PUBLISHER'S COLUMN

Mar 14, 2009

New Smyrna Residents are divided on the subject of getting better education by putting more money into the public school system. This division is demonstrated by the responses given by two…

Mar 07, 2009

I've never seen the movie Sleepless in Seattle, but I know how it feels to be sleepless in New Smyrna Beach and the problem is not loneliness.

Living on U.S. 1 or North Dixie Freeway has…

Mar 06, 2009

Watching the bikers go back and fourth forces you to think about them and what they mean to New Smyrna Beach . There are good and bad features to Bike Week.

First of all, it is refreshing…

Mar 02, 2009

It was surprised that about half of the businessmen I lunch with were aware that the new stimulus bill contained a foundation for Nationalized Health care and “civilized denial of some medical…

Feb 27, 2009

When New Smyrna City Manager John Hagood got up from his seat and walked about 15 yards to the elevator on the third floor of the Utilities Commission  where the City Commission meets, a song from…

Feb 24, 2009

In her talk on the Stimulus bill with business owners in New Smyrna Beach, Suzanne Kosmas made some…

Feb 22, 2009

We are continuing to update NSBNEWS.net to better inform and update you on what is happening here in your own backyard and around the world with news that we believe is relevant, fresh and thought…

Feb 18, 2009

The Daytona Beach News-Journal has fired nine more journalists, including its former longtime New Smyrna Beach bureau chief, its former Sunday editor and a former managing editor, as it continues…

Feb 13, 2009

Richard Moll, deputy superintendent for finances for the Volusia County Schools, gave a talk to the New Smyrna Kiwanis recently to explain the financial problems the district is facing. After…

Feb 09, 2009

The people in New Smyrna have got to be just a little unnerved by the wave of violence that has cropped up in our sleepy little town. Saturday's fatal shooting of the armed robber at the Medicine…

Feb 08, 2009

New Smyrna Beach officials are not taking the recent crime wave lightly and had some…

Feb 07, 2009

Saturday morning was my time to sleep in until I heard the police sirens pass by from cop cars whizzing by to the pharmacy up the street. It didn't take long to learn that an armed robber had been…