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Local pool reopens for Barracuda swimmers, community
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EDGEWATER - Seven months ago, things were looking pretty grim for the New Smyrna Beach High School swim team. Aqua Park, the team's home for practices and swim meets for more than 35 years, closed its doors, and with no realistic alternative pool, their entire future was in jeopardy. Enter the Barracuda Swim B...
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Flagler Ave. hosts seafood fest
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NEW SMYRNA BEACH - Sure, summertime is all about hot dogs and hamburgers, but we can't forget our seafood, can we? New Smyrna Beach hasn't. This Thursday, Aug. 18, more than 20 local restaurants will participate in the 4th annual Shrimp and Seafood Festival on Flagler Avenue, where attendees can sample some of...
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South Daytona moves forward with power takeover, FPL will fight purchase price
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SOUTH DAYTONA - After years of debating and litigating with Florida Power & Light, the City will move forward with acquiring FPL's electrical utility, with city-operated service anticipated to go online next year. But FPL does not plan to give up its power without a fight. In a letter to FPL customers sent o...
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Johnson named president of state sheriff's association
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VOLUSIA COUNTY - Volusia County Sheriff Ben Johnson has a lot on his mind: pill mills, Internet cafés, metal theft, sexual predators. Now, as the newly appointed president of the Florida Sheriff's Association, he's going to share those thoughts with state leaders. "We work with legislators to get laws p...
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Two honored by United Way with President's award
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For Hometown News United Way of Volusia and Flagler Counties has awarded two local volunteers with the President's Call To Service Award, the highest national honor offered in recognition of a lifetime of volunteer service. The awards were presented at the United Way of Volusia-Flagler Counties' Annual Board of Directors meeting, held on July 2...
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Investigator says Hank Smith falsely accused employees; councilors set date for his hearing
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DAYTONA BEACH SHORES - Officials have given embattled city councilor Hank Smith an ultimatum: resign by the end of the month or face disciplinary action. That was the unanimous message delivered by the City Council Tuesday after an investigator they appointed said Mr. Smith did write an anonymous letter accu...
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Pub owner is denied live music request
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DAYTONA BEACH - The luck of the Irish has run out for the owner of Robbie O'Connell's Pub and a plan to offer live music at the Seabreeze Boulevard venue. Despite the pub's location in the nightclub district, the City Commission recently voted down a plan to give the pub a pass on city rules for live entertainmen...
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Helping hand
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Ormond Beach resident Linda Curtis and fellow members of the United States Tennis Association create care packages during the USTA Adopt-a-Unit Packing Party at the Florida Tennis Center in Daytona Beach recently. The USTA and the National Recreation Foundation teamed up to provide ways for tennis communities to hel...
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Daytona approves a limited ban on social services
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DAYTONA BEACH - When city officials proposed a sweeping ban on social service agencies in redevelopment areas in 2009, there was an outcry from officials at those agencies. They convinced city leaders to take a closer look at the issue before enforcing a blanket ban. Two years later, an effort led by Ray Salazar,...
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Officials choose park design
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ORMOND BEACH - Steadily, the city is working toward its goal of opening a new oceanfront park by January 2013. The park would mean a lot for businesses and residents, City Manager Joyce Shanahan said in an interview. "Clearly, for the businesses along (S.R.) A1A, I believe having a place for a concentration of vi...
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New Home & Garden Show comes to Daytona Beach
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VOLUSIA COUNTY - The new Daytona Beach Home & Garden Show will offer visitors a 2 for 1 expo when it joins with the Daytona Boat Show on Sept.23-25 at the Ocean Center. This show is brought to you by the producers of the Orlando Home & Garden Show at the Orange County Convention Center. The show will feature celebrity guests a...
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It's hard to reason with hurricane season
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There is nothing quite like the apprehension one feels when the first leaf quivers in advance of a hurricane. You are at once fearful and yet somehow exhilarated. That was how I felt in 1999 when Hurricane Floyd was approaching our shores. The local TV channels had been tracking the storm since it made the Lesser Antille...
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Art classes help vets get creative
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DAYTONA BEACH - "Art is the triumph over chaos." So said novelist John Cheever. Few know chaos as intimately as members of the armed forces, and with the help of the Ormond Beach Memorial Art Museum, some local veterans are embracing art as a way to resolve the chaos in their lives. The art museum's mon...
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Chance to 'lose big' here again
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VOLUSIA COUNTY - Losing pounds could turn into big dollars for area residents participating in the Volusia Building Industry Association's second consecutive "Losing Big Weight Loss Challenge." Halifax Health and the Volusia YMCA have signed on as "Official Health Sponsors" for the event, which begins Aug. 14 and is expected t...
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Splash zone
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Elmer Carlson, 4, of Seville, Fla., runs through rings of water with his friends Cole and Avery Fisher of Ormond Beach (not pictured) at Ormond Neighborhood Center's splash pad recently.
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Correction
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In a story last week called "Port Orange councilors consider smoking, flavored tobacco regulations," it was reported that "selling flavored tobacco to minors is legal." Hometown News retracts that statement. It should have been reported that the sale of any products containing tobacco to anyone under 18 is illegal, but tobacco companies have bee...
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