NSBNEWS.net photos by Sera Frederick.

Sharon Luebbers, a candidate for the Volusia County School Board district 3 seat that represents greater New Smyrna Beach, Edgewater, Oak Hill and Port Orange, installs signs Wednesday during early voting at the New Smyrna Beach Regional Library on U.S. 1.  A voting sign directs voters to the proper entrance way inside the library.

NEW SMYRNA BEACH -Even though greater New Smyrna Beach is much smaller than Daytona Beach and Deltona and close in population to the DeLand and Ormond Beach areas, New Smyrna Beach is leading Volusia County's four early voting precincts through the first six days with six days to go before early voting makes way for the Aug. 24 primary.

NEW SMYRNA BEACH, Fla. -- Former Mayor Sally Mackay had reason to smile during Tuesday's City Commission meeting. She did not speak publicly, but her facial expressions spoke volumes about the commission's 4-0 vote to honor the longstanding lease with the Anglers Club, with the city regaining control of the prime waterfront property when the lease expires in three decades.

Recently I traveled to New York. Last year I met a now 7-year-old girl who was visiting her now late grandfather next door to me. I helped out the family when Fern, the girl, needed to be side-tracked and had a good time.

I have kept in touch with her through mail and sending pictures. Then, this summer, we got a

The hermit crab is a decapod, which is an order of crustaceans within the class that includes such as crayfish, crabs, lobsters, prawns, and shrimp. However, they are not related to true crabs. Hermit crabs are often found in tidal pools or in the intertidal zone. Hermit crabs are invertebrates, animals without a backbone.

NSBNEWS.net video by Sera Frederick.

Mayor Adam Barringer, Volusia County Councilman Jack Hayman and City Commissioner Jack Grasty hosted a community forum Thursday at the Brannon Center regarding beach driving. Overwhelmingly, the 100 or so in attendance voiced support of retaining beach driving as an economic lifeline for the seaside community. NSBNEWS.net will post a package of stories and videos later in the day Friday, including a special report from the beach itself. But in the interim, here is an exclusive interview with the mayor who spoke exclusively to NSBNEWS.net following the 90-minute forum.

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SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
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445 PM EDT WED AUG 11 2010

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445 PM EDT WED AUG 11 2010

...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR EAST CENTRAL VOLUSIA COUNTY HAS EXPIRED...

THE SEVERE STORM AND TORNADO THAT PROMPTED THE WARNING HAD WEAKENED
AND NO LONGER APPEARED CAPABLE OF PRODUCING TORNADOES OR OTHER SEVERE
WEATHER...THUS THE WARNING HAS BEEN ALLOWED TO EXPIRE. HOWEVER...

NEW SMYRNA BEACH -- 294
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SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
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427 PM EDT WED AUG 11 2010

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 445 PM EDT FOR EAST
CENTRAL VOLUSIA COUNTY...

AT 405 PM EDT...VOLUSIA COUNTY EVAC REPORTED A BRIEF TORNADO TOUCHDOWN
IN A WOODED AREA WEST OF INTERSTATE 95 AND SOUTH OF STATE ROUTE 44.

Courtesy photo.

Editor's Note: This is a campaign notebook for Sharon Luebbers, candidate for School Board District 3, in her own words; with our editing:

Dear Southeast Volusia District 3 Voters,

My name is Sharon Luebbers and I am emailing you to ask you for your consideration and vote to become your full-time representative on the Volusia County School Board for District 3.

NEW SMYRNA BEACH -- If the race for the Volusia County Council District 3 seat were won on the basis of money alone, then Joie Alexander would be the clear winner with $30,320, Deborah Denys would be second at $16,114.25 and Ellen Darden at close third at $14,775.

But considering Alexander -- the incumbent at-large incumbent term-limiteed out of that race and trying to gain the Southeast Volusia seat held by outgoing Jack Hayman -- loaned her own campaign $10,000, the race would be tighter, if money were the only factor.

NEW SMYRNA BEACH -- With 197 votes cast Monday on the first day of early voting for the Aug. 24 primary elections, New Smyrna Beach had the second highest tally in Volusia County behind Deltona with 205.

Ormond Beach was third with 184 voters, followed by Daytona Beach with 170 and DeLand with 119.

The voting booths were at each city's main library.

In all, there were 875 votes cast by registered voters in the following parties, even though local races are non-partisan and state and federal are partisan: Democrats, 367; Republicans, 405 and other, 103.