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Seabreeze hires DeLand defensive coordinator Mike Klein as football coach
Seabreeze filled its football coaching vacancy for a third straight time by poaching one of Volusia County's top defensive coordinators. Mike Klein was named the Sandcrabs' head coach on Monday, Tucker Harris, the school's principal, told The News-Journal. Klein oversaw a DeLand defensive unit that registered 97 tackles for loss, 42½ sacks and 15 interceptions while allowing 21.5 points per game as the Bulldogs won a regional championship for the first time since 2009.
Construction begins on buried seawalls along A1A in Flagler, Volusia counties
FLAGLER COUNTY, Fla. – Construction started on the first of two buried seawalls along A1A to help protect the roadway in Flagler and Volusia counties. The Florida Department of Transportation said on Monday that work began on the first seawall, which is south from South Central Avenue in Flagler Beach to one-half mile north of Highbridge Road in Volusia County.
Fysh Bar & Grill owner calls it quits. Port Orange eatery was Volusia County's largest.
PORT ORANGE ― After opening with great fanfare a year-and-a-half ago, Volusia County's biggest restaurant went out of business Sunday with a whimper ― save for scattered outbursts of anger and sadness from employees. The Fysh Bar & Grill's approximately 45 workers only learned earlier that day that the 18,000-square-foot Port Orange restaurant...
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Cardiac 'Cudas: New Smyrna Beach goes for 2, beats Boone in flag football playoffs
ORLANDO — Huddled together after a dramatic, last-minute touchdown pass, New Smyrna Beach's flag football team faced a season-defining decision. The Barracudas could attempt to tie the game from 2 yards out, or go for the win from the 10. It took a minute or so for the 'Cudas to reach a collective...
Volusia's former superintendent says district's 'inherited' debt is a 'misrepresentation'
At a recent board meeting, Volusia County Schools Superintendent Carmen Balgobin explained that teachers would be displaced next year because she "inherited" debt and financial issues when she was hired in July 2022. But former Superintendent Scott Fritz told The News-Journal that Balgobin’s claim was a “misrepresentation” and an “easy...
Ponte Vedra Beach attorney appointed as new circuit judge in Volusia County
Meet the new judicial finalists: the same (almost) as the previous judicial finalists. Gov. Ron DeSantis will appoint a new circuit judge from the six finalists to fill an opening in the 7th Circuit created by the April 1 retirement of former Circuit Judge James Clayton. ...
85-year-old woman fights condemnation of storm-damaged Wilbur-by-the-Sea home
An 85-year-old woman whose Wilbur-by-the-Sea home is facing condemnation got a last-minute reprieve by the Volusia County Council and will avoid the wrecking ball for at least a little while longer. Nina Lavigna made the news in November 2022 when Gov. Ron DeSantis approached her beachfront home in the aftermath...
WW2 veteran turns 100: Here's how the Edgewater resident's milestone was celebrated.
EDGEWATER ― The number of living World War II veterans continues to dwindle, with just 119,550 left as of last year out of the 16.1 million who served in the U.S. military, according to the National World War II Museum. On Saturday, one of them, Arthur E. Hobbs, celebrated...
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