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DAYTONA BEACH -- Looking for a designated driver this New Year’s Eve? Hop on Votran’s New Year's Eve trolley service. For $3, a party-goer can travel safely all night along S.R. A1A on New Year’s Eve. The unlimited service runs from 7 p.m. Dec. 31, to just after 1 a.m. New Year’s Day. Trolleys, in addition to regular night service, will run every 20 minutes.

"We are glad to have the partnership with the Hotel and Lodging Association of Volusia County and the Daytona Beach Area Convention and Visitors Bureau to make this service possible" said Ken Fischer,

NSBNEWS.net photos by Henry Frederick. Rezoning for the proposed Hampton Inn & Suites on Flagler Avenue was approved Monday night by the Planning Board with the lone dissenting vote cast by Marie Bushey, in the far left photo. Planning Board Chairman Thomas Wheeler, pictured with Bushey, voted with the majority for the hotel. David Swentor, principal in Premiere Development, the developer of the hotel, is shown in the near left photo. Behind him are Linda DeBorde, chairwoman of the Community Redevelopment Agency and Steve Dennis, executive director of the Southeast Volusia Chamber of Commerce, the latter two supporters of Swentor's project.

NEW SMYRNA BEACH -- Even with two new members on the Planning Board, approval for the proposed 112-room Hampton Inn & Suites on Flagler Avenue and backing into Florida Avenue was never in doubt Monday night.

DAYTONA BEACH -- The next meeting of the Volusia County local mitigation strategy working group, Volusia Prepares, will be at 10 a.m. Wednesday, in the third-floor meeting room of the Volusia County Lifeguard
Headquarters and Administration Center, 515 S. Atlantic Ave.

The meeting is open to the public.

NEW SMYRNA BEACH -- The 2010 edition of the Southeast Volusia Chamber Directory/Community Guide
will be coming out soon. The good news is that if you're a chamber member there's still time to advertise in this glossy full-color publication.

Rates are structured to fit any budget and any design work is free.

As a bonus, you'll receive a free ad in the online "flip book" version that will be on the chamber's Web site and your ad will contain a hyperlink to your Web site.

To see the current directory online go to http://www.heronfla.com/books/book.cfm?book=SoutheastVolusia2008.

DELAND -- The Pet Vet Cruiser is a state-of-the-art mobile clinic that offers free and low-cost spay and neuter services for pets in the unincorporated areas of Volusia County. The qualifications for service are based on income and have a sliding-fee scale. Residents of unincorporated Volusia County can catch the Pet Vet Cruiser, by appointment, around the county in January at these locations:

● Jan. 4, 6, 8, 14, 20, 22, 25 and 27: Rockin’ Ranch, 801 S. Nova Road, Ormond Beach.

● Jan. 5, 7, 11, 13, 15, 21, 26 and 28: Oakbrook Professional Center, 931 N. Spring Garden Ave., DeLand.

NEW SMYRNA BEACH -- Here are the winners of the recent regional fair at New Smyrna Beach Middle School:

Two students won Best of Show, and with it, a trophy and a prize valued at $50.
They were
Life Science: Victoria Sachs
Physical Science: Sydney Levy

Photo by William L. Newton/Darling NWR. This adult osprey is about to feast on fish.

Almost everyone being by the water has witnessed a brown bird with white markings on its belly hovering over the water, then swooping down to the water and then fly upwards again with a fish in its talons.