Top 100 SE Volusia County Stories of 2009

Originally posted Fri, 2009-07-24 03:48

Courtesy photo/Volusia Jail mug. Robert C. Young, 31, of Edgewater, a convicted felon recently released from prison, was arrested in July on a warrant charging him with having unlawful sex with a child. The victim, bore his child at the age of 16, two years after Young allegedly began having sex with her.

EDGEWATER -- Robert C. Young went to prison two years ago with a secret few others knew at the time.

Originally posted Wed, 2009-06-10 22:24

NSBNEWS.net photo by Sera Frederick. New Smyrna Beach police Cmdr. William Drossman received a 10% pay increase in June because of a budget oversight that saw him earning far less than sergeants reporting to him, Interim City Manager Khalid Resheidat said.

NEW SMYRNA BEACH -- Because of a budget glitch that had gone on for several years, police Cmdr. William Drossman was making far less than the sergeants who reported to him, said Interim City Manager Khalid Resheidat.

Originally Posted Thu, 2009-10-01 05:20

NEW SMYRNA BEACH -- Felony charges were forwarded to the State Attorney's Office for possible prosecution against four eighth-grade girls at New Smyrna Beach Middle School for ingesting prescription pills that resulted in all four being briefly hospitalized Monday morning after their teacher reported them to the principal for acting strangely in class.

Originally posted Sat, 2009-06-27 17:56

NEW SMYRNA BEACH -- A 27-year-old Rockledge man was unlucky in two pharmacy robbery attempts of prescription pills earlier today, first in Edgewater, then in New Smyrna Beach, police said.

Originally posted Fri, 2009-04-24 20:24

NEW SMYRNA BEACH -- A graveside service wiill be held 2 p.m Saturday for Jeannette Baker-Nichols, of Milford Place, mother of NFL player Dallas Baker and the author of a song recorded by Otis Redding, who passed away on April 17, 2009. She was 68.

Originally posted Wed, 2009-08-19 15:32

Courtesy photos. Volunteers pick up the beached wreckage of a 46-foot trimaran that broke loose from its mooring in Ponce Inlet overnight Aug. 19, struck the South Jetty and literally shattered into thousands of pieces, before washing ashore along a half-mile stretch of the New Smyrna Beach coastline, just noth of the Beachway ramp.

NEW SMYRNA BEACH -- It took the better part of the day to clean up a half-mile stretch of coastline from the Beachway approach and north of thousands of wooden pieces from a 46-foot-long boat that broke apart overnight while moored in Ponce Inlet.

Originally posted Sat, 2009-12-12 17:00

NSBNEWS.net video by Sera Frederick. We hope you enjoy our video presentation of this afternoon's Oak Hill Christmas Parade.

NEW SMYRNA BEACH -- Several hundred residents either sat on lawn chairs, the lawns themselves or in parked automobiles for the annual Oak Hill Parade that passed through the heart of the quaint city near the post office.

Originally posted Thu, 2009-05-07 10:41

NSBNEWS.net photo by Henry Frederick. Joshua Mysticka, 14, of Edgewater, who attends New Smyrna Beach Middle School and is a member of the Sea Scouts Ship 495, helped do his part for June's  annual Halifax/Indian River Clean-Pp sponsored by Volusia County. He retrieved this wire mesh along a shallow area of the Indian River in New Smyrna Beach.

NEW SMYRNA BEACH -- Joshua Mystica spoke softly, but carried a big piece of junk.

Originally posted Sat, 2009-06-20 02:13

Courtesy photo/The Observer. Father Francis Browne, pastor at Sacred Heart Catholic Church in New Smyrna Beach, died unexpectedly June 18 while fishing. He was 66.

NEW SMYRNA BEACH – Father Francis Browne's love of the priesthood was unquestioned as was his favorite hobby: Fishing.

Originally posted Mon, 2009-07-27 06:10

Courtesy photos. CartTech is now housed at the former Kister Kayat Manufacturing facility across from Boston Whaler, which was sold in July. Below is a photo of the central office.

NEW SMYRNA BEACH -- Ocean Properties & Management, Inc. recently sold the former Kister Kayat manufacturing facility located on U.S. 1, adjacent to Boston Whaler in Edgewater.