4 days ago · Editor, The Beacon: Having survived polio and losing a sister to the disease, Robert Kennedy Jr. is not my choice to run Health and Human...

Jan 31, 2025 · The West Volusia Beacon newspaper was founded in 1992 by three DeLand-area residents who wanted to assure that the communities of DeLand, Lake Helen, Orange City, DeBary, Deltona, Pierson, DeLeon Springs and Seville would have a locally owned newspaper.

Dec 9, 2024 · Barb and her husband, Jeff, were both born in Kokomo, Indiana, a factory town surrounded by cornfields about 50 miles north of Indianapolis. In 1979, they set out on a road trip that would define their lives, and would end with their taking up residence in DeLand.

Jan 7, 2025 · The Lady Rattlers are currently 2-8, with losses to Florida, FSU and Georgia Tech, and wins over North Florida, 85-57, and Samford, 92-67. Volusia County Schools will name its Teacher of the Year for 2026 Saturday, Jan. 11, during a banquet at the Hilton Daytona Beach Oceanfront Resort.. The five finalists are Katie Evans, fourth-grade teacher at Citrus Grove Elementary School in DeLand ...

Jan 7, 2025 · The water hit like a wake-up call. Cold enough to steal your breath for a second but also inducing instant laughter. People howled and cheered around me, and families leaped hand in hand, splashing into celebratory chaos.

Jan 9, 2025 · Born in Virginia, Al spent his youth in Tennessee, North Carolina and Virginia, and first moved to DeLand in 1969. He graduated from Stetson University in 1971, and returned to West Volusia in 1985.

Jan 8, 2025 · With the arrival of a new year comes word of steadily rising values and prices for land, homes and buildings throughout Volusia County. “I think we’re in good shape for 2025,” county Property Appraiser Larry Bartlett told The Beacon.. Property values in the county are at record highs, and the numbers stand to increase in the coming year.

Jan 1, 2025 · BY ROBIN MIMNA After nearly four decades of serving the Lake Helen community, Papa’s Pizza closed its doors on Saturday, Dec. 14. The beloved pizzeria, a cornerstone of the town since its founding in 1987 by Richard and Margaret Buckler, leaves behind a legacy cherished by generations.

Nov 5, 2024 · Pierson appears to lose first Hispanic Town Council member In Pierson, the first female Hispanic Town Council Member Sergia Cardenas appears to have been ousted after one term in Town Council Seat 4. With one of one precinct reporting, Cardenas lost by 58 votes. Of the 554 votes cast, Cardenas garnered 248 to 306.

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