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NSBNEWS.net photos by Henry Frederick / New Smyrna Beach Mayor Adam Barringer poses at the city's obstacle course training field behind the police station to illustrate his "Mayors Fitness Challenge: Healthy Lifestyle Contest," which begins Saturday.New Smyrna Beach -- Has the mayor got a challenge for you.
That's right. Mayor Adam Barringer is challenging you to lose weight. So is Edgewater Mayor Michael Thomas.
Contributing photos / These photos were e-mailed to NSBNEWS.net by Jeanette DiCara, showing the early Saturday morning sleet on the plants outside her Edgewater home. Overnight Saturday temperatures are expected to plunge to the coldest levels so far this year with lows in the teens, according to the National Weather Service in Melbourne.NEW SMYRNA BEACH -- A casualty of the freezing rain Saturday, Jan. 9, was the weekend BalloonFest at New Smyrna Beach Municipal Airport. The good news is there is no more freezing rain expected this weekend.
SEVILLE -- Volusia County Sheriff’s deputies launched an investigation after a 7-year-old boy said a man in a pick-up truck tried to snatch him while walking home from his Pierson Elementary school bus stop. Turns out the incident was just a lie.
ORMOND BEACH -- The outside southbound lane across the U.S. 1 Tomoka Bridge will be closed beginning Monday to begin construction of the permanent water main replacement on the west side of the bridge.
DAYTONA BEACH -- A 35-year-old man was killed Wednesday after he was struck by a car in the 200 block of Fentress Boulevard on the City’s west side.
Music: A simple five letter word. One that holds so much importance in our society. Many people state that without music they would be lost. I am one of those people.
To me, music is not just an activity, it is a way of life. Music is my life.
Without it, in my opinion, the world would be boring. It is a way for the people of the world to share their creativity. Just like painting, drawing, or writing, music is an art. An art that we all use on a daily basis.
"Ralph? The time has come, to go out of your mind. Are you ready, Ralph? Are you ready to die and be reborn? First you must be in a state of grace. First, you must examine yourself in this mirror of confession. What do you see there? Your personality: all your goals, and your fears, your little ambitions... the chess game of your life. You have to check that Ralph, you can't take that on the trip with you. And then that other side of you Ralph, that dark unconscious, all those animal impulses which you hide and keep down below. All this baggage too must be checked. You can't take that on the billion year voyage to God." - Timothy Leary, from the album: "Turn On, Tune In, Drop Out"
Photos by Dale Smith / Shown at left and below is the city's newest and biggest fire truck, a $402,500 Pierce XT.NEW SMYRNA BEACH – Christmas came a few weeks earlier for the fire department in 2010. The city’s newest fire truck, a 2010 Pierce Arrow XT, was delivered all the way from Appleton, Wisc., home of the manufacturing company.
