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Flagler Fish Company celebrates eight years in business Henry Frederick Mon, 09/09/2013 - 23:04
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FLAGLER BEACH, Fla. – The Flagler Fish Company is proud to announce it is celebrating eight years in business this week.

Final standings: Coke Zero 400 from Daytona International Speedway

DAYTONA BEACH -- With his thrilling victory in the crash-marred Coke Zero 400 Powered by Coca-Cola under the lights Saturday at Daytona International Speedway, 5-time Sprint Cup champion Jimmie Johnson remains atop the season standings.

Florida Commission on Ethics moving forward with first of two complaints against NSB Mayor Adam Barringer

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Show me the Money New Smyrna Beach / Headline Surfer

NSB Mayor Adam Barringer facing ethics charges / Headline SurferNSB Citizen watchdog Bob Tolley filed ethics complaints against the mayor / Headline SurferHeadline Surfer photos by Henry Frederick / New Smyrna Beach Mayor Adam Barringer is shown far left on the dais at City Hall with then-Commissioner Jim Hathaway last year. The mayor is in hot water with the Florida Commission on Ethics for holding a private retirement dinner for Hathaway at his wine-bar restaurant paid with a city credit card last November. The complaint was brought by citizen watchdog Bob Tolley shown in the inset.

NEW SMYRNA BEACH -- New Smyrna Beach Mayor Adam Barringer will be the center of attention when he is called to the podium to accept the "Blaine O'Neal Award of Excellence" at the Volusia League of Cities banquet on May 30.

Headline Surfer Endorsement: Webster Barnaby for Deltona City Commissioner Henry Frederick Fri, 02/08/2013 - 04:36
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DELTONA , Fla. -- Webster Barnaby wants to bring "integrity, jobs and prosperity" to the table as his platform for Deltona City Commissioner (Dis 2). We believe he will try and do just that.

Derrick Henry sworn in as mayor of Daytona Beach

DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. -- Fresh off his election-day victory over then-City Commissioner Edith Shelley, Derrick Henry was administered the oath of office as Daytona Beach's new mayor by Circuit Judge Hubert Grimes in a packed commission chambers tonight.

Ex-wrestler Mike Graham dies of self-inflicted gunshot wound in Daytona visit for Biketoberfest

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DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. -- Former professional wrestler Mike Graham who was in Daytona Beach for Biketoberfest was found dead Friday by his wife, reportedly of a self-inflicted gunshot wound to the head. He was 61.

Sheriff Ben Johnson awards young deputy medal: 'job well done' for reviving baby in Deltona pool fall Henry Frederick Tue, 08/07/2012 - 13:23
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DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. -- Just halfway through his rookie year, Volusia County Sheriff's Deputy Cody Cochran responded to a 9-1-1 call radioed from dispatch for an unconscious baby boy that had fallen into a family pool in Deltona.

Daytona Beach's Bike Week 2012 road fatalities stretch out to Pierson and Orlando

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DAYTONA BEACH, Fla -- Already with the opening three-day weekend of Bike Week gone, two bikers have lost their lives -- one near Pierson and the other in Orlando, according to the Florida Highway Patrol.

Monument outside NSBPD remembers cop Roy Nelson and canine partner

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Headline Surfer photos / Above: A memorial outside the New Smyrna Beach Police Station recognizes police officer Roy L. Nelson Jr.  and his k-9 partner, Caesar, killed in the line of duty on Aug. 13, 2005.

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NEW SMYRNA BEACH, Fla. -- Before the new police station was built last year, the only public recognition of canine officer Roy L. Nelson Jr., and his dog, Ceasar, was a photo in the lobby of the former facility.