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Paul Nieves, 56, of New Smyrna Beach, a native of Tampa, died Tuesday, Sept. 22, 2009.

Bernice Scott, 86, of New Smyrna Beach, a homemaker, died Tuesday, Sept. 22, 2009.

Carl Burkhart Jr., 57, of Edgewater, a native of Pittsburgh, died Monday, Sept. 21, 2009.

Lovina Reve, 75, of Edgewater, a native of Port-au-Prince, Haiti, died Monday, Sept. 21, 2009.

John Silva-Medeiros, 59, of Edgewater, and a native of Fall River, Mass., who enjoyed doll making, woodworking and photography, died Friday, Sept. 18, 2009.

Sept. 25, 2009: Phillip E. McLaughlin Jr. and Denise L. Poirier, Edgewater.

NSBNEWS.net photo by Henry Frederick. Mayoral candidate Marilee Walters said she was physically wiped out in the waning moments of primary night voting as shown in this photo outside a polling precinct on the beachside Tuesday night. Walters finished a distant third in her first try at elective office.

NEW SMYRNA BEACH -- Former mayoral candidate Marilee Walters issued a written statement Thursday, thanking those who voted for her candidacy.

Sept. 22, 2009 -- Daniel W. Whitaker and Dawn K. Miller, Edgewater; William J. Joyce and Sheena M. Cox, Edgewater.

NSBNEWS.net photo by Sera Frederick. Mayor Sally Mackay (middle), and challengers Marilee Walters and Adam Barringer, are pictured here from the second of two NSB candidates debates sponsored by NSBNEWS.net and the Public Watch Committee. The three square off in today's big primary.

NEW SMYRNA BEACH -- The city's police union pledged its support for Adam Barringer over Mayor Sally Mackay, on top of the might he gained from the firefighters' union and the Southeast Volusia Board of Realtors while the incumbent continued to tout her experience and Marilee Walters appealed to disenfranchised voters to give her the nod in today's hotly-contested primary for mayor and two city commission seats.

NSBNEWS.net photos by Henry Frederick. At left, Zone 1 commission challenger Frank Dalton Jr. smiles for the camera in his beachside home with his wife, Tara, who is pregnant with their second child, and nearly 1-year-old son, Frank III. The  Daltons have another child in the household, his eldest son, Cole, 16. Dalton is a self-employed floor installer and Tara Dalton is a registered nurse at Halifax Hospital.

NEW SMYRNA BEACH -- Frank Dalton Jr. first thought about an active run for local elective office after last spring's tropical flood rains brought water into his beachside home.

Courtesy photo. Zone 1 City Commissioner Randy Richenberg enters today's primary having again secured the police and fire union endorsements.

NEW SMYRNA BEACH -- Zone 1 City Commissioner Randy Richenberg knows that he has two powerful allies in today's primary that he is hoping will either carry him to outright victory or at least place in the top two for a November runoff -- the endorsements of the unions for the police and fire departments.

NSBNEWSNEWS.net video by Sera Frederick. NSBNEWS.net photo by Henry Frederick. The video is set to the song "Signs" by the 5 Man Electrical Band and highlights campaigns signs in the 2009 NSB Elections. In the photo, Bill Maul holds up a double sign for Mayor Sally Mackay during Early Voting for the Sept. 22 primary at the New Smyrna Beach Regional Library.

NEW SMYRNA BEACH -- Bill Maul stood in the blistering sun Saturday for the last two hours of Early Voting at the New Smyrna Beach Regional Library with a double sign in one hand while waving to passing voters with the other for his candidate of choice, incumbent Mayor Sally Mackay. And at 73, the retired sales and marketing man is the first to tell you he's no spring chicken.

NSBNEWS.net photo by Henry Frederick. Mayor Sally Mackay checks out the boats during Saturday's annual Battle of the Badges fundraiser at Riverside Park.

Courtesy photo. Judy Reiker addresses the Republican Club of Southeast Volusia during a recent luncheon about her candidacy for the Zone 1 seat on the New Smyrna Beach City Commission against incumbent Randy Richenberg and fellow challenger Frank Dalton Jr..

NEW SMYRNA BEACH -- Judy Reiker went 1 for 3 among the pre-primary endorsements for Zone 1 commissioner, winning the support of the Southeast Volusia Board of Realtors while being bypassed by the police and fire unions, which went for incumbent Randy Richenberg.