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DELEON SPRINGS -- The Volusia County Sheriff's Office is investigating after a pedestrian who apparently walked into the path of an oncoming Amtrak train was struck and killed Friday night.

The collision occurred at around 8:30 p.m., between Lemon Street and Mud Lake Road.

The victim is adult man whose identity is not yet known.

The northbound train was en-route to New York, with approximately 164 passengers on board. The train stopped after the collision, which was reported to the Sheriff's Office by CSX Transportation at 8:36 p.m.

Originally posted Fri, 2009-01-30 17:37

Courtesy photo. William Henry Quick, 18, of 2846 Sunset Drive, New Smyrna Beach, was charged Jan. 28 with 19 counts of breaking into unlocked motor vehicles.

NEW SMYRNA BEACH -- Police issued a public alert this afternoon for motorists to lock their parked vehicles in the wake of the arrest of a suspected car burglar two days earlier.

Dec. 26, 2009: Christopher R. Munzo and Lori M. Musson, Edgewater.

Jonathan Novenski Jr.,18, Edgewater, a student at Daytona State College who enjoyed surfing, died Tuesday, Dec. 22, 2009.

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Posted Mon, 2009-05-25 16:32

NSBNEWS.net photos by Henry Frederick. At left, Alan Ayoubee, district 19 commander of the Veterans of Foreign Wars Post 4250 and a Vietnam veteran, proudly holds the American Flag at a Memorial Day Ceremony at Riverside Park In New Smyrna Beach. Among the 150 in attendance were Mayor Sally Mackay, who addressed the gathering, and Vice Mayor Jack Grasty, also a Vietnam War veteran stationed in Thailand in 1969, at right. 

NEW SMYRNA BEACH -- Alan Ayoubee served in the Vietnam War, but he's particularly partial to World War II on this Memorial Day. That's because his father, Raymond, who died three years ago, served in that war.

Ayoubee, district 19 commander of the VFW Post 4250 said the chief difference between Veterans Day and Memorial Day as that this one honors the fallen exclusively.

Originally posted Sat, 2009-08-15 00:45

Courtesy mug/Volusia Branch Jail. Patrick Holley, 41, of New Smyrna Beach, was arrested Aug. 14 on charges he embezzled $640,000 from guests at a Daytona Beach Shores hotel where he worked until he was fired in October.

DAYTONA BEACH SHORES -- A New Smyrna Beach resident was arrested Friday on two felony theft charges involving $640,000 stolen from the Days Inn Tropical Seas on South Atlantic Avenue while he was general manager there until his firing in October, police said.

Originally posted Wed, 2009-08-19 00:59

Courtesy photo. Deborah Denys has announced in August she's seeking the Southeast Volusia seat on the County Council in next year's election held by Jack Hayman, who is being term-limited out.

NEW SMYRNA BEACH -- Former school board member and child advocate Deborah Denys of New Smyrna Beach is taking on another challenge: She's the first candidate out of the chute to announce she's running for next year's election for the Southeast Volusia District 3 seat on the County Council.

Originally posted Sat, 2009-10-31 20:37

NSBNEWS.net video by Sera Frederick. Several hundred families marched together in October's New Smyrna Beach Halloween Parade on Canal Street in all kinds of cool costumes.

Originally posted Mon, 2009-07-27 06:10

Courtesy photos. CartTech is now housed at the former Kister Kayat Manufacturing facility across from Boston Whaler, which was sold in July. Below is a photo of the central office.

NEW SMYRNA BEACH -- Ocean Properties & Management, Inc. recently sold the former Kister Kayat manufacturing facility located on U.S. 1, adjacent to Boston Whaler in Edgewater.