Top 100 Stories

-- 2006 NE Press Assn, Enterprise Rep./Pub Safety, Safety in Our Schools,1st, Taunton Daily Gazette.
-- 2005 NE Press Assn, Env Reporting, Pipeline Hell,1st pl, J. James/Henry Frederick, Taunton Daily Gazette.
-- 2005 Suburban Newspapers of America, Inv Journalism, Pipeline Hell, 1st pl, J James/Henry Frederick, TDG.
-- 2004 Society of Prof Journalists, Florida Ch. Invest Reporting, Silent Cries, 2nd pl, Henry Frederick / DCircelli, Daytona Beach News-Journal.
-- 2004 Soc of Newspaper Editors, Invest Div, Silent Cries, hon mention, Henry Frederick / D Circelli, DBNJ.
-- 2004 Society of Prof Journalists, Fla Ch., breaking news, hon mention, Community mourns death of longtime area educator, Henry Frederick/L Trimble, DBNJ.
-- 2003, Soc of Prof Journalists, Fla Ch, 1st pl, Lawsuit monopoly justifies splitting up NASCAR, H Frederick, DBNJ.
-- 2003 Soc of Prof Journ, Fla Ch, 2nd pl, break news, The execution of Aileen Wuornos, Henry Frederick, DBNJ.
-- 2003 Fla Press Club, 2nd pl, exc in gen news writing, Property takeover may change boardwalk, Unusual cases re-ignite legal arguments on Miranda rights & Word on the street: Few police, Henry Frederick, DBNJ.
-- 2003 Fla Soc of Newspaper Editors, 3rd pl, Lawsuit: monopoly justifies splitting up NASCAR, HFrederick, DBNJ.
-- 2002 Soc of Professional Journalists, Fla Ch, 3rd pl, breaking news, Brothers on trial, Henry Frederick, DBNJ.
-- 2002, Fla Press Club, 3rd pl, exc in gen news writing, Spring Break: Collision Course, Lawsuit: Monopoly justifies splitting up NASCAR," & Behavior nets police chief two-week unpaid suspension, HFrederick, DBNJ.
-- 1998 Soc of Prof Journ, Fla Ch, 2nd pl, break news, Little boy: He shot and killed my friend, H Frederick, DBNJ.
-- 1998 Soc of Professional Journalists, Fla Ch, hon men, James K. Batten Award for Public Service, Spring Hill, Henry Frederick, DBNJ.
-- 1992 NY State AP, spot news, hon mention, Two charged in gas station slaying, HFrederick, The Journal-News.

Headline Surfer photos by Henry Frederick / Scenes like this bar patron drinking a beer on the public sidewalk in front of the Om Bar on Flagler Avenue during the 2011 New Smyrna Ween -- Halloween Creepy Crawl on Flagler Avenue, are no longer being tolerated by Police Chief George Markert, shown here at left, who was hired as New Smyrna Beach's top cop last Spring.

NEW SMYRNA BEACH -- For the past five years, patrons attending the six annual alcohol-fueled street festivals sponsored by the Merchants of Flagler Avenue Hospitality Group and paid for with tax dollars have been able to drink in public without impunity from the cops. But all that changed Halloween night.

DELTONA -- In the wake of the recent government shutdown in Washington, I learned of another aspect of Obamacare: a tax on medical devices. This will supposedly create revenue to to help fund it, if you can believe that.

DELTONA -- Thanksgiving hs always been one of my favorite holidays. Our family gathers in the early afternoon around a table filled with the specialty dishes of the “roasting, cooking and baking."

Headline Surfer®/NSBNews video produced by Multimedia Editor Serafina Frederick / The 24/7 internet newspaper captured the 2011 Flamingo Follies as shown in this video. Below, the South Causeway Bridge carries traffic to and from the beach.

NEW SMYRNA BEACH -- The Fall Beach Weeks now swings into November with lots of great activities for locals and visitors alike, including the upcoming Flamingo Follies on Flagler Avenue.

Beach Weeks is the initiative of the Southeast Volusia Advertising Authority, which uses collected bed tax revenues from overnight hotel and condo vaction rentals to provide tourism activities to generate out of town visitors to the area.

Headline Surfer® video / New Smyrna Beach will hold its Halloween Parade at 4 p.m. today on Canal Street. You can watch highlights of last year's parade by clicking the video. At left, Olivia and Nicholas Catheline are dressed as a cowgirl and a gingerbread man, respectively, for this Halloween. 

NEW SMYRNA BEACH -- Olivia and Nicholas Catheline already had their costumes on this morning and Halloween doesn't even begin until dark. But that's because they have parties at school, said their proud mom, Misty Burris Catheline.

By Jason Davis

DAYTONA BEACH -- Why my military service and earning of the Bronze Star for Valor became part of the official meeting record: It came to my attention, that an individual, or certain individuals, were questioning my service to our country. None had the intestinal fortitude to ask me, in person for documents, but chose to make false statements and accusations. Cowards have different ways of doing things and pursuing their personal agendas.

None had the intestinal fortitude to ask me, in person for documents, but chose to make false statements and accusations. Cowards have different ways of doing things and pursuing their personal agendas.

Sanford-based district announces passing of community leader

Photos for Headline Surfer / Diane Bauer gets a hug from then-U.S. Senate candidate Marco Rubio during her 2010 re-election for the district 1 seat on the Seminole County School Board. Bauer died Tuesday night.

SANFORD -- It was three years ago when Diane Bauer was running for re-election in her non-partisan district 1 seat on the Seminole County School Board that she got a hug from Marco Rubio on her way to yet another victory.

Headline Surfer® photos>/ John Cena won the WWE heavyweight championship over Alberto Del Rio at Hell in a Cell pay-per-view and as a result is No. 1 in the inaugural Wrestling ReWind Top 25 Rankings. Daniel Bryan lost to Randy Orton for the WWE championship, thanks to sweet chin music from special referee Shawn Michaels shown at right. AJ Lee retained her Divas championship over Brie Bella to claim the No. 1 spot in Headline Surfer's women's top 10 rankings.

DAYTONA BEACH -- With his victory over the WWE heavyweight champion Alberto Del Rio in Sunday's Hell in a Cell pay-per-view in Miami, John Cena can rightfully claim the top spot in Wrestling ReWind's inaugural weekly Top 25 rankings of the best of the best.