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SE Volusia Chamber of Commerce to hold free business seminar in Edgewater

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EDGEWATER -- The Southeast Volusia Chamber on Sept. 21 will hold its newest business development seminar: "Beyond Winning-Success on Your Terms"

The 8:30-10:30 a.m. seminar is presented by Ned Harper, director of the Small Business Development Center of Daytona State College. It will be held in the Edgewater City Commission chambers of City Hall, 102 N. Rivereside Drive.

Barbara Arteta

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June 30, 1947 - Sept. 9, 2010

Barbara Arteta, age 63, of New Smyrna Beach, died Thursday, September 9, in Jesup, Georgia. Born in New York City, Mrs. Arteta came to this area in 1994 from Plattekill, New York.. During her working career, she was an executive administrator for a real estate company in Manhattan, the first female assembly line supervisor at the Ford Motor Plant at Mahwah, New Jersey, and a production scheduling manager at Star Expansion, Mountainville, New York, where she met her husband, Eugene.

9/11: Ninth Anniversary

Photo by Arty Pommerantz, retired photojournalist with the New York Post, taken in 1995, as a present for Henry Frederick, who was a metro reporter for the Journal News, a suburban newspaper.

NSBNEWS.net remembers 9/11 on this ninth anniversary with a webcast video interview with Ralph and Beverly Plant of New Smyrna Beach, who were in Manhattan that morning, plus blogs and a series of mini-stories and profiles of greater New Smyrna Beach people who were either there or worried about loved ones in New York City.

NSB resident Todd Barker on 9/11: 'I witnessed the horror of the second tower coming down'

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'One of the longest days of my life'

Todd Barker
Age:48
Hometown: New Smyrna Beach

Driving to the city on that day was pretty normal until I heard on the radio that a plane had wrecked into the World Trade Center. That was 8:45 a.m. and I didn't believe it and also the guy on the radio also didn't. As I drove the 75 miles to my destination by JFK Airport, I clinged to hear every word coming over the radio and just kept driving, which eventually I should have turned around, but I just went on my way.

Congresswoman Kosmas on the 9th anniversary of September 11th attacks: 'We must never compromise'

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Today, in remembrance of the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks, Congresswoman Suzanne Kosmas, D-New Smyrna Beach (FL-24), issued the following statement:

"As we remember the tragic events that took place nine years ago today, my thoughts and prayers go out to the victims of 9/11 and their families, our first responders and rescue workers, and to our brave men and women in uniform.

NSB couple recall destruction of Twin Towers during NYC visit

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NSBNEWS.net video by Sera Frederick. Ralph and Beverly Plant invited NSBNEWS.net into their New Smyrna Beach home on the eve of the ninth anniversary of 9/11. Ralph, 78, and Beverly, 79, who will celebrate their 50th wedding anniversary in March, were in New York City during the 9/11 attacks. This is their story.

Officials: NSB woman returning from New York trip with spouse on train instead found dead on RR tracks in Georgia; husband didn't know until arrival in Sanford

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Barbara Arteta, 63, of New Smyrna Beach, returning on an Amtrak train with her husband from a trip to New York, with an expected arrival in Sanford, was instead found dead Thursday on railroad tracks in southwestern Georgia  She disappeared overnight Wednesday with her purse and $1,000 in cash. Only her shoes were left behind.Now law enforcement officials are trying to figure if she was pushed out of a window found open.

NEW SMYRNA BEACH -- The ride on an Amtrak train was New Smyrna Beach resident Barbara Arteta's first and last returning with her husband from a trip to New York to meet their newest grandchild. Her body was found alongside tracks Thursday in Jessup, Ga., near Savannah, even though the auto train hadn't stopped there, her death at this time labeled "suspicious" by authorities there.

Spruce Creek High School football player alert and out of ICU following cardiac arrest at practice

By MARK WILLIAMS For NSBNEWS.net

PORT ORANGE -- A Spruce Creek High School football player is on the road to recovery after being hit hard during football practice earlier this week and going into cardiac arrest

Jordan Petersen, 17, collided with another player during practice late Tuesday afternoon. Authorities said he got up, took a couple of steps and collapsed.

He was rushed to Halifax Medical Center in Daytona Beach were doctors placed him in a medically induced coma.

NSB 16-year-old runaway Tara Yunker found safe and secure by Melbourne police

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NEW SMYRNA BEACH, Fla. -- Tara Jean Yunker, the 16-year-old New Smyrna Beach girl missing since Friday when she left her mother a note and ran off has been safely found, the Volusia County Sheriff's Office confirmed just after 9 p.m.