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New Smyrna Beach man arrested in DUI crash for 2nd time
Mark Cristopher Barringer shown in the the photo from a Volusia County Branch Jail booking mug was charged with drunken driving and DUI resulting in an accident with damage to personal property. NEW SMYRNA BEACH -- For the second time in less than two years, Mark C. Barringer has been arrested on DUI charges that resulted in him crashing a motor vehicle, New Smyrna Beach police said.
Barringer, 25, was arrested 4:53 Monday after wrecking his car in the vicinity of 300 Flagler Ave., according to a police report by officer Joseph Hunchard. When Hunchard responded, he found the driver asleep at the wheel with his Nissan Frontier in the middle of Flagler Avenue with the engine running.
NWS: 57 degrees Sunday at New Smyrna Beach Municipal Airport ties 10-year-old record
NEW SMYRNA BEACH -- Early Sunday morning temperature of 57 degrees at New Smyrna Beach Municipal Airport tied a record for lows set in 2001 on that date, according to the National Weather Service in Melbourne.
Temperatures, though, are expected to return to normal for rhis time of year with a high of 90 today and bright sunshine.
Recent news proves state economic programs working
By DOROTHY HUKILL PORT ORANGE -- In recent weeks, we’ve learned that new jobs may be coming to Volusia County. Several companies are now considering either moving their businesses to our area or expanding their existing operations here.
Teledyne Oil & Gas, a high-tech company that currently operates a 330-worker plant in Daytona Beach, may want to build a new facility nearby. This company specializes in engineering production that is used all over the world, and would be a perfect fit for recently laid-off workers from Kennedy Space Center. It could bring 100 jobs to our local area.
Sea Scouts contribute to oyster restoration project in New Smyrna Beach
NEW SMYRNA BEACH -- Voluteers are needed and you and your family can have some fun while being part of a oyster reef restoration project.
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NSBNews.net photos by Henry Frederick / The Volusia County Sheriff's Office responded to a 9-1-1 call of an armed robbery 1:44 p.m. Sunday at the Sugar Creek Citgo on S.R. 44 near New Smyrna Beach.NEW SMYRNA BEACH -- A masked man armed with a large knife, possibly a machete, robbed the Sugar Creek Citgo on S.R. 44 near New Smyrna Beach this afternoon.
No one was injured during the hold-up, which is under investigation by the Volusia County Sheriff's Office. Deputies were dispatched to the store after the Sheriff's Office received a 9-1-1 call reporting the robbery at 1:44 p.m.
One of the hazards of living in Florida are the throngs of long lost friends and relatives who want to “visit." Needless to say, my winter guest list has accelerated since I moved to Ponce Inlet.
Edgewater Towing & Recovery's Myron Hammond fights city hall and wins!
EDGEWATER, Fla -- Don't tell Myron Hammond of Edgewater Towing & Recovery that you can't fight city hall. He did and he won!
NSBNews.net welcomes Dairy Queen
NEW SMYRNA BEACH -- NSBNews.net welcomes Dairy Queen of New Smyrna Beach as our newest advertiser.
The ad will appear for one year, 24 hours a day, on the top right hand corner our home page (240 by 200 rotator) along with 600 "paste-in ads" that will appear on the bottom of our stories and blogs.
NSBNews.net is in the process of creating a Dairy Queen "web page" that you'll be able to access by clicking on the ad on the home page as well as the ad on the stories and blogs. Dairy Queen has all that advertising for less than $2.75 a day for a whole year.
Dairy Queen has all that advertising for less than $2.75 a day for a whole year.
Although the print daily and weekly newspapers left, NSBNews.net operates right here in the heart of New Smyrna Beach. We need to work together to ride out this horrible economy and NSBNews.net can do that for you with affordable advertising that reaches far more customers than dying print media.