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DELTONA, Fla. -- Melody McSorley Johnson has maintained from the onset of her 2014 campaign that it's "all about the children" and not the partisan politics of aggressive GOP leader Tony Ledbetter or the criticism of liberal Dems. On Thanksgiving Day, you will meet this special lady, who along with her husband, Nathan Johnson, adopted three children.

HeadlineSurfer.com will bring you beyond the headlines of a school board candidate's first run for office and why she was so successful despite all the political rhetoric on both sides in what is supposed to be a non-partisan board. But as has been the case in Volusia County for several election cycles has become all too political.

NEW SMYRNA BEACH, Fla. -- In observance of the Thanksgiving holiday, there will be no garbage pickup on Thursday, November 27, in New Smyrna Beach.

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DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. -- Passenger traffic at Daytona Beach International Airport decreased 8 percent during October in comparison with the previous October, attributed to fewer seats offered by Delta, Volusia County officials said.

During October, 47,075 incoming and outgoing passengers traveled through the county-operated airport. This compares with 50,930 passengers in October 2013.

"The airport’s passenger traffic decline in October was the second monthly decline in 2014 and can be attributed to fewer seats offered by Delta Air Lines, the airport’s primary air carrier, combined with some increase in seats offered by U.S Airways," Rick Karl, airport director, told Headline Surfer®. "Passenger loads for both air carriers reached 95 percent during October, an increase of 1 percent from last October."

2014 Daytona 500 winner Dale Earnhardt, Jr, Jeff Gordon & Jimmie Johnson out of running in 'The Chase' finale despite 13 victories between them

HOMESTEAD, Fla. -- NASCAR CEO Brian France boasted in January that this season's revised Chase format would produce a bonafide Sprint Cup champion with the emphasis on track wins along the way. But it hasn't quite worked out that way.

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NEW SMYRNA BEACH, Fla. -- Walkers, runners and riders now have a new path to blaze in New Smyrna Beach with Tuesday's opening of the Pedestrian Trail.

So says a press release from the municipality.

The trail spans 2.2 miles from West Pine Avenue just north of S.R. 44 off Mission Road to Sugar Mill Drive.

No contest cocaine plea continues to dog Stephen Sather's public office runs 

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NEW SMYRNA BEACH, Fla. -- Jason McGuirk, a New Smyrna Beach commissioner and the vice mayor, called Jake Sachs to offer congratulations after his decisive victory over Stephen "Steve" Sather in the commission zone 2 race in Tuesday's general elections.

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DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. -- As a political consultant, here's the best practical advice I can share with you today: It’s Election Day! Don’t waste it.

 That means get out and vote. No excuses.

Today is the day where all the voting whether it’s early or absentee really counts. Election Day is the day the ones who have been sitting on the sidelines waiting for the “October Surprise” to happen vote

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DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. -- This endorsement of Joyce Cusack for re-election in the at-large seat on the Volusia County Council will be short and sweet. Cusack is first class all the way in her dealings with the public and the issues at hand on the dais and in her every-day life.

And that's how it should be. Her challenger, Patricia Northey, has served the county with honor and distinction for many years, but in the last two years, she had come to the realization that her political career was coming to an end.