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Photos by Henry Frederick / NEW SMYRNA BEACH -- Felix Mathew of Alberta, Canada, wipes the seat to his Harley-Davidson in the parking lot of Denny's restaurant on State Road 44 in New Smyrna Beach as the rain does its thing.

NEW SMYRNA BEACH -- What a difference a week makes when it comes to the weather. Rainfall was the order of the morning Wednesday before giving way to sunny skies.

Editor's Note: NSB Mayor Adam Barringer writes exclusively for NSBNews.net, New Smyrna Beach's daily Internet newspaper

The Internet has passed print newspapers as a source of political news for American readers, especially the most politically engaged. Therefore, I have accepted an invitation by NSBNEWS.Net to write a blog,

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NEW SMYRNA BEACH -- Author Les Standiford will discuss his new book, “Bringing Adam Home: The Abduction That Changed America,” at the New Smyrna Beach Regional Library at 7 p.m. Monday. The book recounts the 1981 kidnapping and murder of Adam Walsh and the police investigation that took 27 years to close.

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Courtesy photos by Sandi Carroll / Little Theatre of New Smyrna Beach presents its newest play "Foxfire."

NEW SMYRNA BEACH -- Annie Nations, an indomitable Appalachian widow of 79, lives on her mountain farm with the acerbic ghost of her husband, Hector.

And so goes "Foxfire,"  a dramatic play by Susan Cooper and Hume Cronyn Performances that opens Friday at the Little Theatre.

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NEW SMYRNA BEACH -- Arts lovers Tod and Amanda Chismark had no problem plunking down a grand on artwork at the Atlantic Center for the Arts' annual "Horsin' Around" on Sunday. 

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

You have just shot a nice eight pointer. As you drag him out of the woods and get ready to put him in the truck, a plain dressed (or uniformed) individual approaches you, shows their identification and asks you for your hunting license, your tags (if applicable) and your driver’s license.

"The world has gone nuts... I listened to our President deliver the same garbage that has come out of the mouth of every president we have had for the last 40 years. We are now in another non-declared war (Libya) and don’t believe Obama, there will be troops on the ground within weeks.

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.

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NEW SMYRNA BEACH -- The Southeast Volusia Chamber of Commerce holds its next "Business After Hours" segment on April 14 at the Federal Trust Bank, 763 East 3rd Ave.