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Courtesy photo/Sheriff's booking mug. Timothy Mass, 22,  of New Smyrna Beach, claimed his prescription for oxycodone, a painkiller that can become addictive, was stolen, but then admitted he made up his claims in hopes of scoring more of the drug, the Volusia County Sheriff's Office said of his Monday night arrest.

NEW SMYRNA BEACH -- A 22-year-old claimed he was robbed at knifepoint Monday night near New Smyrna Beach and that the robber took off with his bottle of oxycodone.

But elements of the victim's story didn't add up and Timothy Maas of New Smyrna Beach eventually admitted to Volusia County Sheriff's deputies that he had lost his pills and had hoped that a call to 911 about a fake robbery would eventually net him a replacement prescription.

Instead, he wound up in jail, Sheriff's spokesman Brandon Haught said.

NSBNEWS.net photos by Sera Frederick. New Smyrna Beach resident Robert Tolley, a speakng fixture at City Commission meetings, is questioning the spending practices of the CRA, including the nearly $9,000 purchase of an artificial Christmas tree for Canal Street merchants. The 20-foot tree was put up Sept. 15, an all-day affair by city workers and abruptly taken down the next day.

NEW SMYRNA BEACH -- The City Commission and the Community Redevelopment Agency are holding a joint meeting 6 p.m. Thursday and citizen activist Robert Tolley hopes to lambast both for what he believes is wasteful spending with the nearly $9,000 purchase of an outdoor artificial Christmas tree for the Canal Street merchants as a prime example.

SOUTH DAYTONA -- First golf carts hit South Daytona streets Wednesday morning

The Michael DeBloom family was one of the first dozens of South Daytona residents exected to obtain a permit for their golf cart under the City's newly approved pilot program that took effect Wednesday.

On Wednesday morning they took their first golf cart trip on city streets to transport their daughter to South Daytona Elementary School, South Daytona spokeswoman Jeanne Willard said.

PONCE INLET -- The Volusia County Marine Science Center (MSC) offers a wide variety of programs for youths and adults throughout the year, and the opportunities continue this October. All programs are open to the public. MSC admission applies for all on-site events and reservations are required.

Students young and old can discover the many wonders of marine life in environmentally rich Volusia County through the following opportunities:

● 1 p.m. - 3:30 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 10: Plankton lab - Plankton means “wanderers” and often these minute creatures wander the ocean

NEW SMYRNA BEACH -- The swine flu scare has hit home with the weekend death of a 15-year-old boy who attended New Smyrna Beach High School, Volusia school district and county health officials confirmed.

The Volusia County Health Department was notified of the H1N1 swine flu-related death of the of the boy Saturday, whose name was not released to protect patient and family confidentiality. The New Smyrna boy's death is the fourth swine flu-related death so far countywide.

Oct. 8, 2009: Jeremy S. Burkhead and Joanne Tobias, Edgewater; Chase W. Crum and Iesha K. Taylor, Oak Hill.

NSBNEWS.net photo by Henry Frederick. Marilee Walters, a Flagler Avenue merchant who finished third in the Sept. 22 primary for mayor, said she's concerned about the spending practices of the New Smyrna Beach CRA.

NEW SMYRNA BEACH -- Though she finished out of the running for mayor in last month's primary, Flagler Avenue merchant Marilee Walters said she's continuing her ant-tax message by questioning the spending practices of the city's Community Redevelopment Agency.

Courtesy photo. State Rep. Dorothy Hukill, R-Port Orange, whose district includes Soujeast Volusia, announce today she hsas changed her mind about running for the congressional seat held by Suzanne Kosmas, D-New Smyrna Beach.

PORT ORANGE -- State Rep. Dorothy Hukill, R-Port Orange, announced earlier today that she has abandoned her run to try and unseat Congresswoman Suzanne Kosmas, D-New Smyrna Beach, and instead will focus on getting re-elected to her own seat next year.