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Citizens have a chance to meet the candidates »

By: Michael Kiepert Deltona, FL (July 26, 2010) - The Deltona Citizens Action Committee held a candidate Hob Nob Sunday, July 25, at the Deltona Library featuring candidates for Deltona’s Mayoral race along with commission candidates…

The Deltona 2010 election begins with Voter Beware »

By: Michael Kiepert Deltona, FL (June 18, 2010) - The City of Deltona marks the beginning of the 2010 election season today, at noon, when all candidates must have their…

Horror Stories Abound in the Mortgage World »

By: Maynard Joseph Deltona, Fl. (July 16, 2010) Robert Bellow reviewing letter from BofA The home foreclosure rate seems to have abated for the time being in Central Florida but…

The Mayoral Debate of Deltona, Who’s on Third »

By: Maynard Joseph Deltona, FL (July 16, 2010) - The desire to hold a debate for Deltona’s Mayoral candidates has turned into an Abbot and Costello script of who’s on…

Inaugural Authors Book Fair in Deltona »

By: Christy Jefferson Deltona, FL (July 13, 2010) – The Deltona Regional Library’s Authors Book Fair: Celebrating Writers and Readers will take place Oct. 9, 2010, from 10 a.m.…

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Burned Once–No Lesson Learned »

July 22, 2010 - If a child sticks his hand in a fire, or touches a hot oven range he quickly learns to never do that again. Unfortunately the same cannot be said for…

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Citizens have a chance to meet the candidates »

By: Michael Kiepert Deltona, FL (July 26, 2010) - The Deltona Citizens Action Committee held a candidate Hob Nob Sunday, July 25, at the Deltona…

By: Michael Kiepert Deltona, FL (June 18, 2010) - The City of Deltona marks the beginning of the 2010 election season…

By: Maynard Joseph Deltona, Fl. (July 16, 2010) Robert Bellow reviewing letter from BofA The home foreclosure rate seems to have…

By: Maynard Joseph Deltona, FL (July 16, 2010) - The desire to hold a debate for Deltona’s Mayoral candidates has turned…

By: Christy Jefferson Deltona, FL (July 13, 2010) – The Deltona Regional Library’s Authors Book Fair: Celebrating Writers and Readers…

DELTONA MAN ARRESTED FOR ACCOSTING CENSUS WORKER »

By: VCSO Deltona, FL (June 2, 2010) – Angry that the government had solicited information from his son, a Deltona man is now facing a felony charge after he was accused of accosting a 69-year-old Census worker and snatching a Census form from the victim’s hands. The confrontation took place shortly before 5:30 p.m. on Tuesday,…

VOLUSIA COUNTY COUNCIL TO CUT RIBBON FOR DEBARY AVENUE BYPASS »

By: Pat Kuehn, APR, CPRC DeBary, Fl (July 22, 2010) – The public is invited to a ribbon cutting ceremony for the DeBary Avenue bypass at 10 a.m. Saturday, July 31. The ceremony will be across from the Temple Baptist Church, 732 DeBary Ave., Deltona. Officials will be present from the Volusia County Council, the cities…

Rest and Renewal »

BY: Susan DuPree ORANGE CITY, FL (July 15, 2010) – Dr. Donald Musser will speak at Mosaic Unitarian Universalist Congregation, Orange City, at the 10:30am service on Sunday, July 18 on the topic of rest and renewal. In the words of John Lubbock, “Rest is not idleness, and to lie sometimes on the grass under the trees…

VOLUSIA COUNTY COUNCIL APPROVES FLEX SERVICE FOR SOUTHEAST VOLUSIA PUBLIC TRANSIT; SEEKS OPTIONS FOR LIMITED HOLIDAY SERVICE »

Volusia, FL (July 15, 2010) - The Volusia County Council, looking for ways to cut next year’s budget, decided that eliminating Votran public transit service on some routes in New Smyrna Beach was going too far. Instead, the County Council opted for a scaled down flex service. Taking action at its July 8 meeting in DeLand, the…

FPL Fuel Cost Refund Hearing to Begin Wednesday »

TALLAHASSEE — The Florida Public Service Commission (PSC) will conduct a hearing to address how much Florida Power & Light Company (FPL) must repay and how that repayment will be refunded to customers for replacement power costs attributable to a February 26, 2008, outage. The hearing allows FPL and the intervenors to present testimony and…