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Marlin M. Hainey, 88, of New Smyrna Beach, died Thursday, Feb. 11, 2010.

Feb. 16, 2010: Joseph B. Ivy and Nicole L. Chartier, New Smyrna Beach.

Courtesy photo. Martin Edward Grossman, 45, shown here in this Florida Department of Corrections mugshot,  was put to death Tuesday night by the state of Florida for the 1984 slaying of a wildlife officer, shot in the basck of the head with her own fun when he was 19.

STARKE - A Florida Death Row inmate was put to death by lethal injection Tuesday for gunning down a state wildlife officer with her own gun more than 25 years ago, a spokesman for Gov. Charlie Crist announced.

Photo for Headline Surfer / A large pothole caused delays during the 52nd annual running of the Daytona 500 on Sunday won by Jaime McMurray.

DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. -- Daytona International Speedway has begun installing reinforced concrete in Turn 2 today, Track President Robin Braig announced Thursday.

DELTONA -- A local man lost his life Thursday afternoon in a three-car crash in Deltona and a second person suffered minor injuries in the accident, which is under investigation by the Volusia County Sheriff's Office.

Courtesy photos. The artwork of Hope Barton: At left,  "Creek off the St. Johns River," acrylic 27" x 39" At right, "On the Rocks," hand-colored etching/ artist proof 20" x 25", among the works to be displayed in March at Arts on Douglas Fine Art Collectible in downtown New Smyrna Beach." Barton and her featured work "About Water,"  opens with a 4-7 p.m. reception on Saturday, March 6. Exhibition Dates: March 6 - 27, Gallery Talk with the Artist: 1 p.m. Saturday, March 20. All dates and times are free and open to the public.

NEW SMYRNAS BEACH -- The Arts on Douglas Fine Art and Collectibles, the downtown New Smyrna Beach art gallery, will showcase the acrylic paintings and etchings of St. Augustine artist, Hope Barton. Each month one of the 59 artists represented by Arts on Douglas is featured in a solo exhibition.

Courtesy photo/Jail mug. New Smyrna Beach resident Charles Gardiner III was arrested Thursday on charges of having sex with a 13-year-old girl, according to the Volusia County Sheriff's Office.

NEW SMYRNA BEACH -- Charles Gardiner III insisted that he cared about the 13-year-old girl he had befriended and thought he was doing something good by being there for her and engaging in unlawful sex with her, the Volusia County Sherioff's Office said in announcing his arrest.

Courtesy photos/Jail mugs/NSBPD.

Joseph Leonard Bompadre, 40, of Edgewater. at far left; and Daniel L. Ellis, 38, of New Smyrna Beach, were arrested on burglary charges early Friday morning and other suspects in a recent rash of residential beachside rental properties, New Smyrna Beach police said.

NEW SMYRNA BEACH -- Two men were arrested early Friday on burglary charges and are now considered suspects in the recent rash of predominantly beachside residential properties, New Smyrna Beach police said.