Al Everson

Elections for sale? Say it’s not true! With a unanimous vote by the Volusia County Council, the county’s Elections Department will move into retail space on DeLand’s north side, more […]

BEACON PHOTO/AL EVERSON IF YOU’VE GOT THE TIME, WE’VE GOT THE PROGRESS — From left, Michael Wojtuniak, professional engineer, and Pete Ferrentino and Paula Outzen, owners of City Limits Taproom & Grille, tell the Volusia County Code Enforcement Board more of the shortcomings found by code-compliance officers will be corrected. Code officers cited Ferrentino and Outzen for several building and zoning violations last year, but the number of infractions has been reduced to four. Code staffers conceded additional violations will be resolved with the creation of a final site plan, which may be finished in a few months.

As workers press ahead to finish the commuter-rail connection between DeLand and the 16 other SunRail points southward, state and local leaders are looking at the prospects for SunRail, including […]

BEACON PHOTO/AL EVERSON BUILD IT, AND THEY WILL COME — As workers and heavy equipment widen a segment of Veterans Memorial Parkway in Orange City, cars travel northward and southward in the constrained construction zone. The widening of a portion of VMP north of Harley Strickland Boulevard began April 2, and it is supposed to be finished on or before Dec. 6.

The Volusia County Council has repealed a 25-year-old gun ordinance requiring a “cooling-off” period for the sale of firearms, despite urgings to leave the law on the books. The 1999 […]

BEACON PHOTO/AL EVERSON MOVING TO SAFETY — With a mannequin on a stretcher, a Volusia County EMS crew practices what they do in real life each day.

Follies, foibles, controversies and tempests often rock Deltona, and now there is a new one.

GETTING SOMETHING FREE DRAWS A CROWD — Deltonans queue up to go into City Hall to wait for their chance to get a tree to take home for shade, enjoyment or curb appeal. The city offered residents one of four types of trees: Chickasaw plum, crape myrtle, Eastern redbud or sweetbay magnolia. Those asking for a tree were required to show proof of Deltona residency.

More information about the controversy over the city’s possible debt to Washington has come to light. We now know that Deltona has retained Smith & Downey, a Baltimore law firm, […]

Despite some misgivings about traffic hazards on the busy highway, the Volusia County Council has approved a subdivision and a commercial center at the northwest corner of State Road 44 […]