Jan. 7: Will W. Hayes and Tawanna R. Moore, Edgewater; Anthony T. Litsch III, Edgewater, and Julie A. Costa, New Smyrna Beach; Ming F. Lau and Shu T. Dong, New Smyrna Beach; James W. Belloise and Sherrie A. Cannon, Edgewater.
Joseph Williams, 81, of New Smyrna Beach, a former sanitation worker for the city of New Smyrna Beach, died Tuesday, Jan. 5, 2010.
NSBNEWS.net photos by Sera Frederick. Interim City Manager Pam Brangaccio's hopes for a $132,500 salary and other perks that would have pushed her annual compensation gross to $257,108 were dashed Wednesday night when the City Commission unanimously agreed on a salary of $100,000 as part of an offer to remove the "interim" tag and make her the permanent city manager. The counter proposal voted on by the commission saves the taxpayers $98,737. Whether she accepts the deal remains to be seen. Mayor Adam Barringer, center photo, had initially put an offer of $114,975. Commissioner Jim Hathaway, far right photo, suggested $110,000 while Commissioner Lynne Plaskett, far right, and Jack Grasty, far left photo, opted for $115,000. Commissioner Judy Reiker suggested $101,000, but possibly higher in six months with a positive evaluation. Eventually, Barringer and Reiker favored Hathaway's figure and Grasty and Plakett then fell in line. Brangaccio was silent.
NEW SMYRNA BEACH -- What a difference six months makes for Interim City Manager Pam Brangaccio. Try $22,500 less.
Courtesy photo/Dorothy Kirby. Mayor Adam Barringer, lower left in the water, helps two others rescue an elderly motorist who careened into the Indian River after apparently hitting the gas pedal instead of her brakes following a motor vehicle accident. The mayor was at an awards ceremony for New Smyra Beach police at the Brannon Center when an announcement was made that a car was in the river. He ran out and jumped in after taking off his watch, jacket and shoes.
NSBNEWS.net video by Sera King. Mayor Barringer speaks to NSB NEWS about the situation following Wednesday night's City Commission meeting.
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NEW SMYRNA BEACH --It was a typical day for Mayor Adam Barringer. He attended an afternoon awards banquet for the cops and presented his proposed salary package for the interim city manager at the City Commission meeting. Oh, and in between, he jumped into the river, along with two others, to rescue a woman trapped in her sinking car.
Joanne Armstrong, 46, of New Smyrna Beach, a secretary in the sales industry, died Sunday, Jan. 3, 2010.
Courtesy photo. A fire Sunday night at Everglades Boats in Edgewater was extinguished by nearly 50 firefighters from Edgewater, New Smyrna Beach, Port Orange and command staff from Ponce Inlet and South Daytona, but not before it caused $100,000 in damage.
EDGEWATER -- A fire of undetermined case at a boat manufacturing facility Sunday night caused $100,000 in damages, said a spokeswoman for Edgewater Fire Services.
NEW SMYRNA BEACH -- Children ages 6 - 11 can create peace postcards at the New Smyrna Beach Regional Library from 1 - 2 p.m. Saturday, Jan. 16.
Pam Coffman, curator of the Museum of Florida Art, will lead the free session and encourage children to use their own words and images. Selected postcards will be displayed in the museum’s "Picturing
Peace: A Community Vision" display from March 12-28.
The activity introduces topics of war and peace to students and draws connections to the museum’s featured exhibit, “Paradoxes Portrayed: Drawings and Assemblages by Ummarid Eitharong.”
NSBNEWS.net photo by Henry Frederick. This group of friends bundled up warm Sunday night with heavy coats, scarves and hats to combat the mid-30s temperatures in this 10:45 p.m. photo taken at Denny's on State Road 44. From left to right are Jimmy Reeves, 19; Haleigh Smith, 19; Molly Smith, 16, Breque Bonner, 18; Lsra Luedeker, 20; and Matt McGrew, 22.
NEW SMYRNA BEACH -- The National Weather Service in Melbourne has issued a wind-chill advisory until 9 a.m. Monday, with overnight temperatures expected to fall below freezing and into the 20s for Volusia County.
Dec. 31, 2009: Louis J. Muni and Jessica L. Long, Edgewater.
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Courtesy photos/Wikipedia. Far left, a red tail hawk carries a snake up to a place for a forthcoming meal. At near left, a red tail hawk looks for rodents.
Each day, as I drive the rural roads on the way home, I usually see one or more red-tailed hawks on any given day.
