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Edgewater Fire Services to administer flu shots beginning Monday

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EDGEWATER -- Beginning Monday, Edgewater Fire-Rescue will be offering flu shots at both fire stations (Station 55 – 1605 South Ridgewood Ave. and Station 57 – 2628 Hibiscus Drive).

Department paramedics will be administering the shots 9 a.m. until 3 p.m. Monday through Friday from Department personnel will remain subject to emergency calls during these times so there may a delay when there is not a paramedic available to administer the flu shots.

Character in author Ayn Rand's book half century ago symbolic of today's economic doldrums

NEW SMYRNA BEACH, Fla. -- For those of you who listen to Talk Radio you may hear this question “Who is John Galt?” taken from Ayn Rand’s great novel “Atlas Shrugged.” Occasionally, you'll see the same question on a bumper sticker. Some of you may have wondered what the question is all about and why should anybody care.

Cudas football coach Lance Jenkins NSB loss in home opener: 'They took us to the woodshed'

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Video by Multimedia Editor Sera Frederick

New Smyrna Beach lost its first game of the season in its home opener Friday, 21-12 to Deltona to fall to 2-1 on the season with Cudas head coach Lance Jenkins saying his team was outcoached.

Photo by Sera Frederick

The Deltona Wolves were strong in the trenches, easily getting to the 'Cudas backfield on several key plays that led to scoring on turnovers.

NEW SMYRNA BEACH -- The Cudas scored on the opening kickoff of the game with running Raheem Mostert sprinting 94 yards to put the Cudas up 6-0. But it was the power runs of Deltona fullback Josh Dagley who ran in three touchdowns and a stellar defense by the visiting team en route to a 21-12 loss at the NSB Sports Complex before a packed house.

Daytona cops: Big Tree Road man found murdered in his residence by ex-wife; cause of death not released

DAYTON A BEACH -- A Bug Tree Road man was found murdered in his residence Friday, Daytona Beach police said.

The body of Fred Johnson Sandlin, 70, was found in his apartment at 1601 Big Tree Road, No. 607, by his ex-wife who drove from Sanford to see him when he was a no-show in picking up his 9-year-old son, police said.

Strike up the band: Cudas sport new uniforms at Friday's home opener

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Video by Multimedia Editor Sera Frederick. The New Smyrna Beach Cudas marching band looked sharper than ever Friday at the NSB sports complex and with good reason, thanks to shiny new uniforms.

NEW SMYRNA BEACH -- Strike up the band. The 55-member Cudas marching band looked and sounded real sharp Friday night, especially at halftime of the football game, with 12 color guards led by senior drum major Kaitlin Hearn.

Controversy over naming rights to Daytona Beach News-Journal Center far from over

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The News-Journal Center went to Daytona State College while Halifax Media headed by Michael Redding shown here purchased the newspaper.

The following was written in the very last sentence of a lengthy story "College selects Tanner" in Friday's edition of the Daytona Beach News-Journal: "The board postponed a vote on a recommendation by Sharples for the college to buy the naming rights of the News-Journal Center from Halifax Media Group for $1 million."

As if Halifax Media Group headed by Michael Redding didn't benefit enough by acquiring the News-Journal in a fire sale at just under $20 million, a fraction of its true worth, he stands to gain another cool million bucks off his balance sheet by agreeing to have the newspaper's namesake removed from the $29 million cultural arts center on Beach Street.