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3rd annual Datil Fest returns to Putnam County

An annual festival in Putnam County is devoted to the Datil Pepper, a unique Florida pepper. The organizers behind Datil Fest want more people to now about this pepper so that it can thrive. FOX 35's David Martin has more.

Putnam County, FL · 2d
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Datil Fest brings the heat to Palatka’s riverfront

Nov. 13–15 weekend guide: Bluegrass at Rodeheaver Boys Ranch, a comic and toy show on Reid Street and a fall festival in Interlachen. The datil pepper gets a full day on Palatka’s riverfront Saturday, where home cooks will compete with sauces, mustards and jellies, festivalgoers can help choose Florida’s best datil chef, and the Sauce Boss will close the show with music and datil gumbo.

Palatka, FL · 14h

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Flagler County’s Old Brick Road Outlasted Its Highway

A modern highway asks you to forget the surface underneath. Flagler County has a road that does the opposite: it makes the pavement the destination. The Old Brick Road, associated with the historic Dixie Highway near Espanola, is narrow, red and deeply out of scale with today’s habit of building several lanes for every movement. The Flagler County Historical Society documents it as part of Florida’s earlier effort to make travel by automobile dependable rather than an argument with sand and mud.

Flagler County, FL · 7d
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150-mile garage sale returns Nov. 21

Get ready to shop, sell and explore Florida’s scenic east coast as the Super Scenic 150 Mile Garage Sale returns Saturday, Nov. 21, for its 18th year. Organized by the Friends of A1A Scenic & Historic Coastal Byway, Inc., the popular annual event brings thousands of bargain hunters to participating homes, businesses and community locations stretching from Fernandina Beach to Ponce Inlet.

Flagler County, FL · 1d
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Putnam County Weighs Budget Committee as Amendment 3 Tax Cuts Loom

Putnam County commissioners are weighing whether to form a committee to help examine county finances and recommend budget cuts now that Florida voters have approved a constitutional amendment that will shrink local property tax collections starting in 2027. The proposal emerged as county leaders began grappling with what the measure will mean for services like police, public works and sanitation that rely heavily on property tax revenue.

Putnam County, FL · 2d

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Auditions happening for show to celebrate school’s anniversary

Palatka Junior-Senior High School’s musical theater program is inviting students in seventh through 12th grade to audition for “Disney’s Dare to Dream Jr.,” a musical revue celebrating the school’s 50th anniversary. Students from any school, including home-school students, are welcome to audition. No previous theater...

Palatka, FL · 1d

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These 9 Florida Restaurants Are Keeping Nearly Forgotten Southern Recipes Alive

One Florida dining room serves venison and quail between shelves of books and old taxidermy. Another smokes mullet over red oak wood, the way it has for more than 70 years. I love that these dishes still exist at all. Frog legs, swamp cabbage, tomato gravy, and pea pickin’ cake used to be everyday food for Cracker families. Now most menus skip them completely.

Florida · 17h

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This Humble Florida Restaurant Serves Fried Chicken So Good, People Drive Hours To Get It

If you’ve ever driven past a small, unassuming building and thought “there’s no way anything remarkable is happening in there,” Fryer’s Chicken in Melrose, Florida, is here to teach you a very important lesson about judging things by their exteriors. The lesson is: stop doing...

Melrose, FL · 1d

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Hastings, Marineland and Amendment 3

Abe Lincoln told a story about the fellow who was tarred, feathered and run out of town on a rail. “If it weren’t for the honor of the thing,” he allowed, “I’d have just as soon walked.”. Which brings me to Hastings. Hastings got the honor...

Hastings, FL · 10h

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Florida Inspectors Shut 15 Restaurants From Orlando to Tampa Bay in One Week over Roaches, Sewage and Unsafe Storage

Florida inspectors temporarily shut 15 restaurants, food trucks and food businesses from Orlando and Ormond Beach to Tampa Bay during the week of Oct. 19 to 25, citing live roaches, rodent droppings, raw sewage and unsafe food storage, according to state records summarized by News 6 ClickOrlando. Nine of the...

Orlando, FL · 3d

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Flagler County Considering Special Taxing District for Sheriff’s Budget to Counter Amendment 3 Funding Drop

The Flagler County Commission is discussing the creation of a special taxing district to pay for policing countywide and prevent a cratering of revenue for law enforcement and the county jail. It would still be a property tax. But it would be its own line item, similar to the property tax in place now for Flagler County’s Environmentally Sensitive Land program.

Flagler County, FL · 1d

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Flagler County Faces ‘Cataclysmic’ Cuts of $60 Million, Layoffs, and Potential New Fees and Taxes Under Amendment 3

Note: this is the first of two articles today on the consequences of Amendment 3 on local Flagler County budgets. See the second article, on the sheriff’s budget: “Sheriff Orders Staff to Prepare Drastic Cuts: ‘Everything Is On the Table,’ From Helicopter to Body Cams to Service Cuts.”

Flagler County, FL · 3d

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Flagler County weighs multimillion-dollar options to restore eroding beaches

Flagler County is considering three beach restoration plans costing between $37 million and $85 million to address worsening erosion along 6 miles of coastline. The options include trucking in sand, dredging offshore sand or widening the beach, which could bring significant environmental costs. Commissioners are leaning toward dredging and hope...

Flagler County, FL · 1d

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In Deep-Red Flagler County, Candid Critiques Mark Lessons-Learned Forum for Democrats

Flagler County Democrats and a couple of independents who have won and lost elections in ever-reddening Flagler gathered today for the first lessons-learned forum of its kind in recent county memory, combining candid criticism of their party or their own political journeys with upbeat assessments, a majority of pledges to run again, and a mixed bag of respect and distaste for Republicans.

Flagler County, FL · 1d

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Flagler County Schools earns Florida’s Purple Star School District designation

Education officials named Flagler County Schools a Purple Star School District for helping military-connected students.

Flagler County, FL · 2d

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Palm Coast Gala to Honor Vietnam Veterans With ‘A White Christmas’ Tribute

A local group called Remembering Heroes will host a holiday gala next month to honor Vietnam veterans, with eight veterans and their spouses set to receive special recognition and the community invited to help more veterans attend. The event, “A White Christmas: A Special Tribute to Honor Vietnam Veterans,” will...

Palm Coast, FL · 2d

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Flagler County Planning Board denies family's request to build four-story Hammock home for autistic son

A Flagler County family's effort to build a home designed around the lifelong needs of their autistic son suffered a setback Tuesday, Nov. 10, when the county's Planning and Development Board unanimously rejected two requests that would have allowed construction to move forward as proposed. Brendon and Rachel Cassity hope...

Flagler County, FL · 2d

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El Niño could mean higher chance of tornadoes in Volusia, Flagler

A tornado outbreak is not something Central Florida residents see very often, which is why most remember the ones that tore through the area in the winter of 1998. Osceola, Orange, Seminole and Volusia counties saw F2 and F3 tornadoes that lead to a few dozen fatalities across the area in February of that year. One of those fatalities was recorded in Volusia County near DeLand. Part of the reason for that event was an unusually strong El Niño, putting Florida on the path of severe weather patterns that typically dodge the Sunshine State. With another strong El Niño forecast for this winter, is there a chance that Central Florida, including Volusia and Flagler counties, will see a similar event? 1998 tornadoes: Though uncommon, some Florida tornadoes have proven deadly. Here are a few. Here’s what meteorologists are saying. What is a strong El Niño and how does it change Florida’s winter weather? Florida’s dry season, which runs between November and April, results when the subtropical jet stream typically moves above the Sunshine State as it moves from west to east. “The jet stream is a fast-moving channel of air further aloft in the atmosphere, and that jet stream increases

Volusia County, FL · 7h

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The Gift of Giving Is the Heart Behind Flagler’s Memorial Motorcycle Ride

BUNNELL, Fla. – Who knew that something as simple as a t-shirt bought at a memorial ride in September could help put a holiday gift in a child’s hands in December?. In Flagler County, it can also help put life-saving equipment in the hands of a firefighter. That’s...

Flagler County, FL · 19h

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Palm Coast Christmas Tree Lighting Taking Place November 28

The City of Palm Coast's annual tree lighting ceremony takes place Saturday, November 28, the city government announced on Thursday. The popular community gathering takes place at Central Park in Town Center. As always, the ceremony will feature a host of holiday activities for attendees of all ages. Central Park...

Palm Coast, FL · 1d