I would modestly propose that the days of American security have had it. No longer can we depend on George Bush and Company for the only hope their administration promised: to secure our country, our lives and our fortunes. The Obama regime will have to struggle with that accumulated Republican mess, one so prodigious that the Good Lord Himself might declare, "The hell with it!"
NEW SMYRNA BEACH, Fla. -- No wonder Brandon Mechtel is New Smyrna Beach's "police officer of the year." He fixed the lights on the partially darkened Christmas tree on Canal Street Sunday night.
NSBNEWS.net video by Sera Frederick. We hope you enjoy our video presentation of this afternoon's Oak Hill Christmas Parade.
NEW SMYRNA BEACH -- Several hundred residents either sat on lawn chairs, the lawns themselves or in parked automobiles for the annual Oak Hill Parade that passed through the heart of the quaint city near the post office.
Courtesy photos/Jail mugs. John Kunze and Michael Krol have been charged in connection with the alleged purse snatching in New Smyrna Beach in which the victim was battered.
NEW SMYRNA BEACH -- Two men were jailed after their arrests Friday night after a woman's purse was snatched during which she was battered, New Smyrna Beach police said.
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Courtesy photos.Roy Deion Fudge Jr., has been sent to prison for five years for attempted murder in the May 17 shooting of Marcus Peterson, also of New Smyrna Beach.
NEW SMYRNA BEACH -- Roy Deion Fudge Jr., has been sentenced to five years in prison for last May's near-fatal shooting of another New Smyrna Beach man.
Fudge pleaded no contest Dec. 2 to attempted murder and was subsequently sentenced that day by Circuit Judge Frank Marriott at the Volusia County Courthouse in DeLand.
Dec. 11, 2009: Christian M. Goins, New Smyrna Beach, and Medea Bevier, Palm Coast; James T. Canzanella and Shaina M. Durham, New Smyrna Beach.
Dec. 10, 2009: William R. Moore Jr. and Dawn C. McKenna, New Smyrna Beach.
Robert J. Smith, 69, Edgewater, a former machinist, died Tuesday, Dec. 8, 2009.
Neil S, Banks, 90, of Edgewater, a former vice president in the banking industry, died Monday, Dec. 7, 2009.
Evelyn Pappas, 92, New Smyrna Beach, a homemaker, died Monday, Dec. 7, 2009.
David A. Stankevich, 67, of Edgewater, a field superintendent for Wharton-Smith, Inc., a major construction company, and an active member of the Anglers' Yacht Club, died Monday, Dec. 7, 2009.
Dec. 9, 2009: Gothard G. Peterson Jr. and Susan C. Peterson, Edgewater; Cliff D. Baker, Oak Hill, and Heather N. Higginbotham, South Daytona; Pietro Capuano, New Smyrna Beach, and Cheryl A. Guarro, Edgewater.
Dec. 8, 2009: Herman J. Behr and Vanessa M. Pierce, Edgewater; Eric R. Stevens and Denielle H. Swann, Edgewater; Ryan A. Mabry and Brenda L. Rivera, Edgewater; Paul K. Nugent, New Smyrna Beach, and Valerie G. Johnson, Ocala.
John Thomas Barnes, 59, of New Smyrna Beach, who worked in the family business, Barnes Motors, for 20 years before going to work for the Volusia County School Board, died Monday, Dec. 7, 2009.
NSBNEWS.net video by Sera Frederick. City Commissioners held off on voting on a new contract for Interim City Manager Pam Brangaccio after Commissioner Jim Hathaway voiced concerns about the terms of the contract. Brangaccio is shown in the photo below. NSBNEWS.net has the entire proceedings on video here.
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NEW SMYRNA BEACH -- At the beginning of tonight's City Commission meeting, Commissioner Judy Reiker commented pleasingly how everyone seemed to be "gellin'."
That was until the discussion about a new contract and lifting the label of "interim" for Interim City Manager Pam Brangaccio.
