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Holly Hill Christmas festivities Friday and Saturday

HOLLY HILL -- Fan Exclusive! Come and hear recording artist Chris Via as he debuts his new Christmas EP - "Christmas With You" - at the Holly Hill Christmas Parade tree-lighting ceremony, 5:30 p.m. Friday on the front steps of City Hall, 1065 Ridgewood Ave.

Via will be in the 50th annual Christmas Parade that starts at 10 a.m. that day, No. 61 entry, from 14th Street to 10th street on U.S. 1.

State Rep. Dorothy Hukill to speak to Keiser University students Tuesday

NSBNEWS.net file photo by Henry Frederick. State Rep. Dorothy Hukill, R-Port Orange, will speak to Keiser University on Tuesday.

DAYTONA BEACH - State Rep. Dorothy L. Hukill, R-Port Orange, will speak to a group of first- and second-year political science students Tuesday as part of Keiser University's Law and Government Series.

Sherriff's Office and Deltona Fire Department team up for charity softball game to benefit two fallen members

DELTONA -- One was a well-known school crossing guard supervisor for the Volusia County Sheriff's Office who became the victim of a murder-suicide that orphaned her four children. The other was a popular Deltona Fire Department captain who lost his battle with advanced stage cancer, leaving his widow to care for the young grandchild that the couple was raising.

Dunn Lumber city's broken window

NSBNEWS.net photo by Henry Frederick. The former Dunn Lumber property, now owned by the city of New Smyrna Beach at a cost of $417,000 for nearly a year, is no closer to being the "gateway" to the city.

It stands at the corner of West Canal Street and U.S. 1, a symbol of ugliness that greets the tourists those on Canal Street are so eager to draw, spending tens of thousands of dollars on Christmas tree lights and a 20-foot artificial tree.

But even with all the glitz and glitter of holiday lights, Dunn Lumber stands as a symbol of the city's albatross. It's the white elephant that won't go away. It's the structure of decay.

Embattled CRA Director Kevin Fall blames last 4 months for reason for quitting; does not acknowledge tickets charging him with driving with an open container and speeding

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NSBNEWS.net file photo by Sera Frederick. Community Redevelopment Agency Director Kevin Fall doesn't address the Nov. 14 motor vehicle stop in his resignation letter Wednesday for which he was issued tickets charging him with driving with an open container of alcohol, speeding or driving without insurance, but he refers instead to not being allowed to perform his intended duties over the past four months.

Blogger Marilee Walters: Echoing the 'frustration' of the taxpayers

What we are beginning to see is, although it has been "festering" is the frustration of the "taxpayers."

They are beginning to awaken from their complacency, and are shocked and angry with what they see. A lot of them are taking it to the "streets" so to speak.

What the elected officials are learning is that they no longer will be able to act without providing answers to their constituents and also transparency. Democracy in action is surfacing.

We see it happening here in New Smyrna Beach.

Christmas tree above Bert Fish Medical Center lights up special night

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NSBNEWS.net photos by Henry Frederick. The towering electronic Christmas tree is lit up above Bert Fish Medical Center during the 20th annual Lights of Love ceremony Tuesday night, far left photo. In the second photo, Doug Hodson, board member of the Community Redevelopment Agency and the Southeast Volusia Advertising Authority, sits on the curb with friends. Pictured in the third photo are Sue Williams, incoming president of the Southeast Volusia Chamber of Commerce, and her husband, Tom, also a member of the CRA. Speaking on stage in the fourth photo is Garry Mac, spokesman for Bert Fish. Pictured in the sixth photo are the Beu Sisters.