DEBARY -- The public is invited to enjoy an old-fashioned Fourth of July celebration at DeBary Hall Historic Site from 10 a.m. - 2 p.m. Saturday, July 4.
Activities at this free outdoor party are geared toward all ages. A disc jockey will play patriotic music, and attendees can compete in a number of events, including pie-eating contests. Participants may bring a picnic lunch or purchase refreshments on site.
PONCE INLET -- Volusia County’s Environmental Management Division is asking the public to help find a nesting loggerhead turtle that disappeared from the beach in Ponce Inlet early Monday morning.
According to sea turtle specialist Jennifer Winters, a loggerhead turtle crawled onto the beach to nest near the Beach Street ramp, possibly after low tide at 2:30 a.m. The turtle’s tracks went up the ramp west of the gates and ended at the pavement.
Courtesy photo. A Mass of the Ressurrection will be held 11 a.m. Tuesday for the Rev. Francis J. Browne, of Sacred Heart R.C. Church of New Smyrna Beach, who died Thursday. He was 66.
NEW SMYRNA BEACH -- A Mass of the Resurrection for Rev. Francis J. Browne, C.Ss.R., 66, who died Thursday, June 18, 2009 will be concelebrated at 11 a.m. Tuesday, at Sacred Heart R.C. Church.
A Christian Wake service will be 7 p.m. Monday, at Sacred Heart. Burial will be Saturday, in Mt. St. Alphonsus Cemetery, Esopus, N.Y.
June 20, 2009: Robert T. Bogosta Jr. and Amy D. Perin, Edgewater.
NEW SMYRNA BEACH, Fla. -- Even as the country endures a nasty recession, James Pendleton had no problem opening up his wallet and paying about 30 bucks for food and drinks for himself and his two young girls at Thursday's Seaside Fiesta on Flagler Avenue.
Courtesy photo/The Observer. Father Francis Browne, pastor at Sacred Heart Catholic Church in New Smyrna Beach, died Thursday. He was 66.
NEW SMYRNA BEACH – Father Francis Browne's love of the priesthood was unquestioned as was his favorite hobby: Fishing.
As first reported by The Observer newspaper, Browne, pastor of Sacred Heart Roman Catholic Church in New Smyrna Beach since 2003, suffered a massive heart attack Thursday that resulted in his death while fishing with a friend, Paul Arnold of Edgewater, in Mosquito Lagoon near the Canaveral National Seashore when he was stricken in the boat. Browne was 66.
Courtesy photo/DeLand police. A photo of a bank robber was taken from surveillance footage at the Space Coast Credit Union branch in DeLand, which was robbed Friday. A Wachovia Bank branch in Port Orange was also robbed later in the day, but authorities aren't certain if the two are related.
DAYTONA BEACH -- Tuition at Daytona State College is going up 8 percent this fall, a measure approved Thursday by the college's Board of Trustees.
The tuition hike is allowed by the Florida Legislasture because of shrinking funds to support the college's $85 million budget. A full-time student will pay close to $3,000 for two semesters, an increase of more than $300 over this year.
DSC also has a branch campus in New Smyrna Beach.
DELTONA -- A woman clerk was shoved by a gunman when she initially refused his demand for cash at a Deltona convenience store early Thursday morning, before he reached over the counter and took money, the Volusia County Sheriff's Office said.
There were no shots fired or any serious injuries in the 1:42 a.m. robbery at the Kangaroo Store, 2910 Howland Blvd.
DELAND -- A third person in Volusia County has been confirmed as suffering from swine flu, according to a story published Friday on the Orlando Sentinel's Web site.
"A spokeswoman for Florida Hospital DeLand said a patient whose identity is not beingdisclosed was admitted for a pre-existing chronic medical condition and was at high risk for complications," the Sentinel reported. "The patient was listed in critical condition."
Florida has had 562 cases of swine flu, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention in Atlanta. A 9-year-old boy from
