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Courtesy photo / Volusia Schools Superintendent Margaret Smith urges county residents to 'make their voices heard' regarding proposed cuts in education spending by the governor.

DELAND -- Volusia Schools Superintendent Margaret Smith said if Gov. Scott's proposed budget with a 10 percent cut in spending is enacted, governor's budget of a 10% cut is enacted, the district budget here will be reduced by $44.5 million, the equivalent or 936 additional positions in all categories.

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NEW SMYRNA BEACH -- In an effort to hold down the cost of municipal services, city officials moved a step closer to charging a fee for parking in public lots with action taken tonight at New Smyrna Beach City Hall.

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DELTONA -- The Volusia County Sheriff's Office began settling in on Monday to its new Deltona headquarters at 1691 Providence Blvd.

For five years I attended Indian River Elementary School in Edgewater. The memories are still vivid of all the good and challenging times. I remember being unsure but excited on the first day of kindergarten and I remember holding my breath the same year on Sept.11th.

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OAK HILL -- Division of Forestry officials are pleased on this Sunny Sunday afternoon that they finally have the massive Iron Horse wildfire straddling the Volusia and Brevard County borders contained, but far from extinguished or even under control.

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OAK HILL -- By 5:30 p.m. Saturday, the nearly 17,000-acre wildfire straddling the Volusia and Brevard county lines had been 95 percent contained, officials said.

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Photos by Henry Frederick / The first Friday night of Bike Week 2011 on Main Street in Daytona Beach is light as shown in this 7 p.m. photo, at far left. Vince Ballard of Indianapolis had no problem finding a spot for his bike.

DAYTONA BEACH -- Vince Ballard couldn't believe how easy it was to find a spot on Main Street -- Ground Zero for Bike Week -- on Friday night -- going into the first weekend of the 10-day annual motorcycle rally that ends March 13 and billed as drawing 500,000 bikers.

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NEW SMYRNA BEACH -- Take advantage of a vacation and help the youth in the community courtesy of T's Services by purchasing tickets for the chance to win a getaway for four days and three-nights at Vacation Villas at  Fantasy World II in Kissimmee, which includes four 1-day passes to the park of your choice: Magic Kingdom, Epcot, Hollywood Studios, Animal Kingdom, Universal Studios, Islands of Adventure and Sea World.

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DAYTONA BEACH -- A body was found Friday night in a wooded area of the 200 block of Bayless Avenue, police said.