Joan A. Harding, 92, Edgewater, a former cook for a church, died Thursday, Sept. 17, 2009.
Lois Clara Frase, 79, of New Smyrna Beach, a homemaker and gardener, married for 62 years to Theodore G. Frase, died Wednesday, Sept. 16, 2009.
Rick Hunter, 59, Edgewater, a retired welder, died Tuesday, Sept. 15, 2009.
Sheriff Ben Johnson's annual Battle of the Badges charity fishing tournament returns to New Smyrna Beach today.
As usual, there will be plenty of activities, both on the water and on land, between 10 a.m.-3 p.m., when the fishing tournament weigh-in will take place at Riverside Park.
Among those scheduled to fish in the tournament are Sheriff Johnson, Nassau County Sheriff Tommy Seagraves, retired Lake County
Sheriff Noel Griffin, Jr., Sheriffs Youth Ranches President Roger Bouchard and several local media personalities. Other activities at the
DAYTONA BEACH -- A 28-year-old woman inmate at the Volusia County Branch Jail wa found unconscious and died Wednesday morning, the Volusia County Sherigff's Office reported.
No foul play is suspected in the death of Tracy Lee Veira, who was found unresponsive shortly after 10 a.m. , but autopsy results were not yet available Friday, said Sheriff's spokesman Gary Davidson, who added there were "no signs of trauma to her body."
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NSBNEWS.net photos by Henry Frederick and Sera Frederick. At left, Zone 2 City Commissioner Jack Grasty speaks at a public meeting. At right, Grasty and challengers Steve Sather (to his left) and Palmer Wilson to his right, participated in the recent candidate debates sponsored by the Public Watch Committee and NSBNEWS.net. Grasty has received the endorsements of the Board of Realtors, the Teamsters Union for city police and the International Association of Firefighters, the union for the city's firefighters.He is the only candidate among nine for three elective offices to receive all three endorsements for the 2009 NSB elections.
NEW SMYRNA BEACH -- Zone 2 City Commissioner Jack Grasty stands alone among the nine candidates as the only one to win the triple crown of political endorsements leading up to Tuesday's primary: the police and fire unions and the Board of Realtors. Mayoral candidate Adam Barringer has the potential to also reach that achievement, having already locked up the firefighters union and Board of Realtors endorsements.
Courtesy photos/NSB mug shots.Tamera Jo-Ann Busbey, Kyle Patrick Doolin, Daniel J. Weekley, William R. Taylor and Brian Vanaller (not pictured) were all charged in connection with shooting into an occupied dwelling that stemmed from a domestic dispute.
NEW SMYRNA BEACH -- A boyfriend-girlfriend dispute is believed to be the reason for a gun being fired into a residence that has resulted in five arrests, New Smyrna Beach police said.
DAYTONA BEACH -- Personnel from Volusia County Fire Services, Daytona Beach Fire Department and Holly Hill Fire Department responded at 3:48 a.m. to the report of a fire at 1310 Forest Ridge Drive, in unincorporated Volusia County near Daytona Beach.
The single family home was 50-percent involved when crews arrived on scene. Eleven units responded to the call.
No other structures surrounding the home were affected. Crews report that approximately 50-percent of the structure was damaged.
ORMOND BEACH -- A 61-year Ormond Beach man drowned in a pool at the apartment complex where he lived, Ormond Beach police said Wednesday.
The body og Gerard Farley was found just after 1:15 p.m. Wednesday by a friend at the bootom of the pool at the Thousand Oaks Apartments, 203 S. Orchard St., police said. Police said the death is apparently medically related, but an autopsy was ordered to confirm that, which is standard procedure considering the circumstances.
DEBARY -- Master Gardener Howard Jeffries will teach a free Florida Landscape Maintenance Course at the DeBary Hall Historic Site every Thursday from Oct. 1 through Nov. 5. The classes will be from 1 - 3:30 p.m. in the stables.
Participants will learn about lawn care, mulching, winter protection, proper pruning techniques, pest control, how to install plants, and
management of water and fertilizer. Jeffries will give demonstrations and answer questions about personal landscaping problems.
Johan "Hans" Stockinger, 81, of Edgewater, a former auto body repairman, died Monday, Sept. 14, 2009.
Monnie E. "Bud" Karrow, Jr., 86, of Edgewater, a Navy veteran of World War II and a police officer for the City of Westfield, N.Y. for 14 years, died Thursday, Sept. 10, 2009.
Kimberly Lynn Earlywine, 43, of Edgewater, a Kentucky native, died Wednesday, Sept. 9, 2009.
Thomas Tretheway, 71, of Oak Hill, who moved here from Detroit and Knoxville, Tenn., and enjoyed motorcycle riding and boating, died Sunday, Sept. 6, 2009.
