Did you know that each city in our county and some individual cites pay upwards of $90 in your taxes per feral cat to put them to sleep? We pay to kill cats...and dogs! That does not include police and animal control time and work. And not just the feral ones. The feral ones just get the needle sooner.
The 2011 Session of the Florida Legislature officially began last week, which means I will now spend the next two months in Tallahassee. I'll be working with other legislators from around Florida as we confront the many challenges that face our state.
DAYTONA BEACH -- There were three-motorcycle-related deaths during Bike Week 2011, which ended today.
There were seven biker-related deaths last year. Still, the 10 fatalities collectively from the last two Bike week pale in comparison to the carnage of 2006, when there were 19 deaths.
Courtesy photo / Andrew Ouellette, 13 of Port Orange, faces a felony bribery charge after trying to talk his way out of a speeding ticket while riding his Yamaha sport bike at 3:30 in the morning, according to a deputy's report.PORT ORANGE -- A 20-year-old motorcyclist was charged with bribery early Saturday morning by offering money to a Volusia County Sheriff's deputy to get out of a speeding ticket and wound up going to jail instead.
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NSBNews.Net file photo by Dale Smith who contributed to this breaking news story / Circuit Judge Richard Graham rejects the merger between Bert Fish and the Adventist Health Systems. We have complete coverage include the judge's ruling, which can be read by clicking the attachment as well as a series of exclusive videos throughout the merger process and through the courts. DAYTONA BEACH -- Circuit Judge Richard Graham's verdict today in the civil trial that essentially nullifies the May 27 merger against the Bert Fish Medical Center merger with Adventists Health Systems is being hailed by the Bert Fish Foundation attorneys as a victory not only for government action in the sunshine, but also as a long-term savings to Southeast Volusia taxpayers who are already the highest taxed in Florida.
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Courtesy photo for NSBNews.Net / New Members of the Port Orange Family Days Community Trust Board, flanked by President John E. Evans, left and Installing Officer Mayor Allen Green, right, are, from left, Cheryl Shaw, Mike Arminio, Amy Hall, Todd Matacale, John Junco and Karen Beattie. PORT ORANGE -- Mayor Allen Green told the members of the community-building Port Orange Family Days Community Trust that the one thing he won't let a resident tell him is "where home is."
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Here is a Port Orange police composite sketch of a robbery suspect as described by a purse-snatching victim who reported the strong arm robery at 12:15 p.m. Monday.PORT ORANGE --A woman waiting for a Votran bus shortly after noon today said she was robbed of her purse by a woman who jumped out of a van that pulled over and then jumped back in and sped off, Port Orange police said of the 12:15 p.m. incident.
Photos by Dale Smith / Joie Alexander is all smiles in her first weeks since being sworn in as the district 3 representative on the Volusia County Council, following her overwhelming Nov. 2 election victory over private attorney George Trovato.Just a year shy of a decade with the Volusia County Council, Joie Alexander was term-limited from the at-large seat before deciding in the 11th hour last year to seek the district 3 seat held by term-limited Jack Hayman. Fighting off the label of career politician, Alexander finished first in the Aug. 24 primary in a field of seven and then easily defeated finalist George Trovato in the Nov. 2 general election with 56-plus percent of the vote.
The Newsmaker Q & A interview was conducted by contributing writer Dale Smith.
PORT ORANGE -- Joie Alexander believes in sage words spoken by others who have had an impact on her life. Take Will Rogers, for example: "Don't let yesterday use up too much of today."
Courtesy photos / Steven Collins and Jill Hargy are jailed on multiple charges by Port Orange police alleging they broke into unlocked vehicles and committed grand theft by stealing jewelry, electronics and cash.PORT ORANGE -- A man and a woman have been charged with breaking into at least 30 vehicles in the city and police here have put out an alert to other area cop shops that might have similar unsolved incidents.
TALLAHASSEE -- New Smyrna Beach Mayor Adam Barringer and State Rep. Dorothy Hukill, R-Port Orange, were among several local dignitaries at Tuesday's inauguration of Republican Rick Scott.
