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DOT traffic advisory: Stretch of O'brien Road in Altamonte Springs closed today and tomorrow for Sun Rail project

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ALTAMONTE SPRINGS -- SunRail crews will close O'Brien Road at the railroad crossing in Altamonte Springs today and tomorrow.

Construction crews will install a second set of tracks at O'Brien Road and upgrade signal equipment during the closure.

County Chair-elect Jason Davis a man of his word

ORMOND BEACH -- So Jason Davis’s new best friend and advisor is Ted Doran according to a Dec. 1st story in the Daytona Beach News-Journal ( http://www.news-journalonline.com/article/20121201/NEWS/312019989). How low will the newspaper go with its negative coverage?

No arrests yet in two apparently separate Daytona Beach gunshot slayings since the weekend

DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. -- No arrests have been made in two separate gunshot slayings in the city since the weekend, though Police Chief Michael Chitwood indicated to other local media outlets his officers have identified a person of interest in the second slaying.

Even more taxpayer money spent for private party at NSB mayor's restaurant than city manager has said

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NEW SMYRNA BEACH -- What was supposed to be a quiet private sendoff for retired City Commissioner Jim Hathaway at Mayor Adam Barringer's wine-bar restaurant has turned into a public relations nightmare for city hall with receipts obtained by Headline Surfer showing even more taxpayer money has been spent than previously acknowledged.

NSB pinning its hopes for Canal Street inclusion in a new CRA district with Brannon Center as its pinnacle

Brannon Center in NSBNSB Mayor Adam Barringer in fromt of Brannon Center in 2009The Brannon Center, 105 Riverside Drive, is being discussed as an 'anchor' for Canal Street by city officials like Mayor Adam Barringer shown here in this NSBNews.net / Headline Surfer photo during his 2009 campaign.

NEW SMYRNA BEACH -- City officials are pinning their hopes for inclusion of Canal Street in a new CRA district with the Brannon Center as its pinnacle.

The Brannon Center was the focal point of a day-long visioning and goal-setting workshop at the Atlantic Centyer for the Arts for the City Commission and top administrative brass.

Orlando Sentinel: Daytona PD 'publicly identifies' murdered shooting victim Henry Frederick Mon, 12/03/2012 - 21:59

Internet newspaper continues to be excluded from PIO releases

Rayshard MitchellRayshard L. Mitchell was gunned down Saturday night in the 600 block of Verdell Street. Anyone with information on the homicide is asked to call DBPD Detective Bridget Hayden at 386-671-5263 or Crime Stoppers of Northeast Florida at 1-888-277-TIPS.

 DAYTONA BEACH -- The Orlando Sentinel is reporting that Daytona Beach police have publicly released the name of the young man shot to death over the weekend, but Headline Surfer has not been given any press release information on the homicide identifying the victim.

Internet newspaper coming of age with multiple awards

EDGEWATER -- This little upstart Internet newspaper as some people call it has certainly grown and come of age in its almost five years of existence. And it shows with the recent awards Henry Frederick, its editor and publisher, received in the Florida Press Club's 2012 journalism contest.

Daytona Beach PD sends press release on homicide to Internet newspaper day after sending it to other media

DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. -- Police confirmed through a press release that a man was shot to death Saturday. The press release, dated Dec. 1, was sent to Headline Surfer 5:42 p.m. Sunday after Headline Surfer complained it was excluded from the original release given to other media outlets when the news was breaking and wrote a story about it.