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NEW SMYRNA BEACH -- Three years ago, then-Mayor Sally Mackay had a vision of turning the New Smyrna Beach Municipal Airport into a weekend balloon festival. As it turned out she wasn't full of hot air.

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NEW SMYRNA BEACH -- Author Les Standiford will discuss his new book, “Bringing Adam Home: The Abduction That Changed America,” at the New Smyrna Beach Regional Library at 7 p.m. Monday. The book recounts the 1981 kidnapping and murder of Adam Walsh and the police investigation that took 27 years to close.

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NEW SMYRNA BEACH -- Arts lovers Tod and Amanda Chismark had no problem plunking down a grand on artwork at the Atlantic Center for the Arts' annual "Horsin' Around" on Sunday. 

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Photos by Henry Frederick / New Smyrna Beach Mayor Adam Barringer says he's pleased the city's finances are sound, but with unfunded balances in police and fire, the city is at greater risk financially. Daytona Beach cop Bob Walker, new business agent for Teamsters Local 385, says its unfair to curb pay increases for cops and firefighters and expected them to pay more for pensions they've earned.

NEW SMYRNA BEACH -- The news behind New Smyrna Beach's annual audit is good considering the escalating costs of government doing business in this economy.

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NEW SMYRNA BEACH -- In an effort to hold down the cost of municipal services, city officials moved a step closer to charging a fee for parking in public lots with action taken tonight at New Smyrna Beach City Hall.

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NEW SMYRNA BEACH -- Take advantage of a vacation and help the youth in the community courtesy of T's Services by purchasing tickets for the chance to win a getaway for four days and three-nights at Vacation Villas at  Fantasy World II in Kissimmee, which includes four 1-day passes to the park of your choice: Magic Kingdom, Epcot, Hollywood Studios, Animal Kingdom, Universal Studios, Islands of Adventure and Sea World.

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Photos and story submitted by contributing writer Dale Smith for NSBNews.Net / Mayor Adam Barringer, left, listens to Vice Mayor Jim Hathaway speak about the proposed parking kiosks earmarked for the North Causeway Boat Ramp parking lot designed to raise money to offset maintenance costs.

NEW SMYRNA BEACH – With 2013 looming on the horizon, city officials said tonight they are worried how they will pay for the maintenance of parks they will inherit once Volusia County no longer will be responsible for the costs.

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NSBNEWS.net file photo and video by Sera Frederick / New Smyrna Beach Adam Barringer and the City Commissioners Lynne Plaskett, Jim Hathaway, Jack Grasty and Judy Reiker agree Tuesday night that with the new police and fire station complex built, now is an opportunity time to lure businesses to this seaside paradise by waiving police and fire impact fees for one year.

NEW SMYRNA BEACH -- In this downtrodden economy, New Smyrna Beach may now have an edge over other cities in Volusia County in welcoming businesses starting up or those looking to relocate: No impact fees for public safety services.

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Photos by Dale Smith / Ruby James of New Smyrna Beach and a member of the Artist’s Workshop, carries three bricks away from the former New Smyrna Beach High School campus on Quay Assisi , which is being demolished to make way for the  Mosquito Lagoon Enhancement Center. James took the bricks for her three children who graduated there.

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NEW SMYRNA BEACH – City resident, a long-time advocate and supporter of the Mosquito Lagoon Enhancement Center, cried as a big claw swiped at the side of a building on the camps of the former New Smyrna Beach High School, scattering bricks below.

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Photos by Angela Carter / Children sing during ceremonies Monday in New Smyrna Beach in honor of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.

NEW SMYRNA BEACH -- Thunder and lightning did not put a damper on festivities celebrating the national bithday holiday for Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.