New Smyrna Beach

New Smyrna Beach half-million-plus in budget deficit; tough times ahead in meeting expenses without further cuts in spending

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Photo and story submitted by contributing writer Dale Smith / City Finance Director Althea Philord informs city commissioners on half-million-plus deficit and a three-year run of revenue shortfalls with the tax rate unchanged unless further cuts in spending are made.

NEW SMYRNA BEACH – City commissioners are staring at a $541,000 deficit for Fiscal Year 2011-2012 and are reviewing budget projections to whittle away at that figure.

New Smyrna Beach nominates Dr. Arlen Stauffer for a countywide top citizen award; water taxis could be shipped out soon

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Photos and story submitted by contributing writer Dale Smith / Dr. Arlen Stauffer was chosen Tuesday night as New Smyrna Beach's nominee for countywide citizen of the year award. City Commissioner Jim Hathaway, shown in the smaller photo, ran the meeting in place of the mayor who was at a conference.

NEW SMYRNA BEACH - Dr. Arlen Stauffer, a physician and chairman of the NSB Balloon Fest, was chosen at tonight's City Commission meeting as New Smyrna Beach's nominee the Volusia Leaque of Cities' citizen of the year award.

Accident on Interstate 95 in New Smyrna Beach snarls traffic; no injuries reported due to overturned pick-up trailer

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Courtesy photo by Dorothy Kirby / This photo as taken from inside motorist Dorothy Kirby's car of an overturned trailer on I-95 in New Smyrna Beach on Monday morning.

NEW SMYRNA -- A trailer towed by a pick-up truck overturned early Monday on Interstate 95, briefly blocking the southbound lanes and causing traffic to snarl for more than two miles, the Florida Highway Patrol said.

NSB's Cudas Unhooked receives $3,000 from Bouchelle Island group

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Photo and story submitted by Dale Smith / Shawn Lane, president of Cudas Unhooked, right, receives a symbolic check for $3,000 from members of the Bouchelle Island Social Committee, from left, Sue Willard, Barbara Dees and Vicky Lillyforth.

NEW SMYRNA BEACH -- Residents of Bouchelle Island have adopted Cudas Unhooked, a non-profit organization dedicated to helping at-risk students at New Smyrna Beach High School.

Man struck and killed by train almost three weeks ago in New Smyrna Beach identified

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NEW SMYRNA BEACH -- A man struck and killed by a Florida East Coast train Jan. 17 has been identified by New Smyrna Beach police as James Matthew McIntire, 49.

IMAGES: A Festival of the Arts expected to draw thousands to New Smyrna Beach today on a beautiful Sunday

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Photos by Henry Frederick / Former New Smyrna Beach Mayor Jim Vandergrifft and his wife, Pamela, and their miniature poodle, Cooper, stroll down Canal Street towards the Intracoastal Waterway after Saturday's IMAGES: A Festival of the Arts. The festival makes its second and final run today. The event is free to the public where countless works of art are showcased and offered for sale. For more information, please go to http://www.imagesartfestival.org/  

NEW SMYRNA BEACH --Former Mayor Jim Vandergrifft and his wife, Pamela, were impressed by the array of art exhibits and the large crowd during Saturday's opening of the 2011 IMAGES: A Festical of the Arts, on historic Canal Street and Riverside Drive near the beautiful Intracoastal Waterway.

Fallout from Steve Dennis firing and his ties to Robert Lott continues to divide business community

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NEW SMYRNA BEACH -- The fallout from the firing of Steve Dennis as executive director of the Southeast Chamber of Commerce continues five months later. A prominent businesswoman has quit the organization in support of Dennis while critics continue to question how Dennis can remain with the CRA despite the fact he no longer works, owns a business or even lives in the district.

Name and face affixed to NSB woman gunned down Tuesday night as Sheriff's investigators press on to bring a name and face to killer

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Courtesy photo / The woman gunned down Tuesday night in greater New Smyrna Beach has been identified as Debra Gibson.

NEW SMYRNA BEACH -- A name and a face have been affixed to a woman shot and killed Tuesday night in a quiet neighborhood in the Westside just outside the city limits. The victim has been identified as Debra Gibson, 46 of New Smyrna Beach.

NSB Cops: Woman, 20, found dead in mobile home park

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NEW SMYRNA BEACH -- A 20-year-old woman was found dead this morning at the White Bird Mobile Home Park on North Dixie Freeway, but foul play is not suspected, New Smyrna Beach police said.

She was identified as Halie M. Herndon.

Volusia Medical Examiner: Woman shot to death in greater New Smyrna Beach a homicide

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NEW SMYRNA BEACH -- An autopsy performed this morning confirmed as expected that the woman shot and killed Tuesday night in front of a home at the intersection of Oak and Washington streets died as a result of multiple gunshot wounds and the medical examiner has ruled her death a homicide, a Volusia County Sheriff's spokesman said.