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NEW SMYRNA BEACH -- The surfer who holds the distinction of being the 23rd record shark-bite victim, even though he only received a slight cut and jumped right back into the waves after being bit on his heel just before noon Sunday, has been identified as 44-year-old David Logan of Jupiter, the Volusia County Beach Patrol confirmed.

Even though it was ''the weakest'' shark bite he'd ever seen, Beach Patrol Capt. spokesman Scott Petersohn said nevertheless it still counts, breaking the record 22 bite victims recorded in 2001, then dubbed "the year of the shark."

NEW SMYRNA BEACH -- Howrah! Howrah! Ron Sachs came marching home and got a hero's welcome today after 10 months in harm's way in Afghanistan with the 101st Airborne. Sachs was met at Daytona Beach International Airport just after 1:30 p.m. by his wife, Melinda, their two children and dozens of family members and friends, along with a police motors escort back to his home on the beachside. Sachs, 40, is a New Smyrna Beach cop.

NEW SMYRNA BEACH -- An unidentified 44-year-old surfer became the recrd-breaking 23rd shark-bite victim at noon today when he was nipped on the foot, the Volusia County Beach Patrol reported.

The surfer received a Band-aid from a lifeguard for a small cut and went right back into the water.

The man, whose name wasn't immediately available, was surfing near the South Jetty where surfers and sharks share the water. The bite broke the 2001 record of 22 such attacks, then dubbed the "year of the shark."

NEW SMYRNA BEACH, Fla. -- Special events bring our community to a standstill certain times of the year.

NEW SMYRNA BEACH -- A retired police chief armed with 40 years of budgeting experience and backed by more than 200 supporters told the New Smyrna Beach City Commission at Wednesday's public hearing that an 11.2 percent mill-rate increase was not going to fly and that there would be hell to pay come election time or even sooner through voter recalls for any of them who didn't heed his warnings. He got his way and that means $1 million has to be cut unless the city dips into already dangerously low reserves.

New Smyrna Beach Revised Millage.

New Smyrna Beach Proposed Budget.

NEW SMYRNA BEACH -- The lawyer for the Florida Law Enforcement found dead with his wife in their Cedar Avenue home died of a self-inflicted gunshot wound to his head while there were no outward signs of trauma to the wife's body, autopsies done this morning by the Volusia County Medical Examiner's Office revealed, New Smyrna Beach reported.

NEW SMYRNA BEACH -- A husband and wife were found dead in their home at 9:35 this morning at 312 Cedar Ave., after a "well-being" check, New Smyrna Beach police reported.

After gaining access to the residence, responding officers discovered the bodies of two deceased individuals, a male and female," police spokesman Sgt. Michael Brouillette said.