PUBLISHER'S COLUMN

I am convinced that many Americans have little or no understanding of what the founding fathers were trying to accomplish in our Constitution and the majority of politicians don’t really care…

This has been a difficult few days to say the least. Just when I thought I had gotten over bronchitis, I got knocked for a loop. I took all of the medicine like I was supposed to -- including…

I think the best comment about the lottery came from my barber, Lenora at Curley’s Barber Shop, who said, “If you play the lottery for income you are a loser.” From any practical standpoint she is…

Many Americans like Gloria Clegg of Sugar Mill have mixed feelings about President Obama's Stimulus Package when she says, “I have no idea if it will work, but I sure hope it does.”

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The news over the past few days has had its ups and downs. A 16-year-old boy visiting with his parents from Minnesota fell 24 stories to his death from a beachside resort Sunday in Daytona Beach.…

Today is the first day of spring and that means something -- I'm not really sure what -- since the seasons all seem to run together. If it means warmer weather. like we've had in the last few days…

A large Seattle newspaper is the first in the nation to do what inevitably every daily metro newspaper will do in this country and throughout the world: Provide news coverage exclusively on the…

The smell of smoke from local brush fires permeated the night air and is expected to be worse this morning, especially near Interstate 95, due to a 10-acre blaze on Maytown Road. There was an…

Where do you go on a daily basis to get your news?

Sixty-two percent of the 52 respondents to our InstaPoll question favored online/Internet as their primary source of news information.…

New Smyrna Residents are divided on the subject of getting better education by putting more money into the public school system. This division is demonstrated by the responses given by two…

I've never seen the movie Sleepless in Seattle, but I know how it feels to be sleepless in New Smyrna Beach and the problem is not loneliness.

Living on U.S. 1 or North Dixie Freeway has…

Watching the bikers go back and fourth forces you to think about them and what they mean to New Smyrna Beach . There are good and bad features to Bike Week.

First of all, it is refreshing…