NEW SMYRNA BEACH -- The spirit of the holidays brings people together, makes everyone a little more charitable and makes life more than bearable.
DAYTONA BEACH -- The online site for the Daytona Beach News-Journal was down at 5 p.m.
Headline Surfer got an error mesage in calling up news-journalonline.com. The site was back online 10 minutes later.
EDGEWATER -- Edgewater cops are looking for a hit-and-run motorist who struck and killed a 75-year-old person walking north in the 2300 block of South Ridgewood Avenue at 6:55 p.m. Monday.
Award-winning journalist Henry Frederick, shown here, is the editor/publisher and owner of Headline Surfer (HeadlineSurfer.com), the 24/7 Internet newspaper launched Apri
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NEW SMYRNA BEACH -- Mayor Adam Barringer is Headline Surfer's 2012 "Newsmaker of the Year" for being embroiled in a second scandal involving allegations of using his elected position for financial gain with his private business holdings, the latest resulting in an ethics complaint file with the state. He also appointed a friend to the planning board who admitted in court to buying cocaine from an undercover police officer, voted $20,000 in CRA taxpayer funding for a boyhood friend to fix up his bar and cursed out a rookie cop who wouldn't let him drive through a closed side street before the start of the Christmas parade -- a cop who served in combat in Iraq.
NEW SMYRNA BEACH -- Bill Roe, proprietor of Ocean Properties, the premier Realtor in New Smyrna Beach, is Headline Surfer's choice as the 2012 "Citizen of the Year" for his patriotic spirit and loyalty to God, country and overall standing in the community.
Honorable mention for this year-end award is Sheriff Ben Johnson who handled himself with class and distinction in his successful re-election as Volusia County's top cop.
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DELAND -- County Council at-large member Joyce Cusack believes the time is at hand for she and her colleagues to take a critical look at how CRAs are being managed by the cities before and if any new agreements are struck as the current ones begin to sunset.
EDGEWATER -- This gun control issue has me in a quandary. While I myself do not currently own a firearm I have considered buying one and learning how to shoot it.
DAYTONA BEACH -- With the big crash sandwiched in between on day 2, the three-day Preseason Thunder Test at Daytona International Speedway that ended this afternoon provided an exciting glimpse into what NASCAR fans can expect from the "Gen 6" race cars at Budweiser Speedweeks culminating with the Feb. 24 running of the Daytona 500: Speed, baby! Pure unadulterated speed!
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NEW SMYRNA BEACH -- A memorial service will be held Monday at the Coronado United Methodist Church for Jacqueline (Jackie) Kay Herchek, of New Smyrna Beach, former board chairwoman of the Southeast Volusia Hospital Authority, who died four days ago of complications from a brain aneurysm. She was 75.
