PALM COAST
Observer YOU. YOUR NEIGHBORS. YOUR NEIGHBORHOOD.
VOLUME 7, NO. 26
INSIDE SEARCH WARRANT SERVED AT ANIMAL RESCUE
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FPC TWINS TO PLAY FOR SAME COLLEGE PAGE 15 •
THURSDAY, JULY 14, 2016
What’s the city of Palm Coast doing with your tax money? Staff proposes to raise 4.9% more in property tax revenue this year. PAGE 10
INSIDE YOU DON’T WANT TO SLEEP HERE Saffari Animal Rescue delivered animals to the Flagler Humane Society. PAGE 4
CHAMBER TO SELL BUILDING
The new $17 million jail was unveiled in Flagler County. It now has 272 beds and can house up to 400 inmates, up from 132. PAGE 5
Leadership: The time has come for the Chamber of Commerce to become a tenant and not a landlord. PAGE 9
BLACK LIVES MATTER Controversy swirls around a paver brick at Town Center. Also, Linda Sharpe Matthews writes about the heart of the problem.
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BATH AND BODY WORKS COMING?
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Permits have been pulled, but corporate isn’t talking yet. PAGE 25
STUDENT ARTISTS REACH GREAT HEIGHTS
BRIEFS Palm Coast man killed in traffic incident A Palm Coast man was killed in a traffic accident in Ormond Beach on July 10, according to the Florida Highway Patrol. A 2001 Jeep was being driven by Sabrina Lensgraf, 19, of Ormond Beach, at 6:10 a.m. on Navajo Avenue, police say. For an unknown reason, Christian Sousa, 21, of Palm Coast, was in the middle of the road. The front of the Jeep struck Sousa, and he was dragged under the Jeep as it pulled into the driveway at 375 Navajo Avenue, police said. Sousa died at the hospital and the crash remains under investigation.
If you have that sinking feeling, have no fear: Flagler County Fire Rescue’s Marine Rescue Division is on duty. PAGE 3
Above: Photo by Joe Campanellie. Inset: Photo by Dave Bowers, both of the Flagler Beach Photography Club
Flagler Palm Coast High School students in Angie Biggs’ class recently won photo awards. PAGE 19