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Contributing photos / These photos were e-mailed to NSBNEWS.net by Jeanette DiCara, showing the early Saturday morning sleet on the plants outside her Edgewater home. Overnight Saturday temperatures are expected to plunge to the coldest levels so far this year with lows in the teens, according to the National Weather Service in Melbourne.

NEW SMYRNA BEACH -- A casualty of the freezing rain Saturday, Jan. 9, was the weekend BalloonFest at New Smyrna Beach Municipal Airport. The good news is there is no more freezing rain expected this weekend.

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NSBNEWS.net photos by Henry Frederick / New Smyrna Beach Mayor Adam Barringer poses at the city's obstacle course training field behind the police station to illustrate his "Mayors Fitness Challenge: Healthy Lifestyle Contest," which begins Saturday.

New Smyrna Beach -- Has the mayor got a challenge for you.

That's right. Mayor Adam Barringer is challenging you to lose weight. So is Edgewater Mayor Michael Thomas.

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NEW SMYRNA BEACH -- A single-engine plane registered in New Smyrna Beach that took off from Edgewater's small airport crashed in Georgia on Friday night, Sept. 25, killing two of three people on board, according to the Federal Aviation Administration.

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Courtesy photo / Arnold Brown, who was living on a boat in the Intracoastal Waterway was found floating unconscious May 19, and despite CPR, died.

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DAYTONA BEACH -- A man found chained to a tree at 10 this morning by his own doing off of Nova Road near Bellevue was transported to Halifax Medical Center for a psychiatric evaluation and for medical care associated with being out in the cold weather, Daytona Beach police said.

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Jack Hayman, who retired from the Volusia County Council at the end of 2010, reflected on his eight-year run as the district 3 representative for greater Port Orange and Southeast Volusia, in speaking exclusively with VolusiaNews.net. He answered questions on issues like bailing out organizers of the American Music Festival, managing growth and his support of beach driving. The interview was conducted by contributing writer Dale Smith.

Photo by Dale Smith / Jack Hayman closes the door on his political career.

NEW SMYRNA BEACH – On the same day Circuit Judge J. David Walsh swore in newly elected and re-elected Volusia County Council members, former District 3 County Councilman Jack Hayman was sipping coffee at Dunkin’ Doughnuts on 3rd Avenue in New Smyrna Beach.

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Courtesy photos VCBJ / Keith Harms and his wife, Robyn Harms, of Deltona are accused of hoarding more than 80 animals in their Dekltona home, leading to charges of child abuse because a teenage girl was also living there and conditions were deemed unhealthy.

DELTONA -- Describing the living conditions as deplorable, Volusia County Sheriff’s deputies charged a Deltona couple on Wednesday with child abuse after their teenage girl and more than 80 pets were removed from their home.