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NSBNEWS.net video by Sera Frederick. Countless thousands flocked to the 34th annual IMAGES art festival Saturday on Canal Street and Riverside Drive. The two-day festival continues today.

NEW SMYRNA BEACH -- City Commissioner Jim Hathaway and his wife were among thousands of people to stroll the eastern end of Canal Street and Riverside Drive for the IMAGES art festival, the chief fundraiser for the Atlantic Center for the Arts.

NEW SMYRNA BEACH -- Enjoy a delicious spaghetti dinner and help put a few good kids through college at today's CAPS fundraiser at New Smyrna Beach High School.

Last year's event raised more than $17,000 and organizers are hoping to at least match or even exceed that amount through 1,600 served meals. You can still get tickets at the door for $5 a meal. An awards program begins at 10:30 a.m. Among the honorees are Ron Hanna, John Gilmore, Michelle Zahner, Jack Mitchell, Jane Allen and Harold Nichols.

Contributing photo for NSBNEWS.net by Jeannette DiCara.

A book sale is ongoing through 2 p.m. Saturday at the Edgewater Public Library at great bargain prices, in some cases 50 cents. Hard covers, paperbacks, DVDS, etc: Get yours before they fly off the shelves.The library is located at 103 West Indian River Blvd., Edgewater. Tel: 424-2916

Contributing photo / Jeanette DiCara.

New Smyrna Beach police and firefighters tend to this 5:40 p.m. Wednesday fender-bender involving two vehicles on State Road 44. These photos were taken looking south on Myrtle Avenue.

NEW SMYRNA BEACH -- The City Commission has unanimously agreed to a new one-year contract with its police officers that provides no wage increases and actually costs the city less money.

Courtesy photo. Edgewater fire Services responded to a clothes-dryer blaze mid-day Wednesday that was limited to the garage of the 36th Street home  

EDGEWATER -- A clothes-dryer fire Wednesday afternoon in the garage of a home at 1215 36th St. was quickly extinguished by Edgewater Fire-Rescue, but not before causing $20,000 in damages.

However, firefighters prevented the 12:01 fire from spreading, which saved the $150,000 home, said Capt. Jill Danigel, the agency's spokeswoman.

The fire was extinguished in 16 minutes, with mutual aid from New Smyrna Beach. "Upon arrival crews found flames and heavy smoke pouring for the attached garage of the home," Danigel said.

ORANGE CITY -- Rabbitt Burns was shot dead in her kitchen while fixing breakfast. Despite living alone, the table was clearly set for two.

Washington, DC -- In response to President Obama's State of the Union address, Congresswoman Suzanne Kosmas, D-New Smyrna Beach (FL-24), issued the following statement: "We must redouble our efforts to create jobs and promote fiscal responsibility. Though the President's speech was a step in the right direction, with a call for tax relief to help small businesses hire new workers, investments in clean energy jobs, and the creation of a bipartisan debt commission, it remains to be seen whether or not he can overcome the partisan bickering and special interests that stand in the way.

EDGEWATER -- An 8-year-old girl who accidentally ran her scooter into the path of a car from her Florida Shores home Sunday afternoon was fighting for her life at Halifax Medical Center in Daytona Beach after being flown there by the Sheriff's Air 1 helicopter, Edgewater authorities said.

NEW SMYRNA BEACH -- The National Weather Service in Melbourne issued a tornado warning just after 5 p.m. for Volusia County with a report of a tornado approaching Spruce Creek and Interstate 95 and headed in the direction of Wilbur by the Sea and Ponce Inlet at 5:15 p.m. near Ponce Inlet and Interstate 95, Other areas included in the warning were Port Orange, New Smyrna Beach, Edgewater and unincorporated Bethune Beach.