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NSB police investigating sudden deaths of FDLE lawyer and wife in their Cedar Avenue home

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NEW SMYRNA BEACH -- A husband and wife were found dead in their home at 9:35 this morning at 312 Cedar Ave., after a "well-being" check, New Smyrna Beach police reported.

After gaining access to the residence, responding officers discovered the bodies of two deceased individuals, a male and female," police spokesman Sgt. Michael Brouillette said.

NSB cops: FDLE lawyer died of self-inflicted gunshot wound to head; wife's death unexplained

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NEW SMYRNA BEACH -- The lawyer for the Florida Law Enforcement found dead with his wife in their Cedar Avenue home died of a self-inflicted gunshot wound to his head while there were no outward signs of trauma to the wife's body, autopsies done this morning by the Volusia County Medical Examiner's Office revealed, New Smyrna Beach reported.

Looking at the city payroll and money management

A look at the 100 highest paid people on the city payroll leaves the reader with several impressions. First, we have a lot of well paid people working for the city. Second, we have a lot of people working for the city. Third, there seems to be a lot of overtime being paid. In the business world, companies sometimes declare bankruptcy in order to get away from cost structures that they can’t maintain, but can’t change because of contractual agreements. Is this the position New Smyrna Beach finds itself now? And if not now, then when?

Marriage Licenses

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Sept. 24, 2008 -- Daniel J. LaPolla and Caylyne A. Shelton, New Smyrna Beach.

Sept. 23, 2008 -- Stanislaw B. Ziemlinski, New Smyrna Beach, and Eleonora Pyszczorska, Opole, Poland.

Sept. 20, 2008 -- John P. Von Albade and Ruth E. Swanitz, Edgewater.

Sept. 19, 2008 -- Jeremy W. Starliper and Kimberly R. Rhodes, New Smyrna Beach.

Sept. 18, 2008 -- Michael J. Chamberlin and Michaelina R. Guynn, Edgewater.

NSB Budget Shot Down

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NEW SMYRNA BEACH -- A retired police chief armed with 40 years of budgeting experience and backed by more than 200 supporters told the New Smyrna Beach City Commission at Wednesday's public hearing that an 11.2 percent mill-rate increase was not going to fly and that there would be hell to pay come election time or even sooner through voter recalls for any of them who didn't heed his warnings. He got his way and that means $1 million has to be cut unless the city dips into already dangerously low reserves.