DAYTONA BEACH -- A day laborer at the Tomoka Landfill was bitten by a water mocassin Monday and had to be transported to Halifax Medical Center for treatment, county officials said.
The worker's name was not released. He was cleaning near the weigh station off Tomoka Farms Road when he was bit on the hand at 11 a.m., officials said.
The bite was not considered life threatening.
DEBARY -- Another suspect in a pill-pushing ring has been arrested, the Volusia Sheriff's Office said, bringing the total arrests to 17.
Scott E. Davis, 47, DeBary, turned himself in to Sergeant Virgil Ford at the Volusia County Sheriff's Office's DeBary headquarters at about 10:20 a.m. Saturday. Davis was charged with trafficking in hydrocodone and obtaining or attempting to obtain a controlled substance by fraud. He was booked into the Volusia County Branch Jail in Daytona Beach and is being held on $150,000 bond.
DELAND -- Environmental enthusiasts are invited to enjoy Volusia County’s conservation lands during free outdoor adventures sponsored by Volusia
County’s Land Acquisition and Management Division.
● 9 a.m. - noon Saturday, Nov. 7: Capture nature through painting -
DELAND -- Blue Heron International Pictures and The Athens Theatre announced today that PBS television celebrity Charlie Carlson will emcee "A Night With Johnny Duncan."
Duncan, a Hollywood legend, will appear live on stage at the historic Athens Theatre 7p.m. Friday, Nov. 13. The Box Office opens at 6.
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Here are two of four anonymous e-mails sent out to voters by a supporter of first-term Mayor Sally Mackay in the past couple of weeks under the heading of "NSB new times," all of which attack the candidacy of mayoral candidate Adam Barringer, who won the primary and received all four available public endorsements in the 2009 campaign. Mackay denied any involvement in the e-mail campaign, but added they have merit and are actually humorous.
DeLAND - A 46-year-old DeLand motorcyclist was killed on Ste Road 17 just north of DeLand early this morning after he pulled in front of a pick-up truck and struck in the rear of the bike before he was then fatally run over by a second vehicle that didn't stop, the Florida Highway Patrol said.
November 1, 2009
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Two More Years!
Friends, Supporters & Concerned Voters,
This campaign is coming to a close. Over the last nine weeks I have walked almost every street in this city, knocking on doors and listening to you. I appreciate the overwhelming support I have received while in your neighborhoods and am delighted to find that throughout our community people are interested and involved.
NSBNEWS.net photos by Henry Frederick.
At far left, Cindy Richenberg, wife of Zone 1 City Commissioner Randy Richenberg and a retired city firefighter, holds up three signs for prospective voters Wednesday morning at the New Smyrna Beach Library during Early Voting. At near left, Richenberg stands near one of his larger sign displays on U.S. 1 two weeks ago.
ORMOND BEACH -- Rip currents were blamed for a 55-year-old tourist's drowning Saturday, the Volusia County Beach Patrol said.
Philip Standley, 55, of Noblesville, Ind., was swimming in waist-deep water with his brother when they got caught in a rip current, Beach Patrol Capt. Scott Petersohn said of the 3 p.m. incident near the Granada Avenue Approach.
