NSB Finance Director Carol Rogers retires with tough budget year looming
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NEW SMYRNA BEACH, Fla -- The city's finance director has put away her calculator and turned in her balance sheet for the final time.
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Wayne Avenue roadway depression repaired; key intersection reopened
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NSBNEWS.net video by Sera Frederick. Motorists once again have full use of Wayne Avenue in New Smyrna Beach, after a small stretch of the road was reopened 1:30 p.m. today, less than 24 hours after it was closed due to a stormwater culvert collapse under the roadway that caused a depression, between Halleck Street and Wayne Avenue. That intersection is key to allowing homeowners access to the State Road 44 business corridor.
NSB COPS: Be on the alert for air conditioning repair scammers
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NEW SMYRNA BEACH -- Police are asking New Smyrna Beach homeowners to be on the alert for scammers posing as air conditioning repair workers.
"These guys have already hit twice in NSB, both times in the South Beach area, but could easily go elsewhere," cautioned New Smyrna Beach police Detective Tony Ford.
Please see the attached police community alert attached by NSBNEWS.net with this story.
NSB mom charged with neglect after leaving kids, 2 and 6, home alone while 4-wheeling in woods
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Courtesy photo/Jail mug. Jessica Kalstek, 23, of New Smyrna Beach, is accused of leaving her two children, 2 and 6, home alone for 40 minutes with an open oven in the kitchen while 4-wheeling with her boyfriend in the woods.
NEW SMYRNA BEACH -- A 23-year-old New Smyrna Beach woman was charged Thursday with child neglect after Volusia County Sheriff's deputies said she left her two children, 2 and 6, alone in her Elizabeth Street mobile home just outside the city limits while she went 4-wheeling in the woods for 40 minutes with her boyfriend.
Bill Koleszar challenges Mayor Adam Barringer and the Anglers Yacht Club
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11-year-old girl reported missing on crowded NSB beach found safe; traffic a mess
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NEW SMYRNA BEACH -- An 11-year-old girl was found safe on the beach Friday afternoon after her mother feared she had gone into the water even though she didn't know how to swim, Volusia County Beach Patrol officials said.
Volusia County census rate hits 22%; deadline extended to April 19
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DELAND -- Volusia County’s mail participation rate hit 22 percent Thursday, according to the U.S. Census Bureau, which is updating data daily at http://2010.census.gov/2010census/take10map/.
The nation’s rate is 29 percent, and Florida’s is 20 percent, said Pat Kuehn, a Volusia County spokeswoman.
Lions Club holding rummage sale April 16 an 17; appliance pickup on April 10
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NEW SMYRNA BEACH -- The Lions Club of New Smyrna Beach will hold its annual indoor-outdoor
rummage sale Friday, April 16 and Saturday, April 17, beginning at 8 a.m., at the
Lions clubhouse, 2340 Sunset Drive.
Tax increases on rich hurts small business and stymies jobs
Former New Smyrna Beach High School Assistant Principal Ken Phillips doesn't understand the rationale of increasing taxes on the rich to pay for new government programs:”Don’t ask me to explain those people.”
Like many people, Phillips gets the fact that such an action is just plain wrong as well as futile, stupid and anti-productive.
Gov. Charlie Crist extends Easter and Passover blessings to Floridians
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Courtesy photo. Here is the latest installment of Gov. Charlie Crist's Notes from the Capitol, e-mailed to NSBNEWS.net on Friday:
Dear Friends, This Good Friday and Easter Sunday, I join Christians throughout Florida and around the world in celebration of faith and the resurrection of Jesus Christ.
Each year at this time, we are reminded of both sacrifice and rebirth. The miracle that took place centuries ago continues to impact our daily lives. The God-given gifts of freedom and forgiveness are among the countless blessings we enjoy as Floridians.