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Courtesy photos/Wikipedia. Far left, a red tail hawk carries a snake up to a place for a forthcoming meal. At near left, a red tail hawk looks for rodents.

Each day, as I drive the rural roads on the way home, I usually see one or more red-tailed hawks on any given day.

NSBNEWS.net photos by Henry Frederick.

Kaye Walker, chairwoman of the New Smyrna Beach Charity Ball (on the right) celebrates with friends at the recent fundraiser at the Brannon Center.

Contributing photos for NSBNEWS.net by Mary Barringer.

NSBNEWS.net videos by Sera Frederick. Norwood's held its annual holiday food and wine celebration Thursday, Friday and Saturday with cooking demonstrations and plenty of wine tasting with 500 brands. Check out NSBNEWS.net's exclusive video coverage of this exciting event.

NSBNEWS.net videos by Sera Frederick. Incumbent Sally Mackay and challenger Adam Barringer went toe to toe over the major campaign differences in the third and final candidates debate sponsored by the Public Watch Committee and NSBNEWS.net, which drew 100-plus people Monday night at the Brannon Center.

  NSBNEWS.net videos by Sera Frederick. The third and final candidates debate sponsored by the Public Watch Committee and NSBNEWS.net was held 6:30p.m. Monday, with 100-plus people in attendance. Here are parts 1-3 of the video series, featuring the debate for zone 1 city commissioner between Randy Richenberg and challenger Judy Reiker.

Courtesy photos. At far left, the stages at which an armadillo goes into its protective mode. Smaller photo, the typical image people have of armadillos are the dead ones run over by motorists.

To most folks, an armadillo is a small dead animal lying adjacent to or in the middle of nearly every road in the state of Florida. Of all the 20 species of armadillos only one makes the U.S. its home: The nine–banded armadillo has a range from South Carolina to Florida in the east and to the north commonly to Nebraska.

NSBNEWS.net photos by Henry Frederick.

NSBNEWSNEWS.net video by Sera Frederick. NSBNEWS.net photo by Henry Frederick. The video is set to the song "Signs" by the 5 Man Electrical Band and highlights campaigns signs in the 2009 NSB Elections. In the photo, Bill Maul holds up a double sign for Mayor Sally Mackay during Early Voting for the Sept. 22 primary at the New Smyrna Beach Regional Library.

NEW SMYRNA BEACH -- Bill Maul stood in the blistering sun Saturday for the last two hours of Early Voting at the New Smyrna Beach Regional Library with a double sign in one hand while waving to passing voters with the other for his candidate of choice, incumbent Mayor Sally Mackay. And at 73, the retired sales and marketing man is the first to tell you he's no spring chicken.