Edgewater

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Photos by Henry Frederick / Steve Dennis can thank Michele ad Robert Lott for costing him his 25-year tenure with the New Smyrna Beach Community Redevelopment Agency since they closed up their rented office for the Observer newspaper on Flagler Avenue. Not only is Dennis off the board, but the public no longer has direct access to the Observer, which no longer has a legal physical location.

NEW SMYRNA BEACH -- Steve Dennis abruptly resigned from the Community Redevelopment Agency after his latest claim to ties with the district were called into question by his board's chairman and by NSBNews.net.

Here is a telling quote from a speech by our President Barrack Obama: "We are not a Christian Nation."

NEW SMYRNA BEACH, Fla -- Pub 44 bartender April Perreault broke a lot of hearts during Bike Week.

I try not to watch the news but every now and then it is on while I am doing something else so I hear it. Tonight was one of those times and let me just tell you a couple of things I heard. These should help explain to you why I don’t like to watch.

Every picture tells a story and the clouds Wednesday night here lived up to their billing with a fierce storm that had everyone dodging puddles, hoping their windshield wipers were working and when they got home safety that their power would be on.

NEW SMYRNA BEACH, Fla. -- City Commissioner Lynne Plaskett knew the sudden blinding rain was too much for her windshield as visibility disappeared like a whiteout from a fast moving rainstorm while on her way to Edgewater to drop off her granddaughter from school, so she pulled over on Park Avenue.

My 15-year-old daughter, Angela DiCara, does not like doing math problems out of a text book, but enjoys charting a course and teaching others to do so. Angela says, "Sea Scouts is an adventurous opportunity."

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Courtesy photo / Gov. Scott has created a commission to review the viability of taxpayer-funded hospital districts.

TALLAHASSEE -- Governor Rick Scott signed today Executive Order 11-63, creating the Commission on Review of Taxpayer Funded Hospital Districts, which will consider whether government-run hospitals are in the best interest of taxpayers and recommend a cost-effective and efficient model for providing Florida with a health-care safety net.

Elected on a platform of “jobs, jobs, jobs,” Governor Rick Scott has been addressing importing businesses from other areas of the country and enticing start-ups to view Florida as fertile ground for their new endeavors.

EDGEWATER, Fla. -- With all the religious debate of the Muslim Faith and those who run for an office of leadership, or not, and if so, should we be concerned? On personal level, I am compelled to present the following for question, “Can one be a good Muslim and still uphold the values of being a good American?”