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Ideas, partnerships formed at homelessness forum
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VOLUSIA COUNTY - For five months, Craig Charbonneau says the roof of his home has been the sky and stars. "I have a bush," he says, "not an address." For lunch almost every day, the homeless 52-year-old ambles over from a wooded area in beachside Daytona Beach to the soup kitchen run by the Volusia/Fla...
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Volusia schools looking at ways to combat bullying
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VOLUSIA COUNTY - Schoolyard bullying has been going on since there have been schoolyards. Now, however, emerging technologies have given bullies power that extends well beyond the borders of the school. "I think cyber bullying is a huge issue," said Cindy Fisher, Volusia County Schools' coordinator for s...
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Tennis enthusiast honored for on-court training
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PORT ORANGE - Tennis is more than a sport for Rita Gladstone, it is a passion and lifestyle. Wearing many hats through three decades as a tennis enthusiast - player, coach, volunteer and national trainer - she went to college on a tennis scholarship, traveled the world when she played professionally, and met...
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Extended Biketoberfest gets mixed reviews
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DAYTONA BEACH - Tom Guest is on a mission that appears to be an uphill battle. Mr. Guest wants to convince area merchants and residents that Biketoberfest, which will celebrate its 19th year in October, should be changed from a four-day event to a 10-day event. Mr. Guest is chair of the Biketoberfest Developmen...
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Now you see it ...
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Student Brendan McBride, 7, performs his own magic trick with magician Kevin Spencer during a show at the Monarch Academy in Daytona Beach recently. The Monarch Academy, a school for children with autism, opened last summer. monarchacad@aol.com...
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Last chance for residents to comment on new city zones
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DAYTONA BEACH - Residents will have their last chance Feb. 1 to influence Daytona Beach City commissioners when they vote on new boundaries for the zones they represent. Kurt Spitzer, one of the consultants hired by the city for the redistricting process, defined redistricting as the process by which the city c...
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CRA board members say new rules will keep volunteers away
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NEW SMYRNA BEACH - Help wanted: Experienced business people or residents are being sought as volunteer commissioners for the Community Redevelopment Agency. Stipulation: The city just decided that no grant money will be awarded to you during your two-year, unpaid term. That's the recruiting pitch that...
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From lunch counter to county council, Cusack never afraid to stand her ground
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VOLUSIA COUNTY - Joyce Cusack was an idealistic teenage girl spending time at a downtown DeLand lunch counter in 1959. But she wasn't there to get a burger and shake. Ms. Cusack and fellow black students at the segregated Euclid Avenue School decided that local stores were going to treat them like any o...
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Roll with it
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Frank Luznar, 7, left, and Trevor Riley, 8, of Samsula Academy in New Smyrna Beach play with roll drums during the 23rd annual Native American Festival at Rockefeller Gardens in Ormond Beach Saturday. The City of Ormond Beach Department of Leisure Services sponsored the event....
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Ormond Beach resident: dog droppings are a big to- doo-doo
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ORMOND BEACH - Rick Thompson is tired of the errant dog poo, and he promises to raise a stink until the city cleans up the problem. "I usually walk four to six miles every day," he said recently. "Along the city sidewalks, and sometimes on the sidewalks, you see piles of crap." Mr. Thompson spoke to the ...
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Missing woman's mother to hold candlelight vigil
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PORT ORANGE - Two years after her daughter went missing, Lauretta Rogers still doesn't know what happened - or is happening - with her daughter, Laurel. It's the not knowing, she said, that is the hardest part. "You wake up every morning and wonder, what is (Laurel) going through?" Ms. Rogers said. "We don't...
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Citizen advisory committee will evaluate FPL purchase
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SOUTH DAYTONA - When pitted in a battle of tense emotions, the facts don't always prevail. But city leaders want to combat what they see as a "substantial amount of misinformation and speculation" in the community regarding its plans to purchase Florida Power and Light's electric utility. On Tuesday, the Cit...
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Cities salute police, fire employees of the year
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PORT ORANGE - Two police officers and two firefighters were recently honored for their service to the cities of Port Orange and South Daytona. At the City Manager's Breakfast at the Port Orange-South Daytona Chamber of Commerce, Jesse Pierson was recognized as Port Orange Police Officer of the Year and Chris...
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Daytona Beach Home & Garden Show returns
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The new Daytona Beach Home & Garden Show will return to the Ocean Center March 2, 3 and 4. The show will feature area contractors exhibiting everything for in and around the home and landscape displays by area landscape designers. There will be special guest appearances by Krista Watterworth from HGTV shows Save My Bath and Sp...
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Picture this
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Edgewater city manager Tracey Barlow shows Edgewater native Doris Massey, 81, a visioning plan to turn a portion of Park Avenue into a business center like Canal Street during the second annual Southeast Volusia Chamber of Commerce Home Show & Business Expo on Canal Street in New Smyrna Beach Saturday. The expo feat...
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Leaving keys in car is open invitation to thieves
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Don't make life easy for car thieves by leaving your car keys in the ignition. It might seem harmless to leave a car running in a store's parking lot while you dash inside. That is all opportunistic thieves need to take off with your vehicle. Making the scenario worse is when children are left unattended in a vehicle. Not only ...
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Ain't racing poetic?
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In 1903, tiny Ormond Beach hosted the very first speed weeks auto racing event ever held in this area. The city's pride in that history is reflected in its trademarked motto "The Birthplace Of Speed." Not only was the 1903 winter speed carnival the first in Florida, it would continue for eight years and become the first ...
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Local dentists will 'give kids a smile' next Friday
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The Volusia and Flagler County Dental Association will participate in the national Give Kids A Smile event Friday, Feb. 3. Give Kids A Smile is an annual centerpiece to National Children's Dental Health Month. It is a one-day event where dentists and dental staff volunteer their time to provide free dental care to low-income a...
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Stetson gets a friendlier hatter
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DELAND - Throughout Stetson University's 123-year history, its alma mater sung by thousands of students has begun with "Dear alma mater, smile upon thy children..." But never did it mean that its Hatters mascot should smile so creepily that all the children shrieked in fear. Back in 1995, athletic dire...
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New captain tops list of sheriff's office promotions
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There have been four promotions recently at the Volusia County Sheriff's Office, including selection of the newest captain, Paul Adkins. Also promoted were Lieutenant Bryan Barnard and the sheriff's office's two newest line-level supervisors, sergeants Omar McKnight and Chuck Whitener. Adkins, 40, has been with the sheriff's of...
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Green day
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Fourth- and fifth-graders from Temple Beth-El School in Ormond Beach plant a tree during an Arbor Day tree planting ceremony at the Nova Community Center Park last Friday. The Ormond Beach Lions Club and the Seabreeze High School Leo Club sponsored the event....
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Chess club to hold tournament
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The Daytona Beach Chess Club will host "The First Candidate Master's Invitational" on Jan. 28. The best players from the DeLand, Jacksonville, Gainesville and Daytona Beach chess clubs will compete in preparation for the state championship to be held here in September. The tournament sections are: Section I Ararat 1963 Gaines...
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Correction
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A story in last week's Hometown News, "CRA board wants guidance on how they should operate," contained incorrect information about one of two recently resigned board members of New Smyrna Beach's Community Redevelopment Agency. Doug Hodson, who resigned for business reasons, did not declare any conflicts of interest in CRA grant requests....
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