NEW SMYRNA BEACH, Fla. -- Temperatures barely got above 50 on a mostly-rainy Saturday, making the second of 10 days of Bike Week a washout. On Sunday, however, temperatures are expected to climb to a more seasonable 61 degrees with sunny skies in greater New Smyrna Beach, according to the latest forecast from the National Weather Service in Melbourne.
NEW SMYRNA BEACH, Fla. -- Roxanne Reynolds Hicks is a big fan of the Art Walk on Flagler Avenue here on the street that has thousands of daytrippers from across Central Florida enjoying the artistry and craftsmanship on display.
DEBARY -- Paul Lachelier will discuss “Communities in America” at 2 p.m. Saturday, March 6, at DeBary Hall Historic Site, 210 Sunrise Blvd.
Listen, my children, and you shall hear the modern charge of Paul Revere. “Say no, 'to progress,' 'yes' to fear, the Socialists are coming!”
So let’s have a tea party. Let’s gather together all the well-washed, privileged, right-wingy little neighborhood brats of banker, CEO, bullion-broker, insurance executive and pharmaceutical czar for the revolting celebration of My Dad’s Richer Than Your Dad, so I Get to Hog the Cake.
A few months back I wrote to ask you out there to boycott all Citgo gas stations because of ownership by Venezuela and the anti-American stance of its strongman, Hugo Chavez. Since then the issue has gotten much worse. If you don't know, these gas stations are owned by Venezuela. It's Chavez who hates the Unites States and bashes our president.
NEW SMYRNA BEACH -- A woman on the back of a motorcycle whose operator collided with another biker going in the same direction on the beachside's Atlantic Avenue, became the first Bike Week-related fatality.
A woman passenger on the back of a motorcycle was killed when that bike's operator and another motorcycle going in the same direction northbound on South Atlantic, at the intersection with 5th Avenue on the beachside, collided about 4:30 p.m., New Smyrna Beach police said, with the man and woman being thrown from the bike.
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NSBNEWS.net photos by Henry Frederick. NSBNEWS.net video by Sera Frederick.
At left, Pub 44 bartender Karen Scarborough, 45, of Edgewater is all smiles Sunday afternoon during Day 3 of the 10-day Bike Week motorcycle rally. The locale was jam-packed with bikers on a much warmer and sunny day compared to the sparse crowds that endured much colder temperatures and rain. In the video, the Orlando-based classic rock band Iced Down performs at Pub 44, the State Road 44 hub for local Bike Week events, across from the NSB Regional Shopping Center.
NEW SMYRNA BEACH -- Pub 44 bartender Karen Scarborough of Edgewater was all smiles Sunday. And why not? With temperatures in the low 50s and sunny skies, Bike Week 2010, made a turn around from the dismal showing of the first two days with day-time temps barely at 40 and sporadic rain.
NSBNEWS.net photos by Henry Frederick.
Mark Gajewski, 51, a New York biker, who works at Ground Zero, sports a sticker on the front of his Harley-Davidson Ultra Classic that reads "NEVER FORGET 9/11/01." The photos were taken Sunday afternoon at the Dairy Queen on U.S. 1, where the biker and several of his friends stopped for ice cream.
NEW SMYRNA BEACH -- Mark "Ski" Gajewski, of New York, is here on Bike Week 2010 with a message emblazoned on the front of Harley-Davidson Ultra Classic for the world to see: "NEVER FORGET 9/11/01."
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WASHINTON D.C. -- Suzanne Kosmas, D-New Smyrna Beach, is staying true to her commitment of being an independent voice for Florida's 24th Congressional District since her election in November over incumbent conservative Republican Tom Feeney.
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NSBNEWS.net photos by Jeanette DiCara.
Unique works of art were on display during the weekend Art Fiesta at Old Fort Park on Sams Avenue in New Smyrna Beach by artists like Burlington, Vt. artist Peter Robinson-Smith and his wire-screen works as shown in the photos above. Below left, crowds were sparse Saturday, but picked up consierably Sunday with better weather.
NEW SMYRNA BEACH -- Few patrons of the arts braved the rain and cold of Saturday to check out the weekend Art Fiesta at Old Fort Park on Sams Avenue. But on Sunday, temperatures warmed up to the low 50s and the skies were sunny for those who wanted to get away from Bike Week and enjoy the arts.
In all, there were 200 booths for the 48th annual fiesta.
