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Sea Scouts program benefits New Smyrna Beach and Edgewater teens looking for an adventure and a little math

My 15-year-old daughter, Angela DiCara, does not like doing math problems out of a text book, but enjoys charting a course and teaching others to do so. Angela says, "Sea Scouts is an adventurous opportunity."

Economic development success requires regulatory reform at all levels of government

Elected on a platform of “jobs, jobs, jobs,” Governor Rick Scott has been addressing importing businesses from other areas of the country and enticing start-ups to view Florida as fertile ground for their new endeavors.

'Can one be a good Muslim and still uphold the values of being a good American?'

By STYRON JAMES / Headline Surfer
Blog: The Philosopher
 

EDGEWATER, Fla. -- With all the religious debate of the Muslim Faith and those who run for an office of leadership, or not, and if so, should we be concerned? On personal level, I am compelled to present the following for question, “Can one be a good Muslim and still uphold the values of being a good American?”

Situation in Libya yet the latest example of tyranny around the world that impacts all of us

Editor's Note: Here is a timely local blog as things heat up in Libya.

Every day now we awake to new more dire predictions of a massive nuclear meltdown in Japan in as many as four reactors, yet another revolution in the Middle East with a sadistic insane leader ordering his troops to shoot his own people, an unbelievable rising death toll in Japan from the earthquake and tsunami, and now a U. N. Security Council resolution that institutes a no fly zone over Libya.

Diatoms are the grasses of the oceans with a bountiful supply of food for a host of creatures

Have you ever wondered who plays the role of grass in the oceans? Try diatoms, delicate unicellular organisms that have a yellow-brown chloroplast that enables them to photosynthesize.

Despicable demonstrations during military funerals another nail in the coffin for our great country

Freedom of speech is a right in this country protected by the Constitution, but it should also be governed by morality and conscience.

Recently, citing that very provision of the constitution the U.S. Supreme Court ruled that the people carrying on with loud and obnoxious protests during the funerals of fallen military personnel have the right to do so.

They may have the legal right but where is their humanity?

Rage into night: Caving in to the Tea Party Taliban that is the extremist political right

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What with petty dictatorships moving from the Middle East into American governorships, it’s America’s turn to cast off the pretense of democracy and submit to the moneyed monarchy of the GOP.

Time capsule at Indian River Elementary in Edgewater reveals school spirit has not changed in 20 years

For five years I attended Indian River Elementary School in Edgewater. The memories are still vivid of all the good and challenging times. I remember being unsure but excited on the first day of kindergarten and I remember holding my breath the same year on Sept.11th.

Battle in Wisconsin between unions and government symptomatic of a system that has gone awry across the county

I am in a quandary about the current Wisconsin union battles with their state government. I can see both sides of the issue and they each have their points. The unions don’t want to release their hold on what few participants they have left these days; the people don’t want or need more to be lost from their paychecks. The state budget is lacking so what should happen now?