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NSBNEWS.net photo by Sera Frederick. New Smyrna Beach police Cmdr. William Drossman received a 10% pay increase because of a budget oversight that saw him earning far less than sergeants reporting to him, Interim City Manager Khalid Resheidat said.
The following was written by Robert Lott, president of the Southeast Volusia Chamber of Commerce.
During a conversation with a potential candidate for public office last week, the future politician complained about the money spent by the New Smyrna Beach CRA (Community Redevelopment Agency). The concern was over the city budget and the expenditure of “our tax dollars.”
SEVILLE -- The Volusia County Sheriff’s Office is investigating an armed robbery of a Seville convenience store Tuesday morning.
Three employees were in the store when a man with a handgun entered and demanded cash. There were no shots fired or any injuries. Several deputies, a K-9 unit and a Sheriff’s Office helicopter responded to the scene, but the suspect was not found.
June 12, 2009: Matthew I. Bowman and Brittany N. Maxwell, New Smyrna Beach.
Albert G. Geiger, 82, of New Smyrna Beach, a former beer salesman and U.S. Navy veteran who received the Asiatic-Pacific; American Theatre; European Theatre; and the Victory medals, died Saturday, June 6, 2009.
Julius Caesar Herrin, 94, of New Smyrna Beach, who worked tirelessly with the American Baptist Home Mission Society in support of integration in public schools, churches and civil rights organizations, died Friday, June 5, 2009.
ORMOND BEACH -- A man found Monday at the bottom of an Ormond Beach motel pool has been identified by Ormond Beach police as 73-year-old Mikhail Levkovas.
The pool find was made by patrons at the Castillo Del Sol, 205 S. Atlantic Ave., who subsequently called police. Despite life-saving efforts by firefighters, the victim was pronounced dead on arrival at Florida Hospital-Oceanside.
Police did not know why he was in the pol or where he was from.
SAMSULA -- An 81-year-old Massachusetts woman was fighting for her life overnight at Halifax Medical Center after she was flown there earlier Tuesday by a Sheriff's helicopter following a three-car crash on State Road 415, the Florida Highway Patrol said.
NEW SMYRNA BEACH -- Build it and they will come, urged residents in support of an upscale hotel complex off Flagler Avenue.
"We need this hotel - we need the impact of this hotel, said Hunter Mann, an owner of the 24 Hour Body Works on U.S. 1., who said he started up his physical fitness center here in January, based on the city's history and charm. "We want this money in our community."
Others, though, were not so sold on the project, with Bill Gallagher, of North Pine Street saying, "We have to be weary of some of the promises."
NEW SMYRNA BEACH -- The City Commission will hold a special meeting 8:30 a.m. at the Atlantic Center for the Arts, 1414 Art Center Blvd., to discuss a plethora of major projects. They include development of last year's Ester Street acreage to help alleviate drainage and provide off-beach parking:
PONCE INLET -- Volusia County Marine Science Center rehabilitation team members are planning the release of an adult female loggerhead sea turtle called Morgan at 11 a.m. Wednesday, weather permitting, said Michelle Coates, a county spokeswoman.
The beachside release will be on the north side of the county’s Winter Haven Park, 4589 S. Atlantic Ave., Ponce Inlet.
From late February through March, the northeast coastline of Florida experienced a dramatic increase in the number of stranded sea turtles.
