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NEW SMYRNA BEACH, Fla. -- An anonymous complaint led Volusia County narcotics agents to a home methamphetamine lab Sunday morning near New Smyrna Beach that resulted in two narcotics arrests, a Sheriff's spokesman said.

NEW SMYRNA BEACH -- Tonight is your night to be heard and to grill the candidates for city commissioner and mayor on the important issues. It's the third and final candidates debate in advance of Early Voting and it gets under way at 6:30 p.m. The doors open at the Brannon Center at 6 p.m., on Riverside Drive.

NSBNEWS.net photos by Henry Frederick.

April Perreault, 25, and her younger sister, April 22, of Edgewater, bartenders at Pub 44, shows off their assets, during Biketoberfest. In the smaller photo, on top, countless bikes are packed in like sardines in the Pub 44 parking lot. Above, a live rock and roll band performs with large Budweiser ads in the forefront.

NEW SMYRNA BEACH -- Pub 44 bartenders April heresa Perreault, 25, and her younger sister, Theresa, 22, were asked to pose for cameras by bikers more than twice their age almost as much as they were passing out bottles of Buds for the green stuff. Welcome to Biketoberfest, Pub 44 style, where bikers, babes and booze, are a winning combination, especially in these trying economic times.

NSBNEWS.net videos by Sera Frederick.

The Southeast Volusia Chamber of Commerce invited the candidates in the Nov. 3 New Smyrna Beach municipal elections to speak at a 7:30 a.m.Thursday breakfast at the Smyrna Yacht Club attended by about 50 people. Listen to highlights of their presentations in our exclusive video (titled 'Candidates Breakfast').

Mayoral candidate Adam Barringer told the gathering he pledged to have an economic plan developed for the entire city of New Smyrna Beach within the first 100 days, if elected. He was the lone candidate among the four to make a campaign promise (see our exclusive video titled 'Barringer: 1st 100 Days).

Courtesy photo/Google. Contrary to popular belief, toads are not frogs.

While sometimes a term used by a woman to describe her husband with whom she is infuriated, the word “toad” refers to several species of amphibians in the order Anura.

EDGEWATER -- A Volusia County Sheriff's helicopter guided two lost kayakers to Edgewater with its spotlight after they reported they were lost in Cape Canaveral Seashore earlier tonight, the Coast Guard said.

NEW SMYRNA BEACH -- The big plume of black smoke over the Causeway bridges this afternoon is from a brush fire in the 2800 block of Pioneer Trail that consumed about 10 acres of woods, but was no immediate threat to homes. The fire was brought under control by 5:30 p.m.

New Smyrna Beach Fire Department crews responded to the 1:45 p.m. blaze, which sent up a huge dark cloud that could be seen for miles.

Courtesy photo/Jail mug. Brandon Thomas, 18, was charged with trying to burglarize the BP Express Mart on Sugar Mill Drive.

NEW SMYRNA BEACH -- An 18-year-old man was arrested earlier today on attempted burglary and grand theft charges after allegedly trying to break into the BP Express Mart on Sugar Mill Drive by going through the roof, New Smyrna Beach police said.

Courtesy photo. The body of Harvey Andrew Beltz, 56, of Edgewater, was recovered in the UIntracoastal Waterway early this morning, the victim of a drowning having apparently fallen overboard just north of the South Causeway.

NEW SMYRNA BEACH -- A fisheran's body was recovered this morning in the Intracoastal Waterway about a quarter mile north of the South Causeway Bridge where his 19-foot motorboat was spotted with full fishing gear at daybreak, the Florida Fish and Wildlife Commission confirmed.

NSBNEWS.net photos by Henry Frederick. Maria Giordano, 42, is all smiles as she serves a beer to a Biketoberfest customer inside the packed Pub 44 on State Road 44 in New Smyrna Beach on Friday night.