- December 14, 2025
+ 81-year-old in BMW hits Harley, causing serious injuries
An 81-year-old Jacksonville man, Alex Meyer, turned into the driveway at 5224 N. State Road A1A March 17, in Flagler County, and failed to yield to a motorcycle.
The motorcycle, a Harley-Davidson driven by Christopher Marlin, 40, of Jacksonville, with his wife, Siglinda Marlin, 45, as a passenger, was traveling southbound on A1A and had the right of way, according to the report from the Florida Highway Patrol.
Both Marlin and his wife were thrown from the motorcycle and onto the roadway after striking the passenger side of Meyer’s BMW.
Christopher Marlin sustained serious injuries and was transported to Halifax Hospital. Siglinda Marlin sustained minor injuries. Both were wearing helmets.
+ Two bikers critically injured in separate Flagler crashes
Two bikers were critically injured March 15 and March 16 in two motorcycle crashes in Flagler County.
Ronnie Reynolds, 54, of Virginia, was traveling southbound on Interstate 95 around 6:40 p.m. March 15. Other riders stated Reynolds was having problems earlier with his 2008 Harley-Ultra motorcycle.
Reynolds then veered toward the west emergency shoulder when he lost control and began to rotate clockwise and overturned in the grass several times, according to a report by the Florida Highway Patrol.
The incident took place about 2.5 miles north of State Road 100. Reynolds was not wearing a helmet, the report states.
In another incident, Fernando Chavez, 29, of Virginia, was traveling southbound on A1A around 12:48 p.m. March 16, at a high rate of speed on his 2006 Suzuki motorcycle, according to a report by the Florida Highway Patrol.
A 2009 Pontiac G6 driven by Diane Toth, of Palm Coast, was properly parked on the east shoulder of the northbound lane on A1A.
Toth began to make a U-turn to travel southbound on A1A when Chavez approached at a high rate of speed. Because of his speed, Chavez was unable to take evasive action to avoid the collision, the report states.
Chavez hit the right front side of Toth’s car and was ejected onto the west unpaved shoulder. He was airlifted from the scene by FireFlight and taken to Halifax Hospital with critical injuries. Chavez wasn’t wearing a helmet. Toth didn’t suffer any injuries. The crash is under further investigation and charges are pending.
+ Miller’s 911 call: ‘He’s laying in his yard over here’
Moments after Paul Miller shot his neighbor March 14, he called 911 to report the incident. He was arrested two days later and charged with the second-degree murder of Dana Mulhall, 52, in Flagler Beach.
The 911 call went as follows:
Miller: You might send an ambulance. … He’s laying in his yard over here. … We’ve had trouble before. …
Dispatch: Where is your gun?
Miller: Laying outside, on the porch.
Dispatch: OK, so we don’t know if he’s breathing or anything?
Miller: Nope. Don’t know.
Dispatch: OK, are you going to stay in your house?
Miller: Yeah, I’ll be out here on the porch.
Dispatch: OK, is anybody out with him?
Miller: Nope.
Dispatch: Do you know the male’s name?
Miller: His first name’s Dana. … He made threats here a couple of weeks ago and I had to call law on him. He come over here doing it again right just a few minutes ago … says my dogs was barking. … But he’s drunk or something, and his face is blood red, and he’s just cussing and calling me names and threatening me and every damn thing. …
Dispatch: OK, I want you to leave the gun alone. Is it emp— Did you unload it? … I’m going to probably have to keep you on the line …
Miller interrupts: No, I gotta, I gotta hang up and call my wife. I’ll be right here on the porch.
Dispatch: He just hung up on me.
+ Tourism funding cap gets raised $40,000, to $100,000
On March 19, the County Commission approved a change to the Tourist Development Council’s special-event grant policy.
From a previous cap of $60,000, allocations for special-event promotions will be raised to $100,000, starting Oct. 1, due to recent increases in overnight-stay collections.
The limit was previously $100,000 but was reduced in the 2009-2010 budget year. The new breakdown will allow for $75,000 of the total to be granted for projects relating to overnight stays, and $25,000 for those relating to quality of life.
+ Adult coed soccer, volleyball, basketball: April 9
Palm Coast will launch three coed adult sports programs Monday, April 9. Games will take place 7-9:30 p.m.
Adult soccer will be Sundays and Tuesdays at Ralph Carter Park.
Adult volleyball will be Mondays and Wednesdays at the Indian Trails Sports Complex.
Basketball is every Tuesday and Thursday, also at Indian Trails.
Programs last seven weeks. Pre-register for $23 at the Palm Coast Community Center, at 305 Palm Coast Parkway. Call 986-2323.
+ Kimley-Horn approved for Beverly Beach project
The County Commission approved a $119,006 agreement with Kimley-Horn and Associates Inc. to perform construction phase engineering services for the Beverly Beach water and wastewater improvement project. The project, to connect piping between Beverly Beach and Palm Coast, will begin construction soon, according to officials.
+ Correction
The hive found by Cody Pest Control had been inhabited by European honeybees, not African killer bees.
+ Public Meetings
Palm Coast City Council — the next workshop is 9 a.m. Tuesday, March 27, at the city offices.
Flagler County Board of County Commissioners — the next regular meeting and workshop is 9 a.m. Tuesday, April 3, at the Government Services Building.
Flagler County Economic Opportunity Council — a planning session is 9 a.m. Wednesday, March 28, at Princess Place Preserve. The next regular meeting is 9 a.m. April 4, at the Emergency Operations Center.
Flagler County School Board — the next regular meeting is 6:30 p.m. Tuesday, April 10, at the Government Services Building.
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