DeLand Area News
For Tuesday, July 29, 2014 (links are updated continually)
| Determined deputies 'dog' canine case – Red the pit-bull puppy returns home A pit-bull puppy snatched from his 7-year-old owner as the boy walked the dog has been returned.
"It's crazy," Anthony Cavallero Sr. said July 25, of the chain of events.
Young Anthony “A.J.” Cavallero had been walking 9-month-old Red in the vicinity of West Taylor Road, on the west side of DeLa ... |
| Red tide causes large fish kill in northeast Gulf of Mexico The Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission (FWC) has confirmed a large-scale offshore fish kill in the northeast Gulf of Mexico. Citizens have reported observations of thousands of dead and dying bottom-dwelling reef fish, including grouper, hogfish, white grunt, triggerfish and snapper, ... |
| Nature Scenes: Birdbath beckons all kinds of visitors Each morning, the brilliant sun peeks over my roof and smiles at my new birdbath, which is on the west side of my home. Apparently my neighborhood was abuzz about this new feature in my yard. Now that sounds only mildly exciting to a human; however, to the local nonhumans, it was good news.
The meow ... |
| West Volusia Calendar of Events: July 26-Aug. 2, 2014 Saturday, July 26
Farmers Market
8 a.m.-1 p.m. at Gateway Center for the Arts, 880 North U.S. Highway 17-92, DeBary. Free admission. Call 407-443-6965.
Market in the Park
8 a.m.-1 p.m. at Blake Park, 493 S. Lakeview Drive, Lake Helen. Free admission. Call 386-228-9957.
Senior Breakfast
8:30-10:30 ... |
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| Baseballers heading to World Series; seeking donations The West Volusia Youth Baseball 13U All Star Team traveled July 18 to Sebring to play in the Dixie Junior Boys State Tournament. They went undefeated, and won the state championship! They will now go on to the Dixie Junior Boys World Series Friday, Aug. 1, in Bossier City, Louisiana.
These 12 boys a ... |
| Enterprise changes location for Thursday's candidate forum Enterprise's first-ever candidate forum, sponsored by the Enterprise Preservation Society, has been moved to a new location: All Saints Episcopal Church at 155 Clark Street in Enterprise 6-8:30 p.m. Thursday, July 24.
"All candidates running for office" for Volusia County Council District 5 in Sout ... |
| Sid Vihlen to fill empty seat on DeBary City Council DeBary City Council members struggled to choose a replacement member for a City Council vacancy, finally deciding on a 3-1 vote July 16 to appoint Sid Vihlen.
The motion by Council Member Dan Hunt was carried by Council Member Lita Handy-Peters and Mayor Chris Carson, with Council Member Rick Dwyer ... |
| Deltona will help Latino event — Spirited debate over waiving festival fees An infusion of tax dollars ensures a long-running event honoring Hispanic culture will go forward in Deltona, but the decision to support the Latin Arts and Music Festival followed a spirited debate over helping one group while denying another.
"For 19 years, this huge festival has been in place in ... |
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