ORMOND BEACH
Observer YOU. YOUR NEIGHBORS. YOUR NEIGHBORHOOD.
VOLUME 11, NO. 39
HILL BOOSTS BUCS PAGE 6B THURSDAY, JUNE 1, 2023
Developments up for review Planning Board to consider 121 East condos, Ormond Enclave multifamily development. PAGE 2A INSIDE GUARDIAN OF ISRAEL Award presented to Volusia County Sheriff Mike Chitwood by Israeli community leaders. PAGE 12A
DERBY FUNDRAISER
The Ormond Beach Lions Club held its annual Kentucky Derby party fundraiser on May 6 at St. James Church. PAGE 7B
STICK AROUND
Make Yourself at Home: Close encounter with a squirrel, but not close enough. PAGE 12A
QUE RICO
Café Con Leche now open in Ormond Beach. PAGE 11A
STORM PREP
FPL details local efforts to improve storm resiliency, overall service reliability. PAGE 11A
BRIEFS VSO assumes law enforcement authority on beaches On Thursday, May 25, Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis signed HB 1595 (Law Enforcement Operations), which requires the Volusia Sheriff’s Office to assume exclusive law enforcement authority on Volusia beaches. Deputies and Beach Safety officers have already been working together closely in anticipation of the law taking effect. With the governor’s signature, the full transition becomes official. Volusia County Beach Safety will continue to manage the beach and provide lifeguard and emergency medical services to beachgoers while VSO deputies perform the law enforcement function.
Jim Bowers and Cmdr. John Higgins place the first ceremonial wreath during the city’s annual Memorial Day Remembrance Service.
Photo by Jarleene Almenas
To those who never came home Ormond Beach holds annual Memorial Day service at Rockefeller Gardens. PAGE 3A
Last stop before diploma
High school grads revisit Pine Trail Elementary for senior walk. PAGE 1B
TURTLE TRACKS
Total nests: 269 Nests this week: 43 Loggerhead nests: 261 Green sea turtle: 1 Leatherback nests: 2 Kemp’s Ridley nests: 4 Unknown: 1 Nests in Ormond: 42 Nests in Ormond-by-the-Sea: 82
INDEX
Business.................... PAGE 11A Calendar..................... PAGE 2B Cops Corner............... PAGE 6A The Fine Arts............. PAGE 3B Letters.......................PAGE 12A Public Notices............ PAGE 9B Sports......................... PAGE 6B Real Estate................. PAGE 8B
Happy Birthday The Conklin Davis Center for the
Visually Impaired celebrated its first post-merger year of serving the community on Thursday, May 25. Seniors visit the Pine Trail Elementary playground.
Photo by Suzanne McCarthy
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