ORMOND BEACH
Observer YOU. YOUR NEIGHBORS. YOUR NEIGHBORHOOD.
VOLUME 14, NO. 34
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Pace Center to close in late June The unexpected closure comes as the center worked to construct a new campus in Ormond Beach. PAGE 6A
Daytona Board OK’s Avalon Park rezoning
MATH MAESTROS
Pine Trail Elementary students win math contest by solving over 46,000 problems. PAGE 1B
A 2,700-acre ‘town within a town.’ PAGE 5A INSIDE CRASH FATALITY
Community mourns a 34-yearold woman killed in crash on her way home from church. PAGE 2A
CODE ENFORCEMENT Ormond to add new staff to Neighborhood Improvement. PAGE 4A
YOON WAY
Ormond Beach road to be renamed after local family receives unwarranted development backlash. PAGE 4A
Pine Trail Elementary second graders celebrate their Prodigy win with donuts on Friday, April 24. Photo by Jarleene Almenas
INDEX
Historic celebration
Business..................... PAGE 6B Calendar..................... PAGE 2B Cops Corner................PAGE 2A Crossword.................. PAGE 2C Letters........................ PAGE 9A Public Notices............ PAGE 5C Schools....................... PAGE 3B Sports..........................PAGE 7B Tributes ...................... PAGE 4C Real Estate................. PAGE 4B
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First Founder’s Day event held in Ormond. PAGE 3A Ormond Beach Historical Society head archivist Suzanne Heady, president Jayne Fifer, volunteer Rita Vogl, board member Joyce Benedict and past president Mary Smith. Photo by Suzanne McCarthy
Reader rewards Beachside Elementary unveils new book vending machine.
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