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VCSO: 15-year-old ex-New Smyrna Beach HS student arrested on charges of threatening mass school shooting

NEW SMYRNA BEACH, Fla. -- A 15-year-old ex-New Smyrna Beach High School student has been arrested on several felony charges after a Volusia County Sheriff’s Office investigation into a bomb threat he made on Twitter revealed plans to commit a mass school shooting, an agency spokesman said.

CONGESTION: Beautification begins for North Causeway in New Smyrna Beach; expect even more traffic delays

North Caueay drabridge in New Smyrna Beach will become a bigger traffic mess with a beautification project starting Monday / Headline Surfer® S. Causeway Bridge in New Smyrna Beach always jammed with beach traffic / Headline Surfer®Headline Surfer® photos /
The larger South Causeway Bridge in New Smyrna Beach, shown here in the inset may be preferable to the North Causeway Bridge, where a beautification project is expected to make driving an even bigger chore for motorists.

NEW SMYRNA BEACH, Fla. -- Rome wasn't built in a day and neither will a $1.2 million beautification of the North Causeway in this picturesque beach-front city of 22,000 residents.

Beautification begins Monday along the North Causeway, from Riverside Drive east to the George E. Musson Bridge. That's the draw bridge, in and of itself a major bummer for motorists, especially when the beach is letting out for the day.

Volusia County Corruption: De Facto takeover of SEV Ad Authority costs 2 employees their jobs

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Myriah Chandler was fired from the SVAA / Headline Surfer ®herry Hendershot was fired fom the SVAA / Headline Surfer®Headline Surfer® videos /
Myriah Chandler, hon at far left, and Sherry Hendershot were terminated from their paid positions at the Southeast Volusia Advertising Authority by Interim Director Renee Tallevast without being given reasons.

NEW SMYRNA BEACH, Fla. -- Longtime Southeast Volusia Advertising Authority employees Myriah Chandler and Sherry Hendershot continually relive in their minds the day they were fired from their jobs at the New Smyrna Beach Visitors Center, each separately escorted from the premises by a sheriff's deputy in plain clothes, with holstered semi-automatic handgun attached to his belt.

VCSO: Deputies shoot and kill passenger in GMC truck who opened fire on them during traffic stop in Barberville

Locator map going gunman killed by VCO depuitie near Pierson, Fla / Headline Surfer®PIERSON, Fla. -- A passenger in a pickup truck pulled over during a traffic stop late Monday night in Barberville was killed after he shot at two Volusia County Sheriff’s deputies and the female driver also was struck by a bullet in the crossfire, an agency spokesman said, adding the deputies weren’t injured.

Here is a synopsis of what happened as decribed by Voluia County Sheriff's spokesman Gary Davidson to HeadlineSurfer.com: After spotting a burned out tail light, deputies pulled over the GMC truck at 11:29 p.m. as it traveled westbound on S.R. 40 just west of County Road 3.

Could NSB municipal gov't take over utility with car dealer Jack Holcomb on board?

Create: Thu, 09/17/2015 - 11:56
Author: Bob Tolley

NEW SMYRNA BEACH, FLA. -- With the recent appointment of auto dealership owner Jack Holcomb to the Utilities Commission, the city could now have the three votes it needs to control the budget and finances of the utility, which it has been desperately seeking control of for years.

Former Councilwoman Pat Northey of Deltona re-connects with online journalist on Facebook

Create: Thu, 09/17/2015 - 03:33
Author: Sera King
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Then-County Councilwoman Pat Northey is interviewed at the Ocean Center in Daytona Beach in 2012 by HeadlineSurfer.com Publisher Henry Frederick. Northey's Facebook page again includes the internet newspaper as a Facebook friend now that she has new duties with the public as a member of the Charter Review Commission.

DELTONA, Fla. -- Pat Northey, the longstanding Volusia County Councilwoman bounced from the dais of the Frank T. Bruno County Council Chambers in a bitterly-divided 2014 election, has begun mending fences with the online journalist who has followed her political career for the last 20 years.

Formula One Australian Grand Prix to continue racing in Melbourne

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Politician Daniel Andre rub it in ith the F! Grand Prix race remaining in Melbourne, Australia / Headline Surfer®

DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. -- Melbourne has secured the Formula One Australian Grand Prix until at least 2023, staving off a contentious bid from rival suitor Sydney, with a dose of politically-charged bragging rights thrown in for good measure.

9/11 anniversary: where has our humanity gone with migrants on the move?

EDGEWATER, Fla. -- As I write this on the eve of the 9/11 tragedy having just watched the national evening news showing hoardes of migrant in Europe fleeing toward a hopefully better life in another country with many dying in the effort, I am wondering where our humanity has gone. It seems to be missing. Has anyone seen it lately?