Let's get right to it: Today is my wife Serafina's birthday and I love her very much. NSBNews.net would not be what it is today without her help, talent and guidance. All of the news makers in New Smyrna Beach know who Sera is. They know she's the eye behind the video camera at all of the community events on Flagler Avenue and Canal Street and city government meetings we have covered in three years.
File photos / Palmer Wilson (shown far left) and Marilee Walters have informed NSBNews.net they will no longer submit blog entries in protest to the premiere of Mayor Adam Barringer's new blog.NEW SMYRNA BEACH -- Two community bloggers with NSBNews.net have demanded their blogs be taken down in protest to Mayor Adam Barringer's inclusion as a blogger.
Photos by Henry Frederick / The chair assigned to New Smyrna Beach CRA Vice Chairman Steve Dennis is empty Wednesday. To the left (as shown in the photo) is Chairman Charles Belote and to the right is member Chad Shilsky.NEW SMYRNA BEACH -- Community Redevelopment Agency Vice Chairman Steve Dennis, who hasn't missed a meeting "in years," was a no-show for Wednesday's meeting at city hall.
DELTONA -- A precautionary boil-water notice is in effect for all homes on Stone Island in Southwest Volusia County.
Utilities crews shut off water at 11:30 a.m. Thursday to make repairs on a six-inch water main break. Residents are advised to bring tap water to a rolling boil for one minute before using it for drinking, cooking or ice-making.
DELAND -- It's easy, anonymous and could put up to $1,000 in someone's pocket. It's the crime-fighting Crime Stoppers program, and officials investigating a pipe bomb explosion early Sunday morning near DeLand are hoping that someone with information about the incident will call the tip line and claim a reward.
Port Orange agrees to lower permit fees in an attempt to re-activate a project to build an 87-unit Comfort Inn & Suites.PORT ORANGE – Trying to jump-start the stalled construction of a Country Inn & Suites hotel near Interstate 95, city officials have agreed to slash a permit fee.
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Courtesy photo / Oak Hill City Clerk/Administrator Laura Goodearly's name is listed with a clerk of a different venue: The Duval Clerk of the Court where she is listed in the criminal records for driving under the influence. Click the attachment below for full details on her adjudication of guilt to drunk driving. OAK HILL -- Scandal at City Hall is not limited to the police department. NSBNews.net has learned that City Clerk/Administrator Laura Goodearly is a convicted criminal. And she's seeking a raise at tonight's City Commission meeting.
