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New Smyrna Beach mayoral candidate Chase Herbig wows 130 at Garlic campaign fundraiser, including Oak Hill mayor & Port Orange councilman

NEW SMYRNA BEACH, Fla. -- Chase Herbig was treated like a rock star at his meet-and-greet campaign event at the Garlic that drew 130-plus strong to the restaurant to hear the New Smyrna Beach mayoral hopeful talk about his plans for this seaside city's future.

Remembering Diane Matousek, dead at 63: former Clerk of Circuit Court for Volusia County among first to digitalize public records

DELAND, Fla. -- A celebration of the life of Diane M. Matousek, former Volusia County Clerk of the Court, who died July 24, 2018, will be held a week from today at the historic Volusia County Courthouse. Matousek was 63.

Fresh off NSB Board of Realtors endorsement, New Smyrna Beach Mayoral candidate Chase Herbig to discuss platform tonight at meet-and-greet with residents at the Garlic

NEW SMYRNA BEACH, Fla. -- Fresh off his endorsement from the NewSmyrna BBeach Board of Realtors, mayoral candidate Chase Herbig will hold a meet and greet 5:30 to 7:30 p.m. at the Garlic restaurant, 533 Third Ave. where he will discuss his platform for the future of this seaside city known for the Charm.

Supervisor of Elections Lisa Lewis: Monday is the deadline for Volusia County residents to register to vote in the Aug. 28 primary

DELAND, Fla. -- Supervisor of Elections Lisa Lewis is reminding residents through Headline Surfer and other daily media outlets that Monday is the final day to register to vote in the Aug. 28 primary.

Sheriff Mike Chitwood's separate-and-unequal media policy that applies only to Headline Surfer now spans 569 days and Volusia County has done nothing about it

Create: Tue, 07/24/2018 - 02:01
Author: Sera King

DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. -- For 569 consecutive days, Headline Surfer, has had to endure the vindictive separate-and-unequal media policy that has been in place since Sheriff Mike Chitwood took office on Jan. 1, 2017.

Chitwood's media policy applies only to the award-winning 24-7 internet news site, which has won more journalism awards for breaking cops and courts news than all the other media outlets combined dating back to 2012. 

New Smyrna Beach Board of Realtors endorses Chase Herbig for NSB mayor; ex-Sheriff Ben Johnson and incumbent Deb Denys for county council seats

NEW SMYRNA BEACH, Fla. -- It comes as no surprise that ex-Sheriff Ben Johnson was endorsed by the Board of Realtors in his run for at the at-large seat on the Volusia County Council. Same thing with endorsing Deb Denys for re-election to her District 3 County Council seat representing New Smyrna Beach, Edgewater, and Oak Hill. 

And right there in the same company is Chase Herbig, one of six first-time candidates for mayor of New Smyrna Beach with no incumbent. And so it was Herbig tabbed Friday by the New Smyrna Beach Board of Realtors as the organization's 2018 endorsement recommended to the voters as the successor to retiring Mayor Jim Hathaway, a second-generation native son whose late father also was mayor of the city by the sea in the 1970s.