NSBNEWS.net photo by Henry Frederick. This Mustang collided with a Buick LeSabre on North Dixie Freeway at Eleanor Avenue at 10:30 tonight. No one was seriously injured, but southbound Dixie Freeway traffic had to be re-routed by police west onto Eleanor Avenue while firefighters tended to the occupants of both vehicles.
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DELAND -- A DeLand biker was struck and killed early Saturday by a pickup truck going the wrong way on U.S. 17, according to the Florida Highway Patrol.
The midnight accident north of Old Daytona Road claimed the life of Michael E. Priester, 53, who was riding his 2007 Harley-Davidson on the inside northbound lane, when he was struck by a 2007 Dodge pickup driven by Raymond T. Youngblood, 62, of Seville, the highway patrol said.
The truck then veered onto the east shoulder, across Old Daytona Road, and into a building at 1519 Old Daytona Road.
ORANGE CITY -- Three people were killed when a sport utility vehicle overturned early Sunday on Carpenrter Avenue, just north of Rhode Island Avenue, according to the Florida Highway Patrol.
Michelle O'Rourke Fisher, 36, of DeBary, was driving north on Carpenter Avenue, when she lost control of her 1997 Ford Explorer at 12:30 a.m. and the vehicle overturned -- killing her and two passengers -- Christopher Lee Doerr, 27, of Orange City and Marianne Doerr Nipper, 52, of Austell, Ga. None of them were wearing their seatbelts, the highway patrol said.
DAYTONA BEACH -- Passenger traffic at Daytona Beach International Airport (DBIA) decreased 40 percent in January 2009 compared with January 2008.
During January, 28,102 total passengers arrived and departed through the county-operated airport, compared with the 46,777 travelers recorded in January 2008. For the 12-month period ending Jan. 31, 576,196 passengers traveled through DBIA, compared with 695,418 total passengers in 2008 and representing a 17 percent decrease.
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In her talk on the Stimulus bill with business owners in New Smyrna Beach, Suzanne Kosmas made some interesting points and raised a few nagging questions. For New Smyrna residents, the most important point that she made was in response to a question about what will the bill do for commerce here. Her revealing answer was that the bill was very weak in that respect.
Since New Smyrna Beach is typical of many cities in the U.S., we could infer that the bill will probably not do much for a very large part of the American population. In fact, there are a lot of good reasons to think that the so called stimulus bill will not do much to help the economy in general.
DAYTONA BEACH -- Performance artist Dominique Holloway will host a poetry reading and celebration at 5:30 p.m. Wednesday, March 18, at the Volusia County Library - City Island.
Dr. Jose Carmona, director of the Embry-Riddle Language Institute, will read several of his poems. Spruce Creek High School students who are part of the international baccalaureate program and their teacher, Ligia Cabrera, will read original poems and interpret poetry from the book “Vatos,” a tribute to Latino men.
DELAND -- Volusia County Government employees gave the Ocean Center food drive a jump start this month, compiling more than 4,100 items, said Vickie Pleus, a county spokeswoman.
That effort was amplified Sunday, Feb. 22, by guests of the Ocean Center grand opening who more than doubled those contributions, bringing the food drive total to 8,740 items.
DAYTONA BEACH -- There’s a new carrier at Daytona Beach International Airport (DBIA) to bring island lovers to the Bahamas again.
Beginning Thursday, Feb. 26, IslandPass LLC will offer flights from DBIA to Marsh Harbour in the Bahamas’ Abaco Islands Fridays, Saturdays, Sundays and Mondays, and Treasure Cay Wednesdays and Thursdays. The flights depart Daytona Beach at 7:30 a.m. Return flights from the Bahamas leave the islands at 10 a.m. One-way flight time is less than 90 minutes.
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NSBNEWS.net photo by Sera King. Lois Tipton, one of the oldest residents of West Canal Street in New Smyrna Beach, told city commissioners Tuesday she's concerned labeling her neighborhood as historic could limit her ability to sell her property if she so desires.
