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Happy birthday, Dee Hardeman!

‘The used car business was Patsy’s calling,’ his friend says. The lot was near the airport and Flagler Palm Coast High School.

Investigators say inmates used commissary items as currency in a scheme to distribute Suboxone and fentanyl within the Sheriff Perry Hall Inmate Detention Facility.

The farm bill (SB 290), a priority of Agriculture Commissioner Wilton Simpson, includes a provision preventing local bans on gas-powered farm and landscape equipment.

While the zone is in effect, traffic violations will result in doubled fines and anyone who commits a crime will be subject to arrest.

What to do this week in Ormond Beach and Palm Coast.

Bryce Carr, a former standout college wrestler, joins FPC after serving as an assistant coach at nationally ranked Lake Highland Prep.

The Unitarian Universalist Congregation of Ormond Beach will host Samadhi Wildlife on Sunday, March 22.

The market’s vacancy rate now stands at 4.5%, closely tracking the national average of 4.4%.

Seabreeze rallied in the fourth inning to come back from an 8-0 stomp to finish 9-8, just shy of the win against Horizon.

Real Time Crime Center helped identify suspects after repeated thefts at Palm Coast business

Also in this week’s business news, local real estate offices welcomed new team members in Ormond Beach and Palm Coast.

‘There is a lot of need this will fill,’ said Dr. Mussarat Siddiqui. He and his wife Dr. Rehana Siddiqui have worked to get the clinic operational.

The trip to the flower show and convention is scheduled for April 15.

The council overall felt the application was not compatible with the surrounding light industrial-zoned businesses. And approving a heavy industrial rezoning could open the door for more.

The Flagler County Commission has asked the applicant for more information before it grants a parking variance application for a new 90-seat restaurant.

Following citizen pushback, the council voted 5-1 to remove the program review from the March 17 agenda. The council will, however, hold a future workshop on conservation easements.

Captain’s BBQ’s owner hopes for September ground breaking for the new 4,600-square-foot building that will replace the existing one.

European Village failed to pay its bills or respond, Greg Peugh says.

Also: Flagler Palm Coast wins third straight boys weightlifting tournament and Matanzas, Lopez track standouts.