NEW SMYRNA BEACH -- Where else can you find up to the minute plans of people you never see in person, photos of the latest haircuts of all your friends, over-used inspirational quotes, and above all else, the central location for complaints, but Facebook?
NEW SMYRNA BEACH -- Does the high price of movies have you down? Watch some of the year’s most popular films at the New Smyrna Beach Regional Library. It won’t cost you a dime.
ORLANDO -- The Orlando Magic will open the 2013 preseason at Veterans Memorial Arena in Jacksonville on Oct. 9 against New Orleans.
The Tip-off is 7 p.m. for the Wednesday game. This marks the third time that the Orlando Magic have played a preseason game in Jacksonville, with their last trip coming in 2008.
DAYTONA BEACH -- Plans for the modernized Daytona International Speedway and the continued allegations of wrongdoing within New Smyrna Beach city government are the two big stories we're working on as the late afternoon gives way to the evening. We'll also have an update on jury selection for the George Zimmerman trial and Headline Surfer will announce the five outstanding Volusia County citizens it has selected for lifetime achievement awards as part of the 24/7 internet newspaper's 5th anniversary.
NEW SMYRNA BEACH -- While City Manager Pam Brangaccio was fully aware that more than 900 items were missing from the police department's evidence room well before an after-hours press release last month, Headline Surfer has learned she entered into a secret agreement back in October with then-Police Chief Ron Pagano that had him retire at year's end, only to continue to pocket more than $67,000 he didn't even earn.
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OAK HILL -- The students, faculty and staff at Burns Science and Technology Charter School had quite the year -- from students talking to a NASA astronaut via ham radio to the cheerleading squad winning competitions to a student winning a national poster contest.
Oak Hill has vacancies on Hist. Preservation Board, Planning & Land Devel. Regulations Comm., Economic Devel. Board, Waterfront Comm. If interested, contact the City Clerk's Office at 386-345-3522.
DAYTONA BEACH -- Israel has entered a period of greater threat to its existence as a state than any since 1973, as a combination of Iran’s continued reach for nuclear weapons, the Syrian Civil War and the impact on Egypt of the Arab Spring have shattered the manageable regional situation which Israel had established and dramatically increased the vulnerability of the Jewish state.
Headline Surfer locator / Steven Pindar was airlifted to Halifax Hospital in Daytona Beach after smashing up his vehicle Sunday night. Circumstances of the crash were not released by police.
SANFORD -- The Zimmerman trial got underway this morning at 9:01 with a pleasant "good morning" from the judge.
The pleasantries ended there in one of the most anticipated high profile trials since O.J. Simpson, with the prosecutor using the accused murder George Zimmerman's profanity-laced statement in a 9-1-1 call before pulling the trigger: (Expletive punks) -- these (expletives) always get away."
