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Hermit crabs actually quite social and live quite a long time

The hermit crab is a decapod, which is an order of crustaceans within the class that includes such as crayfish, crabs, lobsters, prawns, and shrimp. However, they are not related to true crabs. Hermit crabs are often found in tidal pools or in the intertidal zone. Hermit crabs are invertebrates, animals without a backbone.

Locals let officials know beach driving is NSB's economic lifeline

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NSBNEWS.net video by Sera Frederick.

Mayor Adam Barringer, Volusia County Councilman Jack Hayman and City Commissioner Jack Grasty hosted a community forum Thursday at the Brannon Center regarding beach driving. Overwhelmingly, the 100 or so in attendance voiced support of retaining beach driving as an economic lifeline for the seaside community. NSBNEWS.net will post a package of stories and videos later in the day Friday, including a special report from the beach itself. But in the interim, here is an exclusive interview with the mayor who spoke exclusively to NSBNEWS.net following the 90-minute forum.

National Weather Service: Tornado warning for east central Volusia County expires

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648
WWUS52 KMLB 112045
SVSMLB
FLC127-112055-

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MELBOURNE FL
445 PM EDT WED AUG 11 2010

COUNTY SPECIFIC MESSAGE:

/O.EXP.KMLB.TO.W.0029.000000T0000Z-100811T2045Z/
VOLUSIA-
445 PM EDT WED AUG 11 2010

...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR EAST CENTRAL VOLUSIA COUNTY HAS EXPIRED...

THE SEVERE STORM AND TORNADO THAT PROMPTED THE WARNING HAD WEAKENED
AND NO LONGER APPEARED CAPABLE OF PRODUCING TORNADOES OR OTHER SEVERE
WEATHER...THUS THE WARNING HAS BEEN ALLOWED TO EXPIRE. HOWEVER...

National Weather Service: Tornado spotted 6 miles west of New Smyrna Beach

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NEW SMYRNA BEACH -- 294
WWUS52 KMLB 112027
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FLC127-112045-

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MELBOURNE FL
427 PM EDT WED AUG 11 2010

COUNTY SPECIFIC MESSAGE:

/O.CON.KMLB.TO.W.0029.000000T0000Z-100811T2045Z/
VOLUSIA-
427 PM EDT WED AUG 11 2010

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 445 PM EDT FOR EAST
CENTRAL VOLUSIA COUNTY...

AT 405 PM EDT...VOLUSIA COUNTY EVAC REPORTED A BRIEF TORNADO TOUCHDOWN
IN A WOODED AREA WEST OF INTERSTATE 95 AND SOUTH OF STATE ROUTE 44.

School Board District 3 candidate Sharon Luebbers: Walking door to door for votes

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Editor's Note: This is a campaign notebook for Sharon Luebbers, candidate for School Board District 3, in her own words; with our editing:

Dear Southeast Volusia District 3 Voters,

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My name is Sharon Luebbers and I am emailing you to ask you for your consideration and vote to become your full-time representative on the Volusia County School Board for District 3.

Joie Alexander County Council District 3 leader in campaign finances followed by Deborah Denys and Ellen Darden

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NEW SMYRNA BEACH -- If the race for the Volusia County Council District 3 seat were won on the basis of money alone, then Joie Alexander would be the clear winner with $30,320, Deborah Denys would be second at $16,114.25 and Ellen Darden at close third at $14,775.

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But considering Alexander -- the incumbent at-large incumbent term-limiteed out of that race and trying to gain the Southeast Volusia seat held by outgoing Jack Hayman -- loaned her own campaign $10,000, the race would be tighter, if money were the only factor.

NSB second highest countywide in votes cast on first day of early voting for Aug. 24 primary elections

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NEW SMYRNA BEACH -- With 197 votes cast Monday on the first day of early voting for the Aug. 24 primary elections, New Smyrna Beach had the second highest tally in Volusia County behind Deltona with 205.

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Ormond Beach was third with 184 voters, followed by Daytona Beach with 170 and DeLand with 119.

The voting booths were at each city's main library.

In all, there were 875 votes cast by registered voters in the following parties, even though local races are non-partisan and state and federal are partisan: Democrats, 367; Republicans, 405 and other, 103.

EDGEWATER COPS: City man on tracks struck and killed by train

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The bright lights from the Florida East Coast Railraod train, shown in these two photos, shows through the darkness of night as it sits idled on the tracks on Indian River Boulevard early Monday after striking and killing a pedestrian on the tracks.

EDGEWATER -- A 34-year-old city man was killed early Monday after he was struck by a Florida East Coast Railroad freight train on the tracks in the vicinity of State Road 442, also known as Indian River Boulevard, Edgewater police said.

Tornado strike damages home on NSB's Sandpiper Avenue

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NSBNEWS.net photos by Jeanette DiCara.

Pete Johnson of New Smyrna Beach looks at blown  insulation covering the outside of his home like snow, with pieces of the roofing twisted on his side balcony, following a small tornado that touched down on the beachside just after 1:30 p.m. Saturday  A tarp was placed on Johnson's Sandpiper Avenue home a short time later. Below, roofers begin repairs about two hours after the tornado touched down.

NEW SMYRNA BEACH -- A small tornado touched down on the beachside just after 1:30 p.m., damaging the roof of a couple of homes on Sandpiper Avenue and Laurel Bay Drive, but no injuries were reported, New Smyrna Beach officials said.

"The roof of a home at 707 Sandpiper was damaged," City Commissioner Jack Grasty told NSBNEWS.net. "A garbage dumpster was moved about 75 feet into a car, but there wasn't much other destruction."