Last Tuesday night was another act in the long running Kabuki theater at the City Commission meeting. According to the reports, Commissioner Jim Hathaway, supported by Mayor Adam Barringer and Commissioner Judy Reiker, voted to return the millage rate to last year's rate, thus negating the proposed rollback rate from the last meeting.
NSBNEWS.net will present a series of stories with videos following up on Monday night's big meeting by Bert Fish Medical Center officials regarding partnering up with a larger hospital to ease its financial stresses. We hope these stories will help the public understand the process and get beyond the politics to the bottom line on why two major hospitals are fighting for control of our community hospital and what's at stake for quality health care and ultimately the cost to the taxpayers.
Photo by Henry Frederick
Samantha Bishop, shown in this photo taken earlier in the week in front of the Southeast Volusia Chamber of Commerce on Canal Street in New Smyrna Beach, has been at the helm for 40 days as interim executive vice president succeeding Steve Dennis, shown below, who was fired. Bishop said she discovered on her first day on the job that the chamber's financial reserves were depleted, forcing her Thursday to lay off the four paid staffers.
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NEW SMYRNA BEACH -- The four paid staffers for the Southeast Chamber of Commerce were let go Thursday because there wasn't enough revenue to pay their salaries, interim Executive Vice President Samantha Bishop said.
With that action taken, Bishop will move forward alone with the day-to-day operations of the chamber, relying on volunteers to help.
Photos by Henry Frederick
Linda DeBorde is the center of attention Thursday in front of her real estate office at the corner of Pine Street and Flagler Avenue where she is given a retirement sendoff, street-party style by 100-plus friends, family and other civic leaders in honor of her 38 years as proprietor of Nu Day Realty and her community contributions over the years. At left, great grandson Caysen Hilton, 2, gets some lovin' while T.C. Wilder, 80, displays his affection for the friend he's known for five decades.
NEW SMYRNA BEACH -- Linda DeBorde took each day's challenges with the understanding that a new day would bring new rewards and challenges, hence "Nu Day Realty" became a cornerstone of earning a living and giving back to the community as each day turned into weeks, then months, years and decades. All of that came full circle Thursday with this day in her honor with the New Smyrna Beach proclamation: "Linda DeBorde Day."
DAYTONA BEACH -- A pilot's keen sense of smell was enough to do an emergency landing of a single-engine plane at Daytona Beach International Airport at 8:20 p.m. Saturday, officials there said, adding they had discovered a bird got caught in the engine.
Videos by Multimedia Editor Sera Frederick.
Watch our exclusive video coverage of the New Smyrna Beach High School football game Friday night at home against Mainland of Daytona Beach, including half-time show by the NSB High School Marching Band and our post-game interview on the field with head Coach Lance Jenkins.
NEW SMYRNA BEACH -- Telvin Hooks dashed 56 yards for a touchdown to give the 'Cudas a 7-0 lead in the first quarter, but it was transfer running back's former team, Mainland, that scored the final 27 points to win the game Friday night at home, 27-7.
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Convicted child sex offender Richard Ervin of New Smyrna Beach is being held without bail at the Volusia County Brnch Jail on 10 warrants out of Pinielas County on child sex charges.
NEW SMYRNA BEACH -- A registered child sex offender who lives in New Smyrna Beach is being held without bail at the Volusia County Branch jail on a warrant charging him with a series of sex crimes out of Piniellas County and is awiting transfer to that jurisdiction.
Sera and I like the early voting process rather than waiting until the last minute.It gives us a chance to think about the candidates and where they stand on the issues that are important to us. Plus, we have plenty of time to drive to the one location -- the New Smyrna Beach Library -- and not have to fight any crowds or worry about limited parking at our usual polling place, the Brannon Center.
The reason why I bring I bring this up now is today is the final day to register to vote for the Nov. 2 general elections.
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Far left file photo by Henry Frederick
Former Volusia County Council dist. 3 candidate Ellen Darden, shown far left, is livid with the story published Tuesday in the Daytona Beach News-Journal, "County Council candidate puts financial woes into public view," which takes dead aim at Volusia County Council at-large candidate Margie Patchett, shown here in the middle photo, which clearly favors her opponent, former state Rep. Joyce Cusack, shown far right.
Darden, who ran in the primary for the district 3 seat that has George Trovato and Joie Alexander squaring off in the November runoff, wrote a letter to the Daytona Berach newspaper regarding the bullseye on Parchett and sent a copy to NSBNEWS.net. Here is Darden's letter:
It cracks me up when the assigned reporter covering New Smyrna Beach for the "Daytona Beach" News-Journal takes a holier-than-thou attitude about life in the projects. The riveting headline "Murder puts New Smyrna Neighbors on Edge" is laughable, if not pathetic.
New Smyrna neighbors on edge. Really?
Let's be clear about this. Where does the reporter get his information? Where else do News-Journal reporters get their information? Either through prepared press releases that reporters put their byline on or by covering government meetings and regurgitating agendas.
