ORMOND BEACH
LOCALS SWIM AROUND KEY WEST PAGE 5B
Observer YOU. YOUR NEIGHBORS. YOUR NEIGHBORHOOD.
VOLUME 11, NO. 44
THURSDAY, JULY 6, 2023
FDOT circles back to Nova Road Residents invited to community meeting next week to discuss Nova Road safety improvements. PAGE 2A
Restricted access Transgender locals fear losing access to gender-affirming care as state enacts new restrictions. PAGE 3A INSIDE STAFF DENIAL
City planning staff recommends Planning Board deny proposed Tomoka Reserves development. PAGE 2A
FUNDING BOOST
Volusia County Schools to receive $43 million more from the state for next fiscal year. PAGE 5A
VOLUNTEER WORK
Women help renovate Kingdom Hall in Ormond Beach. PAGE 14A
HOW DID WE DO?
Florida Department of Education releases 2023 spring assessment results. PAGE 4A
STAY COOL
Volusia County designates libraries as ‘cooling stations’ as heat index continues to regularly hit 100 degrees. PAGE 8A
SEA LEVEL RISE
Happy Fourth, Ormond City celebrates nation’s 247th birthday with food, music and fireworks. PAGE 1B Fireworks over the Halifax river on the Fourth of July
Photos by Suzanne McCarthy
Ormond Beach’s resiliency planning underway, vulnerability assessment in progress. PAGE 13A
CAMERA READY
Ormond’s first youth photography contest, in memory of its late city photographer, is now open. PAGE 14A
TURTLE TRACKS
Total nests: 958 New nests: 55 Green: 87 Loggerhead nests: 863 Leatherback nests: 3 Kemp's Ridley nests: 4 Unknown: 1 Nests in Ormond: 121 Nests in Ormond-by-the-Sea: 312
Coaches’ training The annual FACA girls soccer coaches’ clinic was held at the Ormond Beach Sports Complex.
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Read all about it Ormond Beach author’s children’s books introduce topic of foster care.
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INDEX
Business....................PAGE 13A Calendar..................... PAGE 2B Cops Corner............... PAGE 6A Letters.......................PAGE 12A Public Notices............ PAGE 9B Real Estate................. PAGE 8B Sports......................... PAGE 4B
Decade of deals Photo by Michele Meyers
Flagler Palm Coast players Samantha Jennings and Taylor’s Aaliyah Galarza battle for the ball during a drill at the FACA soccer clinic at the Ormond Beach Sports Complex.
Money Pages Volusia celebrated its 10th anniversary last week.
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