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NSBNews.net photos / To loud cheers and whistles, Santa Claus disembarks the Florida East Coast "Christmas Train" in New Smyrna Beach on Saturday morning, Dec. 11, 2010, and is swarmed by parents and children alike. In the smaller photo, Jazmine, 5, Jayden, 2, and Myron, 4, children of Jessica Dubois of New Smyrna Beach, wait for Santa's arrival. The train is coming again Dec. 10 and parents needing help with Christmas are welcomed to bring children.NEW SMYRNA BEACH -- When Santa brings toys for tots in December he'll be giving Rudolph and the other reindeers the day off and instead will arrive by train -- courtesy of the Florida East Coast rail -- from Jacksonville to Miami with New Smyrna Beach one of the stops along the way.
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ORMOND BEACH -- Blue Oyster Cult closed out Biketoberfest 2011 at Destination Daytona with a concert for the ages and NSBNews.net was right on stage with the band to capture the magic on video with 6,500 bikers cheering on. Here is the classic rock band's signature song, "(Don't Fear) The Reaper."
ORMOND BEACH -- The police department made 19 arrests and issued 113 citations during the week ending Oct. 14.
In all, police handled 1,437 calls for service during the week, including 159 traffic stops and 117 reports being written.
The Ormond Beach Fire Department dealt with 124 incidents during the week. Here is that agency's breakdown: 54 EMS calls, four motor vehicle accidents, 10 fire alarms, 31 public assists and 16 hazardous.
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New Smyrna Beach -- Mayor Adam Barringer put on the charm before a partisan crowd Thursday at the Southeast Volusia Republican Club luncheon on what he described as his achievements over the last two years.
He sidestepped the inevitable, though, that he's running for re-election as mayor. NSBNews.net is working to bring you his full speech -- unfettered.
NEW SMYRNA BEACH -- Biketoberfest was quieter than a lawn mower on the first night of the four-day weekend at what is soon to be an extinct Pub 44. Just after midnight there were three Harleys in the parking lot and one bicycle. Last year's Biketoberfest recession is this year's depression, at least through the first 24 hours at what for the last couple of decades or so has been the ground zero for bikers, babes and booze.
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By JIM HATHAWAYAt Tuesday night’s meeting, the New Smyrna Beach City Commission handled a number of issues that will hopefully protect our city’s quality of life. After listening to medical and law enforcement experts, the City Commission took action to limit so-called “pain management clinics” or “pill mills” from infiltrating our city limits.
Editor's Note: The following message was sent to NSBNews.net by the campaign for the elecytion of Dorothy Hukill for State Senate Dist. 7 race:
Dorothy Hukill Sets the Record Straight on Third Quarter Fundraising
PORT ORANGE - On Wednesday, October 12th, Dorothy Hukill's campaign released a report
to correct the record regarding the recent third quarter fundraising numbers in
the Florida Senate, District 7 race. This report is reprinted below:
An analysis of the most recent financial reports from Dorothy Hukill and Frank Bruno
This was the header for Debbie Boyd as a community blogger with NSBNews.net after she agreed to write it after stepping down from her post as executive director of the Southeast Volusia Advertising Authority.
NEW SMYRNA BEACH -- Saying she was tired of the politics and the antagonism associated with unnamed persons trying to smear her reputation, former Southeast Volusia Advertising Authority Executive Director Debbie Boyd asked NSBNews.net to discontinue her community blog called "The Pelican Brief."
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By HENRY FREDERICKNEW SMYRNA BEACH -- Mayor Adam Barringer is the scheduled guest speaker for Thursday's Southeast Volusia Republican Club luncheon at the Smyrna Yacht Club.
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With a flurry of locals announcing their campaign intentions, this seems like as a good a time as any for the first-term mayor to announce what he'll do in the big 20012 election campaign. Maybe he will, and then again, maybe he won't.
Miguel Angel Frank departed this life on earth from Halifax Health Hospice of Volusia/Flagler, Edgewater Care Center, Edgewater, on October 4, 2011, and ascended into Heaven to join his beloved Cuban Family.
