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Sept. 22, 2009 -- Daniel W. Whitaker and Dawn K. Miller, Edgewater; William J. Joyce and Sheena M. Cox, Edgewater.
NSBNEWS.net photo by Henry Frederick. Mayoral candidate Marilee Walters said she was physically wiped out in the waning moments of primary night voting as shown in this photo outside a polling precinct on the beachside Tuesday night. Walters finished a distant third in her first try at elective office.
NEW SMYRNA BEACH -- Former mayoral candidate Marilee Walters issued a written statement Thursday, thanking those who voted for her candidacy.
Like the Biblical story of Noah's Ark, the Sept. 22 primary run-off candidates will have to endure the uncertainty of 40 days and 40 nights, which is the amount of time left for the Nov. 3 voting to determine who will join Zone 2 City Commissioner Jack Grasty, who romped to victory over two other candidates, along with commissioners Jim Hathaway and Lynne Plaskette, the latter two not facing the voters this time around.
Will it be the upstart Adam Barringer who beat Mayor Sally Mackay by 15 votes or will the mayor reclaim her throne as the face of New Smyrna Beach city government? Will challenger Judy Reiker's near outright victory in the primary prove insurmountable to Zone 1 City Commissioner Randy Richenberg or will he be able to mount a big enough turn around to retain his seat for a second term?
If Day 1 of the 40 days, is an indication, then the two incumbents have to redouble their efforts to win voter support next month.
Sept. 25, 2009: Phillip E. McLaughlin Jr. and Denise L. Poirier, Edgewater.
Paul Nieves, 56, of New Smyrna Beach, a native of Tampa, died Tuesday, Sept. 22, 2009.
Bernice Scott, 86, of New Smyrna Beach, a homemaker, died Tuesday, Sept. 22, 2009.
Carl Burkhart Jr., 57, of Edgewater, a native of Pittsburgh, died Monday, Sept. 21, 2009.
Lovina Reve, 75, of Edgewater, a native of Port-au-Prince, Haiti, died Monday, Sept. 21, 2009.
John Silva-Medeiros, 59, of Edgewater, and a native of Fall River, Mass., who enjoyed doll making, woodworking and photography, died Friday, Sept. 18, 2009.
Sept. 25, 2009: Raymond L. Kuhn and Gina A. Guffanti, Edgewater; James C. Harris and Rebecca L. Ryan, Edgewater; Jess T. Adams Jr. and Tanya M. Simonds, New Smyrna Beach; Robert F. Smith and Andrea M. Walter, Edgewater.
OAK HILL -- The city's $1.6 million budget for the new fiscal year that begins Oct. 1, will require a tax increase, despite wage freezes and no new equipment purchases.
The tax rate to support the budget, approved Monday, requires $5.79 per $1,000 of assessed property value, which is still more than a percentage point higher than the rolled-back rate of $5.72, which is considered a break-even rate by the Florida Legislature, and therefore not a tax increase because it would have generated the same amount of revenue minus new construction.
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Courtesy photos. Corrections officer Donna Fitzgerald was murdered by an inmate at Tomoka prison -- stabbed 25 times on June 25 while she was working alone in a section of the prison with 13 inmates. Enoch Hall, a lifer, was charged with capital murder and faces the death penalty, if convicted at trial.
DAYTONA BEACH -- A 47-year-old city woman died Tuesday at Shands Medical Center in Gainesville, just four days after being caught in an apparent electrical fire in her Forest Ridge Drive home.
Robin Pond was being treated in the hospital's burn unit for third-degree burns that covered 75 percent of her body.
Her family has planned a memorial service for 2 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 10 at the Volusia Memorial Funeral Home, 548 N. Nova Road, Ormond Beach.
