NSBNews.net was involved in a drive-by shooting at the Mystic gas station as well, but we were not armed with a handgun. We had a small hand-held digital camera. The kind with rapid fire response.
DAYTONA BEACH -- Virginia Larzelere, the condemned mastermind behind the 1991 shotgun slaying of her Edgewater dentist-husband for a $2.1 million life insurance payout was all smiles Friday at the Justice Center because even though she was sentenced to life in prison, the death penaty was no longer at play.
As if that was not reason enough to smile, Larzelere, now 55, could get out of prison in eight years or even sooner because of gain time under the old Florida sentencing guidelines that were in effect at the time of her conviction.
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| The Volusia County Beach Patrol drives on an emptied NSB beach Thursday after a thunderstorm that included lightning. NSB News photos by Henry Frederick |
What can be done about out of control gas prices and many goods and services?
It's not only at the pumps, we are also paying higher prices on home energy, groceries and clothing.
Why?
Truckers are paying $5. a gallon for diesel fuel, while the farmer uses fertilizer and gas to run their tractors which are petroleum-based products.
EDGEWATER, Fla. -- In every day of our life, we scurry here and there hoping to get where ever it is we are going.
I am watching in horror as reduced funding and a contracting economy cut into educational budgets across the country. This is not election year bleating about draconian cuts to future increases but real money.
Check or check card? How many people reading this column still use checks at the grocery store? Is this out of convenience or because this is what you are to doing?
The Volusia County Department of Economic Development will conduct an economics briefing to business, banking, education and local government leaders beginning at 7:45 a.m. Friday, Aug. 8, at the Daytona Beach International Airport. The briefing will be in the Volusia Room which is on the second level in the main terminal. The briefing will highlight the area’s employment trends, commercial and residential building activities, and the latest residential foreclosure rates for the months of April, May and June. The seating for this event is limited to the first 120 registrants.
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