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Masked man with knife robs NSB Sugar Creek Citgo

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SugarCreek Citgo in New Smyrna BeachSugarCreek Citgo in New Smyrna BeachNSBNews.net photos by Henry Frederick / The Volusia County Sheriff's Office responded to a 9-1-1 call  of an armed robbery 1:44 p.m. Sunday at the Sugar Creek Citgo on S.R. 44 near New Smyrna Beach.

NEW SMYRNA BEACH -- A masked man armed with a large knife, possibly a machete, robbed the Sugar Creek Citgo on S.R. 44 near New Smyrna Beach this afternoon.

No one was injured during the hold-up, which is under investigation by the Volusia County Sheriff's Office. Deputies were dispatched to the store after the Sheriff's Office received a 9-1-1 call reporting the robbery at 1:44 p.m.

NSBNews.net welcomes Dairy Queen

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Dairy Queen of New Smyrna BeachNEW SMYRNA BEACH -- NSBNews.net welcomes Dairy Queen of New Smyrna Beach as our newest advertiser.

The ad will appear for one year, 24 hours a day, on the top right hand corner our home page (240 by 200 rotator) along with 600 "paste-in ads" that will appear on the bottom of our stories and blogs.

NSBNews.net is in the process of creating a Dairy Queen "web page" that you'll be able to access by clicking on the ad on the home page as well as  the ad on the stories and blogs. Dairy Queen has all that advertising for less than $2.75 a day for a whole year.

Dairy Queen has all that advertising for less than $2.75 a day for a whole year.

Although the print daily and weekly newspapers left, NSBNews.net operates right here in the heart of New Smyrna Beach. We need to work together to ride out this horrible economy and NSBNews.net can do that for you with affordable advertising that reaches far more customers than dying print media. 

NSBNews.net renews membership with Southeast Volusia Chamber of Commerce

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NEW SMYRNA BEACH -- NSBNews.net has renewed its annual membership with the Southeast Volusia Chamber of Commerce for a fourth year.

NSBNews.net provided SEV Chamber Director/Vice President Samantha Bishop with a $250 check Tuesday for the annual membership, which begins Oct. 1.

NSBnews.net's membership with the chamber has absolutely no impact on its news coverage, period.

NSBNews.net operates in New Smyrna Beach. It was launched April 7, 2008, as a 24/7 digital newspaper serving New Smyrna Beach, Edgewater and Oak Hill. In October, coverage was expanded to include all of Volusia County with a second URL label: VolusiaNews.net.

To date, NSBNews.net has amassed nearly 800,000 unique visitors and 1.3 million page views. It also has 2,500 e-mail subscribers and more than 9,100 friends/likes on Facebook. NSBNews.net's top stories and images are carried by Google News directories with unfettered and immediate placement on the world wide web.

NSBNews.net also has memberships with IRE (Investigative Reporters & Editors), the National Society of Professional Journalists, the North-Central Florida chapter Society of Professional Journalists and the Florida Press Club.

GOP's Herman Cain the real deal

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We left the Orlando Peabody Hotel Friday evening and quick-stepped over to the Rosen Center for a “Meet and Greet” with Presidential candidate Herman Cain. It was scheduled to begin at 7:30 but delayed while management set up a room twice as large to hold the excited Republicans. And still the crowd spilled over.

NSB Jazz Festival entertains weekend dining crowd

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NSBNews.net photos and video by Henry Frederick / Ray Guiser, who specializes in woods instruments, entertains the Saturday night dining crowd at That's Amore in New Smyrna Beach as part of the three-day weekend New Smyrna Beach Jazz Festival. NSBNews.net is the only media outlet to actually cover the event.

NEW SMYRNA BEACH -- Ray Guiser was able to keep the spirit of jazz alive while still providing a pop flavor when he performed Van Morrison's "Moondance" on a flute for an overflowing dining crowd Saturday night at That's Amore.

With temps in the low 80s, the fish are biting

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In the past week, sea water surface temperatures have ranged in the low to mid-eighties. Anglers fishing the surf and those fishing from the piers have been catching slot sized red drum, blue fish, black drum, whiting, and small hammerhead sharks. The large amount of mullet usually attracts a considerable number of tarpon, but as of now relatively only a few have shown up.

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