Mayor demands and receives resignation of majority of board overseeing troubled NSB Housing Authority
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Father, pregnant teen daughter and unborn baby killed in Memorial Day boating accident near Disappearing Island
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Far left, A tow operator readies to tow one of the wrecked boats in the Intracoastal Waterway near Disappearing Island in New Smyrna Beach. Madison Holley, 19, shown here from her Facebook page, was nine months pregnant when she and her unborn baby were killed, along with her 46-year-old father, Cyril J. Holley Jr., all of DeLand.
NEW SMYRNA BEACH -- A 46-year-old DeLand man, his 19-year-old pregnant daughter who was due in a matter of weeks and her unborn child were killed when one boat crashed on top of another near Disappearing Island in what has turned out to be the most tragic Memorial Day ever on the Intracoastal Waterway, authorities said.
Volusia County chair Frank Bruno responds to chamber economic development proposal
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Editor's Note: The following was written by Volusia County Chairman Frank Bruno regarding economic development:By Frank Bruno
County Chair
DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. -- It’s been 10 years since the County Council created the Voles County Department of Economic Development because the private sector-driven Volusia County Business Development Corporation wasn’t working. The County Council made a wise decision a decade ago; I see no justification to change course.
Volusia community assistance staff to provide grant information, seek input at public meetings, including NSB
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DELAND Volusia County’s Community Assistance Division will provide information about the Community Development Block Grant, HOME Investment Partnerships and Emergency Shelter Grant programs at three community meetings, including one in New Smyrna Beach at the Babe James Center.
Edgewater motorist killed on I-95 when semi hits his SUV from behind
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NEW SMYRNA BEACH -- A 60-year-old Edgewater motorist was killed early Wednesday morning and his passenger critically injured on Interstate 95 when his sport utility vehicle was hit from behind by a semi tractor-trailer, the Florida Highway Patrol said.
First United Methodist Church of NSB to hold Monday healing services in June
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NEW SMYRNA BEACH -- Beginning Monday, June 14 at 7 pm, First United Methodist Church of New Smyrna Beach will begin a monthly prayer and healing service. It will then continue on the second Monday of each month at 7 pm in the church sanctuary.
Edgewater firefighter suspended with pay while officials try and determine any involvement in Port Orange firefighter husband's alleged prescription pill thefts
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Michael Michaud, a Port Orange firefighter, is accused of stealing 12,000 prescription pills.
EDGEWATER -- An Edgewater firefighter was placed on paid administrative leave while investigators try and determine whether she had any knowledge or participated in the theft of prescription pills alleged against her firefighter-husband in Port Orange even as there is no direct link established other than the bond of marriage.
NSB Seaside Balloon Fest draws 20,000 to municipal airport
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Some 20,000 people flocked to the New Smyrna Beach Municipal Airport over the weekend for the three-day Seaside Balloon Fest, which began Friday night with two dozen hot air balloons on display, as well as airplane and helicopter rides, plus live music, food and refreshments.
NEW SMYRNA BEACH --Balloons bring out the child in all of us. Just ask 55-year-old Arlen Stauffer.
NSB Cops: Boat man found floating in Intracoastal Waterway pronounced dead at Bert Fish Medical Center
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Arnold Brown, 50, who was living on a boat in the Intracoastal Waterway was found floating unconscious by a person who pulled him to shore as paramedics arrived to a 9-1-1 call and perrformed CPR before transporting him to Bert Fish Medical Center where he was pronounced dead.
NEW SMYRNA BEACH -- Why 50-year-old Arnold Brown was floating in the Intracoastal Waterway has yet to be dertimined in the wake of his death Wednesday morning when he was pulled ashore unconscious by a bystander as reponding paramedics tried to revive him.
There were no signs of foul play, said Cmdr. Bill Drossman of the incident just north of the North Causeway Bridge in the 100 block of North Peninsula.
Congresswoman Kosmas urges Central Florida's coastal residents and businesses to prepare for possible effects of deepwater Horizon oil spill
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WASHINGTON, DC - Today, after a Florida Congressional Delegation meeting on the status of the Deepwater Horizon Gulf of Mexico oil spill with Rear Admiral Paul F. Zukunft, director of response policy for the U.S. Coast Guard, Congresswoman Suzanne Kosmas, D-New Smyrna Beach (FL-24), issued the following statement:
"Though the oil spill has not reached Florida, the Coast Guard has made it clear that the flow of oil has intersected the Loop Current and tar balls and other remnants could reach the Straits of Florida in about a week. From there, the possibility exists that communities on the East Coast could be hit.