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ORMOND BEACH -- The police department made 19 arrests and issued 113 citations during the week ending Oct. 14.
In all, police handled 1,437 calls for service during the week, including 159 traffic stops and 117 reports being written.

The Ormond Beach Fire Department dealt with 124 incidents during the week. Here is that agency's breakdown: 54 EMS calls, four motor vehicle accidents, 10 fire alarms, 31 public assists and 16 hazardous.

New Smyrna Beach -- Mayor Adam Barringer put on the charm before a partisan crowd Thursday at the Southeast Volusia Republican Club luncheon on what he described as his achievements over the last two years.

He sidestepped the inevitable, though, that he's running for re-election as mayor. NSBNews.net is working to bring you his full speech -- unfettered.

By JIM HATHAWAY

At Tuesday night’s meeting, the New Smyrna Beach City Commission handled a number of issues that will hopefully protect our city’s quality of life. After listening to medical and law enforcement experts, the City Commission took action to limit so-called “pain management clinics” or “pill mills” from infiltrating our city limits.

Editor's Note: The following message was sent to NSBNews.net by the campaign for the elecytion of Dorothy Hukill for State Senate Dist. 7 race:

Dorothy Hukill Sets the Record Straight on Third Quarter Fundraising

PORT ORANGE - On Wednesday, October 12th, Dorothy Hukill's campaign released a report
to correct the record regarding the recent third quarter fundraising numbers in
the Florida Senate, District 7 race. This report is reprinted below:

An analysis of the most recent financial reports from Dorothy Hukill and Frank Bruno

At Tuesday night’s meeting, the New Smyrna Beach City Commission handled a number of issues that will hopefully protect our city’s quality of life. After listening to medical and law enforcement experts, the City Commission took action to limit so-called “pain management clinics” or “pill mills” from infiltrating our city limits. We acted unanimously, swiftly, and unequivocally to bar these places from New Smyrna Beach.

This was the header for Debbie Boyd as a community blogger with NSBNews.net after she agreed to write it after stepping down from her post as executive director of the Southeast Volusia Advertising Authority.

NEW SMYRNA BEACH -- Saying she was tired of the politics and the antagonism associated with unnamed persons trying to smear her reputation, former Southeast Volusia Advertising Authority Executive Director Debbie Boyd asked NSBNews.net to discontinue her community blog called "The Pelican Brief."

By HENRY FREDERICK

NEW SMYRNA BEACH -- Mayor Adam Barringer is the scheduled guest speaker for Thursday's Southeast Volusia Republican Club luncheon at the Smyrna Yacht Club.

With a flurry of locals announcing their campaign intentions, this seems like as a good a time as any for the first-term mayor to announce what he'll do in the big 20012 election campaign. Maybe he will, and then again, maybe he won't.

Miguel Angel Frank departed this life on earth from Halifax Health Hospice of Volusia/Flagler, Edgewater Care Center, Edgewater, on October 4, 2011, and ascended into Heaven to join his beloved Cuban Family.

Here is the latest weather forecast for Greater New Smyrna Beach from the National Weather Service in Melbourne.

EDGEWATER -- City officials reported one serious motor vehicle accident from Sunday's "no name storm" as some Orlando TV meteorologists have dubbed the low pressure system that dumped several inches of rain and brought wind gusts of up to 60 mph in some Volusia County coastal communities.

Throughout the day Sunday and into the morning hours of Columbus Day, there were sporadic power outages in small pockets throughout Edgewater, Fire Services spokeswoman Capt. Jill Danigel told NSBNews.net.

Two city lift stations were being run with generator power, 323 South Riverside Drive and 4409 Maple St. in Terra Mar Village, early Monday she said.