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NSBNEWS.net photo by Henry Frederick. This group of friends bundled up warm Sunday night with heavy coats, scarves and hats to combat the mid-30s temperatures in this 10:45 p.m. photo taken at Denny's on State Road 44. From left to right are Jimmy Reeves, 19; Haleigh Smith, 19; Molly Smith, 16, Breque Bonner, 18; Lsra Luedeker, 20; and Matt McGrew, 22.

NEW SMYRNA BEACH -- The National Weather Service in Melbourne has issued a wind-chill advisory until 9 a.m. Monday, with overnight temperatures expected to fall below freezing and into the 20s for Volusia County.

DELAND -- December was a good month for the Neighborhood Center of West Volusia and the Rotary
Club of DeLand.

The DeLand noon-time club had a goal to collect 500 pounds of food for the Neighborhood Center.

Food Drive Chairman Maureen France said she was pleased that the club "exceeded its goal" by collecting 515 pounds of food for the needs of the people of DeLand."

Rotarians France, Howard Fisher and club president Dave Brannon delivered the food to Neighborhood Center Senior Coordinator Chris Brassard on Saturday.

NEW SMYRNA BEACH -- Children ages 6 - 11 can create peace postcards at the New Smyrna Beach Regional Library from 1 - 2 p.m. Saturday, Jan. 16.

Pam Coffman, curator of the Museum of Florida Art, will lead the free session and encourage children to use their own words and images. Selected postcards will be displayed in the museum’s "Picturing
Peace: A Community Vision" display from March 12-28.

The activity introduces topics of war and peace to students and draws connections to the museum’s featured exhibit, “Paradoxes Portrayed: Drawings and Assemblages by Ummarid Eitharong.”

NSBNEWS.net photo by Henry Frederick. Carol Hargy, director of personnel for the City of New Smyrna Beach, returned to her job two days after resigning effective Dec. 16, for private enterprise in Jacksonville.

GRADE: A

Carol Hargy's change of heart about leaving New Smyrna Beach is a plus for city government because of her experience, expertise and approach to the mission of proper governance and adherence to personnel issues at City Hall. 

Hargy resigned early last month, with her final day Dec. 16. She was intending to return to the private sector in Jacksonville, which would have required her to move to St. Augustine as a halfway point between friends and relatives here and the extended commute.

Originally posted Fri, 2009-10-23 20:21

Courtesy photo. A fire Sunday night at Everglades Boats in Edgewater was extinguished by nearly 50 firefighters from Edgewater, New Smyrna Beach, Port Orange and command staff from Ponce Inlet and South Daytona, but not before it caused $100,000 in damage.

EDGEWATER -- A fire of undetermined case at a boat manufacturing facility Sunday night caused $100,000 in damages, said a spokeswoman for Edgewater Fire Services.

Joanne Armstrong, 46, of New Smyrna Beach, a secretary in the sales industry, died Sunday, Jan. 3, 2010.

The National Weather Service in Melbourne has issued an urgent weather alert for Volusia and Lake Counties for early Tuesday:

URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MELBOURNE FL
414 AM EST TUE JAN 5 2010

COUNTY SPECIFIC MESSAGE:

/O.CON.KMLB.WC.W.0001.000000T0000Z-100105T1400Z/
INLAND VOLUSIA-NORTHERN LAKE-COASTAL VOLUSIA-SOUTHERN LAKE-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...DE LAND...LEESBURG...DAYTONA BEACH...
CLERMONT
414 AM EST TUE JAN 5 2010

...WIND CHILL WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 AM EST THIS
MORNING...