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NSBNEWSNEWS.net video by Sera Frederick. NSBNEWS.net photo by Henry Frederick. The video is set to the song "Signs" by the 5 Man Electrical Band and highlights campaigns signs in the 2009 NSB Elections. In the photo, Bill Maul holds up a double sign for Mayor Sally Mackay during Early Voting for the Sept. 22 primary at the New Smyrna Beach Regional Library.

NEW SMYRNA BEACH -- Bill Maul stood in the blistering sun Saturday for the last two hours of Early Voting at the New Smyrna Beach Regional Library with a double sign in one hand while waving to passing voters with the other for his candidate of choice, incumbent Mayor Sally Mackay. And at 73, the retired sales and marketing man is the first to tell you he's no spring chicken.

NSBNEWS.net photo by Henry Frederick. Mayor Sally Mackay checks out the boats during Saturday's annual Battle of the Badges fundraiser at Riverside Park.

Courtesy photo. Judy Reiker addresses the Republican Club of Southeast Volusia during a recent luncheon about her candidacy for the Zone 1 seat on the New Smyrna Beach City Commission against incumbent Randy Richenberg and fellow challenger Frank Dalton Jr..

NEW SMYRNA BEACH -- Judy Reiker went 1 for 3 among the pre-primary endorsements for Zone 1 commissioner, winning the support of the Southeast Volusia Board of Realtors while being bypassed by the police and fire unions, which went for incumbent Randy Richenberg.

NSBNEWS.net video by Sera Frederick. Zone 1 City Commission candidate Frank Dalton Jr. answers questions from NSBNEWS.net journalist Henry Frederick during the second of two NSB candidate debates sponsored by NSBNEWS.net and the Public Watch Committee. This a highlight from that second debate.

DAYTONA BEACH SHORES, Fla -- A 73-year-old Montreal tourist's drowning death Wednesday was ruled accidental after an autopsy was performed a Volusia County spokesman said. Raymond Gravel drowned in the ocean near the Perry's Ocean Edge Resort. His body was pulled to shore after he was seen floating face down in the surf just after 11 a.m., said Volusia County Beach Patrol Capt. Scott Petersohn, the agency's spokesman.

G. Thomas Lomax, 88, of New Smyrna Beach, a former engineer with Lockheed-Martin Corp., died Friday, Sept. 18, 2009.

Joan A. Harding, 92, of Edgewater, who moved here in 1976 and was a devout member of Sacred Heart Church, died Thursday, Sept. 17, 2009.

Artice Lee Smith, 47, of Oak Hill, who served in the U.S. Army and worked in construction, died Tuesday Sept. 15, 2009.

EDGEWATER -- A man was killed Saturday while directing a motorist backing up his truck with an attached trailer and police said they are trying to determine whether he was run over over crushed by the vehicle, according to an Edgewater police news release.

The victim's name was not released because police are trying to contact his relatives.

NSBNEWS.net video by Sera Frederick. Mayoral candidate Adam Barringer holds a meet & greet for his supporters prior to the Sept. 22 primary.

DAYTONA BEACH SHORES, Fla. -- Lauren Heaton, 18, of New Smyrna Beach, was among five young women employed as strippers at the Biggins Gentlemen's Club who made decent tip money showing their assets to paying customers.

Sept. 19, 2009: Daniel G. Wells, Edgewater, and Sharon A. Daley, Fountain Inn, S.C.