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Courtesy photo for NSBNews.Net / New Members of the Port Orange Family Days Community Trust Board, flanked by President John E. Evans, left and Installing Officer Mayor Allen Green, right, are, from left, Cheryl Shaw, Mike Arminio, Amy Hall, Todd Matacale, John Junco and Karen Beattie.

PORT ORANGE -- Mayor Allen Green told the members of the community-building Port Orange Family Days Community Trust that the one thing he won't let a resident tell him is "where home is."

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NEW SMYRNA BEACH -- The New Smyrna Beach Lions Club will hold a chicken barbecue 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. Saturday at its clubhouse, 2340 Sunset Drive.

DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. -- Trevor Bayne won the Daytona 500, but if he's looking for a cup championship, he'll have to get it in the Nationwide series, the understudy to the Sprint series.

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ORMOND BEACH -- Police are are continuing their investigation into a Feb. 23 burglary at a business within blocks of the police station.

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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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DAYTONA BEACH -- An apparent accidental discharge while cleaning a shotgun has claimed the life of a 49-year-old Daytona Beach-area man, a Volusia County Sheriff's Office spokesman said.

EDGEWATER, Fla. -- The Steven Sondheim classic, "A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum" opens at the Little Theatre of New Smyrna Beach on Friday.

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Children are invited to celebrate Dr. Seuss’ birthday from 4 - 5 p.m. Wednesday, March 2, at the New Smyrna Beach Regional Library, 1001 S. Dixie Freeway.

Children may come dressed as their favorite Dr. Seuss character and enter a “wubbulous world” of stories, games and prizes.

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DAYTONA BEACH -- The Human Services Advisory Board will meet Friday to review modifications to the 2010/2011 Community Service Block Grant program and vote on recommended changes to the advisory board bylaws.

DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. – It seems only fitting that this Daytona 500, won by 20-year-old Trevor Bayne, the youngest-ever driver to take the checkered flag, would prove to be a race that broke all kinds of records.