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July 21, 2009: James W. Hill and Marcella A. Halstead, Edgewater.

NEW SMYRNA BEACH -- Blue Heron International Pictures announced today that its latest Holocaust documentary -- Safe Haven: The Warsaw Zoo -- produced locally, has been accepted by the 2009 Route 66 Film Festival to be held in Springfield, Ill., on Sept. 19-20.

“After being named one of the 25 festivals worth the fee in Moviemaker Magazine, we received many more than the usual number of entries, “festival director Linda McElroy said. “Making our selections this year was extremely difficult, and we had to pass up many excellent films.”

NEW SMYRNA BEACH -- Congresswoman Suzanne Kosmas, D-New Smyrna Beach, a member of the House Science and Technology Committee, issued the following statement celebrating the 40th anniversary of the Apollo 11 Moon Landing:

I recently watched the documentary “Safe Haven, The Warsaw Zoo,” produced by New Smyrna Beach High School teacher Richard Lester with his son Gary (as director) and Edgewater resident Charlie Carlson. If you never heard of it or haven’t seen it, I suggest you go to www.IDBM.com and watch it. The film is not long but tells a riveting tale of the Warsaw Jews when the Germans took over Poland.

David A. Saltsman, 60, of Edgewater, a paramedic and Vietnam war veteran, died Sunday, July 19, 2009.

Courtesy photo/NSB PD. A man found shot to death early this morning in an SUV behind an Edgewater bar has been identified by New Smyrna Beach police as 25-year-old Jeremy M. Markley of Eustis. His killer remains at large.

NSBNEWS.net video by Sera Frederick. In her twice monthly video interview with NSBNEWS.net, New Smyrna Beach Mayor Sally Mackay talks about the proposed municipal budget and the hiring of a new city manager in this segment on Canal Street.

NEW SMYRNA BEACH -- The discovery of a fatal gunshot victim early this morning slumped in an SUV behind an Edgewater bar is believed to be from an earlier incident in which shots were reported fired in the 1400-1600 blocks of Palmetto Street, New Smyrna Beach police said.

James F. Russell, 87, of Oak Hill, a timber harvester and owner of R & R Logging in Volusia County for 20 years, died Friday, July 17, 2009.

July 17, 2009: Douglas B. Coleman, Edgewater, and Leanne B. Wagner, Port Orange; Lecory C. Miles and Trenika N. Darby, Edgewater.