Orange City News

BEACON PHOTO/PAT ANDREWS Shocking story - Orange City resident Barbara Grimm talks with The Beacon Dec. 9 about her encounter with Orange City police as she worked to gather signatures to put a constitutional amendment on the November 2014 ballot to ask voters whether they want to legalize marijuana for medical uses.

The annual DeLand Christmas parade had 89 entries this year, each filled with the vitality of the parade theme, "Christmas ... Florida Style."

The drive-up donation site will be in a building, formerly used as a branch bank, on an outparcel of the Deltona Landings Shopping Center, located at the intersection of Doyle Road and Providence Boulevard.

A 60-year-old Volusia County man who left his hospital bed to shoot his brother was sentenced Friday to 25 years in prison.

The church's youth group will perform A Charlie Brown Christmas at 6 p.m., followed by Christmas-ornament crafting, refreshments, and a school-supplies giveaway.

Tue, 03 Dec 2013 22:18:04 EST PORT ORANGE - City Council members decided Tuesday night to fund renovations in phases to the Volusia Flagler Family YMCA's largest facility.

BEACON PHOTO/CHARLENE COOPER One of the many scenes visitors to Blue Spring Railroad will discover is this plane crash in the lake, with firetrucks, a rescue boat, and an ambulance coming to the rescue with real flashing lights.

Cookbooks will be signed, and will be available for purchase. Call 386-789-7207.

Anne and Dave Jones enjoy an afternoon walk recently at John Knox Village in Orange City, a city named as a top spot in the U.S. to buy a retirement home.News-Journal photos/PETER BAUER ORANGE CITY Well-traveled aviator Nate Polinsky wasn't ready to settle, so even after retiring to San Diego he went somewhere different every summer to trade ... (more)

Business started out slow on the day that's traditionally the kickoff of the holiday shopping season.

BEACON PHOTO/MARSHA MCLAUGHLIN Manatees - Swimmer Daniel Cortes watches a pair of manatees swim past in the spring run at Blue Spring State Park in Orange City during a cool snap Nov. 14. The St. Johns River Water Management District and West Volusia utility providers are looking at ways to protect the aquifer, the spring, and the spring-fed lakes ... (more)

Once the balmy Florida weather shifts to a cooler clime, dozens of watery behemoths head inland to the warmer water at Blue Spring State Park in Orange City.

Mon, 25 Nov 2013 15:10:48 EST An Orange City woman and a Deltona man were arrested and accused of Taser-stunning, stabbing and running hot water on a tattoo artist who made a house call, Orange City police said.

PHOTOS COURTESY CHRIST UNITED FELLOWSHIP Christmas boxes - Gail Ogden and Karen Lucas of Christ United deliver boxes to the collection point at Christ Community Church on West New York Avenue in DeLand.

Free admission. Call 407-443-6965. 8 a.m.-1 p.m. at Blake Park, 493 S. Lakeview Drive, Lake Helen.

Officials at the Florida Department of Health in Volusia County are warning west side residents to be aware of rabies infections, after two raccoons and one feral cat were found with the disease over the last two months.

When a group of Winter Park investors purchased a prime corner near Lake Nona's Medical City for $9 million in 2008, they had hoped a big-box retailer would locate there.

Sat, 16 Nov 2013 19:01:16 EST DELTONA - They aren't all committed to tacking on a 1-cent sales tax for improving transportation, but elected officials from West Volusia did agree Saturday they want a seat at the table when Volusia County officials start discussing the idea.

BEACON PHOTO/MARSHA MCLAUGHLIN Christmas past - Christmas is a magical time of year for children, as this float from a past DeLand Jaycees Christmas Parade demonstrates.

Mark Ceruto didn't bother to cover his face Tuesday when he threatened employees at a Volusia County cash advance store, saying he would detonate a bomb if they didn't turn over cash.