Daytona Beach

Daytona Beach-based United Way Volusia Flagler Selects 15 to Lead New Community Impact Council

DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. -- Fifteen community leaders have been selected by the United Way of Volusia-Flagler Counties’ Executive Board to lead the new vision of Community Impact. 

ENDORSEMENT: Daytona's Ida Duncan Wright on right track with school board leadership

DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. -- Ida Duncan Wright is the epitome of the kind of policy maker the Volusia County School Board has come to rely on in terms of leadership in three short years -- she's the current chair -- and a sound policy maker. 

Headline Surfer Endorsement: Aaron Delgado for zone 2 Daytona Beach City Commission

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By Henry Frederick
Headline Surfer

DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. -- In the non-partisan campaign for zone 2 Daytona Beach city commissioner, Headline Surfer endorses criminal defense attorney Aaron Delgado over Karen "Weegie" Kuendig, who is chairwoman of the city's code enforcement board and Tony Survance, who is with the organization, Save Our Neighborhoods, which assists young people in getting an education.

Hundreds stung by jellyfish along the World's Most Famous Beach in Daytona

By Henry Frederick
Headline Surfer

DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. -- When the purple flags are being flown along the World's Most Famous Beach, they're not for a Barney the dinosaur birthday party. The flags are a warning to be alert about jellyfish -- those nearly invisible critters that blend in with the soapy surf and sometimes wash up along the shore.

 

 

Mori Hosseini makes the case for Embry-Riddle & Volusia County's future

Create: Sat, 08/06/2016 - 18:26
Author: Henry

DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. -- Having already secured seven partnerships for its planned research park, Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University administrators appeared Thursday in front of the Volusia County Council asking for $1.5 million and to purchase county-owned land for half its value adjacent to the Daytona Beach campus.

And they brought a businessman to make the pitch. Not just any every-day businessman, mind you, but one of the most powerful and passionate, who happens to be the chairman of the board for ERAU -- Mori Hosseini of ICI Homes. And Hosseini delivered a promise on their behalf: $1.8 billion value in economic development and creation of jobs with salaries as high as $100,000, as the return on their investment down the line.