College students need to find their true inner passion
DELAND, Fla. -- Traditional college students struggle with finding their true passions.
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Mayor Don Burnette on city's anniversary: 'We are calling it Port Orange 150'
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PORT ORANGE, Fla. -- Spring is here, and the celebration of the founding of City of Port Orange that took place 150 years ago, continues. We are calling it Port Orange 150.
Port Orange Lakeside Jazz Fest April 21 & 22
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By HENRY FREDERICK
Headline Surfer
PORT ORANGE, Fla. -- Mark your calendar for the Port Orange Lakeside Jazz Fest on April 21 & 22.
It's a free Fcommunity-sponsored event for a weekend of Jazz entertainment, workshops and featured jazz groups.
Official: Russia Knew in advance of Syrian gas attack
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A senior U.S. official says the U.S. has concluded Russia knew in advance of Syria's chemical weapons attack last week. The official says a Russian-operated drone flew over a hospital while victims arrived and tried to cover up the attack. (April 10)
Daytona 500 trophy named for Harley J. Earl, General Motors automobile designer, who died on this date in 1969
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DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. -- Harley J. Earl, an American automobile designer (b. 1893), died on this date: April 10, 1969. Why is this worth noting? Because a replica of the trophy is given to the winning driver of the annual running of the Great American Race: The Daytona 500. That's why!
Turtle Day set for April 29 in Ponce Inlet
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PONCE INLET, Fla. -- Enjoy some close encounters with endangered sea turtles and other marine life during the 15th annual Turtle Day from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. Saturday, April 29, at the Marine Science Center, 100 Lighthouse Drive.
Daytona State College to hold job fairs
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DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. – More than 100 employers combined will be on hand seeking to fill open positions on Tuesday, and again on the following Tuesday, April 18, when Daytona State College's New Smyrna Beach-Edgewater and Daytona Beach campuses host spring job fairs.
Edgewater man reacts to Palm Sunday bombings of Christian (coptic) churches in Egypt
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EDGEWATER, Fla. -- Phil Madsen of Edgewater is saddened by the terrorist bombings of two Egyptian Coptic churches on this Palm Sunday, one of the holiest days of the year for Christian worshippers.
Georgia woman bitten on thigh by shark in shallow waters off New Smyrna Beach
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NEW SMYRNA BEACH, Fla. — A 51-year-old Georgia woman is recovering back home after she was bitten in the thigh by a shark on Wednesday as she swam in about 3-foot-deep water.
