Deltona residents getting green for Spring at Water & Energy Expo
By: Wendi Jackson Deltona, FL (February 16, 2012) – Many people want to make changes to conserve energy and water and lower their utility bills at their residences and businesses but probably aren’t sure where to get started. The City of Deltona wants to help. The City is sponsoring a Water and Energy Conservation Expo [...]
Kids in the Kitchen” Community Event Cooks Up Free Food, Fun, and Fitness
The Junior League of Daytona Beach’s “Kids in the Kitchen” presented by Halifax Health is a free family event taking place Saturday, March 3 from 9:00 am to noon at Jackie Robinson Ballpark (105 E. Orange Avenue) in Daytona Beach. “Kids in the Kitchen” will offer families an educational half-day of events, including a fun [...]
West Volusia Mayors Have a Sit-down
Deltona, FL (January 25, 2012) – The Deland Area Chamber of Commerce Government Affairs Committee recently sponsored a “Meet the Mayors Forum.” In attendance were; Mayors John Masiarczyk of Deltona, Tom Laputka of Orange City, Bob Garcia DeBary, Bob Apgar from Deland, and Mayor Snowden of Lake Helen. John Evans moderated the Mayor’s panel discussion [...]
John B. makes grand debut as new Stetson University mascot
By: Cindi Brownfield DeLand, FL (January 23, 2012) – The Stetson University family welcomed the newest member into the fold this weekend when John B., the new Athletics mascot, made his debut at the Edmunds Center. Shrouded in smoke, John B. made his first public appearance at halftime of the Hatters’ Atlantic Sun Conference [...]
Volusia County Raising Water Rates, Sewer Rates to Increase in May
By: Bill Tavernier Deltona, FL (January 19, 2012) – Effective February 1, 2012 customers serviced by Volusia County Water Resources and Utilities, including the Deltona North service area that includes Deltona City Hall, will be paying 3.6% more. According to the Volusia County website, “the current Volusia County utility rate schedule provides an automatic rate [...]
TEENS CHARGED IN TWO SEPARATE HOAX BOMB THREATS
By: Brandon Haught Deltona, FL (January 11, 2012) – Four teens face charges this week for two separate hoax bomb threat incidents – one at SpruceCreekHigh School, Port Orangeand the other at GalaxyMiddle School, Deltona. At the high school, three students worked together Friday to write a note saying “I’m going to blow the school [...]
Deltona may Revisit Trash Contract
By: Bill Tavernier Deltona, Fl (December 28, 2011) – In an unexpected move, a City of Deltona Commissioner, has asked Deltona City Attorney, Gretchen “Becky” Vose to “arrange with the city Manager,” to place on the Agenda of the Deltona City Commission’s first meeting in January “an item in which I will move to reconsider [...]
Save-A-Lot Coming to Deltona
Deltona, FL (December 2, 2011) – It has only been several months, but it seems like an eternity for some shoppers, since Food Lion vacated their 30,000 square foot location at the Courtland Shopping Center, located at the intersection of Howland and Courtland Boulevards. Rumors persisted that Aldi Supermarkets were eyeing the location, but in [...]
Deltona Commissioner Faces Ethics Hearing on Friday
Deltona, FL (November 30, 2011) – Deltona City Commissioner, Herbert Zischkau III, will appear before the State of Florida, Commission on Ethics on Friday, December 2, 2011. In April of 2011, Deltona resident, Robert Bello, filed a formal complaint with the commission against Zischkau alleging that Zischkau violated Florida Statute 112.31 (6). Misuse of Public [...]
Will Deltona Landmark be Darkened?
By: Bill Tavernier Deltona, Fl (November 27, 2011) – Tuesday, November 29, 2011 may mean the end of an era in Deltona at Interstate 4, exit #108. The electronic sign identifying Deltona’s only hotel bearing the Best Western flag may go dark, depending on what the new owners, most likely the foreclosing bank, decide to [...]