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DSC plans bigger N-J Center

DAYTONA BEACH -- A stroll down Beach Street must be a little sad for those who remember the boulevard of the 1940s and 1950s, when it was packed with people going out for lunch and hunting for a new pair of shoes. Beach Street might never be that ...

From EILEEN ZAFFIRO, Daytona Beach News-Journal,  20 Nov 2009

Related Topics: Mike Curb

Daytona working on better plan for social services

DAYTONA BEACH -- What started as an effort to tackle problems around social service agencies in the city's redevelopment areas is expanding into a citywide initiative to come up with better ways to serve those in need and not harm neighborhoods in the ...

From EILEEN ZAFFIRO, Daytona Beach News-Journal,  19 Nov 2009

Police, plaza compromise on handling car enthusiasts

DAYTONA BEACH -- The temperature and humidity have mercifully dropped. An abundant crop of Canadian and out of state license plates is again sprouting on the roads. And there's been a quarrel over the flood of hot rods that pours into Bellair Plaza ...

From EILEEN ZAFFIRO, Daytona Beach News-Journal,  18 Nov 2009

State ends Daytona audit despite lingering concerns

DAYTONA BEACH -- State officials say the city broke the law with spending and policies connected to its redevelopment areas, but it's going to be up to city leaders to decide how they want to respond to that accusation. Unless a state legislative ...

From EILEEN ZAFFIRO, Daytona Beach News-Journal,  16 Nov 2009

Alarm fee angers residents, business owners

DAYTONA BEACH -- When Daytona Beach residents and business owners started getting bills from the city for their alarm systems recently, phones started ringing at City Hall. People wanted to know why the city was charging $30 for homeowners' alarm ...

From EILEEN ZAFFIRO, Daytona Beach News-Journal,  15 Nov 2009

Work begins to restore Daytona pier to glory days

DAYTONA BEACH -- When waves thunder in from deep reaches of the ocean, the vibrations pulsing through the pier can be felt underfoot. Some of the weathered pilings strain under the weight of the 84-year-old pier. Stretches of the 745-foot-long wooden ...

From EILEEN ZAFFIRO, Daytona Beach News-Journal,  14 Nov 2009

City talks of beachside revival

DAYTONA BEACH -- The dream for a better beachside is still alive. Within a few years, the beachside core tourist area could be home to all of this: A new hotel or two, parking garages, new shops, a catwalk over Atlantic Avenue, a refurbished Daytona ...

From EILEEN ZAFFIRO, Daytona Beach News-Journal,  5 Nov 2009

Related Topics: Frank Bruno

Hospital food drive ends Thursday

DAYTONA BEACH -- Those who want to help local people in need can drop off nonperishable food today or Thursday morning at Florida Hospital Memorial Medical Center. The new hospital off Williamson Boulevard in northwest Daytona Beach will accept ...

From EILEEN ZAFFIRO, Daytona Beach News-Journal,  4 Nov 2009

Related Topics: Halifax Corp,  Catholic Charities

Orange Avenue Bridge study mailed out

DAYTONA BEACH -- About 2,000 Daytona Beach residents should be receiving information in the mail this week about a study of the Orange Avenue Bridge, according to a newsletter compiled by the city's public information officer. Volusia County, in ...

From EILEEN ZAFFIRO, Daytona Beach News-Journal,  4 Nov 2009

Daytona looks to improve Midtown

DAYTONA BEACH -- Sam Rogers always carries memories of what the Midtown neighborhood was like in the 1930s when he was growing up on South Street. The 76-year-old has given more hours of his life than he can count serving on city boards and working ...

From EILEEN ZAFFIRO, Daytona Beach News-Journal,  4 Nov 2009

Related Topics: Martin Luther King, Jr.,  Krispy Kreme,  Mercury

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