New Smyrna Beach

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Photos and story submitted by contributing writer Dale Smith for NSBNews.Net / Mayor Adam Barringer, left, listens to Vice Mayor Jim Hathaway speak about the proposed parking kiosks earmarked for the North Causeway Boat Ramp parking lot designed to raise money to offset maintenance costs.

NEW SMYRNA BEACH – With 2013 looming on the horizon, city officials said tonight they are worried how they will pay for the maintenance of parks they will inherit once Volusia County no longer will be responsible for the costs.

EDGEWATER, Fla. -- The Steven Sondheim classic, "A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum" opens at the Little Theatre of New Smyrna Beach on Friday.

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Children are invited to celebrate Dr. Seuss’ birthday from 4 - 5 p.m. Wednesday, March 2, at the New Smyrna Beach Regional Library, 1001 S. Dixie Freeway.

Children may come dressed as their favorite Dr. Seuss character and enter a “wubbulous world” of stories, games and prizes.

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NEW SMYRNA BEACH -- A 61-year-old motorcyclist was killed last night and his passenger critically injured in a collision with a Jeep, New Smyrna Beach police said.

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NEW SMYRNA BEACH -- The victims from Wednesday's plane crash have been identified as two residents of Norway who had been living locally.

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Photo by Dale Smith / Divers with the Volusia County Sheriff's Office recovered the two bodies in the cabin of a small plane that crashed Wednesday night in the ocean about 200 yards from the New Smyrna Beach shoreline.

NEW SMYRNA BEACH -- The bodies of the two victims from Wednesday's plane crash were recovered at approximately 10:20 this morning.

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Courtesy photo / Children ages 7 and up can enjoy Wonderland camp sponsored by the Little Theatre as demonstrated by this unidentified child at last year's event.

NEW SMYRNA BEACH -- The Little Theatre's WonderLand program has scheduled two Monday thru Friday five day camps for young thespians during the week of March 14.

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UPDATED at 11:10 p.m.

NEW SMYRNA BEACH -- A single-engine Cessna carrying two people, "went straight down" into the ocean off New Smyrna Beach tonight, the Federal Aviation Administration confirmed.

FAA pokeswoman Kathleen Bergen said the Cessna 172 Skyhawk flew out of Sarasota and was on its way to Daytona Beach International Airport when it crashed off New Smyrna Beach.

No survivors were found following the 6:30 p.m. incident with eyewitnesses reporting "the plane went spiraling down into the ocean several yards from the shore, Sheriff's spokeswoman Priscilla Ress confirmed for NSBNews.Net.

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Photo and story submitted by contributing writer Dale Smith / City Finance Director Althea Philord informs city commissioners on half-million-plus deficit and a three-year run of revenue shortfalls with the tax rate unchanged unless further cuts in spending are made.

NEW SMYRNA BEACH – City commissioners are staring at a $541,000 deficit for Fiscal Year 2011-2012 and are reviewing budget projections to whittle away at that figure.