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NSBNEWS.net photo and video by Sera Frederick. Members of the "Outlaws" motorcycle gang head north on Atlantic Avenue from Daytona Beach toward Ormond Beach in this photo shot in traffic late Saturday night. The video shows the scene on Main Street in Daytona Beach, ground zero for Bike Week, as captured in this video during a drive-through on Saturday night. As a special treat, NSBNEWS.net sets the video to the music of Steppenwolf's "Born to be Wild" and The Band's "The Weight," from the soundtrack to the movie Easy Rider.

DAYTONA BEACH -- Bike Week 2010 is over. So, too, are the lives of four bikers.

The decadence and excitement that is Bike Week was on display in its purest form Saturday night on Main Street where loud bikes, loud music, loud people and loud lights were the order of the night.

NSBNEWS.net video by Sera Frederick. This video of the Jan. 12 City Commission meeting shows Bouchelle Island resident Bill Koleszar pressing the elected body for action on the Anglers Club lease. Koleszar is among a small group of political insiders who insist the Anglers' 99-year lease with the city is void. The city and the Anglers are negotiating a sale that may come up for a vote Tuesday night. The 6:30 p.m. meeting is at City Hall Commission Chambers, 205 Sams Ave.

NEW SMYRNA BEACH -- A protracted battle among political insiders as to whether the city's longstanding lease with the Anglers Club of New Smyrna Beach for prime riverfront acreage on the North Causeway is invalid could be resolved Tuesday, if a proposed sale is approved by the City Commission.

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Courtesy photo. Aerial view of the Pavilion of Port Orange, with more than a half-million square feet of retail and office space off Interstate 95 and Willliamson Boulevard inPort Orange celebrated its grand opening Wednesday.

PORT ORANGE -- Retired home builder Alex Kajan remembers what a big deal it was when the Super Wal-Mart opened on Dunlawton Avenue nearly 15 years ago in addition to the Wal-Mart on Beville Road.

Since then, the growing city of nearly 56,000 residents have benefited from a Lowe's Warehouse, a Super Target, a Home Depot and other anchor stores and specialty chain restaurants.

But those pale in comparison to the open air Pavilion at Port Orange, a 550,000 square-foot retail and office complex complete with movie theaters.

NSBNEWS.net photo by Henry Frederick. Diane Young was promoted Monday from interim to perrmanent police chief of the Oak Hill Police Department.

OAK HILL -- Diane Young can proudly call herself chief of police of the Oak Hill police force.

That's because the Oak Hill City Commission voted 3-2 Monday to remove the "interim" from her title and name her perrmanent police chief, replacing Guy Grasso, who has a long-term disability injury from an auto accident on duty.

NSBNEWS.net. The New Smyrna Beach City Commission opts to spend $7,500 for an updated appraisal of the neatly 2-acre parcel at 2 North Causeway on the Intracoastal Waterway that the Angler's Club has occupied since 1942 under provisions of a 99-year lease that in the past two years has been called into question by several vocal residents. The commission entertained an offer from the Anglers to purchase the property outright for $795,000, which would end the lease agreement. The commission, however, pressed by Angler critics, held off Tuesday night in favor of obtaining an updated appraisal. The city maintains the lease is valid, but an outside attorney hired by the commission last year said the lease was not valid. The city and the Anglers have been in talks since in an effort to avoid potential costly litigation for both sides.

EDGEWATER -- As the time change approaches on Sunday, Edgewater Fire-Rescue wants to remind residents to make another change that is important – changing the batteries in their flashlights and portable radios, said Jill Danigel, spokeswoman.