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PALM COAST

Observer YOU. YOUR NEIGHBORS. YOUR NEIGHBORHOOD.

VOLUME 9, NO. 43

County considers ‘option four’ for Captain’s

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‘BIG MAN’ BULLDOG 11 THURSDAY, JANUARY 10, 2019

Coffey crafts resignation plan County’s administrator since 2007 to seek severance, transition period. PAGE 2

License to speed

The restaurant at Bings Landing has some support for relocation.

PAGE 3 INSIDE OPS CENTER TEST RESULTS

Water intrusion, possible bat guano found in Sheriff’s Operation Center. PAGES 4-5

NEW FLAGLER TECH PROGRAM

Flagler Technical Institute’s new program will help close the age gap in skilled heavy equipment operations technicians. PAGES 20-21

RYMFIRE MAINTENANCE MAN RETIRES

Tom Jones started working for RES when it opened in 2006. PAGE 21

IN MEMORY Photo by Ray Boone

Seven-year-old Carson Neel won the New Smyrna Little 500 on Dec. 27. READ MORE ON PAGE 12

Photo courtesy of Dignity Memorial

Charles M. Helm, 88, of Plantation Bay, died on Jan. 1, 2019. Charlie, as he was known to his friends, was the founding member of the Flagler Auditorium Governing Board, member of the Flagler County Chamber Board, charter member of the Flagler Beach Rotary Club, president of the Flagler Beach Chamber of Commerce, president of the Flagler Beach Scenic Highway, president of the Friends of A1A and more. A celebration of life will be held at 1 p.m. Jan. 12, at the Flagler Auditorium, 5500 E. Highway 100.

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Inspiring words

Belle Terre student dies

FPC SGA starts the new year with positivity PAGE 15

Photo by Paige Wilson

Flagler Palm Coast SGA member Amy Raleigh paints a banner that will read: “When things go wrong, don’t go with them.”

Third-grader Connor Allen died after being struck by a car that his grandfather was pulling into the garage.

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