NEW SMYRNA BEACH -- In the category of if anyone cares any more, the lights were out overnight Saturday on the artificial Christmas tree on the easternmost end of Canal Street.
There have been previous incidents of the tree lights not fully operating as intended since the nearly $9,000 tree paid for by the New Smyrna Beach Community Redevelopment Agency was officially lit Nov. 27. The following week, it was partially out during a rainstorm and on Dec. 13, a police officer wiggled the wires to get several outed lights to come back on.