DeLand Area News
For Friday, March 7, 2014 (links are updated continually)
| Bike Rally 2014 to rule in Downtown DeLand Saturday The roar of motorcycles and the smell of leather will fill the streets of Downtown DeLand noon-8 p.m. Saturday, March 8, for the 10th annual DeLand Bike Rally.
Visitors and residents alike will flock to the rally for live music, libations, food, bike shows, people shows, purveyors of bike accessori ... |
| Pierson town clerk choice wants more money Nancy Wilson, who was chosen to fill the position of town clerk in Pierson, wants a higher salary than the position was advertised as paying.
The Town Council will hold a special meeting to discuss how to respond.
Wilson, a Lake Helen resident, sent an email to Pierson Town Hall Feb. 28, thanking t ... |
| Music thrives in a surprising place — Osteen Diner is a hot venue On a rural corner in Osteen, southeast of Deltona, in a neighborhood where cows are more common than nightspots, food, people and music blend to create an experience not found in larger venues.
The diner at 195 S. State Road 415 is the realization of a dream for Ruth Schiffermiller. Literally. Ruth ... |
| Volusia County Council to talk fertilizer Should the use of fertilizer be banned during the summer? Or during the winter? Or not at all?
When the Volusia County Council meets Thursday, March 6, members will once again take up the matter of a fertilizer ordinance.
The subject has been brought up numerous times at County Council the past cou ... |
| Florida halts sale of conservation land Falling short of a $50 million goal set by lawmakers, state environmental officials have changed focus and won't sell pieces of conservation land to help raise money for the Florida Forever program.
What about Volusia County?Read Joe Crews' story in the print edition of The Beacon.
The state Dep ... |
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| Deltona board votes against Walmart proposal After three hours of discussion, the Deltona Planning and Zoning Board rebuffed a plan for a retail center anchored by a Walmart store, and adjacent to a posh neighborhood and a retirement complex.
"There's a lot of moving parts to this," Deltona Senior Planning Manager Ron Paradise said at the Feb. ... |
| Vital-statistics office opens in DeLand West Volusians who need a copy of a birth certificate, death certificate, or other document maintained by the Florida Department of Health won't need to drive to Daytona Beach to get it, starting today, Monday, March 3.
That's because the Florida Department of Health in Volusia County is opening an ... |
| Lake Helen leaders: Administrator running off employees Sparks are flying in Lake Helen, after the second key city employee resigned within a six-month span.
At two special meetings Feb. 24 and Feb. 27, Lake Helen city commissioners said the problem is City Administrator K.C. Cichon’s inability to communicate well with other members of city staff. The ... |
| Nature Scenes: Royal terns live in large colonies at breeding time The 20-inch-long royal tern really looks like royalty with his distinctive long, bright-orange bill, pale-gray upper body, and white underbody plumage. His elegant wingspan is 41 inches, and His Highness weighs 1 pound.
The wingtips are black, and so is the narrow band across the back of the tern’ ... |
| Spiritual Side: ‘Shabbat Across America’ Friday, March 7 Come witness Shabbat
On Friday, March 7, synagogues across America will open their doors to the community for Shabbat Across America. This uniquely Jewish event celebrates what brings Jews together each week — Shabbat — the observance of the Jewish day of rest.
This year, for the second time, th ... |
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