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Courtesy photos / Steven Collins and Jill Hargy are jailed on multiple charges by Port Orange police alleging they broke into unlocked vehicles and committed grand theft by stealing jewelry, electronics and cash.

PORT ORANGE -- A man and a woman have been charged with breaking into at least 30 vehicles in the city and police here have put out an alert to other area cop shops that might have similar unsolved incidents.

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Photo by Henry Frederick / Here is a view of the Orange Avenue Bridge in Daytona Beach as taken from inside a car.

Editor's note: The following story was submitted by contributing writer Dale Smith:

DAYTONA BEACH – With the clock ticking on the life span of the Orange Avenue draw bridge in Daytona Beach, the Volusia County Council earlier today unanimously approved plans to replace it with a  high-rise fixed bridge, replacing the aging structure that’s been servicing traffic since 1954.

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NEW SMYRNA BEACH -- A 75-year-old woman who saw two troopers on the northbound shoulder of I-95 smashed her vehicle into theirs and then the vehicle they had pulled over after she herself pulled over Wednesday with the intention of asking them a question, according to the Florida Highway Patrol.

The dawn of the New Year is one of my favorite holidays. I believe that it presents us with an unrivaled opportunity to examine our lives and make changes for the future.

When was the last time you told a really good truth? I am finding that deception is becoming commonplace amongst our society to where it can be viewed as justifiable if it is a means to an end.

Plans to close nearly 4,300 square miles of the Atlantic Ocean off the coasts of Florida and Georgia to bottom fishing may not come to be if a federal fishing panel gets its way.

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DAYTONA BEACH -- Volusia County’s Beach Policy Advisory Board will meet at 5:30 p.m. Tuesday, Jan. 11, at the Volusia County Lifeguard Headquarters and Administration Center, 515 S. Atlantic Ave.

A staff member from the county’s Coastal Division will give a presentation about beach tolls. The public is invited, and time will be available for public participation.

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DAYTONA BEACH -- Sports cars from the GRAND-AM Rolex Sports Car Series and the Continental Tire Sports Car Challenge will test on the new racing surface of Daytona International Speedway beginning Friday and running through the weekend in advance of the Rolex 24 At Daytona the weekend of Jan. 27-30.

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NEW SMYRNA BEACH -- Want to learn how to twirl? Well, you are in luck as the New Smyrna Beach Parks and Recreation Department is sponsoring classes this month with Terri’s Twirling Tornadoes,
National Twirl and Pom Champions.

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SEVILLE -- Crews from Volusia County Water Resources and Utilities will shut off the water for all 63 homes in the New Hope Villas subdivision in Seville for about four hours beginning at 9 a.m. Tuesday, Jan. 11, so they can replace a section of pipe on the subdivision’s water storage tank.