New Smyrna Beach

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Photos by Dale Smith / Ruby James of New Smyrna Beach and a member of the Artist’s Workshop, carries three bricks away from the former New Smyrna Beach High School campus on Quay Assisi , which is being demolished to make way for the  Mosquito Lagoon Enhancement Center. James took the bricks for her three children who graduated there.

This story was submitted by contributing writer Dale Smith

NEW SMYRNA BEACH – City resident, a long-time advocate and supporter of the Mosquito Lagoon Enhancement Center, cried as a big claw swiped at the side of a building on the camps of the former New Smyrna Beach High School, scattering bricks below.

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Courtesy photos / Five Damon Settle Jr., Earl Anderson, Jonathan Kennedy, Lillian Frances Wilson and T.C. Wilder, shown here from left to right, are the five distinguished alumni honored at Saturday's NSB CAPS fundraiser at New Smyrna Beach High School. They will be recognized at a 10:30 a.m.awards presentation in the school auditorium with a welcoming by CAPS organizer George Kennedy.

NEW SMYRNA BEACH -- Wednesday may be Prince spaghetti Day for Anthony, but Saturday is spaghetti for everyone in the cafeteria of New Smyrna Beach High School for five bucks a person.

The occasion is the 11th Annual NSB CAPS fundraiser from noon to 6 p.m. in the high school cafeteria.

The spaghetti dinner includes salad, bread and a soft drink. While there, you can also shop at the Cuda Corner. All proceeds from this event go directly to students at NSB. Tickets are available at the door.

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Courtesy photo / Author A. Manette Ansay to speak and autograpgh copies of her books for sale when she visits the New Smyrna Beach Library on Feb. 12.

NEW SMYRNA BEACH -- Novelist A. Manette Ansay will speak and sign copies of her novels at 3 p.m. Saturday, Feb. 12, at the New Smyrna Beach Regional Library, 1001 S. Dixie Freeway.

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Photos by Angela Carter / Children sing during ceremonies Monday in New Smyrna Beach in honor of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.

NEW SMYRNA BEACH -- Thunder and lightning did not put a damper on festivities celebrating the national bithday holiday for Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.

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NEW SMYRNA BEACH -- A man was struck and killed by a Florida East Coast train sometime before 6 this morning, New Smyrna Beach police said.

The body was found near the railroad tracks about 100 yards south of Canal Street by an engineer of a northbound train shortly after 6 a.m. Tuesday

NEW SMYRNA BEACH -- The Chamber of Commerce is planning an exciting street event in downtown New Smyrna Beach on Saturday: Jan. 22. the Home Show & Business Expo.

"(It) will bring together bring together area retail stores, businesses, local non-profit groups and our great citizens," said Samantha Bishop, executive vice president of the Southeast Volusia Chamber of Commerce.

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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.

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NEW SMYRNA BEACH -- Want to learn how to twirl? Well, you are in luck as the New Smyrna Beach Parks and Recreation Department is sponsoring classes this month with Terri’s Twirling Tornadoes,
National Twirl and Pom Champions.

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Courtesy photo and video / YouTube / Several prominent local officials attended Tuesday's swearing in of Republican Rick Scott as Florida's 45th governor, including State Rep.Dorothy Hukill, R-Port Orange, and New Smyrna Beach Mayor Adam Barringer.

TALLAHASSEE -- New Smyrna Beach Mayor Adam Barringer and State Rep. Dorothy Hukill, R-Port Orange, were among several local dignitaries at Tuesday's inauguration of Republican Rick Scott.