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Photo by Henry Frederick / Port Orange Fire Chief Tom Weber, shown at far right, participated in a regional fire services meeting in New Smyrna Beach on March 11, 2010, regarding the prospect of joint fire services, which did not go beyond the discussion stages. On the left in the photo at that meeting is Edgewater Fire Chief Steve Cousins and in the middle is New Smyrna Beach Fire Chief David McAllister.

PORT ORANGE -- After 35 years of public service as a firefighter in Port Orange where he rose to the rank of chief, Tom Weber is turning to the private sector to continue his love of fire services.

DeLand, Fla. -- Robert Huth Jr., an experienced business and finance administrator who currently serves as executive vice president at Middlebury College in Vermont, has been named vice president for business and chief financial officer at Stetson University.

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Photos by Henry Frederick / New Smyrna Beach Mayor Adam Barringer says he's pleased the city's finances are sound, but with unfunded balances in police and fire, the city is at greater risk financially. Daytona Beach cop Bob Walker, new business agent for Teamsters Local 385, says its unfair to curb pay increases for cops and firefighters and expected them to pay more for pensions they've earned.

NEW SMYRNA BEACH -- The news behind New Smyrna Beach's annual audit is good considering the escalating costs of government doing business in this economy.

Every picture tells a story and the clouds Wednesday night here lived up to their billing with a fierce storm that had everyone dodging puddles, hoping their windshield wipers were working and when they got home safety that their power would be on.

NEW SMYRNA BEACH, Fla. -- City Commissioner Lynne Plaskett knew the sudden blinding rain was too much for her windshield as visibility disappeared like a whiteout from a fast moving rainstorm while on her way to Edgewater to drop off her granddaughter from school, so she pulled over on Park Avenue.

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DELAND -- Maria Capuano could hear the thunder and the bolts of lighting as she moved quickly to close the windows in her living room in hopes of keeping the suddenly driving rain inside just after 5 tonight. Instead, a huge oak tree smashed down on top, splitting the house virtually in half and knocking her briefly unconscious.

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PORT ORANGE -- The Fraternal Order of Eagles in Port Orange is having a dinner, 5:30 p.m. Wednesday, April 9, at its clubhouse, 5130 S. Ridgewood Ave, to raise money to help support “My Angel with Paws.”

Did you know that each city in our county and some individual cites pay upwards of $90 in your taxes per feral cat to put them to sleep? We pay to kill cats...and dogs! That does not include police and animal control time and work. And not just the feral ones. The feral ones just get the needle sooner.

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NEW SMYRNA BEACH -- The Southeast Volusia Chamber of Commerce holds its next "Business After Hours" segment on April 14 at the Federal Trust Bank, 763 East 3rd Ave.

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DAYTONA BEACH – This was not your parents' Spring Break when MTV rocked the beach and hotels were trashed.