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🌱 What 502 new homes could mean for Seminole Woods traffic and character

Palm Coast, Florida Patch AM: a 5 min read

Greetings Palm Coast! We’re your go-to source for what’s happening in town. Read on to get plugged in! ☕️️

In today's newsletter:

  • What 502 new homes could mean for Seminole Woods traffic and character
  • Why a Palm Coast traffic stop ended with three people in custody
  • How deputies say a Palm Coast Circle K manager stole lottery tickets

Also on today's calendar: COMPANY @ City Repertory Theatre and 8 more events.

Today's riddle: What do you call cows dancing in the dark 🤔 (Answer below!)

Weather forecast:

  • Saturday: A t-storm around in the p.m., with a high of 87 and low of 74 degrees. 🌶 Hot!
  • Sunday: Humid; a stray p.m. t-storm, temps: high: 87, low: 72.
  • Monday: A shower and thunderstorm, with a high of 85 and low of 72 degrees.

📰 News we're reading

1. 502 homes, commercial space OK'd for Seminole Woods despite opposition (news-journalonline.com) — County commissioners have approved a 502-home, mixed-use development with commercial space and a 300-bed assisted living facility along Seminole Woods Boulevard in Palm Coast, despite strong neighborhood opposition. The project’s planned unit development will be about 60% residential and 40% commercial, with buffers, traffic-review provisions and a 10-year start deadline, raising ongoing concerns about traffic, compatibility and future oversight.
   

2. FCSO: Three Arrested During Fugitive Warrant Service After Occupants' Failed Attempt to Deceive Deputies (flaglernewsweekly.com) — Flagler County deputies arrested a wanted 20-year-old Palm Coast man on Ballenger Lane after spotting him leave a home where occupants had just denied he was present. Two women are also charged with obstruction for allegedly lying about his whereabouts, and all three were booked into the Sheriff Perry Hall Inmate Detention Facility, with bonds set following the fugitive warrant service.
   

3. Circle K employee arrested after more than $6,500 in lottery tickets stolen (news4jax.com) — A Palm Coast assistant manager at a Circle K is accused of stealing more than $6,500 in Florida Lottery tickets from the store where she worked, after investigators reviewed surveillance video and lottery records. Flagler County deputies arrested the 31-year-old on grand theft charges, saying she scanned the tickets, cashed winnings and bought more scratch-offs before being released on bond.
   

4. How Flagler's $10 Million Emergency Shelter and Expo Hall Became Reality (flaglerlive.com) — Flagler County is opening a new $10 million Expo Hall at the fairgrounds that will serve as a hardened emergency shelter for at least 500 people, especially important as Palm Coast’s population expands westward. Designed to withstand Category 5 winds, the building includes pet-friendly areas, on-site cots and showers, and a large kitchen, reducing reliance on school shelters and promising faster post-storm school reopenings for local families.
   

5. 'I Have a Home Again': Community Partners Restore Normalcy for Hurricane Survivor (flaglernewsweekly.com) — In Palm Coast, hurricane survivor Jeff Angevine is finally back to living comfortably at home after more than $30,000 in repairs restored storm-damaged rooms and basic amenities. Local partners including Flagler Volunteer Services, the Flagler Long-Term Recovery Group, Volunteer Florida, the Red Cross, Salvation Army, and Endeavors teamed up for months to fund and complete the work, offering a model of long-term disaster recovery for other residents still rebuilding.
   

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★ Featured events ★

    Saturday September 19
  • COMPANY →
    City Repertory Theatre, 160 Cypress Point Parkway #B-207, Palm Coast
    7:30 pm

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Ok Palm Coast! So now you're in the loop about what's happening today. Thanks for reading, and see you in your inbox next time! Oh -- and if you like what you're reading, invite a friend to Patch AM!

-- The Patch AM Team

P.S. The answer to today's riddle: Night Moo-s (Thank you John S. for sending it in!)
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