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NE SMYRNA BEACH -- The Coast Guard has been searching since 2 p.m. Saturday for two people missing in a boat that sent out a distress signal about 15 miles from the New Smyrna Beach shoreline.

NSBNEWS.net videos by Sera Frederick

The video to the left shows bird rescuer Marilyn Sullivan appealing to the city to put up signs informing people not to feed pelicans because it makes them more aggressive and dependent on humans for food. The video to the right captures pelicans along the Intracoastal Waterway in New Smyrna Beach just north of Riverside Park.

NEW SMYRNA BEACH -- Bird rescuer Marilyn Sullivan appealed to the City Commission to put up signs alerting people not to feed pelicans.

NSBNEWS.net photos by Henry Frederick.

The former New Smyrna Beach High School complex has been an eyesore for a decade now, but that's about to change with big bucks coming from the county through an ECHO grant to make way for the Mosquito Lagoon Marine Enhancement Center.

NSBNEWS.net file photo of City Commissioner Jack Grasty.

NEW SMYRNA BEACH -- City Commissioner Jack Grasty was all smiles Friday and why not? The city received two ECHO grants from Volusia County: $600,000 for the Mosquito Lagoon Marine Enhancement Center at the former New Smyrna Beach High School, and $281,853 for the city's portion of the Cross Volusia Trail.

NEW SMYRNA BEACH -- Police are on the lookout for a man with a handgun who tried to rob two people on North Myrtle Avenue just before 6:30 p.m. Wednesday.

Latrieka Chantel Hinson, 22, told police officer B. A. Morris that she and a friend were approached by a white man on North Myrtle near Ronnoc Lane, who displayed a handgun and demanded money from them.
Hinson told police she and her friend screamed out for help and the gunman ran off.

NEW SMYRNA BEACH -- It's "Children's Storytime" at Denny's restaurant on Tuesday.

Free food and a free book for children, 10 years and younger, are offered with the purchase of an adult meal at regular price. Storytime is from 5 to 7 p.m. at Denny's, 1830 State Road 44.

EDGEWATER -- A 51-year-old Melbourne woman was killed Thursday afternoon on Interstate 95 near Edgewater after she lost control of her 2001 Mazda sport utility vehicle into the median and struck a row of trees, the Florida Highway Patrol said.

NEW SMYRNA BEACH -- The motorist airlifted to Halifax Medical Center after striking another vehicle and overturning his Isuzu Rodeo several times before striking a tree on U.S. 1 Wednesday night, has been identified as 44-year-old David M. Weightman of New Smyrna Beach. He was listed Thursday night in stable condition.

EDGEWATER -- A 15-year-old Edgewater boy has been charged for a second time since February with intentionally starting a brush fire near the Florida Shores subdivision, Edgewater police said Thursday.

Police said the boy confessed to Wednesday night fire in the 1800 block of 35th Street at Pine Tree Drive. NSBNEWS.net is not naming the child because of his age.

CAPE CANAVERAL --  Today, following President Obama's speech on NASA policy at the Kennedy Space Center's Operations and Checkout facility, Congresswoman Suzanne Kosmas, D-New Smyrna Beach (FL-24), issued the following statement:

"The changes that the President has outlined today to his NASA proposal are steps in the right direction and a sign that he is listening to my concerns, but there is still room for improvement.