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Volusia County Corruption: De Facto takeover of SEV Ad Authority costs 2 employees their jobs

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Myriah Chandler, hon at far left, and Sherry Hendershot were terminated from their paid positions at the Southeast Volusia Advertising Authority by Interim Director Renee Tallevast without being given reasons.

NEW SMYRNA BEACH, Fla. -- Longtime Southeast Volusia Advertising Authority employees Myriah Chandler and Sherry Hendershot continually relive in their minds the day they were fired from their jobs at the New Smyrna Beach Visitors Center, each separately escorted from the premises by a sheriff's deputy in plain clothes, with holstered semi-automatic handgun attached to his belt.

Daytona Insiders now putting Florida's judiciary in corruption spotlight with massive campaign bucks

DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. -- In the Spring of 2014, International Speedway Corp. czar Lesa France Kennedy, whose billionaire family controls NASCAR, was able to get the Daytona Beach City Commission and Volusia County Council politicians to each pony up $20 million for her One Daytona retail village that was supposed to break ground way back in January. Dirt has yet to be turned even as both government entities are passing budgets for the upcoming fiscal year with hefty tax increases.

Daytona Insiders now putting Florida's judiciary in corruption spotlight with massive campaign bucks

DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. -- In the Spring of 2014, International Speedway Corp. czar Lesa France Kennedy, whose billionaire family controls NASCAR, was able to get the Daytona Beach City Commission and Volusia County Council politicians to each pony up $20 million for her One Daytona retail village that was supposed to break ground way back in January. Dirt has yet to be turned even as both government entities are passing budgets for the upcoming fiscal year with hefty tax increases.

Internet newspaper site repairs almost complete to continue news of Daytona-Orlando area for global audience

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Alfie's Restaurant in Ormond Beach grateful to community for celebrating its recent anniversary Henry Frederick Tue, 09/29/2015 - 08:55
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ORMOND-BY-THE-SEA, Fla. -- Betty and Bud Evans opened the original Alfie’s Restaurant in Jamestown, NY, way back in 1969.

 

CONGESTION: Beautification begins for North Causeway in New Smyrna Beach; expect even more traffic delays

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North Caueay drabridge in New Smyrna Beach will become a bigger traffic mess with a beautification project starting Monday / Headline Surfer® S. Causeway Bridge in New Smyrna Beach always jammed with beach traffic / Headline Surfer®Headline Surfer® photos /
The larger South Causeway Bridge in New Smyrna Beach, shown here in the inset may be preferable to the North Causeway Bridge, where a beautification project is expected to make driving an even bigger chore for motorists.

NEW SMYRNA BEACH, Fla. -- Rome wasn't built in a day and neither will a $1.2 million beautification of the North Causeway in this picturesque beach-front city of 22,000 residents.

Beautification begins Monday along the North Causeway, from Riverside Drive east to the George E. Musson Bridge. That's the draw bridge, in and of itself a major bummer for motorists, especially when the beach is letting out for the day.

VCSO: 15-year-old ex-New Smyrna Beach HS student arrested on charges of threatening mass school shooting

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NEW SMYRNA BEACH, Fla. -- A 15-year-old ex-New Smyrna Beach High School student has been arrested on several felony charges after a Volusia County Sheriff’s Office investigation into a bomb threat he made on Twitter revealed plans to commit a mass school shooting, an agency spokesman said.