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Courtesy photo /A weeklong celebration of drinking water by the Utilities Commission of New Smyrna Beach next month includes a bus tour of its facilities.

NEW SMYRNA BEACH -- The Utilities Commission of New Smyrna Beach, in conjunction with the American Water Works Association, welcomes "Drinking Water Week 2011," an annual celebration of our most precious natural resource.

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NEW SMYRNA BEACH -- The Utilities Commission of New Smyrna Beach has received a safety award from the Florida Municipal Electric Association  for its continued commitment to safe work practices during the past year.

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NEW SMYRNA BEACH -- The Utilities Commission of New Smyrna Beach has introduced new electric rebates for small commercial customers.

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Courtesy photo /What career criminal and accused killer Henry Ford Wheeler was doing in a bar that led to him getting beaten up overnight Sunday is a police mystery.

NEW SMYRNA BEACH -- Once again, Henry Ford Wheeler found trouble or maybe this time trouble found him: He was beaten up overnight Sunday at a beachside bar, but police were sketchy on details.

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Photos by Henry Frederick / Steve Dennis can thank Michele ad Robert Lott for costing him his 25-year tenure with the New Smyrna Beach Community Redevelopment Agency since they closed up their rented office for the Observer newspaper on Flagler Avenue. Not only is Dennis off the board, but the public no longer has direct access to the Observer, which no longer has a legal physical location.

NEW SMYRNA BEACH -- Steve Dennis abruptly resigned from the Community Redevelopment Agency after his latest claim to ties with the district were called into question by his board's chairman and by NSBNews.net.

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Courtesy photo / Dr. Kimberly L. Clayton will be recognized during Hospital week in May as Bert Fish Medical Center's physician of the year, the hospital announced Wednesday.

NEW SMYRNA BEACH — Kimberly L. Clayton, MD, has been named “Physician of the Year” by Bert Fish Medical Center, a spokeswoman for the hospital announced today.

"Dr. Clayton, a general surgeon, was recognized at a March 30 celebration of Doctors’ Day at the hospital on by hospital CEO Ed Noseworthy in recognition of her dedication to quality health care and for her caring, compassionate treatment of her patients," Bert Fish spokeswoman Cheryl Kennison said.

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File photo mug by Henry Frederick / Steve Dennis, fired last year as director of the Southeast Volusia Chamber of Commerce is gone from the CRA.

NEW SMYRNA BEACH -- Steve Dennis has resigned from the Community Redevelopment Agency. His letter of resignation was accepted Tuesday night by the City Commission. NSBNews.net will have a complete story soon.

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NEW SMYRNA BEACH -- Three years ago, then-Mayor Sally Mackay had a vision of turning the New Smyrna Beach Municipal Airport into a weekend balloon festival. As it turned out she wasn't full of hot air.

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Photos by Henry Frederick / The chair assigned to New Smyrna Beach CRA Vice Chairman Steve Dennis is empty Wednesday.  To the left (as shown in the photo) is Chairman Charles Belote and to the right is member Chad Shilsky.

NEW SMYRNA BEACH --  Community Redevelopment Agency Vice Chairman Steve Dennis, who hasn't missed a meeting "in years," was a no-show for Wednesday's meeting at city hall.

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File photos / Palmer Wilson (shown far left) and Marilee Walters have informed NSBNews.net they will no longer submit blog entries in protest to the premiere of Mayor Adam Barringer's new blog.

NEW SMYRNA BEACH -- Two community bloggers with NSBNews.net have demanded their blogs be taken down in protest to Mayor Adam Barringer's inclusion as a blogger.