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VOLUME 15, NO. 42
DOZENS OF EVENTS! SECTION C
FREE ON NEWSSTANDS | THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 28, 2024
Gimme shelter: ‘ARF’ seeks solutions for animals Flagler, Palm Coast volunteers help city, county research cost of potential municipal animal shelter PAGE 2A
Turtle Shack goes up in flames
A clubhouse for Vincent’s Clubhouse PAGE 3A
Flagler Beach restaurant sustains ‘extensive’ damage in early morning kitchen fire PAGE 4A INSIDE SINCE MATTHEW
Flagler County has declared a continuous state of emergency since in 2016 — all because of its dunes, damaged by Hurricane Matthew. PAGE 4A
WIN NO. 535
Flagler Palm Coast girls soccer coach Pete Hald collects win No. 535. PAGE 7B
LIFE IN PRISON
Flagler County judge sentences man to life in prison without parole in 2022 drug over-dose death. PAGE 6A
From left, Executive Director Erica Flores, Matt Sowers, retired Flagler Schools ESE teacher Suzanne Haibon, Board of Director Hector Flores, Vincent Cona, volunteer Eddie Velasquez and Alex Calder. Photo by Brent Woronoff
ON GRATITUDE
On the day before Black Friday, Publisher Brian McMillan makes an attempt to look past the frantic shopping season. PAGE 6A
CIVIC BALLET
Palm Coast dancers featured in Volusia performance. PAGE 3B
FPC snaps losing streak to Seabreeze PAGE 6B
Chisholm’s legacy ‘She didn’t just take a seat, she commanded attention’: Flagler Democratic Women’s Club celebrates Shirley Chisholm’s 100th birthday
INDEX
Calendar..................... PAGE 2B Comics ....................... PAGE 5B Cops Corner............... PAGE 6A Letters........................ PAGE 8A McMillan..................... PAGE 8A Public Notices............ PAGE 9B Sports......................... PAGE 6B Real Estate................. PAGE 4B
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Wawa: Part 2 Palm Coast celebrates new Wawa on Palm Coast Parkway Seabreeze’s Rocco Dall’Orto (3) challenges FPC’s Evan Papadakos (23). . Photo by Brent Woronoff
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