SOUTH DAYTONA -- An elderly woman escaped flames that fully engulfed her home mid-day Monday, city officials said.
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Flare Elliott, a Canal Street merchant and one of the leaders of the Friends of Historic Canal Street, is excited that the FEC has a train passing through New Smyrna Beach next month to deliver toys for tots.
NEW SMYRNA BEACH -- Who needs a sleigh when there's a train? The Florida East Coast "Toys For Tots" Train will stop in New Smyrna Beach on Dec. 11 at Myrtle Avenue and the tracks.
For as long as I have been in a band, I have heard of the Deland Original Music Festival. Every year, around late October, local musicians start gearing up for it and advertisements go out all over Myspace and Facebook; and every year my band mates and I say the same thing, "we will never pay to play a show."
NEW SMYRNA BEACH, Fla. -- Volusia County Councilwoman Joie Alexander is a class act.
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Entrepreneur Ernie Johnson has big plans for the Badcock building at Canal and U.S. 1, including high-end shoppes, but in order to make it happen, he needs $750,000 from the CRA. Johnson is tiny in this long-shot view from inside.
NEW SMYRNA BEACH – Plans to revitalize the entryway to historic Canal Street at U.S. 1 is picking up steam now that a sales agreement has been finalized for the purchase of the former Badcock building.
With the first grading quarter over and the second already halfway through, high school is proving to be better than expected. Although a big transition going from middle to high school, many are happier to be in a new environment with more maturity and responsibility. I think your high school years are definitely the ones you are going to remember and I plan on making the best of them.
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Deposed Daytona State College President Kent Sharples gives the thumbs up Thursday after a separation-retirement agreement is announced by board Chairman John Tanner, shown here at left.
DAYTONA BEACH -- Two major events in an otherwise stellar career as president of Daytona State College, proved to be the undoing Thursday of Kent Sharples.
DEBARY -- A precautionary boil-water notice was lifted today for 33 homes on Jasmine and Bougainvillea drives and Lupine and Larkspur lanes.
The boil-water notice had been issued Monday after county crews discovered a break in a three-inch water main. The main has been repaired.
ORANGE CITY -- It’s time to get in the swing of things with Volusia County’s adult winter softball league. Games will be played at Pfc. Emory L. Bennett Veterans Memorial Park, beginning Dec. 13.
The fee for this league, which consists of 10 - 12 games, is $425. Coed teams will play Monday nights, and men’s teams will play Tuesday and Thursday nights. The league will follow ISA rules with various modifications.
Videos by Multimedia Editor Sera Frederick. Check out our exclusive video coverage of Saturday's Run for the Fallen 5k walk/run in New Smyrna Beach and our tribute photo video to Buddy Richardson, who died Monday at the age of 81, who was a key part of the initial run two years ago.
NEW SMYRNA BEACH -- Danielle Oldham was relishing in the success of her weekend "Run for the Fallen" 5k walk/run when she learned of Monday's passing of a veteran who had been a key part of her initial campaign two years ago: "R.I.P. Buddy Richardson. You were a great man to our community and a brave man for serving our country. You will be missed."
