PALM COAST
OCTOBER 20, 2016
ELECTION GUIDE
Observer
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VOLUME 7, NO. 38
Is a sea wall in A1A’s future?
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THURSDAY, OCTOBER 20, 2016
Claw and order
Residents, business owners fear it will ruin the beach. PAGE 3A
YOUR TOWN EVERYONE CAME TOGETHER TO CLEAN UP THE BEACH “I had never seen anything like it,” Flagler Beach Commissioner Joy McGrew said about the number of people who turned out for a beach cleanup, on Sunday, Oct. 16. An estimated 170 volunteers, 80% of which Mayor Linda Provencher believes were Flagler Beach residents, responded to a last-minute decision to clean up the debris left on the beach by Hurricane Matthew. “A lot of people have called me, disappointed, because they didn’t know about the cleanup,” Provencher said. “It was so quick. We literally didn’t know we were doing it until the last minute. I didn’t even call the commissioners until late Saturday.” The goal was to do a four-block stretch of beach on either side of the pier. Volunteers were limited to how far south they could go, since the beach is closed at Ninth Street South, but they cleaned as far as 15th Street North. The residents were joined by the Flagler Beach police and fire departments, REACT, the Palm Coast fire department and the Flagler Beach sanitation crew. “I am telling people, if they didn’t hear about it this weekend, there will be more cleanups,” Provencher said. Visit cityofflaglerbeach. com.
About 600 trucks of debris have been collected from residences in Palm Coast, and portions of Flagler Beach have reopened. PAGES 4A-5A Brian McMillan
Farm Share delivers
Finding food after Hurricane Matthew. PAGES 30A-31A
National Guard breaks ground PAGE 9A