PORT ORANGE -- First United MethodistChurchof Port Orange is featuring its best selection of pumpkins at its Pumpkin Patch with more than 2,000 pumpkins and assorted gourds available.
The Pumpkin Patch is open noon to 8 p.m.Monday through Friday, 10 a.m. to 8 p.m.Saturday and noon to 5 p.m.Sunday throughout the month of October.
Here are some of the programs available at the Atlantic Center for the Arts, ongoing through Nov. 13:
Exhibition: Works by Master Artists Svetlana Chmokova, Paul Pope, and Craig Thompson Opening reception: 5 to 7 p.m., Oct. 15.
This exhibit features the work of Master Artists-in-Residence for ACA's themed Graphic Novel/Sequential Art Residency (Oct. 11-31): Svetlana Chmokova, Paul Pope, and Craig Thompson.
Oct. 7, 2010: Raymond E. Wyant and Nicole C. Stewart, New Smyrna Beach; Harvey E. Colon, New Smyrna Beach, and Robin P. Fenner, Edgewater.
Oct. 5, 2010: Curtis J. Bell, New Smyrna Beach, and Elizabeth M. Preston, Edgewater; Larry A. Dungey and Sabrina L. Rowe, Edgewater; Anthony J. Labombard and Brenda L. Athelstone, New Smyrna Beach; Tommy E. Owens and Amanda J. Lynn, New Smyrna Beach; Robert Ryan, New Smyrna Beach, and Aniana Morales, Deltona;
Oct. 1, 2010: Aaron M. Cooper and Rachael S. Renfroe, New Smyrna Beach; David M. Sanfod and Minnie L. Smith, New Smyrna Beach.
DELTONA -- A motorcyclist lost his life late Friday afternoon in a collision with a car near the
intersection of Haulover Boulevard and Blackburn Avenue in Deltona, a Volusia County Sheriff's spokesman said.
The biker, whose name was not released, was thrown from the motorcycle in the collision with a Nissan Altima and was pronounced dead at the scene of the 4:30 p.m. accident, Sheriff's spokesman Gary Davidson said.
The driver of the car, whose name was immediately known was uninjured and was alone in the car.
NEW SMYRNA BEACH -- Students from New Smyrna Beach High School will perform "Check, Please," by Florida playwright Jonathan Rand on Friday and Saturday.
Many zany characters will come to life, including a man in a burlap sack, a mime and a man who has lost 300 pounds. The play explores how hard dating can be, especially when your date happens to be a raging kleptomaniac, your grandmother's bridge partner or a foot-reading psychic. Which is better - staying single the rest of your life or suffering through a series of the worst blind dates in history?
Photos by Henry Frederick.
Republican U.S, hopeful Marco Rubio addresses an enthusiastic crowd Thursday in New Smyrna Beach.
NEW SMYRNA BEACH -- Here is a sampling of the enthusiastic support by local residents and community leaders to Thursday's visit by Republicam U.S. Senate hopeful Marco Rubio to American Aero Services at the New Smyrna Beach Municipal Airport:
Margie Patchett, candidate for Volusia County Council at-large and founder of Volusia Tax Reform, goes over some campaign flyers with Rubio.
"He is wonderful. His message comes from his heart. He was speaker of the (Florida) house, when we took 17 buses up to Tallahassee in 2007, to push for reform measures. We need him in Washington. He's a true American -- a true conservative."
-- Margie Patchett
DELTONA -- A 12-year-old Deltona boy was hospitalized Thursday night after suffering burns on his face and chest, a Volusia County Sheriff's spokesman said.
NEW SMYRNA BEACH -- The Florida Municipal Electric Association recently honored the community service efforts of the Utilities Commission of New Smyrna Beach staff by recognizing the municipal electric utility with the 2010 Community Service Award.
DANCING WITH POLITICAL PROS
Incapacitated? Your vote incorporated? Your bankroll constipated? So leave it unregulated?
If so, I would modestly propose you’re out of step. Leading you in a merry dance before a judgment panel of professional prestidigitators, you’re begging to have your feet stomped, your head whirled in dizzy, dazzling, distortions of a direction called “right” with a tune-up job attuned to democratic disaster.
Photo by Mark Steighner
Bert Fish Medical Center is "shining a light" on breast cancer with the use of pink exterior lighting throughout the month of October. The initiative is part of a month-long community outreach effort to raise awareness about the importance of early detection through mammograms.
NEW SMYRNA BEACH -- Bert Fish Medical Center is "shining a light" on breast cancer in an effort to raise awareness about the importance of early detection.
