NEW SMYRNA BEACH, Fla. -- Embattled Chief Planner Chad Lingenfelter learned his fate just before 5 p.m. Wednesday when he met briefly with Personnel Director Carol Hargy: His job, which paid a base salary of $69,160 annually, was eliminated due to a budget cut.
Aug. 15, 1922 - July 20, 2010
Norman Bernard Toroni, age 87, of New Smyrna Beach, died Tuesday, July 20, 2010, at Ocean View Nursing and Rehabilitation Center, New Smyrna Beach. Funeral service will be 5:00 p.m. Friday, July 23 at Settle-Wilder's New Smyrna Beach chapel. Calling hours will be 2:00 p.m. until service time.
NEW SMYRNA BEACH -- So what did the city's top administrators know and when did they know it?
The line above is a reincarnation of sorts of the famous line uttered by Republican Senator Howard Baker that led to President Nixon's exit from the White House following Watergate: "What did the President know and when did he know it?"
NEW SMYRNA BEACH -- There's an adage in motorcycle riding that "it's not if, but when" you're going to crash. Well, the same came be said of surfers who challenge the sharks off the south for the primo waves.
Just ask 55-year-old Jimmy Johnston of New Smyrna Beach who has been surfing here since he was 10.
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Flights at Daytona Beach International Airport climbed by more than a fourth compared to the same time a year ago.
DAYTONA BEACH -- Passenger traffic at Daytona Beach International Airport increased 27 percent in June compared with June 2009.
Over the past six months, total passenger traffic has increased an average of 13 percent per month over the same period last year.
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Florida Highway Patrol troopers cordon off the area where a 4-year-old boy was struck and killed on the beach Sunday after darting in front of a Dodge Ram.
NEW SMYRNA BEACH -- A 4-year-old boy was struck and killed on the beach just after 3 this afternoon by a Dodge Ram pick-up truck fitted with large tires after darting in front of the driver who told authorities he never saw the child as the large front right tire ran over him in front of horrified beach-goers.
