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NSBHS Principal Jim Tager and Cudas put best foot forward on gridiron and with funding shortages

NEW SMYRNA BEACH -- New Smyrna Beach High Principal Jim Tager is beaming with pride over the football team's undefeated regular season, despite the playoff loss to Winter Haven. Headline Surfer interviewed him after the game for "The Sunday Conversation."

Rise of Republican Party in Volusia County demonstrated in Nov. 6 election

DAYTONA BEACH SHORES -- A little over two years ago we Republicans began to take a serious look at our county and its governance. What we saw was a county which had been run by the Democrats for over a generation.

Consequently it is overcommitted to a tax and spend approach which, inter alia, burdens Volusia with unsustainable debt and commitments to greater debt.

Hathaway coverage leads local stories in Google News Directories this early Saturday

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Jim Hathaway leads New Smyrna Beach news coverageThe latest on former New Smyrna Beach City Commissioner Jim Hathaway tops local news coverage early this Saturday morning in the Google News Directories as shown here in this snapshot graphic.

NEW SMYRNA BEACH -- Jim Hathaway's recent "surprise" party has led to the announcement that he's going to be the grand marshal for the 2012 New Smyrna Beach Christmas Parade that will be held Dec. 1.

A community blog by New Smyrna Beach High School junior Cheyenne Drews asking citizens to sign a petition to have voters reconsider a referendum for additional school district funding that was rejected in the Nov. 6 general election.

Ex-City Commissioner Jim Hathaway named grand marshal for New Smyrna Beach Christmas Parade

Funding for longtime elected servant's party questioned by citizen watchdog

Jim Hathaway on fire truck during 2011 NSB Christmas ParadeThen-New Smyrna Beach City Commissioner Jim Hathaway, third from left and looking the other way, rode on a firetruck with other elected officials in the 2011 Christmas parade. This year, he'll be the parade's grand marshal. Videos from the 2011 parade are at the bottom of the story.

NEW SMYRNA BEACH -- First came Monday's "surprise" party for former City Commissioner Jim Hathaway and now his second present: He's been named the grand marshal for the Dec. 1 New Smyrna Beach Christmas Parade.

Hathaway told Headline Surfer he was given the news at Monday night's party held in the upstairs dining room at Mayor Adam Barringer's beachside restaurant, SoNapa Grille.

Online petition at NSBHS asks voters to reconsider school referendum rejection

NEW SMYRNA BEACH -- The New Smyrna Beach High School’s football team was in the headlines for its undefeated streak in the regular season. Cudas Pride is exploding, but there’s an underlying problem that isn’t being acknowledged.

Volusia County Chair-elect Jason Davis speaks exclusively with Headline Surfer about his Thanksgiving plans and future

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Headline Surfer video produced by Multimedia Editor Serafina King Frederick / Jason Davis discusses his plans for Thanksgiving and his future in an exclusive interview with a visit to the New Smyrna Beach residence of Headline Surfer Publisher Henry Frederick.

The Sunday Conversation: NSBHS Principal Jim Tager talks about the Cudas' great football season

New Smyrna and Winter Haven square off in football playoffsHeadline Surfer Publisher Henry Frederick with NSBHS Principal Jim Tager.NEW SMYRNA BEACH -- Jim Tager talks with Headline Surfer about the Cudas football team's undefeated regular season and the heart the players showed in their opening round loss in the playoffs to Winter Haven, as well as the controversy that surrounded the previous game with Spruce Creek and its marching band, in the 24/7 Internet newspaper's online newsmaker show, "The Sunday Conversation.

Coming Sunday: Rise and fall of Flagler Avenue's financial kingpin and the players along the way

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Investigative Reports: How Robert Lott acquired taxpayer and private dollars only to seek bankruptcy protection for upwards of half a million in debts

Robert LottNEW SMYRNA BEACH -- Robert Wayne Lott was once the financial kingpin of Flagler Avenue: president of the Southeast Volusia Chamber of Commerce, member of the hospital's board of trustees and purchaser with his wife of the weekly Observer newspaper. But despite his inside connections and influence to access taxpayer dollars, he got out from upwards of half a million in debts through federal bankruptcy.

After a nearly year-long investigation, Headline Surfer will tell you who the creditors were, where the money came from and who the players were along the way. The 24/7 Internet newspaper's "Show Me the Money" investigative report on Lott will be published Sunday.

Port Orange Family Days: Christmas classics early free gift to community

Port Orange Family Days moviesPhoto for Headline Surfer / There is plenty of family fun with two free holiday movie showings sponsored by Port Orange Family Days at the amphitheather at the city center.

PORT ORANGE -- The Port Orange Family Days gets the holiday season in full swing Dec. 7 and 14 with "free" showings of the modern classics Home Alone and Beethoven's Christmas Adventure in the Kenneth W. Parker Amphitheater at Port Orange City Center, 1999 City Center Circle.

Thanks to those who hold up the community as we move into the holiday season

DELTONA -- Thanksgiving has always been one of my favorite holidays. Our family gathers in the early afternoon around a table filled with the specialty dishes of the "roasting, cooking and baking" members of the family.