Observer YOU. YOUR NEIGHBORS. YOUR NEIGHBORHOOD.
REAL ESTATE 11 MARCH 2020
VOLUME 7, NO. 8
Budget is looking good, auditor says Plantation Bay gets high marks from accounting firm for 2018 financial statements. PAGE 2 Photo by Brian McMillan
Erin Carpenter, of Flagler Beach, is co-owner of the Breakfast Station. Vince Karalunas, of Palm Coast, is general manager. He formerly worked for the Funky Pelican and several other restaurants.
INSIDE KAYAK TRIPS
Here are five premier paddling trails in VolusiaFlagler. PAGE 10
FEEDING KIDS
Provision Packs expands to Palm Coast to feed Rymfire Elementary students. PAGE 4
SHOP OPENS
Treasures of the past offered at new shop. PAGE 5
ACCESS UPDATE
How you can help avoid traffic at the access gates at Plantation Bay, from Steve Clair. PAGE 6
Chew chew BRIAN MCMILLAN EXECUTIVE EDITOR
That couple eats at the Breakfast Station every day. This man just left at 2 p.m. after eating lunch — and he ate breakfast earlier this morning. (Lunch was dumplings, which he requested — and which was added to the menu as a result.)
Another man with his son was leaving after having eaten at the restaurant four days in a row. As co-owner Erin Carpenter and General Manager Vince Karalunas sat in a booth for an interview with the Plantation Bay Observer (after a customer asked them to contact us to ask for a story), they marveled at the atmosphere — the joy and loy-
The club’s first Weed Wrangle tackled two invasive plant species plaguing the gardens. PAGE 8
alty of the customers — that has developed since the place opened in November, next to Publix at the Old Dixie Highway-Interstate 95 interchange. “I’ve never been at a restaurant that has regulars like this,” said Karalunas, who has been immersed in the restaurant busiSEE BREAKFAST PAGE 4
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Seeing green
Railroad-themed Breakfast Station opened next to Publix on Old Dixie
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The Garden Club of Halifax Country, Seabreeze High School Kristen Perkins and her students participate in the first Weed Wrangle.
“I think that the team is great. I’m excited for what we’re going to be able to do this year and for what they’re going to be able to do in the future.” NINA WALLS, FPC tennis player