DELTONA -- A precautionary boil-water notice was lifted at 3 p.m. Saturday for 300 homes on Stone Island in southwest Volusia County.
DAYTONA BEACH SHORES -- A SWAT team was called in several hours after Daytona Beach Shores Department of Public Safety officers received a call 2 p.m. Saturday of a suicidal man in his residence at 3716 S. Atlantic Ave. The man was later found dead inside his home, police said.
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WASHINGTON D.C. -- Let me bring you up to date on the government shutdown here in Washington. Thankfully, we've just seen common sense begin to triumph over right-wing extremism.
Courtesy photo / Volusia County. A Votran bus heads west on Canal Street in New Smyrna Beach in this photo. The county came up with a "flex" schedule to lessen the blow of some routes eliminated for greater New Smyrna Beach resulting from budget cuts.
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We have a lot of community news on this beautiful Sunday morning here in New Smyrna Beach and across Volusia County. Among the stories we are working on include the New Smyrna Beach Balloon Fest, Saturday's Jammin' in the Park fundraiser for the New Smyrna Beach High School marching band and the latest on scandal in Oak Hill and why the Observer newspaper is no longer on Flagler Avenue.
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Courtesy photo by Lauren Buzinski / Army Spc. Keith T. Buzinski lost his life on the battlefied Thursday in Afghanistan. He is the epitome of the American hero. Here is a link to Americans killed in action in Afghanistan http://icasualties.org/oef/DAYTONA BEACH – Army Spc. Keith T. Buzinski of Daytona Beach was killed when his unit in Afghanistan was attacked by small arms fire, the Department of Defense confirmed Saturday. He was 26 years old when he lost his life.
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NEW SMYRNA BEACH -- Three years ago, then-Mayor Sally Mackay had a vision of turning the New Smyrna Beach Municipal Airport into a weekend balloon festival. As it turned out she wasn't full of hot air.
