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WASHINGTON, D.C. -- Congresswoman Suzanne Kosmas, D-New Smyrna Beach, took action today to protect jobs and stop forced closings of Central Florida automobile dealerships by signing on as an original co-sponsor of the bipartisan Automobile Dealer Economic Rights Restoration Act (H.R.2743).
# Inci_id Offense Street Number Street
1 2009050325 AGGRAVATED ASSAULT 599 JOSIE ST/CHARLOVIX ST
2 2009050420 AGGRAVATED ASSAULT 500 RONNOC LN
3 2009050304 BURGLARY - FORCIBLE ENTRY 900 N PENINSULA AV
4 2009050328 BURGLARY - FORCIBLE ENTRY 525 N DIXIE FRWY
5 2009050328 BURGLARY - NON-FORCED ENTRY 525 N DIXIE FRWY
ORMOND BEACH -- The Daytona Beach chapter of the Florida Motion Picture & Television Association will officially re-open 7 p.m. Wednesday in the Cinematique Theater at the Book Store Cafe, 410 S. Nova Road in Ormond Beach.
"I look forward to being in this new meeting place," said FMPTA President Carole Ferrill, who will be on hand to officially re-open and
re-organize the chapter.
THREE IN CUSTODY FOLLOWING CARJACKING IN DELTONA
DELTONA -- The Volusia County Sheriff's Office has three people in custody after 38-year-old Moliek Hudson was carjacked Monday afternoon at gunpoint in Deltona with his 3-year-old son inside his van, agency spokesman Gary Davidson said.
The suspects put the toddler out of the vehicle at Florida Drive in the southwest corner of Deltona before taking off with Hudson's van and wallet. However, the culprits -- two males and a female -- didn't get very far, Davidson said.
Courtesy photo. Richard Lester, an algebra teacher at New Smrna Beach High School, appeared 20 years ago in the movie western, "Silverado," which was broadcast May 30 on Turner Classic Movies.
NEW SMYRNA BEACH -- Weekdays for 10 months out of the year, film-maker Richard Lester teaches ninth-grade algebra at New Smyrna Beach High School.
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Courtesy photo. The official poster and T-shirt designs for the Seaside Fiesta were created by watercolor artist Judy Shiilinburg of Destin for the June 18 street party on Flagler Avenue.
NEW SMYRNA BEACH -- Judy Shillingburg's watercolor, "Seaside Fiesta," was selected for the 21st annual Flagler Avenue Seaside Fiesta poster and T-shirt, the marquee symbols for the Seaside Fiesta.
Editor's note: Updated to identify the motorist, the city of the victim and the circumstances.
NEW SMYRNA BEACH -- A 45-year-old woman was struck and killed by a motorist in a Toyota pick-up truck Friday night while crossing the 1900 block of State Road 44, New Smyrna Beach police said.
NEW SMYRNA BEACH -- Volusia County’s Mosquito Control Division has contracted with Clarke Mosquito Control to spray 113,569 acres in the county starting Sunday night here in New Smyrna Beach, Edgewater and Oak Hill, said Vickie Pleus, a county spokeswoman.
She said Clarke will treat for adult mosquitoes using low-flying fixed-wing aircraft. The spraying will occur between 8 p.m. and 5 a.m. and is expected to be completed by Thursday night.
NEW SMYRNA BEACH -- The targeted victim was an 84-year-old Edgewater woman sitting in her car at the New Smyrna Beach K-Mart on 1724 State Road 44. The would-be criminal: A 13-year-old boy.
DELAND -- Flood victims in Volusia County can apply for state funding assistance through Volusia County and the cities of Daytona Beach and Port Orange, said county spokeswoman Shelley Szafraniec
Flood victims living outside Daytona Beach city limits may apply for disaster assistance through Volusia County’s Community Assistance
Division, which has received $1 million in state funds to assist families affected by the May flooding.
