Close to 100 people gathered in the parking lot at the corner of Sapphire Road and N. Peninsula Ave. in New Smyrna Beach, Thursday afternoon, Aug. 26.

Eagle-eyed lifeguards will be out in full-force this weekend – as two mighty forces collide: the Labor Day Beach crowd and the most dangerous surf of the summer.

The Southeast Chamber of Commerce has a new interim Executive Vice President, Samantha (nee Bergeron) Bishop.

Zach Hershberger, with roots in New Smyrna Beach, was part of the ‘U.S. Junior Men’s 8 plus Coxswain’ rowing team which won the Gold Medal at the Junior World Rowing Championship recently in the Czech Republic.

18-year old New Smyrna Beach rider Kali Phillips Mullen sat astride her 10-year old red dunn, Robins Red Enough, Sunday, Aug. 8 in the Center Ring at the Agricenter International Showplace Area.

The 2010 Primaries are now history.  According to the County’s Supervisor of Elections, Ann McFall, of Volusia County’s 314,907 registered voters, only about a quarter of that number voted.

A crowd of concerned citizens showed-up at New Smyrna Beach’s Brannon Center last Thursday morning.

As the sun went down Thursday, Aug. 12, and the shade from the cedar trees in New Smyrna’s Riverside Park grew long, hundreds of teary-eyed neighbors paused to remember Christa Kelsey.

In the last moments of this year’s primary race, many candidates on the Republican ticket came to the Smyrna Yacht Club, making their final appeal.

Army Spec. Antonio I. Williams has deployed to Kandahar, Afghanistan, to serve in support of Operation Enduring Freedom.