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Parking tops New Smyrna CRA concerns

NEW SMYRNA BEACH -- Parking at the beachfront Esther Street property and incentives to draw business into town topped its list of priorities. All that remains now is to determine which are funded before the money flowing into the New Smyrna Beach ...

From MARK I. JOHNSON, Daytona Beach News-Journal,  20 Nov 2009

Top 5 Cruise Lines for Teens

Cruise lines are getting extremely popular, not just with couples belonging to different age groups but also with teens. In the past, it was easy to keep teens busy with only a video, but not anymore. The idea of holidaying has changed drastically over ...

From MARK JOHNSON, Associated Content,  19 Nov 2009

Related Topics: Royal Caribbean International,  Disney Cruise Line,  Cunard Line

Personal Experience with Anxiety & Depression

Stress today has taken over the way we live and our approach to life. Anxiety is nothing but the way we react to stress. Anxiety is a constant fear, which if not successfully accomplished can lead to an anxiety disorder. Fears could vary the fear of ...

From MARK JOHNSON, Associated Content,  19 Nov 2009

Proposed New Smyrna hotel on hold

NEW SMYRNA BEACH -- An error in the city's required notification process has put a controversial hotel proposed for Flagler Avenue on hold for at least two months. City Manager Pam Brangaccio confirmed Wednesday afternoon that city officials failed to ...

From MARK I. JOHNSON, Daytona Beach News-Journal,  19 Nov 2009

Purse snatcher in cowboy hat gets nothing

NEW SMYRNA BEACH -- Police are looking for a man who tried to pull the purse off a woman's shoulder in the parking lot of the Beacon 12 theaters. The unidentified woman told police she was in a poorly lit area of the parking lot at 1401 S. Dixie ...

From MARK I. JOHNSON, Daytona Beach News-Journal,  18 Nov 2009

Mark Johnson on serial offenders in denial

The government has a victims' champion – Sara Payne, mother of a murdered seven-year-old girl. I don't want to challenge Payne or anything she says; I can only express my sorrow for her suffering. It's the way the justice secretary, Jack Straw, hides ...

From MARK JOHNSON, Guardian Unlimited,  17 Nov 2009

Related Topics: Jack Straw

New Smyrna streetscape closes stretch of Myrtle Ave.

NEW SMYRNA BEACH -- Traffic plying South Myrtle Avenue will have to yield to construction crews for the next few weeks. Starting this week through Dec. 14, the two-lane road will be closed to motorists between West Canal and Downing streets as crews ...

From MARK I. JOHNSON, Daytona Beach News-Journal,  17 Nov 2009

Deceptively dangerous rip currents expected

Royal blue skies hang tranquilly over white sand beaches dotted with winter white bodies soaking up solar energy. But just under the surface of the sun-sparkled liquid landscape a few feet away danger lurks. Not sharks or jellyfish, rather an ...

From MARK I. JOHNSON, Daytona Beach News-Journal,  17 Nov 2009

Oak Hill police search for interim chief

The Oak Hill Police Department is looking for an interim chief and some familiar faces have applied for the job. As of Friday's application deadline, the city received five resumes including current Oak Hill Police Officer Diane Young, who has been ...

From MARK I. JOHNSON, Daytona Beach News-Journal,  17 Nov 2009

Woman cited after officer spins out

DAYTONA BEACH -- An Ormond Beach woman faces a charge of failing to yield to an emergency vehicle after Florida Highway Patrol troopers accused her of not getting out of the way of a Daytona Beach police officer responding to an emergency call. Wendy ...

From MARK I. JOHNSON, Daytona Beach News-Journal,  17 Nov 2009

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