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Volusia Animal Control Advisory Board meeting rescheduled to Oct. 13
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DAYTONA BEACH -- The Animal Control Advisory Board meeting scheduled for today has been postponed to 8:30 a.m. Wednesday, Oct. 13. The meeting will be at the Emergency Operations
Center, 49 Keyton Drive.
Bert Fish Medical Center "shines a (pink) Light" on breast cancer awareness
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Photo by Mark Steighner
Bert Fish Medical Center is "shining a light" on breast cancer with the use of pink exterior lighting throughout the month of October. The initiative is part of a month-long community outreach effort to raise awareness about the importance of early detection through mammograms.
NEW SMYRNA BEACH -- Bert Fish Medical Center is "shining a light" on breast cancer in an effort to raise awareness about the importance of early detection.
Same old, same old with Republican rhethoric
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DANCING WITH POLITICAL PROS
Incapacitated? Your vote incorporated? Your bankroll constipated? So leave it unregulated?
If so, I would modestly propose you’re out of step. Leading you in a merry dance before a judgment panel of professional prestidigitators, you’re begging to have your feet stomped, your head whirled in dizzy, dazzling, distortions of a direction called “right” with a tune-up job attuned to democratic disaster.
Utililities Commission of New Smyrna Beach honored with community service award
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NEW SMYRNA BEACH -- The Florida Municipal Electric Association recently honored the community service efforts of the Utilities Commission of New Smyrna Beach staff by recognizing the municipal electric utility with the 2010 Community Service Award.
A diabolical strategy to stop your kids from smoking
Most parents want to keep their kids from smoking. They generally try to use reason, threats and bribery. Unfortunately, these methods do not work as often as they would like.
My parents used a diabolically clever technique on my brother and myself which worked like magic and was effortless. They simply removed the usual kid’s incentive to want to smoke and let the sickening effects of the cigarettes, plus logic, do the rest.
'Mad Dog' radio has plenty to talk about with the national sports scene in full swing
Before Christopher "Mad Dog" Russo gets all amped up today about his San Francisco Giants in their opening series game against the visiting Atlanta Braves, the Sirius-XM Radio host will have to spend time talking about Wednesday night's games.
Let's start with a no hitter.
What a night for Major League Baseball. It doesn't get any better than Philadelphia Phillies pitcher Roy Halladay pitching a no-hitter against the slugging Cincinnati Reds in the opening game of their postseason series.
12-year-old Deltona boy hospitalized for burns to face and chest
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DELTONA -- A 12-year-old Deltona boy was hospitalized Thursday night after suffering burns on his face and chest, a Volusia County Sheriff's spokesman said.
Locals react to Rubio's campaign stop in New Smyrna Beach
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Photos by Henry Frederick.
Republican U.S, hopeful Marco Rubio addresses an enthusiastic crowd Thursday in New Smyrna Beach.
NEW SMYRNA BEACH -- Here is a sampling of the enthusiastic support by local residents and community leaders to Thursday's visit by Republicam U.S. Senate hopeful Marco Rubio to American Aero Services at the New Smyrna Beach Municipal Airport:
Margie Patchett, candidate for Volusia County Council at-large and founder of Volusia Tax Reform, goes over some campaign flyers with Rubio.
"He is wonderful. His message comes from his heart. He was speaker of the (Florida) house, when we took 17 buses up to Tallahassee in 2007, to push for reform measures. We need him in Washington. He's a true American -- a true conservative."
-- Margie Patchett
New Smyrna Beach High students perform 'Check, Please'
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NEW SMYRNA BEACH -- Students from New Smyrna Beach High School will perform "Check, Please," by Florida playwright Jonathan Rand on Friday and Saturday.
Many zany characters will come to life, including a man in a burlap sack, a mime and a man who has lost 300 pounds. The play explores how hard dating can be, especially when your date happens to be a raging kleptomaniac, your grandmother's bridge partner or a foot-reading psychic. Which is better - staying single the rest of your life or suffering through a series of the worst blind dates in history?