Good news: NSB eyesore Dunn Lumber building is no more; bad news: Turning lane 5 years away
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Jailed transient served with warrants from Holly Hill police accusing him of assaulting handicapped woman
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HOLLY HILL -- A 31-year-old transient already jailed on unrelated charges was served with two warrants Thursday at the Volusia County Branch Jail accusing him of assaulting a woman with no arms in early December after she confronted him about some missing beer.
Demoted Oak Hill cop a step closer to possible termination; notifies city in writing he might sue
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OAK HILL – Oak Hill’s personnel board has recommended terminating police officer Mike Ihnken from the city’s police force following a hearing Thursday.
Many new faces in Congress resulting from mid-term elections both refreshing and scary at the same time
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ABC's Diane Sawyer pointed out that this year the largest number of freshman congressmen and women in this nation’s history are moving into their Washington offices and beginning their congressional experience. Thirty-five freshmen have never held office of any kind before.
Passenger traffic up 27% in December at Daytona Beach International Airport
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DAYTONA BEACH -- Passenger traffic at Daytona Beach International Airport increased 27 percent in December compared to the same time in 2009.
Two charged in series of Port Orange motor vehicle break-ins; overnight unlocked cars targeted for jewelry, electronics and money
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Courtesy photos / Steven Collins and Jill Hargy are jailed on multiple charges by Port Orange police alleging they broke into unlocked vehicles and committed grand theft by stealing jewelry, electronics and cash.
PORT ORANGE -- A man and a woman have been charged with breaking into at least 30 vehicles in the city and police here have put out an alert to other area cop shops that might have similar unsolved incidents.
Volusia County Council unanimously approves plan to replace Orange Avenue draw bridge in Daytona Beach with fixed high-rise bridge
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Photo by Henry Frederick / Here is a view of the Orange Avenue Bridge in Daytona Beach as taken from inside a car.
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DAYTONA BEACH – With the clock ticking on the life span of the Orange Avenue draw bridge in Daytona Beach, the Volusia County Council earlier today unanimously approved plans to replace it with a high-rise fixed bridge, replacing the aging structure that’s been servicing traffic since 1954.
Elderly woman bashes into the cars of two troopers and another motorist pulled over on I-95 near NSB while trying to pull over to ask them a question
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NEW SMYRNA BEACH -- A 75-year-old woman who saw two troopers on the northbound shoulder of I-95 smashed her vehicle into theirs and then the vehicle they had pulled over after she herself pulled over Wednesday with the intention of asking them a question, according to the Florida Highway Patrol.
The dawn of 2011: Unrivaled opportunity to examine our lives and make changes for the future as we move forward
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The dawn of the New Year is one of my favorite holidays. I believe that it presents us with an unrivaled opportunity to examine our lives and make changes for the future.
With all that is going on in the world today when was the last time you told a really good truth?
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When was the last time you told a really good truth? I am finding that deception is becoming commonplace amongst our society to where it can be viewed as justifiable if it is a means to an end.