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DAYTONA BEACH -- I see the CRA is in the news again. Daytona seems worried that they won’t get their fair share to put into their “blighted” beachside and New Smyrna Beach is...

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Babe James Community Center, New Smyrna Beach / Headline SurferNEW SMYRNA BEACH -- Need to switch providers? Unsure of your current plan? Need to sign up for Medicare? Now is the time to answer all your questions. This is open season for Medicare, don't let your questions go unanswered, now is the time to get answers.

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Housing siteWorkforce housing proposed, 100 block N. Causeway, NSB / Headline SurferHeadline Surfer photo by Henry Frederick / The 100 block of the North Causeway in New Smyrna Beach is being proposed for a 202-unit development that includes workforce housing, something nearby neighbors in the upscale Venezia neighborhood want no part of.

NEW SMYRNA BEACH -- It's known as NIMBY or "not in my backyard."

That was the message of some 250 New Smyrna Beach residents to a development on the North Causeway that includes workforce units or affordable housing for families making between $20,000 to $40,000 annually.

But the residents attending a special meeting at the Brannon Center called for by the project's developers want no part of the 239-unit apartment complex Causeway Landings.

Beachside/Flagler Avenue

Flagler Avenue resurfacing begins Monday; nighttime closures through Feb. 12

Flagler Avenue locator / Headline SurferThe locator map shows where traffic would be re-routed during nighttime resurfacing of Flagler Avenue.

NEW SMYRNA BEACH -- The city's tourism hub -- bustling Flagler Avenue, is about to get repaved. Resurfacing will begin Monday and continue through Feb. 12.

To avoid disruption of business district traffic during the busiest hours, the Avenue will be closed from 7 p.m. to 7 a.m. daily to through traffic.

Downtown/Canal Street

Canal Street all lit up on New Year's Eve / Headline SurferCanal Street Christmas tree in New Smyrna Beach on New Year's Eve / Headline Surfer Headline Surfer photos by Henry Frederick / Canal Street in New Smyrna Beach, is shown here on New Year's Eve just after 10 p.m.

 NEW SMYRNA BEACH -- With the bars on Flagler Avenue playing host to the New Year's Eve festivities, the city's other heavily invested CRA street was as dead as a door knob, a far cry from the hustle and bustle during traditional business hours.

Settle-Wilder Obits

Dec. 11, 1936 - Aug. 25, 2010

Memorial service for Helen "Country Girl" Colgan, age 73, of New Smyrna Beach, who died Wednesday at Hospice Care Center, Port Orange, will be 10:00 a.m. Saturday, September 4, 2010, at Settle-Wilder Chapel, New Smyrna Beach, with Chaplain Laura Walters Baskett, Hospice of Volusia/Flagler, officiating. Entombment of cremated remains will follow at Edgewater/New Smyrna Cemetery.

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