EDGEWATER -- City Council member Gigi Bennington informed her colleagues earlier tonight that the Pet Society, a group of private volunteers, raised and donated $14,000 to benefit the surgical unit at the city's animal shelter.
Bennington's announcement came during a discussion of a revised animal control ordiance that has more teeth in it in terms of enforcement.
NEW SMYRNA BEACH -- With a third shark-bite attack reported this weekend in the surf off the South Jetty, the Volusia Beach Patrol has a plausible increase for the flurry of activity: warmer waters.
"Last weekend, the water temperature was between 67 and 68, but this weekend it was 73 to 74 degrees," said Beach Patrol Capt. Scott Petersohn, the agency's spokesman.
Not only does the warmer weather mean more active bait fish, which create a feeding frenzy for the 5- and 6-foot sharks that feed on them, but also more humans enjoying the surf.
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NEW SMYRNA BEACH -- Police were looking for a gunman Sunday night believed responsible for shooting a 37-year-old man on the city's west side, who underwent surgery at Bert Fish Medical Center for a gunshot wound to his left shin.
Marcus Peterson, 37, was shot at least once in a confrontation at 554 Josie St., about a block from Ronnoc Lane. Police responding to the 6:34 p.m. shooting, found the bleeding victim, who was expected to survive, police Sgt. Valerie Joyce said.
DELTONA -- A 48-year-old New Smyrna Beach man was killed Saturday afternoon on State Road 415 after the driver of the car he was in lost control of the vehicle and collided nearly head-on with an Edgewater motorist, the Florida Highway Patrol reported.
Keith Hall, 48, died in the 1:15 p.m. crash after being ejected. The driver, Doreen Hall, 45, and the other motorist, Kenneth Davis, 55, of Edgewater, were taken to Halifax Medical Center in Daytona Beach. Dorren Hall was in critical condition and Davis was in serious condition.
NEW SMYRNA BEACH -- Two men were bitten within 10 minutes of each other Saturday morning near the South Jetty, becoming the third and fourth bite victims of the year, the Volusia County Beach Patrol said.
The first victim, a 55-year-old Sanford man, sustained a small bite on his right hand about 9:20 a.m., and was briefly treated at Bert Fish Medical Center and released.
The second surfer, a 49-year-old Southeast Volusia resident, had a more serious bite to his foot that required surgery at Bert Fish Medical Center later in the day. He was expected to make a full recovery.
NEW SMYRNA BEACH, Fla. -- Christopher Trull is back in prison, where he belongs, according to the prosecutor who presided over the sensational murder trial for which he was found to be the least culpable among his three brothers in the slayings of two Maryland Spring Breakers and the near killing of a third a decade ago.
Pearl M. Hampton, 111, of New Smyrna Beach, a homemaker, died Friday, May 15, 2009.
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NSBNEWS.net photos by Sera Frederick. Danny Veltri is shown on two large screens outside Flip Flops as hundreds cheer inside and outside the beachside restaurant for the winner of FOX reality TV's "Hell's Kitchen.
NEW SMYRNA BEACH -- Danny Veltri proved tonight before a nationwide telvision audience he could stand the heat in the ultimate kitchen -- FOX reality TV's "Hell's Kitchen -- winning the national recognition as top chef and $250,000 richer.
