obituaries
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July 9, 2009: Wesley D. Whitehair and Lisa A. Brewster, Edgewater.
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City Manager contract hits snag: City officials want to pay Pam Brangaccio far less than asked for $132K
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NSBNEWS.net Video by Sera Frederick. New Smyrna Beach resident Robert Tolley urges the City Commission to take its time in ironing out a possible contract with city manager finalist Pam Brangaccio of Tampa Bay, who is seeing an annual salary of $132,500 compared to the $120,000 former City Manager John Hagood was receiving when he was dismissed earlier this year. The lesser amount is also what Interim City Manager Khalid Resheidat is receiving and it looks like he'll remain that position at least through August.
NEW SMYRNA BEACH -- With the city proposing a 27 percent mill-rate increase to support its proposed budget, neither city commissioners nor the mayors, nor were several citizens who spoke out Wednesday inclined to give City Manager finalist Pam Brangaccio $12,500 more a year in salary than the $120,000 former City Manager John Hagood was getting.
NSB city survey: Residents pleased with police and fire services; overall quality of life
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NSBNEWS.net video by Sera Frederick. Jana Jasinski of the Institute for Social and Behavioral Sciences at the University of Central Florida speaks to the New Smyrna City Commission about the results of a survey on citizen satisfaction with city services. See her presentation in our video and check out the resuls in our story and Fast Facts summaries.
NEW SMYRNA BEACH -- Knowing a budget with a propsed increase in millage rates couild be a tough sell, city leaders paid the University of Central Florida $7,600 to conduct a citizen survey to guage citizen response to the quality of services provided.
NSB cops: Suspected shoplifter apprehended after swimming across river in attempt to get away
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NEW SMYRNA BEACH -- A larceny suspect swam across the Indian River in an attempt to get away from police just west of the Diamond Head condominiums and ran into the 300 block of Quay Assisi before he was apprehended and arrested Tuesday, police said.
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Chester Stobierski, 81, of New Smyrna Beach, a deep sea fisherman, who enjoyed "social networking" at the Surf Lounge in New Smyrna Beach, died Tuesday, July 7, 2009.
Marriage Licenses
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July 7, 2009: James R. Brown, New Smyrna Beach, and Maria T. Lao, Palm Coast; Anthony R. Schwanke Jr. and Heather L. Ridley, Edgewater; Peter L. Wood Jr. and Michelle E. Lawson, Edgewater.
NSB's proposed budget offers painful scenarios: 26% increase in millage rate (tax hike), potential layoffs or something in between?
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NSBNEWS.net photos by Sera Frederick and Henry Frederick. Interim City Manager Khalid Resheidat and Bouchelle Island resident William Koleszar are likely to have major differences of opinion on the proposed $49.29 million fiscal budget for New Smyrna Beach, with two days of hearings starting Wednesday in the Deberry Room at the Utilities Commission Building on Canal Street. Day 1's session begins 8:30 a.m.
NEW SMYRNA BEACH -- The proposed spending budget was a work in progress, throughout the day, before two expected days of heated workshops Wednesday and Thursday, calling for either a 26 percent millage-rate increase. Or if the mill rate remains the same as this year's budget, there's the potential for massive layoffs, allof the above due primarily to a 20 percent decrease in property tax values.
A mother with a lower IQ doesn't love any less
EDGEWATER, Fla. -- I was so happy to read that the children of the low IQ woman are finally in the process of being returned to her.
Observer newspaper seeking more subscriptions to continue serving Southeast Volusia
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Courtesy graphic/The Observer. The Observer front page devoted its lead story to asking readers to buy subscriptions to keep the weekly newspaper going, especially in this tough economy with its reserves used up. In the spirit of journalism cooperation, and as a fellow member of the Southeast Volusia Chamber of Commerce, NSBNEWS.net is posting the Observer's story here, written by its editor, Robert Burns:
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By Robert Burns
NEW SMYRNA BEACH -- The country’s newspapers are in crisis. If they are to continue serving communities all over the country, they need support. The Observer is one of those newspapers that need to have community support to thrive.
Port Orange motorist killed on I-95 in New Smyrna Beach on Fourth of July
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NEW SMYRNA BEACH -- A motorist killed on the Fourth ogf July on Interstate 95 just south of State Road 44 in New Smyrna Beach has been identified as a Port Orange man.
Jeffrey Lee Simmons, 52, was identified by the Florida Highway Patrol as the motorist killed on I-95, when he apparently overcorrected his steeering and rolled over his pick-up truck.
Simmons was not wearing his seatbelt and the rollover caused him to be ejected from the vehicle, the FHP reported. He was pronounced dead on the scene shortly after the 3 p.m. accident.