PALM COAST
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VOLUME 15, NO. 36
CARLA CLINE ISN’T LETTING BREAST CANCER WIN PAGE 8B
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Inside: SPEED CAMPAIGNING
Observer’s ELECTION GUIDE covers mayor, City Council and state candidates — plus state amendments. 1B-5B
‘Fatally flawed’ Supervisor of Elections Kaiti Lenhart files response to Palm Coast charter amendment lawsuit.
Gambaro joins City Council Appointee sworn in at Oct. 1 meeting PAGE 2A
PAGE 5A INSIDE AFTER HUNT
Governor’s appointment to replace Sally Hunt on Flagler County School Board won’t have to live in District 1. PAGE 4A
STOPPING FRAUD
Sheriff Office’s senior summit help seniors be aware of and guard against fraud. PAGE 11A
BUDGET UP 17%
Palm Coast is ‘not immune to inflation’: council adopts $421.5 million budget. PAGE 5A
CRAB SHACK CLOSES Bunnell’s Crab Shack 386 closes, to reopen in Putnam. PAGE 12A
HELENE HELPERS
First responders sent to help communities impacted by Hurricane Helene. PAGE 6A
CANDIDATE FORUM
Mayor, City Council candidates stress infrastructure improvements, luring commercial development. PAGE 3A
U.S. Army Reserve Brig. Gen. Charles Gambaro Jr. is sworn in as the District 4 representative. Photo by Sierra Williams
ZACH MAHANEY
‘An admired husband, loving father, friend and brother’: former firefighter dies. PAGE 3A
‘We all need a laugh’
Comedy nights raise money for nonprofit which caters to disabled veterans. PAGE 6B
INDEX
Business....................PAGE 12A Calendar..................... PAGE 9B Comics ......................PAGE 10B Cops Corner............... PAGE 6A McMillan....................PAGE 14A Public Notices...........PAGE 13B Sports........................ PAGE 11B Real Estate................PAGE 13A
Steeeeeee-rike! Flagler County Umpire Association a hit with local youth leagues.
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Bucs top Pirates Veterans on a Hookin Veterans deep-sea fish retreat pose for a photo at Sailfish Marina in Palm Beach Shores. The organization’s founders are wearing black T-shirts: Joseph “Booch” Buccini (left), Tyler Jeffries (front center) and Colby Briggs (back right). Two Palm Coast veterans on the trip were Bill May (third from left standing) and Ernie Morris (third from right standing). Courtesy photo
Mainland puts itself in the district driver’s seat with its first win of the season, 43-0 over Matanzas
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