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VOLUME 12, NO. 27
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‘Undersupplied at every level’
Report shows rents have decreased slightly in Florida, but has it made a difference in Ormond Beach? PAGE 3A
Riverview transfer angers neighbors Residents say they were never notified that the School Board planned to use Osceola site.
On your marks! Pine Trail Elementary cheers on its 121 Pioneer Mile qualifiers. PAGE 10A
PAGE 4A INSIDE 20 YEARS MISSING
Human remains found in Ormond Beach could be those of teen last seen in 2004. PAGE 5A
FUNDRAISER
Ormond Beach Family YMCA’s Strong Families Campaign seeks to raise $76,400. PAGE 2B
TOO MANY BOARDS? The Volusia County Council places four of its advisory boards on chopping block. PAGE 8A
CASE DISMISSED
A judge has dismissed S.R. Perrott’s challenge against Belvedere Terminal’s FDEP permit for a fuel farm. PAGE 4A
Two people arrested for robbing, attacking senior citizen Two people have been arrested for robbing and attacking a 73-year-old man last month in the Plantation Pines neighborhood near Ormond Beach, according to the Volusia County Sheriff’s Office. VSO reports that Chelsea Wright, 34, of Holly Hill, and Andrew Marks, 33, of Ormond Beach, planned the Feb. 22 attack together. On the day of the attack, the victim met with Wright at a Daytona Beach bar to discuss their romantic relationship, suggesting he come to Wright’s house. After she dropped a passenger off near a home, the victim got out of his car to approach Wright’s vehicle, at which point the passenger, suspected to be Marks, hit the victim in the head with a hard metal object. Marks then allegedly stole the victim’s wallet and fled, leaving the victim bleeding on the ground. Wright was arrested on Feb. 23. Marks was located and arrested on Friday, March 1.
Lane Reagin, Dwight Devaughn and Odinn Donahoo run the Pioneer Mile race on Friday, March 1. Photo by Jarleene Almenas
Linguistic scholars Volusia County Schools holds World Languages Festival at Seabreeze High School.
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Team effort Seabreeze baseball coach Jeff Lemon was pleased with team’s 13-1 win over Mainland.
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INDEX
Calendar......................PAGE 2A Comics ....................... PAGE 5B Cops Corner............... PAGE 6A Letters.......................PAGE 12A Public Notices............ PAGE 8B Real Estate................ PAGE 11A
Bucs lose coach Mainland football coach Travis Roland steps down to take job at a high school in Georgia. Dr. Grace Kellermeier, VCS Coordinator of World Languages, Electives and Special Programs (left) presents student Isaias Salmeron with a $250 scholarship. Photo by Michele Meyers
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