent Woronoff
Observer YOU. YOUR NEIGHBORS. YOUR NEIGHBORHOOD.
VOLUME 15, NO. 29
FREE ON NEWSSTANDS | THURSDAY, AUGUST 15, 2024
Day 1 for Flagler Schools Smiles, milk cartons, bus stops, marching bands, new pencils, car rider lines. PAGE 1B
Pounding sand continues “This is the right building at the right time in the right place for all of us in Flagler County.”
Debby had little effect on Flagler Beach sand renourishment project, county engineer says. PAGE 4A
JIM ULSAMER, Library Board of Trustees chairman.
A new chapter Flagler County breaks ground on Nexus Center BRENT WORONOFF ASSOCIATE EDITOR
Holly Albanese opened the groundbreaking ceremony on Aug. 12 for the Flagler County Nexus Center by saying her speech would not be short. Since she is Flagler County’s library director, in addition to its assistant administrator, she described herself as a story teller. And she had quite a story to tell. She spent nine years making the project to build the future library and Health and Human Services facility a reality and she would spend a minute for each of those years talking about the $16 million multipurpose center, which is due to be completed on Oct. 1, 2025. Actually, she could have talked for another 10 minutes, because “in reality I’ve been planning for this for 19 years,” she said. As Albanese and the other speakers took their turns at the microphone
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers continued the Flagler Beach beach renourishment project on Aug. 9. Photo by Jake Montgomery
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INDEX
Business..................... PAGE 4B Calendar..................... PAGE 2B Comics ........................PAGE 7B Cops Corner............... PAGE 6A Letters.......................PAGE 10A McMillan....................PAGE 10A Public Notices...........PAGE 10B Sports......................... PAGE 8B Real Estate................. PAGE 3B Veteran......................PAGE 10A
Prevent to protect Volusia, Flagler school districts join Seventh Circuit initiative to address substance use and violence.
Lawsuit settles
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Flagler settles Hunter’s Ridge lawsuit with city of Ormond Beach.
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Back in action
Swillerbees Craft Donuts celebrates grand opening in Ormond Beach.
Flagler Palm Coast football player Grant Winkler is back after spending nine days in the hospital with aseptic meningitis.
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Sweet expansion!
Carotenuto responds
Medal for Pacarro
Taking flight
Flagler Humane Society executive director answers critics who spoke out last week.
Along with promotions for others, Fire Department thanks hero, Logan Pacarro.
Daytona Beach International Airport adds Breeze Airways as new carrier.
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