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86. NSB COPS: Man with hatchet charged with stealing copper from former high school

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Courtesy photos/NSBPD / Chad Michael Johnson, 38, of New Smyrna Beach, was being held Aug. 31, at the Volusia County Branch Jail on an armed burglary charge.

88. NSB child sex offender jailed in Daytona Beach on warrants out of Piniellas County alleging new round of child-sex charges

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Courtesy photo VCBJ / Convicted child sex offender Richard Ervin of New Smyrna Beach was being held without bail in October at the Volusia County Brnch Jail on 10 warrants out of Pinielas County on child sex charges.

89. Early Saturday fire destroys Edgewater mobile home; damages estimated at $50,000

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Courtesy photo for NSBNEWS.net / Charred remains are what's left of this residence in Edgewater's Seahorse Mobile Home Park that after an early Saturday fire on July 10 caused by an electrical problem, fire officials said. 

Closure for Orange Avenue Bridge in Daytona Beach for maintenance postponed

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DAYTONA BEACH -- The Orange Avenue bridge will not be closed for maintenance Thursday as previously
announced. The maintenance will be rescheduled, county spokeswoman Pat Kuehn said.

Patrick Henry wins zone 5 seat on Daytona Beach City Commission in special election

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DAYTONA BEACH -- Patrick Henry won the special election for the zone 5 city commission seat tonight that his older brother was forced to vacate because of pending charges that absentee ballots were illegally obtained before last August's primary.

Developer of Hampton Inn for NSB's Flagler Avenue positions project for supplemental funding even before primary funds secured; doesn't wash with one commissioner

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Photos by Dale Smith / Hampton Inn developer David Swentor gestures as CRA Director Tony Otte stands by his side in explaining the timing of a special designation that could generate additional funding, even before the hotel has secured its primary funding at Tuesday night's New Smyrna Beach City Commission meeting. Mayor Adam Barringer, shown at far left, supported the request, but Commissioner Jim Hathaway, seated next to him, did not.
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NEW SMYRNA BEACH – The City Commission tonight approved a resolution allowing the developer of the proposed Hampton Inn & Suites on Flagler Avenue to be designated as a Qualified Target Industry Business.

NSB commission to hold first meeting of new year tonight; joint meeting Wednesday with CRA board

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Photo by Dale Smith /  The former police station fronting U.S. 1 near the municipal airport will be razed if commissioners approve the demolition at tonight's meeting.

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NEW SMYRNA BEACH – The City Commission will hold its first meeting of the new year at 6:30 tonight with an expected vote to tear down the former police and fire department facilities on Industrial Park Avenue.