OAK HILL -- One and all are welcomed to purchase a 'Pick up chicken dinner' with all of the fixings at the VIA Hall, 126 East Halifax Ave. The $8 fee benefits the Oak Hill Trust.
Photo for Headline Surfer / At left is a poster announcing a contest seeking a new name for the City of Oak Hill with prizes for winning entries.OAK HILL -- The poster says it all: Wanted! Motto for the City of Oak Hill.
"Obviously, we want to promote our city," Oak Hill Mayor Douglas Gibson told Headline Surfer, echoing the verbiage in the Old West wanted poster.
As he rightfully pointed out, Orlando has a great motto: The City Beautiful. And Daytona's is known around the globe: "The World's Most Famous Beach."
So why not Oak Hill?
"We have endless possibilities for a bright future for our city," said Gibson, elected in November. "A motto would be great."
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OAK HILL -- The students, faculty and staff at Burns Science and Technology Charter School had quite the year -- from students talking to a NASA astronaut via ham radio to the cheerleading squad winning competitions to a student winning a national poster contest.
OAK HILL, Fla. -- There is no greater symbols of family and friends than the laughter of children at play under the rays of the Florida sun, grandparents and such sitting in folding chairs in the comfort of the shade provided by stately trees and the parents of young ones alternating between fishing out some change for cotton candy and checking their electronic gizmos for messages or news alerts.
Photo for Headline Surfer / The Saints and Sinners Cemetary in Oak Hill is among the oldest burial places in Florida with 130 internments on record, dating back to the 19th century.
OAK HILL -- Attention all saints and sinners: Your help is needed at the local cemeteries of the same name at 8 a.m. Saturday.
This guest blog was written exclusively for Headline SurferOAK HILL -- Let's hope that the new year will bring us joy and happiness.
We need to strive not to make the same mistakes as we did last year: You know, eat to much, drink to much, and argue about small meaningless things.
We need to look forward to making changes that will influence our lives in a positive way. Take our beautiful city and its water front. We need to once again look to the lagoon as our source of revenue, as it once was. The opportunity is there we just need to explore our options and make plans in this new year to do so.
OAK HILL -- The Volusia County Sheriff's Office took a report of burglary at 106 West Loop involving the break-in of a shed on the property sometime between Oct. 13 and Wednesday when th report was made.
The property owner didn't have an accounting as to whether anything was actually taken, a Sheriff's deputy noted.
Photo for Headline Surfer courtesy of Deb Denys / Oak Hill mayoral candidates and city commissioners Linda Hyatt and Doug Gibson are shown here from Saturday's Oak Hill Community Trust fundraiser at Mary DeWees Park.OAK HILL -- Some 125 people attended a barbecue chicken fundraiser Saturday at Mary DeWees Park sponsored by the Oak Hill Community Trust.
Among the attendees were several candidates running for public office including mayoral candidates Linda Hyatt and Doug Gibson in the non-partisan race. Both are city commissioners.
OAK HILL -- School starts Monday in Volusia County and Burns Sci-Tech. in Oak Hill will be ready! Their huge new building was dedicated Wednesday, Aug. 15, with a ribbon-cutting ceremony.
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Headline Surfer file photo / Jeff Bracy, shown here from a meeting last summer when he was on the Oak Hill Personnel Board discussing the future of then-Police Chief Diane Young, is now a city commissioner-elect.
OAK HILL -- The city clerk has disqualified two candidates for commission seats because she erred in qualifying them in the first place because their campaign finances were not secured when qualifying officially ended.
