I heard on television where Piers Morgan of CNN was doing a show questioning if the government and media went overboard in their evacuations, warnings and media hype preceding Hurricane Irene. Now that gets my goat.

Don’t drink and drive when operating a motor vehicle of any kind. And that includes a boat, especially on this Labor Day weekend when many boaters will be out on the waterways of New Smyrna Beach and throughout Volusia County and off shore along the coastline.

By HENRY FREDERICK / Headline Surfer

NEW SMYRNA BEACH, Fla. -- Nineteen-year-old surfer dude Daniel True has earned his red badge of courage and he has a rather large shark bite wound on his right foot to prove it. That's no lie.

DAYTONA BEACH -- Hold the presses! The News-Journal's top story on the home page of its website labeled as "breaking news" was headlined: "Daytona Cubs unveil new logo."

Here is the link: http://www.news-journalonline.com/breakingnews/2011/09/daytona-cubs-unveil-new-logo.html

Astronaut of Titusville 36 New Smyrna Beach 17

NSBNews.net photos by Sera Frederick / The New Smyrna Beach High School Cudas (in the black uniforms) were only a touchdown down at halftime, but Astronaut High of Titusville, pulled away for an easy win, 36-17 at New Smyrna Beach Stadium.  

NEW SMYRNA BEACH -- The Cudas came up short in their home opener against Astronaut of Titusville, ranked eighth in the state Friday night, but there was something to cheer about: The Cheerleaders!

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Cudas host Titusville tonight at New Smyrna Beach Stadium

NEW SMYRNA BEACH -- The Cudas take to the field tonight with second-year coach Lance Jenkins against the Titusville Astronaut squad at New Smyrna Beach Stadium. If Tuesday night's attendance at New Smyrna Beach High School for athletics night was any indication, tonight's home opener should be rocking.

 Karen Lee Burger of New Smyrna Beach missing since July 25

Courtesy photo / Karen Lee Burger, shown here in the larger photo, has not been seen or heard from since July 25 and New Smyrna Beach police need your help in finding her. She is described as white, 5 feet 3 and 120 pounds, with blonde hair and blue eyes. She also has a drug problem. Another New Smyrna Breach woman, Jennifer Rado, shown in the smaller photo, who had an addiction to prescription pills, was reported missing in mid-July. Her alleged killer led police to her skeletal remains last month.  

NEW SMYRNA BEACH -- The disappearance and eventual discovery of the skeletal remains of Jennifer Rado last month sent shock waves through this seaside city, especially because she was married with two kids. And New Smyrna Beach police do not want a repeat of this with fellow resident Karen Lee Burger, missing now for 38 days.

NEW SMYRNA BEACH -- It seems just like yesterday that Megan Leigh Tully had Frederick "Fico" Fernandez as a math teacher, but time marches forward quickly. She's now in college and he's dead.

Central Florida News 13 anchor Scott Harris, whose broadcast career spanned 40 years, died Monday of kidney cancer. He was 64.

NEW SMYRNA BEACH -- Like many journalists, I knew Scott Harris on the beat.

Not in the news anchor's seat, which he held in the latter part of his career, but as a reporter covering breaking news when he was with Channel 6 and I was with the Daytona Beach News-Journal.