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EDGEWATER, Fla. -- Local gal Tia McDonald, who has travelled quite a bit in her young modeling career, including a spot in an MTV music video shoot, was recently in Australia, where she took part in the making of a book, "Fairy Tale -- Once Upon a Time, Act 1," by Somsay Toumngeun, including being on the cover and the inspiration for one of the characters.

Councilman Joseph Perrone knows firsthand that every vote counts, especially in a small town like Ponce Inlet as affirmed by a manual ballot recount Friday.

PONCE INLET -- Two races from the August primary went unchanged after recounts.

Ponce Inlet Town Councilman Joseph Perrone won re-election over Joe Villanella by one vote, the confirmed three days after the Aug. 14 primary, unchanged from the initial count, giving him the win, 609 to 608.

In another race requiring a recount, Shannon McLeish of Ormond Beach held onto her 27-voter margin over third-place finisher Jay Young for the right to go against Volusia County Council Council dist 4 primary primary winner Doug Daniels in the Nov. 6 runoff. Daniels, however, would win that final race.

EDGEWATER -- President Obama signed into law a bill giving gay marriages the same privileges as a marriage between a man and a women. In most religions, marriage is between a man and a women and some religions allow a man to have more than one wife.

NSBNews.net photos by Henry Frederick / Oak Hill Commissioner Doug Gibson stands in front of the Volusia County Sheriff's Air-One helicopter behind City Hall during a VCSO open house on Feb. 1

OAK HILL -- Volusia County Sheriff Ben Johnson played host to some 100 residents during an open house in February on the city hall grounds to commemorate six months of law enforcement service to the small city since its police force was disbanded six months earlier.

John's open house in Oak Hill comes in 95th among Headline Surfer's Top 100 Local Stories of 2012.