NEW SMYRNA BEACH -- The party's on Flagler Avenue from 5 to 9 p.m. Thursday with the annual "New Smyrna Beach Food Festival."
Local restaurants will be selling tastes of their best dishes at "sample-size prices" and they will be competing for New Smyrna Beach's "Best on the Beach" awards.
OAK HILL -- Fine arts photographer Harding Ballough will discuss and illustrate his approach to photography. His presentation will be at 5:30 p.m. Thursday, April 22, at the Oak Hill Public Library.
For decades, the Daytona Beach native has produced a diverse range of photography, much of which has been published, displayed in exhibitions and galleries, and sold privately.
The video was shot by NSBNEWS.net during the 2009 inaugural Christmas on Canal, which featured a towering and beautiful artificial Christmas tree, complete with lights. The courtesy photo shows Hedda the Heron, the mascot for Historic Canal Street Merchants Association, with calendars for sale with the mascot's likeness to help pay for local activities. The tree lighting starts at 6 p.m. and NSBNEWS.net will have full coverage of all of the festivities.
Editor's note: The following story was submitted by contributing writer Dale Smith:
NEW SMYRNA BEACH – The holiday season kicks off in earnest Friday as Canal Street transforms itself into the second annual Christmas on Canal Street extravaganza: Five days of activities the whole family will enjoy have been designed to bring people downtown for entertainment, shopping and dining. Event organizers say they’ve combined Friday’s Christmas caroling with Spark the Spirit night in hopes of attracting more people downtown.
Memorial Service for Virginia L. Garren, age 86, of Edgewater, who died September 4, 2010 at Bert Fish Medical Center, New Smyrna Beach, will be 11:00 a.m. on Wednesday, September 8, at First Baptist Church, New Smyrna Beach, with the Reverend Luke McKinney officiating. Friends will be received from 10:00 a.m. until the service time at the church.