Maxine Kronick, Fierce Doyenne of Local Arts and Children’s Theater, Dies On...
Maxine Kronick, actress, special events coordinator and arts champion, had co-founder Theaterrific in the late 1980s in Palm Coast, a theater program for poorer children, and remained involved in local...
View ArticleCommissioners Uneasy With Flagler’s Bail-Out of Agriculture Museum and New...
Flagler County government would pay off an $185,000 museum mortgage and grant it $25,000 a year while acquiring more than 400 acres of the museum's land, calling it an "extension" of Princess Place...
View ArticlePalm Coast Community Center’s Walls Crash As Shovels Ordain Much Bigger...
Work crews put destruction on display at the old Palm Coast Community Center today, just after the city council marked the $7.8 million rebuilding and tripling of the site with a groundbreaking...
View ArticleCounty Seeking Photo Contest Participants to Mark Flagler’s Centennial
Prizes include $200 for Best of Show, as well as first-, second- and third place prizes by division of $150 – $100 – and $50, respectively. The deadline for submission is Monday, April 10. The post...
View ArticleFor Flagler County, A Powerful Note of Atonement For Injustices Toward Many...
Flagler County marked its centennial on Saturday and Monday with celebrations that included words of a proclamation acknowledging half a century of injustices toward minorities in the county. The post...
View Article1938-2017 James E. Gardner, ITT President And Palm Coast Founder, Is Laid to...
James E. Gardner, who died May 5 at age 78, led ITT as it built Palm Coast between 1978 and 1990, and served on or led innumerable civic and business organizations. The post 1938-2017 James E. Gardner,...
View ArticlePalm Coast’s Paul Renner is Named Speaker of Florida House in Historic Boost...
Renner will serve in the powerful post for two years, starting in 2022. Local governments anticipate having more pull with state government appropriations. The post Palm Coast’s Paul Renner is Named...
View ArticleBoots, Stetson Hats and Tommy Guns Dress Up Flagler Sheriff’s Centennial...
Some 200 people gathered at the Flagler Sheriff's centennial, including the families of eight sheriffs and three former sheriffs themselves as a torrid sun sweated out many memories. The post Boots,...
View ArticleJudge Kim C. Hammond, Legend From Seminole Gridiron to Flagler Courtroom,...
Judge Kim C. Hammond was appointed to the bench by Gov. Bob Graham in 1979 and spent his entire judicial in Flagler County, where the county courthouse now bears his name. The post Judge Kim C....
View ArticleGail Wadsworth Holds Court A Final Time as Flagler’s Political World Pays...
Almost a dozen judges, innumerable elected officials, most of the courthouse staff and many others gathered today to bid farewell to Clerk of Court Gail Wadsworth, who retires after four terms and...
View ArticleA Beloved 85-Year-Old House on East Moody Is Leveled in Heap of Surprise and...
The demolition of the stately house at 401 East Moody Blvd. in Bunnell Monday shocked many, but time had run out after more than two years of warnings by the owner that he wanted the property cleared....
View ArticleBob Abbott, Ex-Flagler County Commissioner Who Straddled Downturn Years, Is...
Bob Abbott had defeated long-time commissioner Hershel King to serve one term on the Flagler County Commission, from 2006 to 2010. He'd made the Flagler Beach pier his second home before his illness...
View ArticleFlorida’s Black Cowboys: An Exhibit Tours All Flagler Schools, Bucking...
The Florida Black Cowboys exhibit, produced by the Agriculture Museum, opens a window on a little-known part of Florida and American history. The exhibit will appear at every Flagler County school. The...
View ArticleDemolition Devours Another Chunk of Old Palm Coast as Backhoes Blitz ITT...
The massive building at 1 Corporate Drive had been ITT headquarters in Palm Coast's nascent days then office and classroom space for the school district's adult education programs. The building had its...
View ArticleLory Yazurlo, Owner of Defunct Pig Sanctuary, Is Killed In Van Fire on John...
Lory Yazurlo, the 53-year-old owner of what was once a sprawling, 20-acre pig sanctuary in western Flagler, was killed early this morning as her van caught fire on John Anderson Highway, not far from...
View ArticleFor George Hanns, 24 Years As Commissioner End With a Long Goodbye and a...
The county administration gave George Hanns a farewell reception Monday afternoon, with some 100 people in attendance and touching moments mixing with humor and a colleague's roast. The post For George...
View ArticleNat Reed, Adviser to Governors and Presidents Who Left His Imprint on...
Nat Reed, who died at 84, co-founded 1,000 Friends of Florida. His stewardship led to Flagler’s progressive comprehensive plan and greenway and environmental successes. The post Nat Reed, Adviser to...
View ArticleMartin Tucker, Rancher and Bulwark of Pioneering West Flagler Family, Dies at 70
Leslie Martin Tucker Jr., father of School Board Chairman Trevor Tucker, cousin of Bunnell Commissioner Elbert Tucker, rancher and owner of Sun Country Pest Control, died Wednesday. The post Martin...
View ArticleIf Your Ancestors Took Part in Flagler’s 1920 Election, AAUW Wants To Hear...
American Association of University Women (AAUW) Flagler wishes to extend an invitation to the descendants of the women of Flagler County who were recognized and listed, by the Flagler Tribune, on...
View ArticleMary Ann Clark, Resolute Founder and Leader of Innumerable Flagler...
Mary Ann Clark's eclectic leadership, tenacity, verve and love for her community founded, fostered or shaped many of Flagler County’s cornerstone civic and cultural organizations over the past four...
View ArticleIn a First for Flagler’s Black Heritage, Espanola Schoolhouse Is a Step...
The Espanola Schoolhouse will be the first piece of Flagler County black history to be recognized nationally for its historical significance to education and black ethnic heritage. The post In a First...
View ArticleSisco Deen, Giant Archivist and Historian of Flagler County from One of Its...
Claude Sisco Deen, Flagler County's premier archivist and a leading historian of local families and culture, died Thursday evening in Palm Coast a little after sunset. He had been the research maven...
View ArticleAt Sisco Deen’s Memorial, Tales of When Jail Saved Him from Dissolution and a...
More than 130 people turned up at Cattleman's Hall at the Flagler fairgrounds for the Quaker-style memorial and life celebration of Claude Sisco Deen, the veteran, archivist and self-made historian who...
View ArticleWhen Sisco Deen Reconnected Descendants to the Local Legacies of General...
The late Sisco Deen and his wife Gloria played a central role in exhuming history and reconnecting descendants and state historians with the local legacy of General Joseph Hernández, who owned a...
View ArticleSt. Mary Catholic Church in Korona, a Legacy of Immigrants, Is Listed on the...
The community of Korona’s St. Mary Catholic Church (also known as the St. Mary Mother Church) at 89 St. Mary’s Place in Bunnell was listed on the National Register of Historic Places (NRHP) on Jan. 25....
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