Debary News

PHOTO COURTESY DEBARY HALL Roof is leaking - The Friends of DeBary Hall have planned a rock concert to raise funds to help fix the historic structure's roof.

Call 386-469-9409. 8 a.m.-1 p.m. at Gateway Center for the Arts, corner of U.S. Highway 17-92 and Saxon Boulevard, DeBary.

BEACON FILE PHOTO Handyman special - A leak in the roof at DeBary Hall led to a finding of even more problems in the structures beneath the roof.

Bus routes to the DeBary SunRail station, stricter water use rules and potential new jobs and tax revenue from the silver screen took center stage at this year's second West Volusia Summit, held Saturday.

BEACON PHOTO/MARSHA MCLAUGHLIN Happy Mother's Day Hey, babies! - Beaconites gather for a photo with the newest crop of Beacon babies in our ever-expanding family.

City commissioners approved a 2.5-percent utility rate increase Monday night and a 25 percent surcharge for customers who live outside city limits - much to the dismay of some in the audience.

BEACON PHOTO/PAT ANDREWS ECHO matters - Community Services Director Dave Byron, left, and ECHO coordinator Bobbie King go over the ECHO meeting schedule with County Council members during the council's May 2 meeting.

Call 386-469-9409. 7:30 a.m. at Mariner's Cove Park, 1199 Enterprise-Osteen Road, Enterprise.

By the end of the summer, DeLand residents and developers could face an assortment of new regulations on these topics and more.

Art and humor are powerful tonics. In 2009 a funny email of a decorated bra inspired breast cancer survivor Shawn-Marie Batchelder.

Leslie Jones from Volusia County Fire Services enters a well in Glenwood as part of an investigation into a 40-year-old murder case Wednesday, May 1, 2013.News-Journal / Peter Bauer Volusia Sheriff's Office Cold Case investigators are searching a well off Church Street in Glenwood hoping to recover evidence in a 40-year-old murder case.

Volusia County 's plans for SunRail are up in the air Monday night. Florida Department of Transportation just sent the county a letter that some believe suggests it might not be ideal to run the rail line to DeLand as first planned.

The public is invited to attend the annual Spring Fling and Plant Sale 8 a.m.-noon Saturday, April 27, on the grounds of Faith Evangelical Lutheran Church in DeLand.

Event begins and ends at the Duvall Home. Runners or walkers will use the northern portion of Volusia County's Spring to Spring Trail along Grand Avenue.

Volusia County Deputy Eric Otte was on routine patrol on South U.S. Highway 17-92 in DeBary around 1:38 a.m. April 22 when he saw a white 2006 Pontiac whose tag light was not operating properly, he reported.

A Seminole County couple were recently charged with child neglect after a deputy found a 7-year-old boy in their care waiting outside a DeBary bar while they were drinking inside, according to a Volusia County Sheriff's Office report.

Two people from Casselberry, Lucien Brodeur, 32, and Emily Brodeur, 35, were arrested at a DeBary bar and charged with child neglect.