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NSBNEWS.net video by Sera Frederick. City Commissioners held off on voting on a new contract for Interim City Manager Pam Brangaccio after Commissioner Jim Hathaway voiced concerns about the terms of the contract. Brangaccio is shown in the photo below. NSBNEWS.net has the entire proceedings on video here.

NEW SMYRNA BEACH -- At the beginning of tonight's City Commission meeting, Commissioner Judy Reiker commented pleasingly how everyone seemed to be "gellin'."

That was until the discussion about a new contract and lifting the label of "interim" for Interim City Manager Pam Brangaccio.

DELAND -- The search is on for a gunman who burst into a home near DeLand late Tuesday night and shot and killed a man, a Volusia County Sheriff's spokesman said.

The victim is believed to be 33-years-old, but his identity isn't being released until family members
are notified. Volusia County Sheriff's investigators don't believe the killing was random.

The shooting occurred at a home on Helen Drive. The Sheriff's Office received the initial call at 11:19 p.m. from a neighbor on Pearl Street who reported hearing yelling and multiple gunshots.

John Thomas Barnes, 59, of New Smyrna Beach, who worked in the family business, Barnes Motors, for 20 years before going to work for the Volusia County School Board, died Monday, Dec. 7, 2009.

Dec. 9, 2009: Gothard G. Peterson Jr. and Susan C. Peterson, Edgewater; Cliff D. Baker, Oak Hill, and Heather N. Higginbotham, South Daytona; Pietro Capuano, New Smyrna Beach, and Cheryl A. Guarro, Edgewater.

Dec. 8, 2009: Herman J. Behr and Vanessa M. Pierce, Edgewater; Eric R. Stevens and Denielle H. Swann, Edgewater; Ryan A. Mabry and Brenda L. Rivera, Edgewater; Paul K. Nugent, New Smyrna Beach, and Valerie G. Johnson, Ocala.

Robert J. Smith, 69, Edgewater, a former machinist, died Tuesday, Dec. 8, 2009.

Neil S, Banks, 90, of Edgewater, a former vice president in the banking industry, died Monday, Dec. 7, 2009.

Evelyn Pappas, 92, New Smyrna Beach, a homemaker, died Monday, Dec. 7, 2009.

David A. Stankevich, 67, of Edgewater, a field superintendent for Wharton-Smith, Inc., a major construction company, and an active member of the Anglers' Yacht Club, died Monday, Dec. 7, 2009.

DELAND -- The Volusia County Sheriff's Office's 100 Deputies/100 Kids Program, now in its 21st year will host over 250 economically disadvantaged children today at the Volusia County Agricultural Center on State Road 44 north of DeLand.

Dec. 11, 2009: Christian M. Goins, New Smyrna Beach, and Medea Bevier, Palm Coast; James T. Canzanella and Shaina M. Durham, New Smyrna Beach.

Dec. 10, 2009: William R. Moore Jr. and Dawn C. McKenna, New Smyrna Beach.

Courtesy photos.Roy Deion Fudge Jr., has been sent to prison for five years for attempted murder in the May 17 shooting of Marcus Peterson, also of New Smyrna Beach.

NEW SMYRNA BEACH -- Roy Deion Fudge Jr., has been sentenced to five years in prison for last May's near-fatal shooting of another New Smyrna Beach man.

Fudge pleaded no contest Dec. 2 to attempted murder and was subsequently sentenced that day by Circuit Judge Frank Marriott at the Volusia County Courthouse in DeLand.

Courtesy photos/Jail mugs. John Kunze and Michael Krol have been charged in connection with the alleged purse snatching in New Smyrna Beach in which the victim was battered.

NEW SMYRNA BEACH -- Two men were jailed after their arrests Friday night after a woman's purse was snatched during which she was battered, New Smyrna Beach police said.