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Danica switches from Indy Racing to NASCAR, but what about Daytona 500?

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Danica Patrick Photo by Christian Petersen/Getty Images / Danica Patrick poses with the No. 7 NASCAR Nationwide Series GoDaddy.com Chevrolet at a press conference to announce her full transition to NASCAR at the GoDaddy.com Headquarters on Thursday in Scottsdale, Ariz.

DAYTONA BEACH -- Danica Patrick is bolting Indy Racing for NASCAR with a full-time ride in the Nationwide junior circuit and a limited schedule in the Sprint Cup series. Whether that Sprint Cup schedule includes the Daytona 500 is another story.

Hurricane Irene skirts outer Florida coastline

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Surf swollen in New Smyrna Beach & other Volusia coastal cities

Hurricane Irene swells New Smyrna Beach surfHurricane Irene continues to churn closer to the Florida coastline on this early Friday. With wind gusts of 45 mph, the surf is swollen as shown in  5:45 p.m. Thursday in New Smyrna Beach by Roxanne Reynolds Hicks.

NEW SMYRNA BEACH -- Volusia County's coastal cities -- from Ormond Beach to Daytona Beach, Daytona Beach Shores, Ponce Inlet and New Smyrna Beach -- were bracing for the remote possibility of Hurricane Irene turning in here, but the National Weather Service has it striking the Carolinas and Virginia with a trajectory to New York City.

Big groundbreaking Monday for Hampton Inn

 

 

NSBNews.net video by Sera Frederick Construction crews clear ground to make way for the Hampton Inn and Suites as shown here on Friday.
 

NEW SMYRNA BEACH -- Groundbreaking for the Hampton Inn and Suites will take place 4 p.m. Monday at 214 Flagler  Ave., between Peninsula and Pine Avenues.

Premiere Development Group, under the leadership of David Swentor and HIHO LLC,  are proud to announce that the planning stages are over and the construction will get under way on the very first new hotel to be built in the area in decades.

We need to make the best of it with tyranny in the world

For 200 years, American forces have fought in many wars: Valley Forge, Gettysburg, world War I, World War II, Korea, Vietnam, Iraq, Afghanistan, all for the cause of freedom. What is it about the United States of America, are we the only country that will fight for freedom for other countries so that their people can be free?

WESH reporter walks in waves in giving hurricane report

WESH reporter walking in the surf on Daytona BeachDAYTONA BEACH -- It's amazing how far TV news will go to hype a hurricane that clearly isn't coming here. But that didn't stop a WESH reporter from deliberately walking in the surf to make a point Thursday night.

The reporter alluded to the windy palm tree branches and the swollen waves from Hurricane Irene, which steered clear of Florida as it headed to the Carolinas.

Deadlines approaching for New Smyrna Beach city sporting events

The upcoming Co-Ed Softball season will tentatively begin on Monday, Oct. 3, at the New Smyrna Beach Sports Complex. Interested teams will need to attend the managers meeting on Wednesday, Sept. 14, in the portable located next to the city Parks & Recreation office, 1000 Live Oak St.

Hurricane Irene waves goodbye to Volusia County

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Christy Myllykangas and son Owen on New Smyrna Beach, FL

NSBNews.net video and photos by Sera Frederick / South Carolina resident Christy Myllykangas and her son Owen enjoy the swollen waves on New Smyrna Beach from Hurricane Irene.

NEW SMYRNA BEACH -- Mayor Adam Barringer laughed when asked what he thought of Hurricane Irene and all of the media hype: "It was the big nothing."

NSB High School teacher dies in surfing accident

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NSB High School teacher Frederick Fernandez Churning waves in wake of Hurricane Irene blamed for two deaths locally

Courtesy photo / Frederick Fernandez, 55, had a unique way teaching style with his students at New Smyrna Beach High School as shown in this undated Facebook photo.

NEW SMYRNA BEACH -- A popular New Smyrna Beach High School teacher died earlier today while surfing in post Hurricane Irene waves of 5 to 7 feet that forced him under with what turned out to be a major head laceration, the Volusia County Beach Patrol said.

Cuda Nation suffers great loss with teacher's sudden passing

They call us the Cuda Nation; Cuda Team, Cuda Country, Cuda Spirit… a Cuda family. But this Cuda family of New Smyrna Beach High School is down one team player tonight. Frederick Fernandez, age 55, also known as Mr. Fernandez, a math teacher, has died.