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Courtesy photo/Randy Wright. Difficult to see because of darkness, this horse was rescued late Thursday night from a muddy hole by New Smyrna Beach firefighters, a veterinarian and a tow truck operator.

NEW SMYRNA BEACH -- A horse stuck in a muddy hole late Thursday night was rescued by firefighters, a veterinarian and her staff and a tow wrecker, at the Matava Family Farm, 225 Sugar Mill Road, a fire official said.

NSBNEWS.net photo by Henry Frederick. This photo was among several that went up in the Westside community the night before the general election.

DEBARY, Fla. -- An 18th suspect has been charged in a pill-pushing ring in DeBary with 48-year-old Patty Ann Russ of Deltona turning herself in to investigators at the Volusia County Sheriff's Office's DeBary headquarters in DeLand, Sheriff's spokesman Gary Davidson said. 

Well, we have what appears to be a very close finish in the Mayor and Zone 1 commission races, with vote advantage to Adam Barringer and Judy Reiker; respectively, with congratulations to both for victories.

From the vote count it looks more than 6,000 city voters were interested enough in the outcome to go out and vote, and that bodes well for the future. What this really means, in my view, is we still have a very divided city, at least in terms of trust and expectations of elected officials.

NSBNEWS.net videos by Sera Frederick. Check out our post-election video coverage at campaign headquarters for Mayor-Elect Adam Barringer and Zone 1 Commissioner-Elect Judy Reiker.

The people have spoken and will continue to do so until they get it right.

Additional changes are in the wind for those that believe that the citizens of New Smyrna Beach are oblivious to the crimes and misdeeds going on around them. Orange, as in jail garb, will soon become the color of the day. Watch for it and enjoy!

Until the next time!

Nov. 3, 2008: Tony D. Clark and Elizabeth A. Butler, New Smyrna Beach; Robert A. Heer and Tonja L. Lockhart, New Smyrna Beach; Phillip J. Meese, Port Orange, and Desiree L. Boyer, New Smyrna Beach.

NSBNEWS.net photos by Sera Frederick. At far left, Adam Barringer has his hand raised in victory as mayor-elect by campaign manager Danny Mickelbrink with Barringer fiancee Shannon Sumner. At near left, first-term incumbent Sally Mackay, with husband Richard Spangler in the middle, concedes defeat to Barringer at his campaign headquarters following the election.

NEW SMYRNA BEACH - Adam Barringer defeated incumbent Sally Mackay, 3,081 to 2969, or 50.93 percent of the vote, to become New Smyrna Beach's new mayor in the Tuesday general election.

In the other contest, Judy Reiker knocked off first-term Zone 1 City Commissioner Randy Richenberg, 3,127 to 2815, or 52.63 percent, to claim that seat.

Courtesy photo (far left) / NSBNEWS.net photo (near left) by Henry Frederick.

NEW SMYRNA BEACH -- The Volusia County Health Department will conduct a school-targeted H1N1 swine flu vaccination clinic from 9 a.m. - 3 p.m. (or until the supplies have been exhausted) Saturday at New Smyrna Beach High School, 1015 10th St.