NEW SMYRNA BEACH -- An 85-foot charter fishing boat with 54 people on board that was stranded offshore Sunday after losing power was safely towed back to shore by the Coast Guard.

The Passtime Princess was out at sea for a typical 10-hour charter Sunday when its captain radioed for help at 5:20 p.m. that the vessel was stalled and inoperable seven miles northwest of Ponce de Leon Inlet.

Anthony Barongi, 85, of New Smyrna Beach, a veteran, died Friday, July 31, 2009.

NEW SMYRNA BEACH -- A 34-year-old New Smyrna Beach man was stabbed in the torso during an altercation late Saturday night on Jacaranda Cay Court and the alleged stabber was arrested on a charge of aggravated battery, New Smyrna Beach police said.

The victim, Dustin Hewitt, was rushed by EVAC ambulance to Halifax Medical Center in Daytona Beach where he was listed in stable condition following the 11:11 p.m. altercation, Sgt. Shane Riggle said. He was suffering from an apparent stab wound in the upper abdomen.

PORT ORANGE -- State Rep. Dorothy Hukill, R-Port Orange, will join members of the John E. Mealy Memorial Post 3282 of the Veterans of Foreign Wars today for a fund-raising barbecue to benefit citizens impacted by the recent tornado in Port Orange.

Courtesy photo/far left, of Bruce Rossmeyer. NSBNEWS.net photos (middle) by Henry Frederick and (right) by Sera Frederick.

Funeral arrangements are set for Bruce Rossmeyer, owner of Bruce Rossmeyer's New Smyrna Harley-Davidson on State Road 44 in New Smyrna Beach and 14 other dealerships in five states, who died Thursday in a motorcycle accident in Wyoming while on his way to the big biker rally in Sturgis, S.D. Pictured in the middle photo are an array of Harleys on display in the New Smyrna Beach store, pictured at right. Rossmeyer's other local shops include the one on Beach Street in Daytona Beach and his massive Destination Daytona off Interstate 95 in Ormond Beach.

Aug. 1, 2009: John R. Capers and Treshawndra R. Robinson, New Smyrna Beach.

July 30, 2009: Gene E. Sorg and Mary Ann Graf, Edgewater; William L. Pohl, Hinesville, Ga., and Tanya M. Lewis, New Smyrna Beach; aime R. Strawderman and Jodi M. Magers, New Smyrna Beach.

EDGEWATER -- An apparent electrical fire earlier today damaged R&R Custom Cabinets of Volusia County.

The 9 a.m. fire at 2747 Guava Drive was brought under control a short time later by Edgewater firefighters and is being investigated by the Fire Marshall's Office.