NEW SMYRNA BEACH -- Computer knowledge is just a click away at the New Smyrna Beach Regional Library. Check out the free computer classes available in May:
• Internet Basics will begin at 10 a.m. Wednesday, May 6. Attendees will learn about the Internet and become familiar with terminology. They will also acquire basic skills to access and navigate web sites, search engines and online directories.
Harold L. Airington Jr., 56, of New Smyrna Beach, a roughneck in the oil industry, died Thursday, April 30, 2009.
David Lamb, 86, of Edgewater, who worked for the State of Illinois Police as a radio operator for 35 years.died Friday, April 17, 2009.
NEW SMYRNA BEACH -- The free Observer Light newspaper is history with efforts being made to generate more paid subscriptions for the regular weekly Observer newspaper, said its publisher, Michelle Lott.
The Observer ceased its "Light" newspaper midway through April with an emphasis on getting more readers to pay $20 annually for a subscription-based paper, Lott said.
Lott and her husband, Robert Lott, bought the Observer last fall after it was closed down by its then-owner, Indiana-based Horizon Publications nearly a year ago.
EDGEWATER -- The regular first Monday City Council meeting of the month scheduled for tonight has been called off, according to the city's Web site.
"Due to lack of agenda items the May 4, 2009 City Council meeting has been CANCELLED," the public notice stated..
The next meeting will be held 6 p.m. Monday, May 18, in Council Chambers, 102 N. Riverside Drive. An agenda will be posted prior to the meeting, according to the Web site.
NEW SMYRNA BEACH -- A 67-year-old woman was walking through the parking lot at the Publix in the New Smuyrna Beach Regional Shopping Center just before 2 p.m. Saturday when a woman jumped out of a sport utility vehicle, snatched her purse, jumped back in and drove off, New Smyrna Beach police said.
Mary Burnazos of New Smyrna Beach was treated at the scene for minor injuries.
NEW SMYRNA BEACH -- An 84-year-old Edgewater woman refused to give up her money to a hooded teenager who approached her in her car at the K-Mart plaza on State Road 44, earlier today, even though he told her he had a weapon under his sweatshirt, after which he ran off, New Smyrna Beach police said.
Cecilia Battersby was not injured in the 1:51p.m. incident.
Courtesy photo. This is one of painter Jim Draper's works on exhibit, starting today at the Arts on Douglas, 123 Douglas St., New Smyrna Beach. The exhibit is free.
NEW SMYRNA BEACH -- Each month one of the 57 artists represented by Arts on Douglas Fine Art and Collectibles, the downtown New Smyrna Beach art gallery, is featured in a solo exhibition. During the month of May, the gallery will feature Jacksonville painter Jim Draper.
NEW SMYRNA BEACH -- The Republican Club of Southeast Volusia County hosts its annual Kentucky Derby Scholarship fund-raiser in support of scholarships for local students, from 4 to 7 this afternoon.
The event, includes a hat contest, horse race game, appetizers, and a live TV showing of the Kentucky Derby race, will be held at Ocean Walk Club House, S. Atlantic Ave., New Smyrna Beach.
For more information, please call (386) 427-6399.
Thursday, April 30, 2009
Day Shift 0600-1800Case#:09-13632 Date: 4/30/2009 Time: 0919 Invest Asgn:
Header: MISCELLANEOUS REPORT Location:1486 MAYTOWN RD OAK HILL Business Name: ZONE:53
V-1 JAMES DEAN
S-1 ROY WARD
April 24, 2009: Henry M. Frederick, New Smyrna Beach, and Serafina I. King, Lake Mary.
