Headline Surfer photo by Henry Frederick / Acting Police Chief Michael Brouillette, who took over for the retired Ronald Pagano at year's end after a dozen years, has labor peace within the ranks.
NEW SMYRNA BEACH -- The police union has approved a new bargaining agreement by a vote of 17 to 11, among rank and file members, Human Resources Director Carol Hargy announced midway through tonight's City Commission meeting.
Headline Surfer® photos and videos / DAYTONA BEACH -- Fresh off his his re-election on the County Council dais in November with his big win over challenger Nancy Epps, Joshua Wagner has a new private career challenge: He's partnering up with Daytona Beach attorney Ted Doran.
The locator map shows where traffic would be re-routed during nighttime resurfacing of Flagler Avenue.NEW SMYRNA BEACH -- The city's tourism hub -- bustling Flagler Avenue, is about to get repaved. Resurfacing will begin Monday and continue through Feb. 12.
To avoid disruption of business district traffic during the busiest hours, the Avenue will be closed from 7 p.m. to 7 a.m. daily to through traffic.
Headline Surfer photo by Serafina King Frederick / Surfers walk the hard sands of New Smyrna Beach while a young woman wades through the choppy surf on a recent warm January day.
DAYTONA BEACH -- Slowly, but surely, we're making headway with our top 100 local stories of 2012. We have 15 in the books with 85 to go, with our goal of having the countdown completed before the end of the month, which means we have to get cracking today and throughout the weekend. T
here were so many big stories in the year that was that we are excited to recap for you. The No. 1 story of the year may come as a surprise to some expecting a heavy dosage of politics in an election year. When the top story is unveiled, there will be very little debate as to why it got the nod.
FORT MYERS – The Stetson men’s basketball team (9-11, 6-3) fell behind early and lost to Florida Gulf Coast (14-8, 6-3) by a score of 96-65 on the road Friday night. Junior Chris Perez scored 21 points and senior Adam Pegg recorded his third double-double of the season to lead the Hatters in the defeat.
“They came out on a mission,” Stetson head coach Casey Alexander said of the Eagles. “We were prepared for it, but we didn’t respond to it, and that’s the disappointing thing. There are going to be runs in every game, and sometimes when it’s after the opening tip, it’s a real challenge to settle yourself down. We never did.”
FGCU opened the scoring with a three-pointer by Chase Fieler, and the Eagles were off to the races from there. Stetson fell behind by eight points, at 12-4, through three minutes, before making what ended up as its only true run to get into the game.
DAYTONA BEACH SHORES -- The battle over the “fiscal cliff” resulted in pretty much a total victory for Barack Obama. Never mind that the income tax increases he won will only fund the government for 6 1/2 days.
DAYTONA BEACH -- Juan Pablo Montoya wheeleed the 01 Chip Ganassi Racing BMW/Riley past AJ. Almendinger in the No. 60 Michael Shank Racing Ford/Riley to take over the top overall spot in the 51st running of the Rolex 24 at Daytona International Speedway with one hour to go.
The two battled back and forth following an early yellow flag near the end of the hour. At the time of the yellow, the top four cars were within four seconds.
Photos for Headline Surfer / Chip Ganassi's 01 team won the 2013 Rolex 24 at Daytona in a thrilling race with Audi taking the top two spots in the GT class. You can ewatch a video of the final seven minutes of the race inside with the story.
DAYTONA BEACH -- Juan Pablo Montoya took the lead with an hour to go in the Rolex 24 at Daytona Internatiuonal Speedway and didn't look back as he took the checkered flag in the 01 Chip Ganassi Racing BMW/Riley.
With the win in the 51st running of the Rolex 24 at Daytona, teammate Scott Pruett became a 5-time winner. Memo Rojas and Charlie Kimball also were part of the winning team of drivers.
