Nancy Lynn Stanovnik, 73, of Edgewater, who loved animals, died Thursday, Feb 5, 2009.
Germaine Marshakk, 96, of New Smyrna Beach, a homemaker, died Tuesday, Feb. 3, 2009.
Jane Ann Lund-Blaszkowski, 75, of New Smyrna Beach, a former member of the New Smyrna Yacht Club and Elks Lodge No. 1557, died Tuesday, Jan. 27, 2009.
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NSBNEWS.net video above by Sera King and photos below by Henry Frederick. An elderly man prished early this morning in a house fire that also claimed his dog on Cory Drive in Edgewater.
EDGEWATER -- The body of a man belived to be in his early 60s was found inside the back of a home just 
south of Edgewater that caught fire this morning, said Volusia County Sheriff's spokesman Gary Davidson.
Fire and law enforcement officials are on the scene investigating the blaze at 118 S. Cory Drive. The fire was called in by a neighbor at 7:49 a.m. Edgewater Fire Department units were first to arrive at the scene.
NSBNEWS.net photo by Henry Frederick. The DIRECTV blimp that was utilized to help broadcast the Super Bowlfor NBC won by the Pittsburgh Steelers over the St. Louis Cardinals, was serviced days earlier at the New Smyrna Beach Municipal Airport.
EDGEWATER -- A 53-year-old Oak Hill man was charged with theft after spending three hours Friday at Dustin's Bar B-Q restaurant on U.S. 1, where he ate beans, two hamburgers and drank a dozen cups of coffee, before walking outside to light up a cigarette and explaining to the pursuing manager that he had no money, Edgewater police reported.
Gary James Benben emptied his pockets after lighting up in front of Dustin's Manager Valerie Dunford at 4:45 p.m., explaining he didn't have his wallet on him, according to the police report.
The Bush League boys, clinging to their life-raft obstruction of Obama’s Ship of State, are really pissed off these days.
And no wonder. “Too much government” is threatening them -- too much Democratic refusal to overlook oversight of illegal activity.
The real, on-the-back, governmental interference in the form of wiretaps on private conversations, e-mails, credit information and illegal targeting of journalists and whistle-blowers doesn’t seem to spell “interference” to the advantaged few.
NEW SMYRNA BEACH -- Guitarist Peter Fletcher will perform at the New Smyrna Beach Regional Library at 2 p.m. Saturday. The concert is free and open to the
public.
Fletcher, who has studied guitar since he was 7, received a Master of Music degree from the Eastman School of Music and received the
school’s graduate award twice. He has appeared on Turner Broadcasting Systems’ “Storyline” and Fox-affiliate WAGA-TV’s “Good Day, Atlanta.”
