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NSB commission candidates enthusiastic in debate but short on specifics in balancing charm and progress
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Headline Surfer videos by Sera Frederick / New Smyrna Beach City Commission zone 4 candidates Ed Bidault Jr., Steve Casserly and Kirk Jones answer questions posed by Headline Surfer and citizens at the Brannon Center, the first of eight races highlighted in a marathon session Saturday, sponsored by the New Smyrna Beach-based 24/7 Internet newspaper.
NEW SMYRNA BEACH -- In their only media debate of the Aug. 14 primaries, three candidates running for the City Commission zone 4 seat made the most of the opening session Saturday in a marathon series of debates at the Brannon Center sponsored by Headline Surfer.
Working on debate videos while trying to find venues for two more in Daytona and West Volusia
DSC and Stetson deny us venues for debates
NEW SMYRNA BEACH -- We're processing the videos along with a story for the second of our eight debates Saturday at the Brannon Center, this one being the race for Volusia County Council dist. 3 between Deb Denys, Jim Hathaway and Justin Kennedy.
Following that, we'll have presentations for Volusia County chair, supervisor of elections, two county judgeships, clerk of the circuit court and state attorney. The county chair and state attorney debates, in particular, were pretty intense. We have been working virtually around the clock in producing these videos along with stories since our marathon series of debates Saturday at the Brannon Center.
The Democrat Party and 1968: A personal political journey
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It is very satisfying to go against the grain with the truth on one’s side. One might begin humming the “The Battle Hymn of the Republic.” Slipping into smugness is not recommended, but it’s privately tempting.
Palm Coast man sentenced to 30 years in prison for robbing Ormond Beach pharmacy of painkillers
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Freddie Lee Giddemns Jr. of Palm Coast will spend the next 25 years in prison for a brutal prescription drug robbery of an Ormond Beach pharmacy last September. The minimum-mandatory sentence handed down would keep him behind bars until the age of 57.
DAYTONA BEACH -- A 32-year-old Palm Coast man convicted at trial in May of sticking a gun in the face of a phamacy tech in Ormond Beach for painkillers and other prescription drugs was sentenced Tuesday to 30 years in prison that requires him to serve a mandatory minimum of 25 years behind bars.
Colorado massacre grim reminder it's time to turn to 10 Commandments
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EDGEWATER -- The massacre in Aurora, Colo., with the gunman who killed 12 and wounded dozens of others during the midnight showing of a new Batman movie is tragic and senseless. But it's the person with a cold heart -- not the gun -- that pulls the trigger.
Colorado movie theater killings reminder of violent times
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EDGEWATER -- To say I was stunned when I heard about the tragedy in Colorado is an understatement. You would think that after all that has happened in recent years these things would not shock us so when they happen.
Taking away guns from law abiding citizens won't stop massacres
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ORMOND BEACH -- America’s collective heart has been broken again. A lunatic with a gun, and in this case several weapons, killed innocent people for no apparent reason. Three men died for their heroic acts in saving their girlfriends at the theater in Aurora, Colo., where “The Dark Knight Rises” was showing.
Issue of experience or lack thereof touted in New Smyrna Beach debate between candidates for County Council dist. 3 seat
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Headline Surfer videos by Sera Frederick / Volusia County Council dist. 3 candidates Deb Denys, Jim Hathaway and Justin Kennedy speak frankly on where they stand on the issues in the second of eight debates Saturday at the Brannon Center in New Smyrna Beach sponsored by Headline Surfer. Six more videos inside.
NEW SMYRNA BEACH -- All three candidates running for the Volusia County Council dist. 3 seat have previously won elected office and tout their experience as reasons why each has an advantage over the other two. But it's the degrees of separation that each asks the voter to consider in defining that experience.
Gov. Scott: Liquefied natural gas plant coming to Manatee County along with 250 new jobs
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TALLAHASSEE – Air Products, based in Allentown, Pa., plans to expand its liquefied natural gas heat exchanger manufacturing capacity by constructing a second manufacturing facility – 300,000 square feet – at a new site in Manatee County that will bring 250 jobs to the Sunshine State, Gov. Rick Scott announced this morning.